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B A B B L E ! ─────────────── Version 2.0 ───────────── V E N D O R I N F O R M A T I O N ────────────────────────────────────── Copyright 1991 by Korenthal Associates, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Last updated: January 1991 ┌─────────┐ ┌─────┴───┐ │ (R) ──│ │o │────────────────── │ ┌─────┴╨──┐ │ Association of │ │ │─┘ Shareware └───│ o │ Professionals ──────│ ║ │──────────────────── └────╨────┘ MEMBER This file provides information for Shareware Distributors, Disk Vendors, Computer Clubs, User Groups, Bulletin Board Systems (BBS's), and other groups who wish to distribute Babble! Individual and Company Users should refer to LICENSE.DOC and REGISTER.DOC for information. ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Table of Contents ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Program Information ................................................ 2 Compressed File Name .......................................... 2 Program Name, Category, Keywords .............................. 2 System Requirements ........................................... 2 Descriptions................................................... 2 Quotes from Reviews, Articles and Users ....................... 3 Registration Information ...................................... 3 Author/Publisher Information ....................................... 4 Distribution Requirements .......................................... 6 Please Help Us Serve You Better .................................... 8 Vendor/Distributor Information Page 1 of 8 Babble! 2.0 VENDOR.DOC ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Program Information ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Compressed File Name: ───────────────────── When distributing the Babble! package in compressed form, please use the file name "BAB200" with an extension appropriate to the compres- sion method (ZIP, PAK, ARC, LZH, etc.). For example, when compressing the program using PKZIP, use the file name "BAB200.ZIP". This will help users locate the most current version of the program. Program Name, Category, Keywords: ───────────────────────────────── Program Name: Babble! Version: 2.0 Categories: Humor, Games, Word Games, Creative Tools, AI Keywords: Humor Game Toy AI Word Text Writing Brainstorming Creative Babble Babble! KA ASP System Requirements: ──────────────────── Babble! requires 400K of free memory (it may run with less depending on the size and number of text samples being mixed), any sort of display, and either two floppy drives, or a hard disk and one floppy. Descriptions: ───────────── o Babble! A toy for people who love words [ASP] - o Babble! A toy for people who love words; babbles in different writing styles. [ASP] - o Babble! 2.0, A toy for people who love words. This "text-mixing studio" babbles endlessly from "writing samples" (like Shakespeare and Dick and Jane) and "special effects" (like Pig Latin, Stutter, and Subliminal). You can mix samples together, and even import your own text! Reviewed Computer Language 10/90. Upl/Auth: Korenthal Associates. <<ASP>> - Vendor/Distributor Information Page 2 of 8 Babble! 2.0 VENDOR.DOC o Babble! - A toy for people who love words. This program babbles endlessly in an unlimited number of writing styles. It comes with neat text samples like Shakespeare, Dick and Jane, and Firesign Theater, and includes a plethora of special effects like Stutter, Hangman, and Subliminal. You can even mix samples or import your own text! Reviewed Computer Language 10/90: "More fun than...those tired revolving beach balls." [ASP] - o Babble!, a toy for people who love words. This program babbles endlessly in an unlimited number of writing styles. *You* control which styles are babbled, and you can mix different styles together even as Babble! continues to generate its steady stream of more or less unintelligible prose. Babble! is fun to play with solo or as part of a group. It comes with neat samples like Shakespeare, Dick and Jane, and Firesign Theater, and it includes a plethora of special effects like Lisp, Hangman, and Subliminal, as well as the ever-surprising Pot Luck. You can even import your own text samples! Babble! can be used as a creative tool for writers, an idea scrambler for brainstorming sessions, and even just as entertain- ment for people who love words! Stan Kelly-Bootle of Computer Language (10/90) calls it, "More fun than showing your latest spreadsheets or those tired revolving beach balls." [ASP] Quotes from Reviews, Articles, and Users: ──────────────────────────────────────── "More fun than showing your latest spreadsheets or those tired revolving beach balls." Stan Kelly-Bootle, Computer Language 10/90 Registration Information: ───────────────────────── We invite users to evaluate Babble! for a two-week trial period. The shareware version of Babble! is a complete working version of the program, not a crippled or demo copy. If the user continues using Babble! after the two-week trial period, he or she must make a registration payment of $25 to Korenthal Associates. The user may register by mail, phone, fax, or CompuServe Mail. MasterCard, Visa, and company purchase orders are welcome. Site licenses and volume discounts are available. Registered users receive: Vendor/Distributor Information Page 3 of 8 Babble! 2.0 VENDOR.DOC o The full retail Babble! package, including typeset manual, nifty keyboard template, and many more writing samples to enhance their enjoyment of the product. o The most current version of the Babble! program. We are always improving our products, and registration ensures users that they have the latest version. o Free technical support. o Notification of significant upgrades to Babble! o Special offers on other products from Korenthal Associates. o A free CompuServe IntroPak, which includes a $15.00 usage credit and a complimentary subscription to CompuServe Magazine, is available to Babble! registered users who do not yet subscribe to CompuServe. CompuServe will open the door for a whole new world of information, services, and interesting people. CompuServe is also the best place to obtain technical support for products from Korenthal Associates (and many other vendors and developers). This CompuServe IntroPak (a $39.95 value) is provided to Babble! registered users compliments of CompuServe, Inc., and Korenthal Associates. ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Author/Publisher Information ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Korenthal Associates, Inc. (KA) is a software development company owned and operated by founders James E. Korenthal and Tracey M. Siesser. KA has been producing top quality computer software since 1984, and has been a member of the Association of Shareware Professionals (ASP) since 1988. Jim Korenthal is currently Vice President of the ASP. Some of KA's accomplishments include: o The Webster's New World line of software, published by Simon & Schuster. These products include Webster's New World Spelling Checker, Webster's New World Professional Spelling Checker, Webster's New World Thesaurus, Webster's New World Professional Thesaurus, Webster's New World Combo, and Webster's New World Writer I and II. PC Magazine named Webster's New World Spelling Checker and Webster's New World Writer Products of the Year in 1986. Webster's New World Combo (integrated spelling checker and thesaurus) is currently the writing utility of choice for many users of the TAPCIS navigational program for CompuServe, as well Vendor/Distributor Information Page 4 of 8 Babble! 2.0 VENDOR.DOC as for Movie Master, a special-purpose word processor for film and television scriptwriting. o 4PRINT, an HP LaserJet/DeskJet utility which prints four or more pages of text on one sheet of paper by printing on both sides in landscape mode. 4PRINT allows programmers to view four pages of source code at a time, writers to read four pages of text, and spreadsheet and database users to print wide reports all the way across the page. Version 4.0 of 4PRINT can now print up to *four* columns of text per side, cramming *eight* or more pages of information on a single sheet of paper! This new release also includes automatic line numbering, word wrap for printing text files exported from word processors, special indenting features for programmers, ability to print full-width Lotus spreadsheets, A4 paper support, optional removal of excess blank lines and page breaks, improved DeskJet support, and many other new features. 4PRINT saves you money by using less paper than standard printing methods, and perhaps more importantly, its output takes up less shelf space. This reduced paper usage also makes 4PRINT an *ecologically* sound investment. Another convenience is that while the LaserJet normally prints only 60 lines per page, 4PRINT can print a standard 66 lines on each of its "pages", making it indispensable for printing on-disk shareware manuals and other formatted ASCII documents. "4PRINT is definitely worth adding to your printer toolbox." PC Magazine, First Looks, March 27, 1990 "The result is a very neat-looking document that takes up only 25 per cent of the paper and space." InfoWorld, October 3, 1988. "4PRINT provides a simple, elegant solution encountered by many programmers and documentation writers." Computer Language, June 1988. o TapMark and TapMail (previously called TAPLEX), utilities which facilitate use of the CompuServe navigation program TAPCIS. TapMark, which is considered indispensable by most TAPCIS users, keeps track of which message threads you are following in a forum, and watches out for new messages that might be of interest. TapMail organizes your Email correspondence by sorting it into different files based on the name of the correspondent. The latest versions of all Korenthal Associates shareware products can always be found in KA's section on CompuServe (PCVENB, Section 3). Vendor/Distributor Information Page 5 of 8 Babble! 2.0 VENDOR.DOC Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions about any of our products or require additional information. Korenthal Associates, Inc. Orders only: (800) KA-PROGS 230 West 13th Street Information: (212) 242-1790 New York, New York 10011 FAX: (212) 242-2599 U.S.A. CompuServe: [76004,2605] ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Distribution Requirements ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Individuals who wish to distribute the Babble! package to friends or associates may do so in accordance with the restrictions outlined in LICENSE.DOC. As the exclusive copyright holder for Babble!, Korenthal Associates, Inc. authorizes distribution of the Babble! package only in accordance with the following restrictions. The Babble! package is defined as containing all the material listed in the PACKING.LST text file. If any files listed in the PACKING.LST text file, or the PACKING.LST file itself, are missing, then the package is not complete and distribution is forbidden. Please contact us to obtain a complete package suitable for distribution. o The Babble! package - including all related program files and documentation files - CANNOT be modified in any way and must be distributed as a complete package, without exception. o No price or other compensation may be charged for the Babble! package. You may not charge a distribution fee unless you are an ASP-approved vendor in good standing or have written permission from Korenthal Associates. ASP-approved vendors are disk vendors who have agreed to meet various standards involving presentation of the shareware concept. Vendors who wish to apply for ASP- approved status may write to: ASP Disk Vendor Committee 545 Grover Road Muskegon, MI 49442 o ASP-approved vendors in good standing are hereby granted permis- sion to distribute Babble! in accordance with these distribution restrictions. If you are an ASP-approved vendor in good stand- ing, you do not need to request permission to distribute Babble!, however you must notify Korenthal Associates of your intention to do so, and must indicate which version of Babble! you have. Vendor/Distributor Information Page 6 of 8 Babble! 2.0 VENDOR.DOC Disk vendors who are NOT approved by the ASP MUST receive written permission from Korenthal Associates before distributing Babble! o The distribution charge for the cost of the diskette, shipping, and handling may not exceed, per disk, US$10.00 in the U.S. and Canada, or US$12.00 internationally. o You may not list any of our products in advertisements, catalogs, or other literature which describe our products as "free", "cheap", or "public domain". o If you indicate ASP membership for products listed in your catalog or on your BBS, please do so in your listing for Babble! o The Babble! package CANNOT be sold as part of some other inclusive package, nor can it be included in any commercial software packaging offer, without a written agreement from Korenthal Associates. o The PRINTED documentation may not be reproduced in whole or in part, using any means, without the prior written permission of Korenthal Associates. In other words, the disk-based documen- tation may not be distributed in PRINTED (hardcopy) form. o The Babble! package cannot be "rented" or "leased" to others. o The person receiving a copy of the Babble! package MUST be made aware that each disk or copy is ONLY for evaluation, and that Korenthal Associates has not received any royalties or payment for the product. This requirement can be met by including the complete Babble! package, which contains any appropriate regis- tration reminders. o The person receiving a copy of the Babble! package MUST be made aware that he or she does not become a registered user until Korenthal Associates has received payment for registration of the software. This requirement can be met by including the complete Babble! package, which contains any appropriate registration reminders. o Korenthal Associates prohibits the distribution of outdated versions of Babble! without written permission from Korenthal Associates. If the version you have is over twelve (12) months old, please contact us to ensure that you have the most current version. This version was released in January, 1991. o You shall not use, copy, rent, lease, sell, modify, decompile, disassemble, otherwise reverse engineer, or transfer the licensed program except as provided in this agreement. Any such unautho- Vendor/Distributor Information Page 7 of 8 Babble! 2.0 VENDOR.DOC rized use shall result in immediate and automatic termination of this license. o Korenthal Associates reserves the right to withdraw permission to distribute Babble! at any time and for any reason. o U.S. Government Information: Use, duplication, or disclosure by the U.S. Government of the computer software and documentation in this package shall be subject to the restricted rights applicable to commercial computer software as set forth in subdivision (b)(3)(ii) of the Rights in Technical Data and Computer Software clause at 252.227-7013 (DFARS 52.227-7013). The contractor/manu- facturer is Korenthal Associates, Inc., 230 West 13th Street, New York, New York, 10011. All rights not expressly granted here are reserved by Korenthal Associates, Inc. ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Please Help Us Serve You Better ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── We would appreciate copies of anything you print regarding Babble! Please send us a copy of any reviews, articles, catalog descriptions, or other information you print or distribute regarding Babble! Thank you for your time and assistance and for supporting the shareware marketing concept! Korenthal Associates, Inc. 230 West 13th Street New York, New York 10011 U.S.A. Orders only: (800) KA-PROGS Information: (212) 242-1790 FAX: (212) 242-2599 CompuServe: [76004,2605] Vendor/Distributor Information Page 8 of 8