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- Thank you for trying the demo version of LinkRight.
-
- Installation
-
- The install should be easy. Insert the diskette into drive a:, open
- an OS/2 command window, change directory to A:, type install, and follow
- directions. If you have an a: drive that is 5 and a quarter, you can
- copy the files on the installation diskette to a 5 and a quarter diskette
- and then install. Or you can install manually. No files are compressed
- on the installation diskette.
-
- Using LinkRight
-
- This demo version of LinkRight only has low speed serial connections
- enabled. The shrink wrapped version has parallel port connections and
- high speed serial connections.
-
- Double click on the LinkRight object from the WPS (you won't use the
- OS/2 command line, will you??) on both machines. Make sure the cables
- are hooked up. Select one machine as Local and the other
- machine as Remote. Under the Connect menu, select which port you want
- to use for both machines. You should now have a connection established.
- The Local machine should have the half window that displays files from
- the remote machine filled with the list of files.
-
- After you have the connection established, mark files or directories from
- the Local machine by single clicking with the primary mouse button (left).
- Then hit the COPY pushbutton. Double click on a directory or drive to
- change to that directory or drive. The .. indicates the parent directory.
- Double click on it to move up one directory level.
-
- You should be able to queue more files to send while files are being sent.
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- The Refresh push button is to refresh the display for both the Local and
- Remote file list.
-
- Late additions
-
- During the final testing of LinkRight, one computer, out of many tested,
- received garbled files (500 bytes out of 50K were garbled).
- The problem was isolated to the compression
- algorithm. It was found that if you turned off compression, all files
- were received well. Therefore, we added an option to turn off compression.
- This problem is not a problem with LinkRight since it worked well on all
- other computers tested, and since the particular machine could not execute
- PKZIP properly. It was probably flaky hardware, but we thought we should
- allow a no compress option.
-
- Technical Support
-
- If you have problems, please let us know. You can reach me at:
-
- Jeff Tremble
- Compuserve: 71033,3517, OS2AVEN/Other Vendors, or OS2USER/App quest
- Internet: 71033.3517@compuserve.com
- Fido Netmail: Jeff Tremble, 1:109/347 (OS/2 Shareware)
- Direct BBS: Jeff Tremble, "Local Area" on OS/2 Shareware, (703) 385 4325
- I also watch comp.os.os2.apps.
- Voice answering machine (301)762-1151
- Fax (301)762-1185
-
- If you have a problem, we will attempt to fix it for you.
-
- Marketing Hype
-
- LinkRight version 1.0 is the initial version of LinkRight. Because of
- that, it is not perfect (what software product is??). By the end of
- 1993, Rightware will have version 1.1 available. All registered users
- of version 1.0 will receive, free of charge, version 1.1. At that
- time, you will also receive a coupon that you can use for a $10 upgrade
- to version 2.0.
-
- Obviously, we will fix any bugs found in version 1.0 for version 1.1.
- In addition, there are many features that we have considered, but we
- would like to know which features our customers would prefer. So please
- let us know which features you would like to see in version 1.1 and
- version 2.0 of LinkRight.
-
- If you like this software, please tell the world.
-
- Good Luck and Happy Computing.
-
- Jeff Tremble
- President, Rightware