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- README file : 12/4/93
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- EXCELSIOR v1.0
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- I. LIST OF FILES
- The following list details all of the files supplied on the Exelsior
- disk:
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- README This file
- REFMAN.TXT Excelsior Reference Manual - Formatted for easy
- printing. Includes installation instructions -
- READ THIS FILE!
- VENDOR.DOC Information for shareware vendors
- EXLSIOR.EXE Compressed Excelsior in self-extracting form
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- In addition, there may be files which have been placed on the disk by
- the shareware vendor from which you obtained this disk.
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- II. REGISTRATION INFORMATION
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- With registration you will receive:
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- - The latest version of Excelsior (if necessary)
- - A printed reference manual and 50 page Fixer's Handbook
- - The option to obtain a hint book
- - Discounts on other Castle Software products
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- To register Excelsior, simply run the register program. (Type
- "register" at the DOS prompt.) Complete instructions on registering
- will be explained by the registration program.
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- III. DEFINITION OF SHAREWARE
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- Shareware distribution gives users a chance to try software
- before buying it. If you try a shareware program and continue
- using it, you are expected to register. Individual programs
- differ on details -- some request registration while others
- require it, some specify a maximum trial period. With
- registration, you get anything from the simple right to continue
- using the software to an updated program with printed manual.
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- Copyright laws apply to both shareware and commercial software,
- and the copyright holder retains all rights, with a few specific
- exceptions as stated below. Shareware authors are accomplished
- programmers, just like commercial authors, and the programs are
- of comparable quality. (In both cases, there are good programs
- and bad ones!) The main difference is in the method of
- distribution. The author specifically grants the right to copy
- and distribute the software, either to the general public or to a
- specific group. For example, some authors require written
- permission before a commercial disk vendor may copy their
- shareware.
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- Shareware is a distribution method, not a type of software. You
- should find software that suits your needs and pocketbook,
- whether it's commercial or shareware. The shareware system makes
- fitting your needs easier, because you can try before you buy.
- And because the overhead is low, prices are low also. Shareware
- has the ultimate money-back guarantee -- if you don't use the
- product, you don't pay for it.
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- IV. DISCLAIMER - AGREEMENT
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- Users of Excelsior must accept this disclaimer of warranty:
- "Excelsior is supplied as is. The authors disclaim all
- warranties, expressed or implied, including, without limitation,
- the warranties of merchantability and of fitness for any purpose.
- The authors assume no liability for damages, direct or conse-
- quential, which may result from the use of Excelsior."
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- Excelsior is a "shareware program" and is provided at no charge
- to the user for evaluation. Feel free to share it with your
- friends, but please do not give it away altered or as part of
- another system. The essence of "user-supported" software is to
- provide personal computer users with quality software without
- high prices, and yet to provide incentive for programmers to
- continue to develop new products. If you find this program
- useful and find that you are using Excelsior and continue to use
- Excelsior after a TEN (10) day trial period, you must make a reg-
- istration payment of $20 (US) to Castle Software. The $20 registration
- fee will license one copy for use on any one computer at any one
- time. You must treat this software just like a book. An example
- is that this software may be used by any number of people and may
- be freely moved from one computer location to another, so long as
- there is no possibility of it being used at one location while
- it's being used at another - just as a book cannot be read by two
- different persons at the same time.
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- Anyone distributing Excelsior for any kind of remuneration must
- comply with the restrictions detailed in the VENDOR.DOC file
- (supplied on this disk). If the vendor is in compliance with all
- of the specified restrictions, no written permission is necessary
- beyond the VENDOR.DOC file and such distributors may begin offer-
- ing Excelsior immediately. (However, Castle Software must still be
- advised so that the distributor can be kept up-to-date with the
- latest version of Excelsior.)
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- You are encouraged to pass a copy of Excelsior along to your
- friends for evaluation. Please encourage them to register their
- copy if they find that they can use it. All registered users
- will receive a copy of the latest version of Excelsior, printed
- manuals, the opportunity to obtain a hint book, and discounts on
- other Castle Software products.
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