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// The Market Analyzer for Windows
// (C) Copyright 1997, 1998, 1999
//  by Jim Dowdle, Jr.
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Thank you for trying The Market Analyzer for Windows
(MAWIN).

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Purpose:  The Market Analyzer for Windows (MAWIN) is a tool for
creating and maintaining historical stock quote files, and viewing and
analyzing the resulting historical data.  

Installation:  Run Setup.exe to start the InstallShield Wizard, and follow
the prompts.

Program Status: Shareware

Distribution Status: Distribute Freely

Author Contact:

MAWIN@parcomweb.com 

or

jdowdle@parcomweb.com 

MAWIN Web Site:

http://www.parcomweb.com/jdowdle/MAWIN/MAWIN.html

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Caution: The current releases of MAWIN are targeted at 
Windows 95/98. It has been tested by the Author on Windows 95.
Others have reported successful operation on Windows 98 and 
Windows NT.  Operation on other platforms has not been 
tested, and may crash.

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Reinstallation/Upgrade Notice:

If you are upgrading, or re-installing, it is
a good practive to backup all MAWIN files first.

When upgrading, we recommend installing to the same
directory as you are currently using. Your 
Authorization Code will still be good for the
same release number (1.X, 2.X, etc.), and if you
install to the same directory, over your old files
it will preserve a file called register.dat, and 
you will not need to re-enter registration information.

If you have historical quote files (*.day) you want
to keep, you may either select custom installation,
and de-select "data files", which will avoid over-
writing of your files with installation files of
the same name.  This is an advantage if the MAWIN
installation is a few weeks old, and will therefore
contain history files not updated in that amount of
time.  But the installation may also contain new or
enhanced history files which you will want, so the
best option may be to save your files, and then do
a full installation, and see what you get.


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Overview:

MAWIN is a program for downloading, viewing,
and analyzing historical stock quote data from free
sites on the Internet, and includes several data
files including the DJIA historical quotes by day
since 1901!  It is preset to certain useful sites,
and is user configurable to any site.  MAWIN makes
its connection to the Internet through Windows Sockets.

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To optimize performance, the program has initially been
targeted at Windows 95 and a Pentium-Compatible
processor. As it has been compiled for these targets,
use in other environments is not recommended.

It has been tested on systems with 16 and 32 megabytes
of RAM.  Use on a system with less RAM should work
fine, but has not been tested.

You will need about 6 Megabytes of disk space, and
this will grow as your collection of historical stock
quotes grows.  (Frequent backup is a good idea.)

We would be pleased if you would evaluate the program
for a free trial period, after which it will become 
inoperative if you have not completed registration.

You are encouraged to register electroncially.  There
is a fee, which is minimal, and will be considered a
non-refundable handling fee.  While continued
support or availability is planned, it cannot be
guaranteed.

Currently, when you register for the current version,
your registration will be valid through and including all
version 1.X releases. 

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You may want to move these setup files to a temporary
directory.  You will no longer need them once installation
is complete.

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Further information will be presented as you run the
program for the 1st time, and through its built-in help.

Help consist of built-in help, as well as Technical
Support Pages online.  A link to the MAWIN help pages is
built into the MAWIN menus, under Help.

For more information, please review the built-in help after
installation, and visit the MAWIN Web Site often for updates
at:

http://www.magicnet.net/~jdowdle/MAWIN.html

Thanks again,

Jim Dowdle.

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