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- │ WinPrice - Home Finance Price Evaluation Utility v1.00 │
- │ SEE BELOW FOR PRODUCT INFORMATION │
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- │ This is a VENDINFO Product Information Record │
- │ │
- │ This record is a means of conveying information about a software │
- │ product from the author to distributors and users. It contains a │
- │ normal, "human-readable" section (you're reading it now), followed │
- │ by a compressed data record. The data record contains a great │
- │ deal of information in a form useable by automated tools. This │
- │ allows BBSes, disk vendors, etc. to test automatically for │
- │ permission to distribute, and to automatically extract product │
- │ information for use in BBS files databases, vendor catalogs, etc. │
- │ │
- │ The VENDINFO file standard is published and is freely useable. │
- │ │
- │ The VENDINFO toolset includes a free end-user viewer, processing │
- │ tools for use by distributors (BBSes, shareware disk vendors, │
- │ etc.), and the editor used by author/publishers to produce these │
- │ records. These tools are either free or very-low cost shareware. │
- │ The toolset can be obtained from many sources, including the │
- │ originators of VENDINFO: │
- │ │
- │ Rams' Island Software Voice: 303-841-2848 CompuServe: 76244,324 │
- │ 7644 E. Lakecliff Way BBS: 303-841-6269 FidoNet: 1:104/333 │
- │ Parker, CO 80134-5904 USA RIME: RAMSISLE │
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- VENDINFO standard v1.00, produced by VendEdit v1.00, 1-Feb-1994
-
- ===== Product Information ==============================
- Product: WinPrice - Home Finance Price Evaluation Utility
- Version: 1.00
- Version Date: 10-Feb-1994
- Product Type: Software
- Basic Distribution Policy (see License, below, for details):
- Shareware, freely distributable by all channels
-
- Product Description: WinPrice v1.0 <ASP> - This program selects
- the best pricing between two alternatives. No
- more struggling with the "Is 1 liter of
- GummySlurp for $1.29 a better buy than 1
- gallon for $4.88?" issue!! It automatically
- accounts for differences in the units used in
- the two cases AND will give its results in
- either metric or English units as desired.
- Easy to use - educational for children.
- Windows 3.1 Required - Shareware
-
- Category: Personal finances
- Keywords: WINDOWS FINANCE HOME SHOPPING WINPRICE PRICE
- ASP CALCULATOR
- Required Packages: PRICE_10
- This Package: PRICE_10
-
- Required Configuration
- Processor Family: Intel 80x86 (minimum 80286 (AT))
- Minimum OS: Windows 3.1
- Standard RAM: 512K
- Hard Drive Space: 100K
- Required:
- HIMEM
- Hard drive
-
- Orders:
- Address: Open Windows
- P.O. Box 49746
- Colorado Springs, CO
- 80949-9746
- Phone: 719-531-0403
- AmOnLine: DickBryant
- CompuServe: 75236,3243
- Prodigy: BBWS09A
- Internet: 75236.3243@compuserve.com
-
- Support:
- Address: Open Windows
- P.O. Box 49746
- Colorado Springs, CO
- 80949-9746
- Phone: 719-531-0403
- AmOnLine: DickBryant
- CompuServe: 75236,3243
- Prodigy: BBWS09A
- Internet: 75236.3243@compuserve.com
-
-
- ===== Information for Users ("READ-ME") ================
-
- Thank you for your interest in WinPrice. You will find this utility to
- be extremely helpful in making day-to-day decisions involving purchases
- of items where it is unclear which alternative offers the best value.
-
- As an example, which should you purchase - liter bottles of cola for
- $5.29 for four liters or quart bottles for $1.19 each? WinPrice will
- quickly show the best buy to be the quart bottles. They're a little over
- 6 cents cheaper per quart than the liter bottles.
-
- While you could do this calculation on your regular calculator, it would
- involve many more key presses PLUS the need to remember or look up the
- fact that there are 0.94634 liters in a quart. WinPrice takes care of
- all the metric - English conversions as well as intermediate conversions
- and displays the answer in terms of the most "sensible" unit in your
- choice of English or metric systems.
-
-
- ===== Packing List =====================================
-
- As released by the author or publisher, this package contained the
- following files in addition to this VENDINFO.DIZ:
-
- Filename Size Date Time CRC32
- FILE_ID.DIZ 436 1-Feb-1994 01:00a 3EA3A2C6
- WINPRI10.EXE 67840 1-Feb-1994 01:00a 3D3F30F1
- WINPRI10.FRM 2944 1-Feb-1994 01:00a 9F6C97F2
- WINPRI10.HLP 16411 1-Feb-1994 01:00a 3D394E7A
- WINPRI10.REG 4992 1-Feb-1994 01:00a E2B8B637
- REGISTER.TXT 1766 1-Feb-1994 01:00a A64D9B64
- VENDOR.TXT 7611 1-Feb-1994 07:50p B8234F62
- README.WRI 9728 1-Feb-1994 01:00a DD85AE87
-
-
- ===== Installation =====================================
-
- If your package included OWSETUP.EXE on the disk, simply run this
- program from within Windows and follow the instructions.
-
- If you have downloaded PRICE.ZIP (from CompuServe) or PRICE_10.ZIP from
- another BBS, or have otherwise acquired WinPrice without the
- accompanying OWSETUP.EXE installation program, simply unzip (using
- PKUNZIP.EXE or similar de-archiving utility) the .ZIP file into its own
- directory. Then, from Windows' FileManager, drag the file WINPRI10.EXE
- onto the open Program Manager group in which you wish the utility to
- reside. Windows will automatically install WinPrice in this group and
- the WinPrice icon will appear in this group.
-
- To use WinPrice, simply double-click its icon. On line help is
- available should you have any difficulties in using WinPrice.
-
-
- ===== Warranty =========================================
-
- A registered user of any Open Windows program is entitled to a full
- refund of their registration fee if they are not satisfied with the
- program they have registered. Send a letter to Open Windows requesting a
- refund (we'd like to hear why, but that's not a requirement) and stating
- that you will discontinue all use of the program upon receipt of your
- refund. It's as simple as that - no questions asked.
-
-
- ===== License for Use and Distribution =================
-
- WinPrice 1.0 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 give them the original PRICE_10.ZIP (or PRICE.ZIP if obtained
- originally from CompuServe) file so that they will have all of the
- necessary support files. 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 continue to
- use WinPrice 1.0 after the 30-day trial period, you must make a
- registration payment of $9.95 plus $3.00 S&H to Open Windows. The
- 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 installed on multiple computers, 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.
-
- Commercial users of WinPrice 1.0 must register and pay for their copies
- of WinPrice 1.0 within 30 days of first use or their license is
- withdrawn. Site-License arrangements may be made by contacting Open
- Windows.
-
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