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- ZOOM/Share
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- Mouse Controlled Screen Magnifier
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- For MGA, CGA, EGA, VGA & Hercules Cards
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- ZOOM/Share Copyright (C) 1990 - 1991 ORION Microsystems
- ZOOM Copyright (C) 1990 - 1991 ORION Microsystems
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- ORION Microsystems
- Po Box 128
- PIERREFONDS
- QUEBEC H9H 4K8
- Tel : (514) 626-9234
- Compuserve ID # 71061,154
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- COPYRIGHT NOTICE
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- This software is copyright (c) 1990-1991 by ORION Microsystems
- which reserves for itself all rights.
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- ZOOM/Share is a shareware program, it is not a free program. You
- are granted a limited licence to use this program on a trial
- basis. After a reasonable period of time, during which you will
- determine suitability, if you want to continue to use it, you
- must register.
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- All other cases of use and distribution are prohibited without
- prior agreement and written authorization from ORION
- Microsystems.
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- Bundling and distributing this program(s) with any kind of other
- commercial or promotional product is EXPRESSLY PROHIBITED.
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- WARRANTY :
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- ORION Microsystems makes no warranty of any kind, expressed or
- implied, including but not limited to implied warranties of
- merchantabilities and/or fitness for a particular purpose.
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- IN NO EVENT SHALL ORION MICROSYSTEMS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES,
- INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, LOSS OF PROFIT OR ANY OTHER
- COMMERCIAL DAMAGE, LOSS OF DATA AND/OR MATERIAL DAMAGES. THIS
- ALSO INCLUDE SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL AND CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES.
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- ORION Microsystems does not warrant that this program(s) will
- meet your requirements, that its operation will be uninterrupted
- or error free. You are the only person able to decide if the
- program meet your requirements and decide to continue to use it.
- By doing so, you agree that you are the only responsible for any
- inconvenience caused by this program.
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- Some jurisdictions do not allow certain of the exclusions or
- limitations expressed above, so those exclusions or limitations
- may not apply to you. In no case shall the liability of ORION
- Microsystems, our employees, owners, or other related parties
- exceed the registration fees paid for the right to use the
- software.
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- Trademarks
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- IBM PC, AT, CGA, EGA, VGA, and PCDOS are trademarks of IBM Corp.
- MSDOS is a trademark of MICROSOFT Corp.
- WordPerfect is a trademark of Word Perfect Corp.
- DeskView is a trademark of QuarterDeck Office Systems.
- All other brand and product names are trademarks or registered
- trademarks of theirs respective holders.
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- Distribution by BBSs, User Groups and Shareware vendors
- _______________________________________________________
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- BBS Sysops, Users Groups and Shareware Vendors are authorized to
- distribute ZOOM/Share as long as the following guidelines are
- met:
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- ZOOM/Share is distributed unchanged, with all files.
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- Less than $10 is charged for distribution of the program on
- diskette.
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- Users are made aware that this fee is not a registration fee
- but a distribution cost and that they should register if
- they use the program.
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- BBS's Sysops should feel free to post this program for
- downloading by users, provided that they do not charge fees for
- this software. Similarly, they can transmit this software
- electronically to other BBS's if the above stated conditions are
- met.
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- Shareware vendors:
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- Let us know that you are distributing the program, by sending a
- copy of your catalog or literature that mentions the program.
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- BBS Sysop's and Shareware vendors should forward copies of
- problems or suggestions about this program to us by mail or
- through our Compuserve ID. We will try to fix these problems and
- return to you an updated version.
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- REGISTRATION
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- Use of multiple copies of this program is strictly prohibited if
- you do not have registered these copies. You can however use this
- program on different machines, office station and portable for
- example, provided they are not used at the same time.
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- Contact ORION Microsystems for site licensing and volume
- discounts.
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- Print the file REGISTER.FRM, complete the appropriate form and
- send it with your check or money order to:
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- ORION Microsystems
- Po Box 128, PIERREFONDS
- QUEBEC, CANADA, H9H 4K8
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- 1 What is ZOOM/Share
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- ZOOM/Share is the shareware version of ZOOM, a software magnifier
- which displays characters in big and huge characters sizes. ZOOM
- works on text screens generated by CGA, EGA, VGA or Hercules
- video cards connected to color or monochrome displays. In
- addition to visually impaired users, ZOOM can be used on Laptops,
- and to increase readability during demos and Shows.
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- ZOOM is a Terminate and Stay Resident program. It Pops on top of
- any Text application at the touch of a hot key. You don't need to
- buy an expensive 'big character' word processor. ZOOM works also
- at DOS level too, and can magnify DOS commands, directory
- listings, files listings, etc.
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- ZOOM supports all standard video cards including Hercules.
- Monochrome mode can be forced when video adapters are connected
- to monochrome displays (Laptop).
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- MOUSE support allows rapid positioning. Helps you read the screen
- in a natural manner by following lines. New line and Escape
- simulated by left and right buttons.
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- 2 Features
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- ZOOM/ Share is a reduced version of ZOOM. It is however a fully
- functional program which contains the following features:
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- State of the art Terminate and Stay Resident program.
- Compatible with most programs, DOS and other TSRs.
- Uses only 6 Kbytes of RAM when inactive.
- Disk Swapping only.
- Mouse support.
- Hercules Support including accented letters.
- Monochrome option to force monochrome on Laptops.
- Number of characters magnified can be changed dynamically.
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- ZOOM, the commercial version, contains additional features:
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- Two different magnifying levels.
- EMS swapping for faster response.
- Automatic detection of EMS and video.
- User selected Disk or EMS swapping, and Video mode.
- Up to eight characters displayed in two sizes.
- Fully reprogrammable Hot keys to eliminate conflicts.
- User options "burned" into code to simplify startup.
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- 3 Installation
- _______________
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- Copy the program and documentation files in the directory of your
- choice. If your mouse driver is not already installed type:
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- MOUSE <enter> or other mouse driver name
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- Install the program by typing:
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- ZOOMSH <enter>
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- A 6K kernel is installed in RAM while the rest of the program is
- copied to EMS (Full Version) or Disk. An installation message is
- displayed.
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- ZOOMSH uses <SHIFT><ALT> <Z> to pop up:
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- You must press the SHIFT and ALT keys simultaneously and then 'Z'
- to have the window pop up on the screen.
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- Remarks:
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- - Mouse and/or Cursor Keys can be used to move the ZOOM window
- around the screen. To use the mouse a mouse driver must be
- installed via CONFIG.SYS or at DOS level.
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- - ZOOM should work without interfering with other programs or
- TSRs. To eliminate problems, the following guidelines must
- be applied:
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- - Never load ZOOM before a Network Shell, communication
- programs or any other program using real-time interrupts.
- These programs may loose some information and hang. LOAD
- AFTER !
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- - Don't load ZOOM before multi-tasking systems managers like
- DeskView for the same reasons as above.
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- - Don't pop up ZOOM while running programs that uses a
- protected mode DOS extender like Phar Lap's. These programs
- may reprogram the 8259 interrupt controller and remap memory
- and hang the system.
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- - If you pop ZOOM on top of big applications like Word
- Perfect, your hard disk should be able to handle the swap
- files. If free disk space is not adequate, ZOOM refuses to
- pop up.
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- 4 Options and Switches
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- ZOOM/Share recognizes the following options and switches:
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- Options :
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- /U Uninstall and remove completely from RAM
- /M Force Monochrome mode
- /B Big characters at startup
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- Uninstall /U
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- Type: ZOOMSH /U to eliminate ZOOMSH from RAM.
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- If TSRs are loaded after ZOOMSH, a message will ask you to unload
- these TSRs before you can remove ZOOMSH.
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- Force Monochrome /M
- ____________________
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- If you have a color card connected to a monochrome monitor or a
- laptop, use this switch to force monochrome mode.
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- Big Character size /B
- _____________________
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- Start ZOOM/Share in huge character size. Can be reduced only once
- by pressing the <-> key on the numerical keypad. Full version
- allows switching between both sizes using <+> and <-> on
- numerical keypad.
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- 5 Moving the Window around
- ___________________________
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- When ZOOM is active a framed window is displayed. This window can
- be moved by using the cursor keys or dragged around the screen
- using the Mouse.
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- 5.1 Reference corners
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- The Top-Left corner of the window is used as the reference point
- to enlarge the characters. Up to 3 characters can be displayed in
- the window in ZOOM/Share and up to 8 in the full version.
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- When the right side of the window hits the right margin the
- reference corner is changed to Top Right.
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- When the bottom side of the window hits the last line of the
- screen, the left or right bottom corners become the reference.
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- 5.2 Moving the window with cursor keys
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- Home, Up, Down, Left, Right, End, Pg Up, Pg Dn, Return
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- Up,
- Down,
- Right,
- left Move one character in specified direction.
- Home Move at the top left corner of the screen
- End Move at the end of the line on the screen
- Pg Up Window goes to top of screen
- Pg Down Window goes to bottom of screen
- Return Move to beginning of following line
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- ESC Erase the window and return to underlying application
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- 5.3 Using the Mouse
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- The mouse is used to drag the window around the screen. It is a
- very convenient and natural way to read the whole screen. The
- mouse driver must be loaded before ZOOM.
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- For more convenience the left and right button are used to
- simulate keystrokes :
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- Left button <Return> Move to beginning of next line
- Right button <ESC> Return to application
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