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- BASTA COMPUTING SOFTWARE PRODUCT INFORMATION
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- TITLE
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- Rascal v2.1
- Copyright (C) 1996-1998 Basta Computing, Inc.
- All rights reserved.
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- Shareware with a 30 day evaluation period.
- Limited distribution (see the license agreement for details).
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- DESCRIPTION
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- Rascal is an advanced dial-up session manager for users who
- need a single reliable solution for keeping their connection alive.
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- Rascal monitors your dial-up sessions to make sure that you
- stay connected. It does this by simulating network activity to
- fool idling detectors and by restoring the connection if it is lost.
- When a connection is made or lost, Rascal can notify you of
- it with an audio alert.
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- Rascal also gives you information about your dial-up session,
- including the name of the dial-up server, the IP address of the
- current connection, a calculation of your monthly connection
- costs so far, and a time log of how long you've been online for
- the current session, day, week, month, and year.
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- If you are a more demanding user, RascalPro is made for you.
- In addition to the features of Rascal, the professional version
- adds the ability to schedule when you want RascalPro to start
- monitoring, stop monitoring, or release your connection. You
- can also define batch processes that should start when a
- connection is made or lost, and you have the ability to log these
- events and more to a file for later reference.
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- For a bare bones connection keeper, check out our Rasputin product.
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- IMPORTANT NOTE (for first time users)
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- This application anchors its icon near the clock in the system tray
- which, by default, is located at the bottom right of your desktop.
- You may invoke the application menu by right-clicking on the icon.
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- REVISION HISTORY
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- - v2.1 on 1998-06-01: Added command line access to allow remote
- and batch control of dialup sessions. Fixed a bug that caused
- the application to freeze under some configurations of Windows
- modems and drivers.
- - v2.0a on 1998-02-19: Eliminated the 16 DUN session limit and made
- the monthly time log properly wrap when the year changes.
- - v2.0 on 1997-06-22: Updated installation procedure and package
- information, overhauled the product, and added time and fees
- tracking.
- - v1.6 on 1996-11-19: Added connection monitoring time-out support.
- - v1.5c on 1996-11-03: Fixed the "Do not dial-up first" feature.
- - v1.5b on 1996-11-02: Fixed a bug that prevented the reconnection
- frequency from being higher than the verification frequency.
- Consequently, the initial reconnection timing was also corrected.
- - v1.0 on 1996-09-01: Initial release.
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- SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
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- - Windows 95, Windows NT v4.0, or later.
- - Enough free disk space to accommodate the software (less than 0.5MB).
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- PACKAGE CONTENTS
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- - SetupRascal.exe: Software product setup file.
- - ReadMe.txt: This file.
- - File_ID.diz: Product identification summary.
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- INSTALLATION
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- Close the application if it is currently running, then run the
- SetupRascal.exe file and follow the instructions.
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- UPGRADES
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- Close the application if it is currently running, then install
- the new version on top of the old one, unless otherwise specified
- in this file.
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- UNINSTALLATION
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- Close the application if it is currently running. Click the Windows
- "Start" button, and select "Settings", then "Control Panel".
- Double-click the "Add/Remove Programs item". Proceed by
- double-clicking the line corresponding to this product and follow
- the instructions.
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- Note that configuration files, generally with a ".dat" extension,
- and registration files, namely "Registration Form.txt", may be
- created by the application and will not be deleted for your
- convenience in case you wish to refer to them at a later date.
- Delete these files manually if you do not want them.
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- CONTACT
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- Web site: http://www.basta.com
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- E-mail (let us know if you are registered):
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- info@basta.com
- marketing@basta.com
- sales@basta.com
- registrations@basta.com
- support@basta.com
- bugs@basta.com
- suggestions@basta.com
- guestbook@basta.com
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- Fax: 1 (425) 889 8745
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- Address:
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- Basta Computing
- P.O. Box 2173
- Kirkland, WA 98083-2173
- USA
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- FURTHER INFORMATION
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- For the latest news about our products and services,
- please visit our web site at http://www.basta.com
-