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- ID LOGIC (R) Shortwave Simulator for Windows by PRS Corporation
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- DON'T REMOVE OR ALTER THIS DOCUMENT. DOING SO VOIDS THIS LICENSE!
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- Short Description
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- The ID LOGIC (R) SW Simulator for Windows ("Software") simulates
- the shortwave receiver of the (near) future which will permit the
- automatic scanning for a station by name, language, schedule and
- other attributes.
-
- ID LOGIC SW receivers will contain an in-receiver database which
- will be updated by the broadcasters themselves via short digital
- update bursts.
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- This Simulator contains the schedules of:
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- - the BBC World Service
- - the Voice of America
- - Radio France Internationale
- - Deutsche Welle
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- Minimum Requirements
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- The ID LOGIC SW Simulator for MS Windows require the following:
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- - IBM PC compatible machine;
- - MS Windows Version 3.1 or later;
- - Microsoft (or compatible) mouse;
- - Display minimum: 540x480 x 256 colors (64k preferred);
- - VBRUN300.DLL in the /Windows/System subdirectory.
- NOTE: If you do not already have VBRUN300.DLL, you can
- download it with FTP from hk.net (look for VBRUN300.ZIP
- in the /shareware/prs directory.) Do this BEFORE running SETUP.EXE
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- Very Brief History
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- ID LOGIC is a scanning/tuning system which permits the user to
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- 1) automatically identify any tuned-in station
- 2) scan for a station by station attribute such as format
- (e.i. type of music), callsign, language, etc.
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- PRS started to develop ID LOGIC in 1986. The first product was the
- ID LOGIC Module for AM/FM radio receivers for use in North America
- (which is today - 8/1994 - on the N.Am market in several radios).
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- We have already licensed SONY, MATSUSHITA (Panasonic/Technics),
- PIONEER, KENWOOD, ALPINE, SANYO, CLARION, JVC, and others.
- You should see a whole bunch of ID LOGIC models hit the market in '95.
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- In 1993, ID LOGIC was integrated in the Radio Broadcast Data System
- (RBDS) standard issued by the National Radio Systems Committee (NRSC)
- on January 8, 1993. (This is the U.S. version of the European
- RDS standard.)
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- Since 1992 we have been working with the BBC World Service and the Voice
- of America to develop an ID LOGIC version for shortwave receivers.
- This open consortium has since been joined by Radio France
- Internationale and we expect it will soon grow rapidly. (Stay tuned.)
-
- There, the idea is to permit SW listeners to tune to a station by
- pressing at most two buttons (one for the desired broadcaster,
- the other for the desired language). The consortium is conducting
- tests to establish the best mode to automatically update the
- in-receiver databases which form the basis of ID LOGIC.
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- How To Reach Us
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- PRS Corporation can be contacted via:
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- Pierre R. Schwob, President
- PRS-Program Research & Software Corporation
- 501, Crocodile House
- 50, Connaught Road
- Hong Kong
- Voice: (+852) 543-7773
- Fax: (+852) 541-9843
- Internet Email: prs@hk.net
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- PRS Corp. has also offices in New York, Los Angeles and Tokyo,
- but all communications regarding the Software should be directed
- to our Hong Kong office.
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- License and Legal Information
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- This Software is owned by PRS-Program Research & Software
- Corporation ("PRS"), a New York corporation.
-
- ID LOGIC is a Registered Trademark (R) of PRS Corporation
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- ID LOGIC is the subject of several U.S. and foreign patents.
-
- The source code, object code and associated materials are all
- Copyrighted (C) 1994 PRS Corporation.
-
- This is a demo version of the ID LOGIC Simulator ("Software").
- It's offered free for a limited time under the assumption that
- the users will give us some useful feedback (see below).
-
- PRS Corporation is the owner of all the property rights of
- ID LOGIC, ID LOGIC SW, ID LOGIC "RDS", the ID LOGIC Simulators
- and all application software first available on the anonymous
- ftp server hk.net (/shareware/prs).
-
- PRS grants to the user a nonexclusive license to use this Software
- solely for its internal private purposes. The user shall not
- commercially distribute, sublicense, resell, or otherwise transfer
- for any consideration, or reproduce for any such purposes, the
- Software or any modification or derivation thereof, either alone or
- in conjunction with any other product or program without express
- prior written permission from PRS. Further, the user shall not
- modify the Software without express prior written permission from PRS.
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- THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED TO THE USER "AS IS." PRS MAKES NO WARRANTIES,
- EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, WITH RESPECT TO THE SOFTWARE AND/OR
- ASSOCIATED MATERIALS PROVIDED TO THE USER, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED
- TO ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
- AND AGAINST INFRINGEMENT.
-
- LIMITATION OF LIABILITY - PRS SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIMS OR
- DAMAGES WHATSOEVER, INCLUDING PROPERTY DAMAGE, PERSONAL INJURY,
- INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY INFRINGEMENT, LOSS OF PROFITS, OR INTERRUPTION
- OF BUSINESS, OR FOR ANY SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES,
- HOWEVER CAUSED, WHETHER ARISING OUT OF BREACH OF WARRANTY, CONTRACT,
- TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), STRICT LIABILITY, OR OTHERWISE.
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- Getting More Information
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- Write, fax, or email to PRS Corp. Hong Kong office.
- (Above coordinates.)
-
- WHY ARE WE GIVING THIS STUFF AWAY AS FREEWARE?
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- Send your COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS (and bug reports)
- to prs@hk.net or (BETTER) fax us at (+852) 541-9843.
-
- We are particularly interested in your good ideas for user
- interface (both for the Simulator, and for real receivers.)
- What does your DREAM RECEIVER look like? WE WANT TO KNOW!
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- We'll respond as quickly as possible. There is, however, no
- guaranteed support for the free demo version of the Simulators.
- It will be done on a case-by-case basis, at the sole discretion of
- PRS Corporation.
-
- Stay in touch.
-
- Cordially,
-
- Pierre R. Schwob
- President, PRS Corporation
-
- Hong Kong, August 20, 1994
-
- PS: If you want to see me, move the volume slider on the Simulator,
- I'll hear you loud and clear and come for an on-screen visit...
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