=============================== README.TXT =============================== QRZ Volume 16 Winter 2000/2001 http://www.qrz.com ========================================================================== The QRZ Ham Radio CDROM Edited by Fred Lloyd, AA7BQ e-mail: aa7bq@qrz.com ========================================================================== Here is a list of some important files and directories on this disc. setup.exe Installation program for Windows (95/98/ME/NT & 3.1). utils\w32view.exe File Browser for Windows 95/98, Windows NT, and Win32s. utils\w16view.exe File Browser for Windows 3.1. qrz.exe The MSDOS callsign lookup program. You can also run this directly from the DOS prompt by switching to your CDROM drive and typing 'qrz'. qrzhelp.txt Help file for the MSDOS callsign program, qrz.exe. 00global.txt Global index of this disc docs\ Documentation regarding these discs docs\view.doc Documentation regarding VIEW.EXE modfiles\ Radio Modification FIles ============================================================================ Quick Start Instructions: Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000: You can install the program icons by selecting the "Start" menu and choosing "Run". At the Run box, type: "D:\setup", assuming 'D' is your cdrom drive. Windows 3.1/NT: Go to "File" menu under program manager and choose Run. At the Command Line box, type: "D:\setup", assuming 'D' is your cdrom drive. This will install a group folder with icons for this cdrom. ========================================================================== Using the 00_INDEX.HTM: We have included 00_index.htm files so the user may use a Web browser to view our disc. In order to view this disc using these 00_index.htm files, point your Web browser to the root level 00_index.htm file. For example, in Netscape: 1. Click on "File" 2. Click on "Open File" 3. Choose your CDROM drive 4. Select the 00_index.htm file In Internet Explorer: 1. Click on "File" 2. Click on "Open" 3. Click on "Browse" 4. Choose your CDROM drive 5. Select the 00_index.htm file The 00_index.htm files have been tested under Netscape 3.0 (Windows, Macintosh, and FreeBSD), and Internet Explorer 3.0 (Windows). ========================================================================== WinView To make browsing the disc easier, we have included the program WinView for Windows on the CDROM. This program allows you to page through index files, browse through directories on the CD, view documentation and uncompress/install the program(s) you want onto your hard disk. ========================================================================== More Email Addresses! Email Address Database QRZ was born on the Internet and is today one of the most popular amateur radio Internet sites anywhere. Over the past year, we've been collecting the email addresses of amateur radio operators from around the world. Now, for the first time we are able to share them with you as a component of the main QRZ database. There are over 180,000 e-mail addresses contained in the callsign database. The email addresses are displayed right along with the regular callsign data, whenever they are available. You can make online updates to your email address at: http://www.qrz.com ========================================================================== Callsign Database Updates We now have listings from USA, Canada, Australia, Argentina, Austria, Mexico, UK, Italy, Turkey, Monaco, Brazil, Portugal, Cuba, Taiwan, the CIS (formerly the Soviet Union), and miscellaneous listings from everywhere. Since the introduction of our online DX callsign registration form, we've begun to take on hundreds of new, exotic callsigns each month. We're still looking for more DX callsign databases, and you could qualify for a free subscription to QRZ for helping us obtain more countries. For more info contact the author at: aa7bq@qrz.com. You can now update or renew your amateur license online. For more information please visit our website: http://www.qrz.com ========================================================================== Disclaimer Walnut Creek CDROM makes no warranty about any file on this CDROM, including any written by Walnut Creek. You, not Walnut Creek CDROM, assume all risk of using any of the files on this CDROM. We reserve the right to limit any effort on our part to rectify problems with any file on this CDROM. We cannot accept any responsibility or liability in the event that using the software on this disc causes you grief, malfunction, data loss or thinning of the hair. As with any new software, make sure that you back up your system regularly so that you can recover from unforeseen crashes. Although we have made every attempt to examine every program on this disc, some non-shareware or public domain programs may have slipped by. If you find such a program on this disc, please notify us immediately so we can rectify the situation. Thanks. 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