Micro House Technical Library - Release: 4th quarter of 1996
Supplied by Micro House was a data CD, a registration number, an installation diskette, and a dongle ('hardware key') that attached to the parallel port.
Works on a Windows XP machine of mine.
Files
Link to an ISO of the data CD (600 MB)
Link to the contents of the installation diskette
Link to the hacked MH.EXE (Hacked to no longer require dongle)
Installation
Note: The dongle ('hardware key') is not required to install MHTL.
1. Have CD in CD-ROM drive.
2. On the installation diskette, execute INSTALL.EXE (Note: if diskette contents copied to a folder on C:, keep the folder name simple, e.g. C:\77 )
3. For registration info, the registration number is MW-0456-9446; other details can be anything.
4. If prompted, choose the drive where the CD is.
5. Choose the installation type. If 'Total', all of the CD contents will be copied to the hard drive (i.e. CD will not be required during the running of MHTL).
6. The remainder of prompts are straightforward. Note that there is no need to 'Register Online'.
7. When installation is finished, overwite C:\LIBRARY\MH.EXE with the hacked MH.EXE
Running MHTL
Run Micro House Technical Library by executing C:\LIBRARY\MH.EXE
When you do a search that brings up a list of results (cards, motherboards, etc.), double-clicking on a line does not work. Instead, single-click on the item to select it, wait a little, then single-click again on the item.