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- Soft World's Fair, Inc.
- P.O. Box 305
- Janesville, WI 53547-0305
- (608) 758-0246
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- Soft World's Fair (SWF) began as Diotte & Associates in 1987 in
- Milwaukee, WI.
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- Incorporated in 1990, SWF is devoted to the creation of quality Business
- and Education Software. Most programs created are for database
- applications - data tracking, accounting, records management, data
- analysis. We have created many stand-alone and NETWORK applications.
- SWF has a wide array of clients in manufacturing and service industries.
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- SWF's client base extends from Chicago to Minneapolis with the majority
- in Southeastern Wisconsin. Additional clients are in Ohio, Florida,
- Louisiana and California and are reached via modem.
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- Languages used:
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- FoxPro
- Clipper
- Arago/Quicksilver
- Force
- C++
- Assembler
- dBASE
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- We believe that program simplicity and user-friendliness best serves
- the client. We strive to create programs that keep the learning curve
- short, ensure data integrity and proper data entry, and are intuitive to
- use without unnecessary bells and whistles.
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- Soft World's Fair principal programmer is Peter Diotte. Peter has
- degrees in Mechanical Engineering, Math and a Masters in Business
- Administration. Besides consulting and programming, he is a
- state certified instructor and has taught microcomputer courses part-time
- for 5 years at various colleges.
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- We sincerely hope that the PC PRIMER tutorial has been useful to you.
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- *** NOTICE to Retailers, Manufacturers and Service businesses:
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- The shareware PC PRIMER version 3.1s CAN be bundled with any other
- products EXCEPT books (written permission is required) provided the
- original file set is kept together:
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- PRIMER.exe Main Executable File
- MRDOS1.txt ─┐
- MRDOS2.txt │
- MRDOS3.txt │
- MRDOS4.txt SCAN-Text Files
- MRDOS5.txt │
- MRDOS6.txt │
- MRDOS7.txt ─┘
- MRDOS.que Quiz Data File
- ABOUTSWF.doc About SWF File
- PRIMTEXT.doc Information about PC PRIMER Text+Tutorial Disk Offer
- ORDERFRM.doc Order Form for PC PRIMER Text + Tutorial Disk
- VENDOR.doc Information for Shareware Distributors
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- We encourage bundling with Computers, Shareware "packets" (multi-disk sets),
- CD ROM disks that contain many shareware programs, etc. Go ahead and bundle!
- This allowance is a change from earlier (MR DOS) versions of this tutorial.
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- SWF can create a CUSTOM version of this tutorial for distribution to your
- customers as part of your product or as a premium. We can build a
- custom opening screen with your corporate information. We can add an
- electronic rolodex to the main menu containing important facts and numbers
- about your business. This tutorial will have learning value to the
- customer and business value to you because your name is seen every time
- it is used. Further, the customer can quickly reference facts and
- numbers important to your operation, at their leisure.
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- A custom version would be stripped of the SWF info and book offer and
- would be copyrighted. It would no longer be shareware.
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- Call to discuss a reasonably priced customized premium for your customers.
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- *** Information concerning former MR DOS tutorial - why the name change?
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- As stated on the entry screen, earlier versions of this tutorial are
- called MR DOS (the last was version 2.31). We trademarked this name
- during the Spring of 1990. About 3 months later we received a letter
- from law offices representing Microsoft Corporation stating that we shall
- "cease and desist" from using the MR DOS mark as it infringes on their
- MS-DOS mark.
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- After a year of phone discussions and letter writing, we have acceded
- to their demand and now call the shareware tutorial, PC PRIMER version
- 3.1s.
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- I am permitted to retain my MR DOS auto license plates.
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- There is truly only 1 MR DOS and he answers to the name Bill.
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- *** Soft World's Fair - where did this name come from?
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- The name Soft World's Fair has its roots in the 1964 New York World's
- Fair. Peter was 7 when he attended that event in Flushing New York.
- Peter believes the '64 World's Fair represented grand hope for future
- technological wizardry. We were going to the moon, IBM was hawking
- mainframes, the James Bond 007 Goldfinger Aston Martin car was on
- display and Michelangelo's Pieta - a mother and child reunion - for the
- world to see, brought the observer back to the need for balance. The
- magical wonderment and infinite optimism was embodied in the collective
- wares displayed. It's a warm feeling. We believe our software captures
- the same optimism and delivers the promise.
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- Our single quest is customer satisfaction thru quality software.
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- ** end of file ABOUTSWF.doc
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