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Ultimate Geography Distributed by: Ultimate Software P. O. Box 2454 White City, OR 97503 (503) 830-0501 Programming by Richard W. Watson Documentation by Richard W. Watson and Tom Knackstedt Copyright and distribution by Ultimate Software P. O. Box 2454 White City, OR 97503 (503) 830-0501 (voice) Program and Documentation Copyright 1991 Ultimate Software. All rights reserved. Ultimate Geography is a trademark of Ultimate Software. PC, PC XT, PC AT, PS/2 are trademarks of IBM Corporation. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS We at Ultimate Software couldn't possibly produce products like this one without help. We would like to thank the following people: A special thanks to Mike for making this all possible. To Pat who has listened even when she had no idea what I was talking about, or why. To Tom for his excellent beta testing and advice. To Thomas for taking over my other responsibilities. To Mike Smedley and SoftC, Ltd. who developed The C Extended Library and The SoftC Database Library that made coding so much easier. The following tools were used in creating this software: Compilers: Borland C++ 2.00, and Borland Assembler 2.0. Libraries: The C Extended Library from Mike Smedley and TesSeRact, SoftC Database Library from SoftC, Ltd. Debuggers: Borland Turbo Debugger 2.0, and Borland C++ Interactive Development Environment. TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Registration Information 1, 9 License Agreement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Technical Support 4 Program Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Installation 5 Execution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 FILE 6 QUIZZING. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 STATE INFO 7 GRAPH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Registration Benefits & additional information 9 Introduction Page 1 Welcome, and thank you for trying Ultimate Geography. Ultimate Geography was designed to help you learn about the United States, while also including a wide variety of general information. You'll find Ultimate Geography is full of interesting statistics about all 50 states, while still holding on to an excellent quizzing system. Capitals as well as State names can be quizzed, and all of the states have information about their population, size, trivia, industries, crime, marriage, births, divorce, and death. Ultimate Geography is being distributed through Shareware, which allows you to test out a program before purchasing it. Further explanation of Shareware and Registration can be found on this page. In the following pages you will learn how to install and use Ultimate Geography to its full benefit. Registration Information Ultimate Geography is a copyrighted program protected by all applicable U.S. and International copyright laws. If you have obtained this copy from a shareware disk vendor, an on-line computer service or bulletin board, a friend or colleague, or any similar source, you have the trial (unregistered) copy. You are allowed to use this copy without charge for a limited time as specified under the license agreement. After this time, you must register in order to continue using Ultimate Geography legally. This method of distribution is known as Shareware, a distribution concept begun by Jim Button. It allows you, as a user, to evaluate the software in your own home to make sure it meets your needs before you pay for it. The registration fee for Ultimate Geography is only $15. Payment of this fee entitles you to: A disk with the latest version of Ultimate Geography, registered directly to you. An upgrade to the next major release of Ultimate Geography. Technical Support via telephone or selected Electronic Bulletin Boards. Notification of other programs within the Ultimate Software Library. Registration Information (continued) Page 2 Or, you can take the teacher/student option for $30. Payment of this fee entitles you to: A disk with the latest version of Ultimate Geography, registered directly to you, with all of the features listed above. Tracking features that will keep track of every test taken, students name, their score, the date and time. Report features that include the ability to display or print reports for individuals, a certain date, a particular score, a wide variety of selections exists. Ultimate Geography's License Agreement (1) Copyright: This program and documentation are Copyright Ultimate Software 1991, and are protected by U.S. and International copyright laws. You are granted a license to use your copy of Ultimate Geography under the terms and conditions specified in this license agreement. (2) Definitions: Ultimate Geography is being distributed in three forms: 1. The "registered" copy being distributed on diskette from Ultimate Software, with a unique serial number and the words "Registered Version" appearing on the diskette label. 2. The "registered" copy being distributed for teachers or students from Ultimate Software, with a unique serial number and the words "Registered Version - T/S" appearing on the diskette label. 3. A "shareware" copy being distributed via electronic bulletin boards, on-line services, shareware disk vendors, or another individual. This copy will include the shareware notice when you exit the program. (3) Shareware Copies: Shareware copies are distributed to allow you to try the program before you pay for it. These copies are still Copyright Ultimate Software 1991. These copies are not to be confused with "public domain" or "free" software. You are allowed to use the shareware copies for a trial period of 30 days. Once the trial period is over, you are required to register with Ultimate Software for $15 or $30. (4) Registered Copies: Registered copies are only distributed to those persons who have purchased them through Ultimate Software or an authorized reseller. Your registered copies may only be used in accordance with the License agreement and any additional specifications defined within enclosed documents. (In other words, for site licenses.) (5) Use on Networks or Multiple Systems: A site license agreement will accompany your copy of Ultimate Geography if you have purchased one. The number of "users" permitted will be defined within this document. If you did not purchase a site license agreement, then you are limited to one "user". License Agreement (continued) Page 3 (6) User: A computer on which Ultimate Geography is installed, regardless of whether the user is aware of this installation. (7) Copying Ultimate Geography: Registered Users: You may make as many copies of Ultimate Geography as you require for your own backup purposes. No copies of the REGISTERED version shall be distributed by you or anyone acting in your behalf (employees, etc.) to anyone who has not purchased Ultimate Geography. You may create and distribute an unlimited number of copies of the UNREGISTERED version(s) to anyone you wish as long as the maximum billed amount does not exceed $6.00 (US) for this program, documentation, and any other "accompanying" parts related directly to this program. Unregistered Users: You may make as many copies of the UNREGISTERED version(s) to give / distribute to anyone you wish as long as the maximum billed amount does not exceed $6.00 (US) for this program, documentation, or any other "accompanying" parts related directly to this program. (8) Distribution: You MAY NOT attempt to distribute this program with the intent of mass production for the public without prior written permission by Ultimate Software. You MAY create individual copies for friends or associates for their individual use. If you are a bulletin board system or shareware disk vendor: you may not distribute this diskette without prior written permission of Ultimate Software unless you are part of the Association of Shareware Professionals and are approved by the ASP for distribution. (9) Limited Warranty: Ultimate Software warrants to the owners of registered copies of Ultimate Geography that the software will operate as described in the documentation, and that the diskette and manual will be free of defects which interfere with normal use. This warranty is valid for 90 days from the date of purchase from Ultimate Software. During this warranty period, Ultimate Software will, at its option, repair or replace any defective item(s) or refund the purchase price of any defective item(s), if such defect is found to be the fault of Ultimate Software and not the result of misuse or abuse beyond "standard" use. In no event will Ultimate Software be held accountable for any financial amount exceeding the purchase price of this package. (10) Guarantees: If you are not satisfied with the registered copy of Ultimate Geography, you may return the entire package at any time up to 90 days after the date of purchase to Ultimate Software for a full refund. This applies even if you have found no software defects. Technical Support Page 4 Technical support is available to registered users. If you are evaluating a shareware version of Ultimate Geography, we will be available to answer questions about installation, however, we cannot provide continuing support until you register. We have found that most of the questions asked can be answered in the documentation, so please be sure to review all of the documentation before calling. The best way currently to contact us for support is by phone. We are considering setting up support areas on other Bulletin Board Systems; however, this support is not currently in effect. You can find our telephone number at the beginning of this documentation. Program Features Ultimate Geography was written to help young geography students learn the states and capitals; however, in testing this we found that it wasn't just the young students who needed to learn the states. As the program developed, we chose to include statistical information about each of the states as well as graphs of those statistics. Additional features will be added as they are requested or as we develop them. The following features are currently available in the shareware version: Quizzing of both States and Capitals: The early version included these functions. All states and their capitals can be quizzed using the Quizzing selection in the main menu appearing at the top of the screen. The top 10 scores will be maintained in the file SCORES.DAT. Delete this file to clear the top 10. Graphs and statistics: There are statistics that can be viewed for individual states in the following categories: Population 1960-1990. Population Distribution. State Size. Crime Statistics. Trivia / Industries (Includes where to find travel info). Births / Deaths. Marriage / Divorce. There are also graphing functions that can be used to show the differences between all of the states. Mouse Support: Almost any Microsoft or Logitech compatible mouse will work with the program. Installation Page 5 Ultimate Geography was written for the IBM PC, PC/XT, PC/AT, PS/2, and compatibles. It requires EGA or VGA compatible graphics, MS/PC-DOS 2.0 or above, and at least 512K on your machine, free ram should be slightly above 300K. Files The files listed below should be included with your shareware version, or copy you receive: GEOGRAPH.EXE This is the shareware version of Ultimate Geography. GRAPH.CNF This file contains configuration information and a copy of the registration sheet. You may view/print this sheet from within the program. MAP.DAT This file holds the information for building the map. RANGE.DAT This file holds range information for graphing. STATE.DAT This file has statistical information on each of the 50 states. STATET.DAT This file holds text data for each of the 50 states, such as the state's motto, bird, travel information, etc. EGAVGA.BGI This file is a device driver for the EGA/VGA graphics interface used to create this program. LITT.CHR This file is a character description file used by some of the graphics characters in this program. SCORES.DAT This file is optional, in otherwords, it may or may not exist. It contains the top 10 scores under both states and capitals. Execution This program was designed around a main bar menu located at the very top of the screen. This menu area is not the only area used for menuing; however, the arrow keys will move you around the menu and allow you to do anything that you could do with a mouse. A mouse, if you have one, will allow you to simply point and click on what you want. If you have a mouse and didn't load it, the computer will remind you that it doesn't find a mouse. Execution (continued) Page 6 MAIN MENU The main menu consists of the following areas. File -> This is where you can exit the program or view the registration form. Quizzing -> This area allows you to select if you would like to be quizzed on states or capitals. State Info -> This area will allow you both to select a state and to display information on the state. Graph -> This area allows you to select an area to graph. This selection also contains a 'Re-draw Map' function in the event that anything happens to the map. In order to discuss each section, I will follow each of them to the end and then come back to the others. Therefore, here is a cross-reference table to the beginning of other menu selections: QUIZZING Page 6. STATE INFO Page 7. GRAPH Page 8. FILE Highlighting "File" and pressing Enter or simply clicking on the word "File" with your mouse will pop-'down' a menu with the following selections: ABOUT REGISTRATION MAIN MENU QUIT Selecting "About" will show you what version of the program you have. In the event that you are having any kind of problem, please make sure you know what version you are using when you call technical support. Selecting "Registration" will pop-up a yes or no box in the middle of the screen. It will ask you if you would like a copy of the registration form printed. If you select "Yes", please make sure you have enough paper in your printer and your printer is on-line. If you select "No" another box will pop-up asking if you would like to view the registration form on screen. If you select "Yes", you will be dropped into text mode and shown the entire registration form, afterwards, the computer will restore the map and return you to the main menu. FILE selection (continued) Page 7 Selecting "MAIN MENU" has the same effect as the right mouse button or pressing the ESC key on your keyboard. "MAIN MENU" will appear on all of the menus and operate as described here. Selecting "Quit" will bring up a box to make sure you want to quit, at which time you can select "Yes", "No", or "Cancel". No and Cancel have the same effect, leaving you in the program. If you press the ESC button from the main menu, it will be the same as selecting "Quit" in that it will bring up the "Yes"/"No" box. QUIZZING When you select "Quizzing" from the main menu, you will see the following selections appear directly below it. STATES CAPITALS MAIN MENU When you select either "STATES" or "CAPITALS" a box will appear and ask you if you would like to see how long the answer is? When you have selected "Yes" or "No" ("Cancel" will return you to the main menu) a box will appear asking you to enter the "STATE" or "CAPITAL". If you have selected "Yes" to the question earlier, you will have a box that is only as long as the answer. When the cursor disappears, you have entered something as long as the box. When you complete the test or if you press ESC a box will appear showing you the high scores. If you have finished the test and your score is better than one of the ones currently in the high score list, a box will pop up and ask you for your name. You will be added to the list of high scores. The top 10 high scores are held on disk in a file called SCORES.DAT, if you wish to clear the top 10, simply delete this file. The program will create another one the next time you load the program, and all of the scores will be cleared. STATE INFO If you select "State Info" from the main menu, you will see the following: SELECT STATE DISPLAY INFO MAIN MENU If you have a mouse you can select a state simply by pointing at it and clicking the left mouse button. Or, if you want to select a state from the text mode, you can highlight SELECT STATE. This will take you back to text mode and let you select a state. STATE INFO selection (continued) Page 8 Once you have selected a state, you can select DISPLAY INFO to get more information on that state. When you do, the map will disappear and a block out of the map, with your state selected will appear just below the menu. The menu will be in the upper left hand corner. In this miniature map, the capital will be highlighted in yellow, and the name of the state will appear just above the map. The following selections are available from the point: POPULATION 1960-1990 POPULATION DISTRIBUTION STATE SIZE CRIME STATISTICS TRIVIA / INDUSTRIES BIRTHS / DEATHS MARRIAGE / DIVORCE Each one of these (except TRIVIA / INDUSTRIES) will display both a graph of relevant information and the actual data that was used to create the graph. For example if you select POPULATION DISTRIBUTION, two graphs will appear to the right of the menu/mini-map. The first one will display the break down between the races, (White, Black, Indian, Asian, Other) and the other will show the percentage of those with a Hispanic origin. All of the data will appear below the mini-map. When you select TRIVIA/INDUSTRIES, there will be no map, but instead text of the following information: State Name Origin, Motto, Bird, Flower, Song, Date admitted into the Union, Nickname, Tree, Climate, Industries, Manufactured Goods, & Tourist Information. GRAPH Upon selecting GRAPH, you will see a menu with the following selections: SELECT AREA RE-DRAW MAP MAIN MENU If you choose Select area, you will be returned to text mode to select an area to graph, this area is quite long and includes most of the information found under state info. When you select an area to be graphed, the program will redraw the map and fill in each of the states according to the legend in the bottom left of the screen. When it has finished highlighting all of the states, a box will pop up in the lower right with the words "Clear Map", you cannot go on until you select OK, and then the map will be cleared and you will return to the main menu. Selecting RE-DRAW MAP will simply make the computer redraw the map. It was placed as a precautionary step in the event that the map was somehow messed up. REGISTER Page 9 When you select register from the MAIN MENU, a box will come up displaying a message that you can either print the registration form or display it on screen. Then it will ask if you would like the form printed. If you answer Yes, please make sure your printer is set up and has paper in it. The registration form is only one page and there shouldn't be any problems with printing. If you answer No, the registration form will be displayed on screen in three separate screens; just press a key to see the next one. If you are copying down the form, please make sure that you copy everything down exactly as you see it. Then fill out the questions. If you don't feel like answering the questions about your system, that is fine. However, please feel free to make any comments or suggestions anywhere on the sheet. Also make sure to copy down the special registration number. The registration number tells us where your copy of Ultimate Geography came from. It also tells us if it has had any problems with your particular system. You can register in two different ways, the first is for $15 and includes the following features: 1. Unlimited technical support from us on any aspect of this program. 2. A free upgrade to the next version that comes out. We have decided already that there will be a few changes with the next version including updating the Initial 1990 Census information. If you have any suggestions or comments on what you would like to see in the next version, please feel free to send us a letter, or call and talk to one of the support personnel. 3. Information about all of the programs available from Ultimate Software. Or, for $30 you can receive Ultimate Geography Plus which includes: 1. All of the features of the regular version, plus... 2. Tracking features that record each test that is taken, time and date the test was taken, and who took the test. 3. Reporting features...to give you reports on the information from the tracking functions. This combination is excellent for teachers and even for people who just want to know how they have improved over time. 4. Colors...any of the colors can be changed with this version, and the data is written to a .DAT file that you can delete if you don't like what you have changed things to. End of Ultimate Geography Documentation