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- README.TXT - WorldTime for Windows
- Version: 2.0a S
- Release Date: 6/1/92
- Product Documentation
-
- This file contains important installation/usage notes!
-
- We recommend that all users read through this file first,
- before attempting to install or run WorldTime 2.0a.
-
- Users new to WorldTime should also read through the ASCII
- text file, WTIME20.TXT, which contains more detailed program
- information.
-
-
- INTRODUCTION
- ------------
- WorldTime for Windows is an easy-to-use world clock utility
- for the Microsoft Windows operating environment. WorldTime
- allows you to track the current time in over 150 metropolitan
- and geographic locations around the world.
-
-
- VIDEO MODE NOTES
- ----- ---- -----
- WorldTime for Windows (Version 2.0a) requires a minimum
- EGA-resolution, and will display adequately under that
- 640x350 standard. However, we strongly recommend running
- WorldTime at standard VGA (640x480) or Super-VGA (800x600).
-
- WorldTime 2.0a has been thoroughly tested on a variety of
- systems equipped with a number of different video card and
- driver combinations.
-
- We generally recommend making use of the VGA and Super-VGA
- drivers supplied with Microsoft Windows; in testing, these
- video drivers actually outperform many third-party drivers
- supplied with VGA and Super-VGA graphics cards.
-
- If you are making use of a third-party video driver, you
- can greatly reduce the likelihood of display problems by
- checking to make sure you have installed the latest version
- of your driver. Most video card companies routinely update
- their video driver libraries to keep pace with emerging
- standards or (in the case of Windows 3.1) new releases of
- the host environment. These updates are usually made
- available to customers via electronic bulletin board.
-
- Although version 2.0a corrects all known problems with the
- use of higher resolutions (e.g., 1024x768), we generally
- do not recommend running WorldTime at resolutions greater
- than 800x600.
-
- Addition information on video drivers is supplied in the
- ASCII text file, WTIME20.TXT.
-
-
- PROGRAM FILES
- ------- -----
- The WorldTime 2.0a package consists of five files:
-
- README.TXT
- WTIME20.EXE
- WTIME20.INI
- WTIME20.HLP
- WTIME20.TXT
-
-
- READ ALL ABOUT IT
- ---- --- ----- --
- Product documentation is contained in the WTIME20.TXT file. This
- is an ASCII text file which can be easily loaded and viewed with
- Windows Notepad, Windows Write, or any word processor or text
- editor that supports the ASCII text format. This file includes a
- program description, instructions, and technical notes.
-
- Hypertext program documentation is supplied in the WTIME20.HLP
- file. This is a Windows Help System format file, which can be
- loaded and viewed with Windows Help -- and is directly accessed
- from within WorldTime via the menu bar "Help/Contents" command.
-
- Both of these files contain all the information you need to
- install and run this program. The Windows Help System includes
- the provision for easily printing any topic or topics from the
- WTIME20.HLP file. This handy feature can be used to turn your
- "manual on disk" into hard copy for future reference.
-
-
- QUICK & DIRTY START-UP
- ----- - ----- --------
- The best thing you can do before attempting to install or run
- WorldTime for Windows is to read this file in its entirety, and
- then read the WTIME20.TXT file as well. However, you may want
- to get "up and running" right away. If this is the case, and
- you are an experienced computer user comfortable with DOS
- commands, the information in this section might be all you need
- to get started...
-
- Again, once WorldTime is installed, you can always refer back
- to the WTIME20.TXT file -- or make use of WorldTime's help
- file, WTIME20.HLP via the Windows Help System (accessed from
- WorldTime's menu bar "Help/Contents" command).
-
- First, we recommend that you make a backup copy of the master
- program disk(s) before installing or running WorldTime.
- We also recommend that this program be installed to, and run
- from, a hard disk.
-
- To get this program loaded and running with a minimum of
- fuss, simply create a new directory or subdirectory on your
- hard disk (e.g., C:\WTIME or C:\WINAPPS\WTIME) and copy the
- entire contents of your master disk(s) to that new directory.
-
- From Microsoft Windows, you can run this program from File
- Manager by "double-clicking" the WTIME20.EXE file entry or by
- selecting the WTIME20.EXE file entry and issuing the menu bar
- "File/Run" command.
-
- Of course, WorldTime's icon can be easily installed into a
- new or existing Program Manager group for quick, one-step
- running.
-
-
- PRODUCT REGISTRATION
- ------- ------------
- WorldTime for Windows (version 2.0a) is shareware, not freeware.
-
- Complete registration information, including printable
- registration forms, is provided in the WTIME20.HLP file shipped
- with the shareware version of WorldTime. The .HLP file is
- accessed via the Windows Help System -- menu bar command
- "Help/Contents." Registration information is also provided in
- the WTIME20.TXT ASCII text file.
-
- _____________________
-
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- Corporation.
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