• Verify that the host computer meets the hardware specifications
• Verify that the Geocomp dongle is embossed “Sentinel C Version B” or “Sentinel CplusB”
• Configure Windows to reveal file extensions as follows:
  • Start Windows Explorer or My Computer
  • Under the View Menu, select Options
  • Select View tab
  • Untick “Hide MS-DOS file extensions for file types that are registered”
  • OK
• Modify Windows System Configuration files as follows:
  • Select Run… from the Task Menu
  • Type SYSEDIT
  • Select OK
  • Edit C:\CONFIG.SYS to include:

    device=c:\windows\himem.sys
    device=c:\windows\emm386.exe noems ram
    devicehigh=c:\windows\command\ansi.sys
    dos=high,umb

  • Save changes and Exit

• Restart Windows
• Install Geocomp 10.07 by running Setup from the root directory of the Geocomp 10 CD. If in doubt, select the default settings.
• Click here to download the patch to Geocomp 10.
• Install the patch by extracting from the zip using folder names. Extract to the root of the Geocomp software folder. For example, if your software folder is C:\GC10\, extract to C:\.
• Using Windows Explorer, highlight the Geocomp 10.07 shortcut C:\GC10\Extras\GC10-95.pif and select Copy
• At a suitable place on the Windows Desktop, right-click and select Paste Shortcut. (To set up the shortcut yourself, see here).
• Attach the dongle to a parallel port
• Execute the “Geocomp 10” shortcut 
• Enter the activation code using the instructions supplied with the code

Please also refer to Chapter 2 of the Geocomp 10 User’s Guide. This guide is installed with Geocomp 10 into C:\GC10\GC1007UG.PDF.

To set up plotting and printing, see Geocomp Printing and Plotting.