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CONTENTS
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DISCLAIMER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
STAFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
PRINTING BESTHES' DOC . . . . . . . . . 2
WHAT IS SHAREWARE . . . . . . . . . . . 2
WHAT IS BESTHES . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
COMPATIBILITY with QEMM . . . . . . . . 5
BESTHES ARCHITECTURE . . . . . . . . . 5
INSTALLING BESTHES . . . . . . . . . . 6
USING BESTHES . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
LOOKING UP A WORD . . . . . . . . . . . 7
SELECTING A WORD . . . . . . . . . . . 8
REPLACING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
USING BESTHES WITH WINDOWS . . . . . . 9
CUSTOMIZING . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
VIRUS-SAFE . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
FUTURE DEVELOPMENT . . . . . . . . . . 10
LATEST VERSION . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
REGISTRATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
VOCABULARY-MODULE LICENSES . . . . . . 13
DIRECT REGISTRATION . . . . . . . . . 14
REGISTRATION THROUGH PsL . . . . . . . 15
REGISTRATION THROUGH COMPUSERVE . . . 15
CREDIT-CARD FORM . . . . . . . . . . . 16
REGISTRATION FORMS . . . . . . . . . . 17
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DISCLAIMER - AGREEMENT
Users of BesThes must accept this disclaimer of warranty:
BesThes is supplied as is. The author and distributors
disclaim all warranties, expressed or implied, including,
without limitation, the warranties of merchantability and of
fitness for any purpose. The author assumes no liability for
damages, direct or consequential, which may result from the use
of BesThes.
Any license to use BesThes is granted conditionally upon the
user's acceptance that any liability on the part of the author
or distributors of Besthes for damage caused either directly or
indirectly through its use is limited exclusively to a
refunding of the license fee, and that any lawsuit shall be
prosecuted in the city of Beersheva, Israel.
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STAFF
General manager and programmer:
Noah Nissani, Ph.D.
Linguistic staff:
Barbara S. Ben Hail, B.Sc.
Michelle Muller, Translator
Dov Landsbaum, B.A.
PRINTING BESTHES' DOC
To print any of BesThes' DOC - REGISTER.DOC, BESTHES.DOC or
INSTALL.DOC - type at DOS command line:
COPY C:\DIR\filename.DOC PRN/B <ENTER>
Where C is the drive and DIR the directory where the file is
found. (Replace filename by the name of the file.)
WHAT IS SHAREWARE
The main difference between commercial and shareware programs
lies in the method of distribution. Shareware distribution
gives you a chance to try out software before buying it. If you
continue using it, you are expected to pay a REGISTRATION FEE.
Doing so, you meet a moral obligation which, in general, brings
with it practical advantages.
Copyright laws apply to both shareware and commercial software,
and the copyright holder retains all the rights therein.
Whereas the shareware distributor encourages copying and free
distribution of non-registered copies, the commercial
distributor disallows this. Shareware's liberal policy, based on
trust, affords it direct access to a vast market of potential
users, leading to a substantial reduction in advertising and
marketing costs. This reduction in costs is what makes shareware
programs comparatively inexpensive.
BesThes is a shareware program, and its non-registered copy is
provided at no cost to the user for his appraisal. Feel free to
share it with your friends, but you must give it away unaltered,
with all the files of the BesThes package intact.
Anyone distributing non-registered copies of BesThes for any
kind of remuneration must first contact Language Software Co.
for authorization. This authorization will be granted
automatically to distributors who are recognized by the ASP as
adhering to its guidelines for shareware distributors; such
distributors may begin offering BesThes immediately.
Nevertheless, Language Software Co. must still be notified.
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Distributing BesThes along with another program or product,
as well as the distribution of registered copies of BesThes, are
strictly forbidden unless specifically established in a written
authorization.
WHAT IS BESTHES
BesThes is a totally new experience in the field of electronic
thesauruses. Its current version, v1.56, contains a basic
vocabulary of 16,520 entries, and an average of 185
related words per entry. It is, therefore, a 3,056,200(!!)-word
thesaurus (16,520 x 185) which, in book-form, would require
either 10 heavy volumes, or a discouraging system of cross-
references.
The total of 16,520 entries has been reached by counting the
words that have meanings belonging to various parts of speech as
one unique entry. Counting the different parts of speech as
separate entries, their total would surpass 20,000.
What makes this possible, using only 300K of your disk and 46.7K
of your computer's memory, is that the sets of related words do
not physically exist in BesThes. They have been replaced by an
"alphabetic" list of "crunched" words with a meaning code
attached to each, and an intricate network of these meaning
codes - files BESTHES.DIC and BESTHES.CDF, respectively. A
specially designed ultrafast algorithm builds up, at run-time
and at astonishing speed, the sets of related words.
Furthermore, two VOCABULARY-ENRICHMENT MODULES, with nearly
6,000 NEW ENTRIES each, enable you to extend the BesThes
vocabulary to 28,635 entries with an average of 210 related
words per entry.
Freed from the space limitations that the physical existence of
sets of related words generally imposes on thesauruses, BesThes
provides highly inclusive sets of related words. Since you are
the only one who knows what you have in mind when turning to
BesThes for help, we have endeavored to supply you with as many
related words as possible, thus increasing your chances of
finding the exact word you need. Clearly, choosing the word is
your exclusive responsibility. If you are not totally sure of
the meaning or use of a given word, consult a good dictionary.
A thesaurus is not a substitute for a dictionary.
Put the cursor at the end of a word related to the idea you
have in mind and press the HOT KEYS; in just a few seconds, you
have at your disposal a huge vocabulary arranged in sets of
dozens of closely related words. You can now move quickly and
easily, back and forth, among the different sets, searching for
the precise word you need.
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These related words are similar to the ones you would find in a
weighty thesaurus in book-form after a long and tedious search.
But instead of repeatedly flipping through pages looking for a
word, and then for words related to it, simply touch a key, and
BesThes will do the rest for you.
Are you interested in seeing the words offered in other sets
after you have found one or more suitable words? BesThes gives
you a SELECTED-WORD HOLDER to keep those words, while you
continue your search among other sets of the same or other
entries. This HOLDER saves the selected words as long as BesThes
remains in memory, or until you erase them.
In the REGISTERED COPY, a smart replacement function enables
you to replace the word in your file with a word from the HOLDER
or, if you prefer, to copy one or all of the words from the
HOLDER onto your file without erasing the existing word.
But there is no rose without a thorn. The meaning codes used by
BesThes connect the words in a reciprocal manner, that is, any
word related to a given meaning automatically becomes an entry
for that meaning. Therefore, there are entries which show only
a portion of their meanings, not always including the main one.
This shortcoming can be minimized by adding vocabulary-
enrichment modules. Each of these modules contains nearly 6,000
NEW entries, and approximately double that amount of NEW meaning
codes. Many of these new meanings are precisely the ones missing
in the old entries. The BesThes algorithm automatically adds
these new meanings to the old entries.
The first vocabulary-enrichment module contains mainly verbs,
whereas the second covers adjectives and nouns. These modules
are available to registered and non-registered users alike. If
you are trying out BesThes and find it useful, but prefer to
check out a more complete vocabulary before registering, you can
get the modules under the same conditions that you would enjoy
after registration. We trust that you will register if you
continue using BesThes after a reasonable trial period.
BesThes is constantly being improved, its vocabulary
classification revised, and its program enhanced. This third
version, appearing only six months after the release of the
first one, is proof of our pledge to give you the best. However,
we depend on the registrants' support to enable us to continue
improving BesThes; we will show our appreciation for that
support by sending registrants any future version for only
slightly more than the m.& h. costs.
BESTHES IS VERY SIMPLE TO USE, AND IS TOTALLY INTERACTIVE.
EACH SCREEN INCLUDES A COMPLETE HELP FRAME WITH ALL THE
RELEVANT INSTRUCTIONS.
After you have placed the cursor at the end of a word and
pressed the HOT KEYS, there are no additional instructions you
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need to know or remember. Just follow the instructions that will
guide you step by step.
COMPATIBILITY with QEMM
Incompatibility with QEMM prior to v7.04 has been reported by
some users. Besthes has been successfully tested with QEMM
7.04, which is available to all QEMM 7 users through bulletin
board systems such as BIX, CompuServe, and QuarterDeck BBS, as
well as directly from QuarterDeck Office Systems.
BESTHES ARCHITECTURE
BesThes classifies the most common English words and
expressions according to:
1. Spelling
2. Parts of speech
3. Underlying idea
4. Meaning
The first category groups the various meanings of "orthographic
words," i.e. the denotations expressed by the same letters. In
this way, BesThes is similar to the more modern thesauruses,
yet differs from Roget's, in which the different meanings of a
word appear in different places. Enter a word, and BesThes will
return with a menu of its denotations represented by triads of
words -- the MEANINGS menu.
The second category classifies the words according to parts of
speech. For technical reasons, and our belief that it will
serve you better, the words have been divided into only four
groups: verbs, nouns, adjectives and others (adverbs,
prepositions, etc.).
The third category groups conceptually related words, i.e.
words with a common underlying idea. This is similar to Roget's
classification, but carried out with a more modern approach.
Pragmatic concerns for serving you better have displaced any
other academic considerations in assigning the classification
codes related to this category.
Finally, the fourth category packs together words of closely
related denotation. BesThes' criterion for the clustering of
denotatively related words is much more comprehensive than in
other thesauruses. Hence, the user may find many words that
seem out of place. But this comprehensiveness means a much
greater chance of finding the desired word.
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INSTALLING BESTHES
BESTHES consists of nine files:
1) BESTHES.COM, 2) BESTHES.DIC, 3) BESTHES.CDF, 4) BESTHES.DOC,
5) INSTALL.DOC, 6)BW.BAT, 7)BESTHES.WND, 8)OMBUDSMA.TXT, and
9) REGISTER.DOC
Copy them to a specially created subdirectory, whose path cannot
include extensions within the names of the subdirectories, e.g.
C:\WORDPROC.ENG\THESAURUS\BESTHES - wrong.
C:\WORDPROC\THESAURUS\BESTHES - correct.
The only workable drives are A, B and C (if you have a DOS 6
DOUBLE-SPACED drive C, you must copy the BESTHES' files onto the
HOST drive of C).
BesThes may be loaded in high memory, thereby saving
conventional memory for other applications.
IMPORTANT! Don't change the names of BesThes' files.
USING BESTHES
In the sections which follow, you will read a detailed
description of BesThes' features. It is a good idea to read
everything carefully. But you do not have to commit the
instructions to memory. Each BesThes screen comes with its
corresponding HELP providing all the pertinent instructions.
BesThes is a memory-resident program that may be loaded, either
before or from within your word processor, using the DOS access
function, in the low as well as in the high memory. Once loaded,
it will remain stored in your computer's memory, completely
unnoticed, yet ever-alert to serve you, acting as an integral
part of your word processor any time you press its HOT KEYS.
Press the first HOT KEY and let go, press the second HOT KEY and
let go, or press the first HOT KEY and, while keeping it down,
press the second. Either way BesThes will respond to your call.
BesThes is user-friendly and always does its best to understand
the user's intention.
You may also use BesThes as a stand-alone application by
entering a word in the DOS command line and pressing the HOT
KEYS.
To uninstall BesThes without restarting the system, type HK and
press the HOT KEYS. Then choose the UNINSTALL function from the
menu. BesThes cannot be uninstalled if other program loaded
after it intercepts the same interrupts. If this is the case,
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BesThes will inform you that the present configuration of the
memory doesn't allow you to uninstall the program.
LOOKING UP A WORD
To ensure compatibility with most word processors, BesThes is
equipped with two "reading modes" -- SCREEN READING and
KEYBOARD READING. Looking up a word requires a slightly
different procedure in each of the two reading modes.
From either within your word processor or in the DOS command
line:
a) When in SCREEN-READING MODE (default), position the cursor
at the end of a word, and press the HOT KEYS. If you place
the cursor in the middle of a word, BesThes will read from
the beginning of the word to the letter just before the
cursor. Use this to enter the base-form from an inflection.
b) In KEYBOARD-READING MODE, BesThes traces the keys as they
are being pressed, storing them in an internal buffer. When
the cursor leaves a word, BesThes deletes the buffer, ready
to begin reading a new one. To enter a word, type it and
press the HOT KEYS with the cursor still at the end of the
word you have just typed.
When you enter a verb, BesThes automatically includes its
compound forms with the prepositions: AT, DOWN, FOR, IN, OFF,
ON, OVER, TO and UP. Other prepositional forms must be entered
as compound words. To enter a compound word or expression, join
the words with underscores, e.g., work_up, get_rid_of.
After you press the HOT KEYS, Besthes will ask you for the part
of speech you need. Once you answer, BesThes will display the
MEANINGS menu, showing different meanings represented by triads
of words. These triads stand for sets of words that include the
entered word and are, in turn, associated with other sets
conceptually related to it - the RELATED WORDS sets. Since each
one of these sets is by itself very comprehensive, the triads
of words that appear in the MEANINGS menu cannot give more than
a vague idea of the words you will find behind it.
Once you choose the meaning, the RELATED WORDS menu comes on,
offering you different sets of words conceptually related to
that meaning. Make your choice, and a set of dozens of words
will appear. Bear in mind that the sets of words in BesThes are
much more comprehensive than in other thesauruses, and only
pressing <ENTER> and less than a second are all that separate
you from the complete set. Go on, therefore, to see the
complete set of words, even if the triad doesn't seem to
precisely characterize the word you need.
Now you can move quickly and easily, back and forth among the
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different meanings and sets of related words, looking for the
exact word you need. All your commands are carried out in
fractions of a second because BesThes is not idle while you are
making your choices. It uses your thinking-time to read from
the disk, by means of an ultra-fast procedure, all the
information it needs to fulfill your upcoming requests. For
this reason, you see BesThes often reading from the disk, but
simultaneously keeping an eye out for your orders. SO DON'T
WAIT FOR BESTHES TO STOP READING FROM THE DISK; GIVE YOUR
COMMAND, CONFIDENT THAT BESTHES IS ALWAYS LISTENING TO YOU.
Note: In some cases, BesThes needs a second, or less, to
complete what it is currently doing before it manages to carry
out your order. When that happens, BesThes acknowledges your
command and apologizes that it is doing its best.
SELECTING A WORD
When you are in the expanded SET of related words, tap the
down-arrow key and you will be in the SELECT mode:
1) The SELECTED-WORD HOLDER appears in the upper part of the
screen.
2) The first word in the HEADING of the SET is highlighted.
3) The HELP line changes, giving the relevant instructions.
Using the arrows, select the desired words, and confirm your
selections by pressing <ENTER>. The selected words will appear
in the HOLDER, and remain there even when the HOLDER disappears
from the screen - until you erase the HOLDER by pressing C. You
can now continue searching in other sets of the same or other
entries, adding new words to the HOLDER.
REPLACING (Registered copies only -- experimentally included in
this unregistered copy, but may be excluded from future releases)
After you have put one or more words in the SELECTED-WORD
HOLDER, move up to the HEADING of the SET by repeatedly
tapping the up-arrow key. The HELP line in the HEADING will
change, showing that another tap on the up-arrow key will take
you to the HOLDER. Do so, and the first word in the HOLDER will
become highlighted, and a HELP line in the HOLDER will replace
the line in the HEADING. Now select a word by using the left-
and right-arrow keys, and confirm your selection by pressing
<ENTER>.
A MENU appears, making it possible for you to choose between:
1) REPLACE: Replace the word in your file with the selected
word.
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2) ADD: Copy the selected word onto your file without erasing
the previous word.
3) ALL: Copy all the words from the HOLDER onto your file. In
this case, it does not matter which word is highlighted. This
last option is designed to facilitate the use of these words as
new entries.
USING BESTHES WITH WINDOWS
BESTHES is a DOS application, friendly to WINDOWS users. To
enjoy BESTHES in WINDOWS 3.x, with at least a 386 system, go to
the Program Manager window and choose MS-DOS. When in the DOS
command line, change to the subdirectory where the BESTHES files
are and type:
BW <ENTER>
BW.BAT will load BESTHES, and then EDIT along with BESTHES.WND.
BESTHES is now installed as a quasi-WINDOWS application ready to
serve you. The first time, return to your wordprocessor
window through the TASK LIST (Ctrl+Esc). In subsequent times,
you can switch back and forth between your wordprocessor and
BESTHES windows by merely pressing Alt+Tab.
When in the BESTHES window, and with the cursor at the end of a
word, press the BESTHES HOT KEYS. You can type the word, or copy
it, from your wordprocessor into the BESTHES window through the
clipboard. To access the clipboard from the BESTHES window,
press Alt+Space bar, or click the CONTROL BUTTON of the MS-DOS
window, and then select EDIT from the pull-down MENU.
The first time you press Alt+Space bar, the MS-DOS full screen
turns into a window with the BESTHES window in it, and a
pull-down MENU appears. Subsequently, you can pull down the MENU
either by pressing Alt+Space bar or by clicking the MS-DOS
window CONTROL BUTTON.
Be aware of the presence, below the MS-DOS window bar, of a MENU
bar belonging to EDIT -- DON'T USE IT. If you do, you will be
copying onto or pasting from the wrong clipboard -- the EDIT
clipboard -- instead of the WINDOWS clipboard.
After you have selected the word(s) you want, and replaced the
entered word with your choice, you can copy it/them onto the
clipboard and return to your wordprocessor (Alt+Tab).
In order to mark and copy the selected word(s) onto the RIGHT
clipboard, you MUST first pull down the MS-DOS menu, choose
EDIT, and then MARK. A special cursor will appear in the upper
left corner of the window. Use this special cursor or the mouse
to mark the selected word(s).
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CUSTOMIZING
BesThes enables you to adapt the HOT KEYS, the READING MODES
and the LETTER CASES to suit your needs and personal taste.
Simply type HK, press the HOT KEYS, and follow the instructions
that appear on the screen, guiding you step by step.
VIRUS-SAFE
Any virus attached to a program invariably alters that program's
code. BesThes verifies the integrity of its code every time it's
loaded. The possibility that the change caused by a virus would
pass by BesThes undetected is less than 1 in 4000; it doesn't
matter if it is a known or unknown virus. This gives you a very
high measure of security. Once you see the comforting statement:
"CODE'S INTEGRITY VERIFIED - NO VIRUS FOUND" you can copy
BesThes onto your hard disk and enjoy it, virtually free of
virus-worry. Nevertheless, a virus might attach itself to the
very beginning of BesThes' code and act before BesThes manages
to detect its presence. Therefore, we recommend that the first
time you run a copy of BesThes of dubious origin, you take
precautions such as checking it with an antivirus program.
BesThes is virus-protected to encourage copying and trying it
out. The more people experience BesThes, the more will register
and get to enjoy the resulting material and ethical benefits.
FUTURE DEVELOPMENT
BesThes is intended to develop in two distinct paths:
Vocabulary Enrichment and Program Enhancement.
* VOCABULARY ENRICHMENT
The meaning classification is the soul of any thesaurus. In
determining BesThes' meaning classification, we have no
pretensions of making an academic contribution to the field of
semantics. Our only concern is to provide you with a useful tool
for finding the required word. This is a very difficult task
because, in the final analysis, only you know what you have in
mind when turning to BesThes for help. To this end, we are
continually revising the classification of meanings; new
meaning codes are created, others are discarded, and new
connections between meanings are established.
New vocabulary modules, of nearly 6,000 NEW entries each, and
approximately double that number of NEW meanings, are being
developed. Many of these new meanings are shared by the old
entries. Therefore, by installing these modules, you not only
add new entries, but also increase the number of meanings
appearing for the old ones. These modules can be added
inexpensively and at any time.
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When you order a new module, the latest version of BesThes will
be sent to you, taking advantage of the attendant saving in m.&
h. costs.
* PROGRAM ENHANCEMENT.
Since the first version of BesThes was released in January of
this year, significant program enhancements have been made:
1) The memory occupied by BesThes has been reduced from 58K to
46.7K.
2) BesThes is now workable in the high memory.
3) It is now compatible with DOS 6 DOUBLE-SPACE and QEMM
7.04.
4) The SELECT function has been added.
5) The REPLACE function has been added to the REGISTERED COPY.
For the future we are planning:
1) A further reduction in the memory occupied by BesThes.
2) Compatibility with wordprocessors in the graphic mode.
3) A WINDOWS version.
4) New vocabulary-enrichment modules.
5) Examples of word usage.
These improvements are possible only through your support.
Accordingly, our policy states that registration establishes a
permanent relationship between the user and BesThes. Hence, any
new version of BesThes will be sent to all registrants for just
slightly more than the m.& h. costs.
LATEST VERSION
The latest version of BesThes can be found in the main BBSs and
in the ASP Hub Network BBSs listed bellow. These BBSs are bound
by special agreement with the ASP. They will allow ANY 1st time
caller adequate access to download 1 ASP file, of up to 500k in
size, per day.
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Zone 1 - East Coast USA
North-East Coast Mid-East Coast
The Consultant BBS The Break RBBS <East>
Jay Caplan Bruce Jackson
P.O. Box 8571 4660 Whitaker PL
New York NY 10116-4655 Dale City, VA 22193-3011
BBS Phone: 718-837-3236 BBS Phone: 703-680-9269
BBS Software: PCBoard BBS Software: RBBS
Zone 2 - North Mid-USA Zone 3 - Southern Mid-USA
The Twilight Zone The DataExchange BBS
John Hrusovszky Don Morris
1119 E. Main St 119 Herring St.
Auburndale, WI 54412 Leesville, LA 71446
BBS Phone: 715-652-2758 BBS Phone: 318-239-2122
BBS Software: RBBS BBS Software: UltraBBS
Zone 4 - West Coast USA Zone 5 - Canada
Space BBS Knightec BBS
Owen Hawkins Phil Knight
PO Box X 35 Robb Blvd #6
Menlo Park, CA 94026 Orangeville, ONT L9W 3L1
BBS Phone: 415-323-4398 BBS Phone: 519-940-0007
BBS Software: PCBoard BBS Software: PCBoard
REGISTRATION
Language Software Co. issues three kinds of
REGISTRATION/LICENSES:
PERSONAL REGISTRATION: $25.00.
SITE LICENSE (For government offices, public institutions, and
businesses): $25.00, plus $15 for each potential additional
user.
COLLECTIVE LICENSE (For educational institutions): $200.
It grants the right of usage to all staff members and students.
The institution is authorized to collect, either directly or
through its bookstore or student union, a fee of up to $8 per
copy from its students and staff members.
Each staff member or student of a collectively licensed
educational institution may become a PERSONAL REGISTERED USER
for only $15, including the license for any supplementary
modules purchased by the educational institution.
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All three kinds of REGISTRATION/LICENSES enjoy the following
advantages:
* LATEST REGISTERED VERSION: Add the m.& h. costs to the
registration fee, and the latest registered version will be
sent to you.
* UPGRADING: Any future program-enhanced or vocabulary-revised
version will be sent to you for only slightly more than the
postage and handling costs.
* ADDITIONAL PERSONAL REGISTRATIONS: Give your friends the gift
of a BesThes registration for only $15 each. This will grant
them the same rights you presently enjoy, including the
license to use supplementary modules.
* TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE: We are always at your disposal to answer
any questions you may have regarding the use of BesThes,
whether you have already registered or are still trying out
the program. If a serious bug is reported within three months
after registration, we will either fix it and send a corrected
copy to the registrant, or refund the registration fee.
Following the initial three-month period, please feel free to
turn to us with any problems you may have.
By mail: Language Software Co., POB 3080, Beersheva 84130,
ISRAEL.
By FAX: 972 7 433 103
By E-mail: INTERNET:100274.655@compuserve.com
VOCABULARY-MODULE LICENSES
Two vocabulary-enrichment modules, with nearly 6,000 NEW entries
each, can be added to the basic vocabulary of BesThes.
* PERSONAL LICENSE: $10 each module.
Our PAY FOR ONE AND GET TWO promotional offer:
If you order two modules along with your registration, you
will only have to pay for the first one.
* SITE LICENSE: $10 + $5 per module for each additional
potential user.
* COLLECTIVE LICENSE for educational institutions: $50 per
module.
Ordering supplementary vocabulary modules is not restricted to
registered users only. It is also available to non-registered
users, in any of the three categories, as a last test before
registering, with the understanding that if BesThes continues to
be used after a reasonable trial period, the corresponding
registration will be applied for.
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Whenever you order one or more modules, you will receive the
latest version of BesThes - REGISTERED or NON-REGISTERED,
depending on your status - with the modules incorporated in the
BESTHES.DIC and BESTHES.CDF files. These files are NOT
interchangeable between different copies of BESTHES. So if
you are a NON-REGISTERED user and are trying out BesThes using
a REGISTERED copy, you will not be able to use the supplementary
modules with it. (If you are a NON-REGISTERED user you will most
likely receive a copy without the REPLACE function.)
MAILING and HANDLING COSTS: You must add m.& h. costs any time
you require a diskette to be sent ($5 for a 5.25", and $7 for a
3.5" diskette).
All prices are in U.S. dollars, but we also accept the
equivalent amounts in the following currencies:
Can$, $A, S$, £, £Ir, DM, Fmk, F, SwF, BF, SKr, NKr, DKr, R, S,
Pta, Yen, Lit, NIS.
DIRECT REGISTRATION
To register, or apply for a license, send a check or credit-card
form DIRECTLY to:
Language Software Co., Moria 52 Apt.4, P.O. Box 3080 Beersheva
84130, Israel.
Credit-card orders with MC, VISA, DINERS or EUROCARD may be sent
directly to Language Software Co. also by:
* FAX: 972 7 433 103
* E-mail: INTERNET:100274.655@compuserve.com
Credit-card payment made DIRECTLY to Language Software Co. is
the most economical way for us to handle foreign currencies. It
enables us to grant you a reduction of 10% on all prices, which
you may deduct from the total (including m.& h.) ONLY when
choosing this way.
Or transfer to our account:
Language Software Co., Bank Hapoalim, branch 12-54700, account
233108 Beersheva, Israel.
You may deduct $2.50 from the transferred sum as our share of
your transfer costs. Please send us, either by regular or
electronic mail, your name, address, sum, date, transfer number,
bank and branch.
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REGISTRATION THROUGH PsL (800 phone-line)
Credit-card orders using MC, VISA, AMEX or DISCOVER may be
made through the "Public software Library" (PsL) (Houston,
TX) by calling 800-2424-PsL or 713-524-6394; or by FAX to
713-524-6398; or by CIS E-mail to 71355,470. You can also mail
credit-card orders to PsL at P.O.Box 35705, Houston, TX
77235-5705. Refer item #11511.
THE ABOVE PsL NUMBERS ARE FOR ORDERS ONLY. Please DO NOT call to
them for inquires related to your order.
Any questions about the shipment of an order, refunds,
registration options, technical support, discounts, site
licenses, etc., MUST BE DIRECTED EXCLUSIVELY - by FAX, E-mail,
or regular mail - to Language Software Co., Beersheva, Israel.
We guarantee an answer within 48 hours. For air-mail
correspondence allow one week each way.
REGISTRATION THROUGH COMPUSERVE
COMPUSERVE members may register for a single copy through
the COMPUSERVE SHAREWARE REGISTRATION DATABASE - GO SWREG.
BesThes appears in the database under the name BESTH1.ZIP,
registration ID 2647. The sum of $40 (registration fee + 2
vocabulary-enrichment modules + m.& h. costs) will be
added to your COMPUSERVE bill. This price includes our
promotional offer: PAY FOR ONE AND GET TWO. However, all other
registration schemes, such as multiple-copy registrations,
SITE and COLLECTIVE LICENSES, and registrations which do not
include supplementary modules, CANNOT be arranged through
COMPUSERVE.
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CREDIT-CARD FORM
The following information necessary for credit card payment may
be mailed to:
Language Software Co., POB 3080, Beersheva 84130, Israel,
E-mailed to: Noah Nissani, INTERNET:100274.655@compuserve.com,
or
Faxed to: (972 7 433 103):
CARDHOLDER DATA
First name:.................................................
Last name:.................................................
Social Security # (or usual ID # in your country)...............
Address:........................................................
CITY:........... STATE:........ COUNTRY:.......... ZIP:.........
Phone(......)................ Other(......)....................
Amount ..................... Currency ......................
CREDIT CARD
MC ( ) VISA ( ) DINERS ( ) EUROCARD ( )
Card number:...................... Expiration date...........
Signature (when applicable).................................
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REGISTRATION FORMS
To be sent by mail: Language Software Co., POB 3080, Beersheva
84130, Israel.
FAX: 972 7 433 103.
or
E-mail:Noah Nissani, INTERNET:100274.655@compuserve.com
PERSONAL REGISTRATION
NAME:
ADDRESS:......................................................
CITY:........... STATE:........ COUNTRY:.......... ZIP:.......
VERSION: V1.56
REGISTRATION FEE: $25 $....
SUPPLEMENTARY VOCABULARY MODULES: $10 each
(With nearly 6,000 new entries per module) $....
Airmail p.& h.,
diskette 5.25"/3.5", $5/$7, respectively $....
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SUBTOTAL $....
PAY FOR ONE AND GET TWO discount
(Good only when ordering two supplementary
modules along with registration) -$10
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TOTAL
PAYMENT BY MEANS OF:
Credit card: MC ( ) VISA ( ) DINERS ( ) EUROCARD ( )
-*-
Check number: Bank: Branch:
-*-
Transference number: Bank: Branch:
Bank address:
CITY:........... STATE:........ COUNTRY:.......... ZIP:.......
-*-
SIGNATURE:...................... DATE:....................
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ADDITIONAL PERSONAL REGISTRATIONS
CURRENTLY REGISTERED USER:
NAME (Personal/office/institution/company):..................
.............................................................
ADDRESS:.....................................................
CITY:........... STATE:........ COUNTRY:.......... ZIP:.......
NEW REGISTRANT:
NAME:.........................................................
ADDRESS:......................................................
CITY:........... STATE:........ COUNTRY:.......... ZIP:.......
REGISTRATION FEE $15 $........
Includes license for the vocabulary-enrichment
modules you presently have.
Postage and handling:
Airmail diskette 5.25"/3.5", $5/$7, respectively $........
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TOTAL $........
PAYMENT BY MEANS OF:
Credit card: MC ( ) VISA ( ) DINERS ( ) EUROCARD ( )
-*-
Check number: Bank: Branch:
-*-
Transference number: Bank: Branch:
Bank address:
CITY:........... STATE:........ COUNTRY:.......... ZIP:.......
-*-
CURRENT REGISTRANT'S SIGNATURE:................................
TITLE (If Site or Collective License):........................
NEW REGISTRANT'S SIGNATURE (OPTIONAL):.............. DATE:.....
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SITE LICENSE FORM
OFFICE/INSTITUTION/COMPANY NAME:..............................
..............................................................
DEPARTMENT/BRANCH/SECTION:...................................
ADDRESS:......................................................
CITY:........... STATE:........ COUNTRY:.......... ZIP:.......
VERSION: V1.56
NUMBER of ADDITIONAL COPIES:
NUMBER of SUPPLEMENTARY MODULES
(With nearly 6,000 new entries each):. . . . .
First copy: $25 + SUPPLEMENTARY MODULES x $10 $.......
Additional copies x ($15 + SUPPLEMENTARY MODULES x $5) $.......
Postage and handling:
Airmail diskette 5.25"/3.5", $5/$7, respectively $.......
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TOTAL $.......
PAYMENT BY MEANS OF:
Credit card: MC ( ) VISA ( ) DINERS ( ) EUROCARD ( )
-*-
Check number: Bank: Branch:
-*-
Transference number: Bank: Branch:
Bank address:
CITY:........... STATE:........ COUNTRY:.......... ZIP:.......
SIGNATURE:...................... DATE:....................
TITLE:....................................................
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COLLECTIVE LICENSE for an EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION
INSTITUTION NAME:.............................................
..............................................................
DEPARTMENT/FACULTY/SCHOOL:....................................
ADDRESS:......................................................
CITY:........... STATE:........ COUNTRY:.......... ZIP:.......
VERSION 1.56
NUMBER of SUPPLEMENTARY MODULES
(With nearly 6,000 new entries each):. . . . .
LICENSE: $200 + SUPPLEMENTARY MODULES x $50 $........
Postage and handling:
Airmail diskette 5.25"/3.5", $5/$7, respectively $........
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TOTAL $........
PAYMENT BY MEANS OF:
Credit card: MC ( ) VISA ( ) DINERS ( ) EUROCARD ( )
-*-
Check number: Bank: Branch:
-*-
Transference number: Bank: Branch:
Bank address:
CITY:........... STATE:........ COUNTRY:.......... ZIP:.......
SIGNATURE:...................... DATE:....................
TITLE:....................................................
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PERSONAL REGISTRATION for STAFF and STUDENTS of a
COLLECTIVELY-LICENSED INSTITUTION
INSTITUTION NAME:.............................................
..............................................................
DEPARTMENT/FACULTY/SCHOOL:....................................
ESTABLISHMENT ADDRESS:........................................
CITY:........... STATE:........ COUNTRY:.......... ZIP:.......
PERSONAL NAME:................................................
TITLE: STUDENT/STAFF MEMBER (Circle appropriate)
PERSONAL ADDRESS:............................................
CITY:........... STATE:........ COUNTRY:.......... ZIP:.......
REGISTRATION $15 (Includes license for the supplementary
modules covered by the COLLECTIVE LICENSE) $......
SUPPLEMENTARY MODULES (Not covered by the
COLLECTIVE LICENSE) $10 each $......
Postage and handling:
Airmail diskette 5.25"/3.5", $5/$7, respectively $......
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TOTAL $.....
PAYMENT BY MEANS OF:
Credit card: MC ( ) VISA ( ) DINERS ( ) EUROCARD ( )
-*-
Check number: Bank: Branch:
-*-
Transference number: Bank: Branch:
Bank address:
CITY:........... STATE:........ COUNTRY:.......... ZIP:.......
SIGNATURE:...................... DATE:....................