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S h a r e w a r e V e r s i o n ─────── ─────┘▓▓
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[■] Program Annotation.
[■ ■] Release History.
[■ ■ ■] Upgrading and Registration.
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│ ██ │ P r o g r a m A n n o t a t i o n
└─┬──┘
│
└ What is this all about ???
First, about me: my name is Max Nam, I'm 18 years old, student
of Montgomery College, in Computer Science Field. My
programming experience includes two years of programming in
C/C++ and 1 year of Basic. Currently, I'm teaching myself
Pascal and Assembly language, just for fun of it.
Well, to make a short story long, one stormy evening, after
watching Star Trek, I've approached my computer with one
strange thought in my head... I remember I was thinking of how
versatile was the computer on Enterprise... "Why can't be my
computer more intelligent?" - I though to myself, and,
accidently I've typed DIR, simply to find out how much space I
had... I got stuck searching for the information... the next
thing I remember I was rapidly writing some program to show
that in graph... and that is how the idea of 'Free' was born.
The Definition of 'Free':
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│
Free is a simple program to show the amount of free
resources the machine has in easy-to-understand layout, │
using text-based charts and special video effects. │
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Free by Max V. Nam
┌────────┐
│ ██ ██ │ R e l e a s e H i s t o r y
└───┬────┘
│
└─ What's new ?
┌──────────────┐
┌──┤ This release │
│ └──────────────┘▓▓
│ ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓
│
│ 1993,
│ April,
│ 26 Initial release, 1.0a
│ 29 Completely rewritten, added some interface
│ things, but mostly internal changes
│
│ 30 1.1 release : added some nice UI things,
│ fixes some bugs.
│
│ May,
│ 16 2.0 release: a lot of things changed,
│ the major additions are :
│ ■ Memory Indicator
│ ■ Real-time clock
│ ■ Drive Volume
│ ■ 'Space' functions as 'Enter' on
│ Exit
│ ■ Documentation rewritten
│ a) Appearance fixed
│ More accurate information
│ 17 2.1 Bug fix release
│ ■ Help screen and response changed
│ ■ More uncluttered appearance
│ ■ Bug with huge HDs fixed
│ ■ Memory indicator fixed
│ ■ 'Space' acts as a screen
cleaner
│ ■ On 'Esc' cursor is moved to
│ the bottom of the screen, so
│ the prompt would not be lost in
│ Free's leaves.(special thanks
│ ┌─────┐ to Ilya Goldin)
└────────────────── 24 ────┤ 2.2 Bug fix release
└─────┘ ■ Bug with Award(tm) BIOS fixed
■ Now works on all CPUs
■ Help screen changed
■ Drive Usage pane changed :
... volume is left-justified
... add 'used' statistics
■ Minor screen changes
∙ Changed the way of reminding of shareware
∙ Holding Left Shift prevents 'Free' from
displaying the shareware text upon exit
Free by Max V. Nam
┌────────────┐
│ ██ ██ ██ │ U p g r a d i n g & R e g i s t r a t i o n
└─┬──────────┘
│
│
└─ Do I have to pay ???
■ No, You don't HAVE to. However, any donation would be
greatly appreciated. The contribution doesn't have to be of
monetary type; whatever you want to contribute for such
a nice piece of shareware... would do fine.
■ However, if you would like to become a registered user, the
registration fee of $5.00 is required.
Registered users get the following privileges :
■ Three upgrades free of charge.
■ Free tech support from the author.
■ Source code and a condensed version of
NViews UI library on request.
Anyways, what I'm trying to say here is that if you find the
program useful, or interested in the code, or simply
appreciate the sleepless nights of the author, consider sending
a donation to the address below.
My phone number : (301) 990-1528 [ ask for Max ]
My fax number : (301) 670-9782 [ Attn: Max Nam ]
and, if you prefer to express yourself in creative
writing, here's my address :
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18245 Lost Knife Circle, #102
Gaithersburg, MD, 20879, USA │
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┌───────────────────────────────────┐
│ ... and thank you for using Free! ├─┐
└─┬─────────────────────────────────┘ │
└───────────────────────────────────┘