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- FRONTLETS
-
- "Therefore shall ye lay up these My words in
- your heart and in your soul, and bind them
- for a sign upon your hand, that they may be
- as frontlets between your eyes"
-
- (Deuteronomy 11:18, KJV).
-
-
- Description:
-
- FRONTLETS is an inspirational program that
- displays Bible verses in large, colorful, high-
- resolution graphics on a VGA monitor. If installed as
- a "TSR", the program can then be popped-up any time over
- any DOS based text program. The program can also function
- as a screen saver, so that after a user specified time
- interval of keyboard inactivity FRONTLETS will pop-up on
- your screen, and then alternate a different Bible verse
- every 15-60 seconds until interrupted by keyboard activity.
- The Bible verses are display in large 1 inch high letters,
- and can be seen by others clearly halfway across a room.
- FRONTLETS will surely attract a passerby's attention.
-
-
- Special requirements:
-
- To run FRONTLETS successfully on your computer, your
- system must be equipped with a hard disk drive and a VGA
- monitor.
-
-
- What is a TSR?:
-
- The acronym "TSR" is short for "terminate and stay
- resident." In plain English, this means that once FRONTLETS
- is loaded into your computer's memory as a "TSR", it will
- be available whenever you need it when the hot-key
- combination [Alt+F] is pressed.
-
-
- Setup:
-
- Enclosed with FRONTLET.EXE is a companion
- configuration utility that allows the user to customize the
- operation and appearance of FRONTLETS. SETUP.EXE is the
- name of the configuration utility, and will allow the user
- to change the screen colors and activate the password
- protection and TSR functions. SETUP.EXE will create an
- ASCII file containing the necessary parameters/settings for
- FRONTLETS. Should the FRONTLET.CFG configuration file be
- missing or corrupt, or SETUP.EXE is missing, you can
- restore the defaults by the following method.
-
- At the DOS prompt, enter the following:
-
- COPY CON FRONTLET.CFG [ENTER]
- 10 [ENTER]
- 15 [ENTER]
- 7 [ENTER]
- 9 [ENTER]
- N [ENTER]
- FRONTLETS [ENTER]
- N [ENTER]
- 1 [ENTER]
- F,33 [ENTER]
- FRONTKJV.DAT,King James verses [ENTER]
- [PRESS F6 FUNCTION KEY]
- [ENTER]
-
-
- Technical talk:
-
- Once FRONTLETS is loaded into memory as a TSR, it
- will occupy only 5K of RAM. If loaded with the "TSR"
- parameter, and once activated, either by [ALT]+[F] or
- after the specified time interval has elapsed, FRONTLETS
- will swap out the current program (if any) to EMS, and if
- no EMS is available, it will swap out the current program
- to your hard disk. Once FRONTLETS is popped-down, it will
- reload you program exactly the way you left it.
-
- If you loaded FRONTLETS as a TSR and wish to unload
- FRONTLETS from memory, and you are at a DOS prompt, pop-up
- FRONTLETS by [ALT]+[F], then once presented with a Bible
- verse, press the exclamation mark key (!). This will unload
- FRONTLETS, freeing up the memory it had previously
- occupied, and return you to the DOS prompt.
-
-
- Warnings:
-
- Do not load FRONTLETS as a TSR if you plan on
- running DESQView or MicroSoft Windows later. Your
- computer may lock up if FRONTLETS is loaded into memory
- PRIOR TO loading DESQView or Windows. You can, however,
- run FRONTLETS from WITHIN either of these two programs if
- you open a new window to run it from.
-
-
- Disclaimer:
-
- The author makes no warranties, expressed or
- implied, as to the quality of performance of this program.
- The author will not be held liable for any direct,
- indirect, incidental or consequential damages resulting
- from the use of FRONTLETS. Your use of the program
-
- constitutes your agreement to this disclaimer and your
- release of the author from any form of liability or
- litigation.
-
- If FRONTLETS does not work as a TSR, then try
- unloading other unnecessary TSRs that may cause a conflict
- in memory, and rerun the program. If this does not solve
- your problem, I am sorry, there is nothing I can do for
- you. Please DO NOT write me asking for a fix in such
- cases. Your computer simply has a conflicting program
- in memory that FRONTLETS evidently does not like. TSRs are
- finicky by nature, and the author cannot guarantee that
- FRONTLETS will work on all machines. Try rebooting from a
- formatted DOS boot disk, and then retry FRONTLETS. If you
- still encounter problems when run as a TSR, use SETUP.EXE
- to turn off the TSR load up option (e.g. "Do you wish to
- run FRONTLETS as a TSR?" <- Enter "N" to turn off TSR
- option.)
-
-
- Vendors/Distributors:
-
- Shareware/public domain vendors, BBS sysops and
- CD-ROM publishers can only distribute this program under the
- following conditions:
-
- 1) Fees for services rendered (materials, copying
- etc.) for a copy of FRONTLETS must not exceed USA $6.00
- per program.
-
- 2) Written approval from the program author must be
- obtained before public distribution of this program IF the
- date stamp on FRONTLET.EXE reveals a date older than 2 years.
-
- 3) No changes to any file in this package are
- allowed (including the documentation).
-
-
- Windows version?:
-
- The version of FRONTLETS that you have currently
- obtained is a DOS screen saver. It is NOT a Microsoft
- Windows screen saver. Please make sure that you know the
- difference before you register this program.
-
- We do have a version of FRONTLETS specifically
- written for use with MS Windows 3.x and Windows 95. You
- can obtain an evaluation copy from our BBS (see below).
- The file will be located in the PKSOFT directory on our
- BBS, and can be located as FRONTW*.ZIP (where "*"
- represents the current version number).
-
-
- Shareware:
-
- FRONTLETS is distributed as shareware. Shareware is
- a "try before you buy" software marketing concept that
- allows the user to obtain fully functional copies of
- programs for evaluation. The distribution and copying
- fee that you may have paid to obtain this disk does
- not cover the cost of the software contained on this
- disk. Shareware programs such as the one that you are
- about to try require separate payment to the author if it
- is found to be a useful product and if it is used beyond a
- reasonable evaluation period. Registration is $9.95 USA.
-
-
- Author:
-
- Philip Kapusta, 406 Monroe Ave., Falmouth, Va. 22405
-
- You can contact us at the address above or call our 24-
- hour BBS - The Mustard Seed - at (540) 372-9680. Email
- can be sent via Internet to: 74170.3550@compuserve.com
-
-
- Other programs:
-
- "Frontlets" screen saver is just one of our many
- software products. If you are interested in additional
- Bible related software at very affordable prices, then
- send a note of inquiry and self-addressed stamped
- envelope (with 2 U.S.A. first class postage stamps
- affixed) to the author below for more details. (In
- Canada or overseas, submit 6 International Postal
- Coupons instead). Some of the current programs include
- "A Bible Companion," "Hebrew Flashcards," "Memory
- Verse," "Proverbs," "The King James Bible," "The Grape
- Vine," "Acts of the Apostles," "Israel - The Land of
- Promise," "Scripture Quest," "Gospel Parallels,"
- "CommenText Commentaries," "KJVocabulary", "Bible
- Crossword Puzzles," "Puzzling Passages" and "Gospel"
- Parallels". Most of these programs can be evaluated for
- free by downloading them from The Mustard Seed BBS at
- 540 372-9680, 24 hours a day or by using a Web browser
- pointed to: http://www.jcsm.com/religius/
-
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-