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"Morse Code Made Easy" MsCode Ver 6.2 for Windows 95 ┌---------┐ ID: SWREG:13120 PSL:14254 ┌-----┴---┐ │ (R) --│ │o │------------------ Copyright (C) 1995-96 │ ┌-----┴╨--┐ │ Association of written by Ken Bradford │ │ │-┘ Shareware All Rights Reserved └---│ o │ Professionals ------│ ║ │-------------------- Developed by └----╨----┘ MEMBER Brad's Software VOICE 214-339-6920 4649 Wyoming Dr. FAX 214-333-0653 Dallas, Texas 75211-7843 COMPUSERVE 104514,3240 ╔══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ DOCUMENTATION ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ ║ ╚══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ ----- Contents ----- PROGRAM DESCRIPTION .............. 1 DEFINITION OF SHAREWARE .......... 2 DISCLAIMER ....................... 3 LICENSE .......................... 4 PACKING LIST ..................... 5 DISTRIBUTION ..................... 6 COPYRIGHT ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ....... 7 EQUIPMENT REQUIRED ............... 8 PROGRAM HISTORY .................. 9 REVISIONS ........................ 10 INSTALLATION ..................... 11 FUNCTION KEYS .................... 12 PROGRAM MENU OPTIONS ............. 13 REGISTRATION ..................... 14 CREDIT CARD ORDERS ............... 15 FOR INFORMATION OR SUPPORT ....... 16 ORDERING DIRECT .................. 17 WHAT YOU GET ..................... 18 (1) PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: ------------------------ MSCODE.exe is a complete menu driven "MORSE CODE MADE EASY" learning tool that allows the user to set the pace. The 3 major modes are LESSONS, PRACTICE and WORD LIST. The user can change the tone, number of words per minute, how many characters are sent at a time and weather or not the characters are displayed as they are sent. The program tracks the user's progress and displays a score based on level of difficulty at the end of each lesson. For a more complete program description see (13) PROGRAM MENU OPTIONS. (2) DEFINITION OF SHAREWARE: Shareware distribution gives users a chance to try software before buying it. If you try a Shareware program and continue using it, you are expected to register. Individual programs differ on details -- some request registration while others require it, some specify a maximum trial period. With registration, you get anything from the simple right to continue using the software to an updated program with printed manual. Copyright laws apply to both Shareware and commercial software, and the copyright holder retains all rights, with a few specific exceptions as stated below. Shareware authors are accomplished programmers, just like commercial authors, and the programs are of comparable quality. (In both cases, there are good programs and bad ones!) The main difference is in the method of distribution. The author specifically grants the right to copy and distribute the software, either to all and sundry or to a specific group. For example, some authors require written permission before a commercial disk vendor may copy their Shareware. Shareware is a distribution method, not a type of software. You should find software that suits your needs and pocketbook, whether it's commercial or Shareware. The Shareware system makes fitting your needs easier, because you can try before you buy. And because the overhead is low, prices are low also. Shareware has the ultimate money-back guarantee -- if you don't use the product, you don't pay for it. (3) DISCLAIMER: D I S C L A I M E R - A G R E E M E N T Users of MsCode must accept this disclaimer of warranty: "MsCode is supplied as is. The author disclaims 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 MsCode." MsCode is a "shareware program" and is provided at no charge to the user for evaluation. Feel free to share it with your friends, but please do not give it away altered or as part of another system. The essence of "user-supported" software is to provide personal computer users with quality software without high prices, and yet to provide incentive for programmers to continue to develop new products. If you find this program useful and find that you are using MsCode and continue to use MsCode after a reasonable trial period, you must make a registration payment of $25 plus s/h and any sales tax that may apply, to Brad's Software. The $25 registration fee will license one copy for use on any one computer at any one time. You must treat this software just like a book. An example is that this software may be used by any number of people and may be freely moved from one computer location to another, so long as there is no possibility of it being used at one location while it's being used at another. Just as a book cannot be read by two different persons at the same time. Commercial users of MsCode must register and pay for their copies of MsCode within 30 days of first use or their license is withdrawn. Site-License arrangements may be made by contacting Brad's Software. Anyone distributing MsCode for any kind of remuneration must first contact Brad's Software at the address below for authorization. This authorization will be automatically granted to distributors recognized by the (ASP) as adhering to its guidelines for shareware distributors, and such distributors may begin offering MsCode immediately (However Brad's Software must still be advised so that the distributor can be kept up-to-date with the latest version of MsCode). You are encouraged to pass a copy of MsCode along to your friends for evaluation. Please encourage them to register their copy if they find that they can use it. All registered users will receive a copy of the latest version of the MsCode system. (4) LICENSE: MSCODE is not and has never been public domain, nor is it free ware. MSCODE is copyrighted by Ken Bradford and any unauthorized use inconsistent with the terms of this license is an infringement of the copyright. MSCODE may be used without registration for 30 days for evaluation. The use of MSCODE beyond the 30 days, requires registration. See (14) REGISTRATION for registering the MSCODE software. The use of unlicensed copies by any person, business, corporation, government agency or any other entity is strictly prohibited. After the 30 day evaluation period, you must either register the software or erase it. A single user license permits a user to use MSCODE only on a single computer. A purchaser of a single user license may use the program on different computers, but may not use the program on more than one computer at a time. Registration to a business name requires a SITE license. See MsCode.reg "ORDER FORM" for fees. No one may modify or patch the MSCODE executable files in any way, including but not limited to decompiling, disassembling, or otherwise reverse engineering the program. A limited license is granted to copy and distribute MSCODE only for the purpose of evaluation by others, subject to the above limitations, and also the following: MSCODE must be copied in unmodified form, complete with all accompanying files, documentation, and this license. (5) PACKING LIST: ----------------- MSCODE.ZIP ( might also be listed as MORSCODE.ZIP ect. ) Compressed ZIP file of the following files. CMDIALOG.VB_ Command dialog box control. COMMDLG.VB_ Common dialog box control. FILE_ID.DIZ Program description file. FILE_ID.DI_ Program description file (compressed). MSCODE.EX_ Main program. MSCODE.DOC This documentation file. MSCODE.DO_ This documentation file (compressed). MsCode.REG Order form to register MsCode. MsCode.RE_ Order form to register MsCode (compressed). MSCODE.TB_ Viewer editable MORSE CODE TABLE and information. MSCODE.HLP Help file (tells how to use MsCode). MSCODE.HL_ Help file (compressed). SPIN.VB_ Windows control button file. MSND.DL_ Dynamic Link Library used by MsCode. MSCODE.AS_ Ombudsman Statement displayed at program exit. VER.DL_ Required by Windows to setup MsCode. VBRUN300.DL_ Required by Windows to run MsCode. SETUP.EXE Setup program to load MsCode files into Windows. SETUP.LST Required by Windows to setup MsCode. SETUP1.EX_ Required by Windows to setup MsCode. SETUPKIT.DL_ Required by Windows to setup MsCode. Files with a underline as the last letter have been compressed by the Windows packaging utility and will be decompressed when you run the SETUP.EXE file. The reason that there are two copies of FILE_ID.DIZ and MSCODE.DOC (one compressed and one that is not compressed) is that some BBS's will not load a ZIP file if their software can't find the DIZ file. I have also discovered that most people will not load a program if they can't read the documentation file first. (6) DISTRIBUTION: ------------------- You are welcome to give unaltered copies of MSCODE.ZIP to your friends or upload it to your favorite bulletin board. MSCODE may not be distributed in conjunction with any other product without a specific license to do so from Ken Bradford, with exception that Vendors may distribute the latest evaluation copy of MsCode.zip on CD-ROM provided that all files, including this documentation file are intact. No fee, charge, or other compensation may be charged except as listed below: A. Operators of electronic bulletin board systems (sysops) may make MSCODE available for downloading only as long as the above conditions are met. Overall charges are permitted as long as there is no specific charge for downloading MSCODE. Any fee divided by the number of items downloaded must not exceed ten dollars. B. Vendors of user-supported or shareware may distribute only the most current shareware version of MSCODE without specific permission, subject to the above conditions. It is the responsibility of the vendor to obtain the most recent shareware version. Vendors may charge a disk duplication and handling fee, which may not exceed ten dollars, with the exception being CD-ROM's. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- (7) COPYRIGHT ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: ------------------------------- WINDOWS is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation. MS-DOS is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation. VBASIC is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation. IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machine Corporation. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- (8) EQUIPMENT REQUIRED: ----------------------- IBM PC and most compatibles. Windows 3.1 or higher, color monitor, mouse and hard drive are required. The Windows version of MsCode was written and tested on a 486/66 AT with 4MB RAM. @ 18 and 66MHz. (9) PROGRAM HISTORY: -------------------- I am one of those people that can't remember the previous characters sent. Way back in October of 1984,I developed a program for my own personal use that ran on the TI 99/4A home computer.The program allowed me to select and hear the characters sent as words.It became easy to learn once I quit listening for individual dits and da's. In 1986 I rewrote "MORSE CODE MADE EASY" to run on a TI PC. It had a TI three color plain graphics board and was updated for IBM with a Hercules CGA card. I still hadn't added the shareware screens or published MsCode even then because there weren't that many TI PC's around and they were switching to IBM motherboards .I bought a new 486/66 IBM compatible in February 1993, started Brad's SoftWare and have been publishing some of the software that I have written over the years. Other software packages available by Brad's Software is "Texlotto", a complete Texas Lottery Data Analyzer, now available in both DOS and Windows versions. (10) REVISIONS: -------------- VERSION 6.0 CHANGES: -------------------- 01/03/96 Rewritten for Windows from the DOS version. VERSION 6.1 CHANGES: -------------------- 05/21/96 Registration now available through CompuServe required documentation changes. VERSION 6.2 CHANGES: -------------------- 07/27/96 Corrected Windows 95 loading problem. Added "PRACTICE KEY" to the registered version, that allows you to use the Ctrl key as a telegraph key that not only sounds out the dits and dahs, but displays them and the characters that they represent. Added "SEND TEXT FILE" to the registered version, that allows you to load a text file and sound out in MORSE CODE any part of the text file that you have hi-lighted. (11) INSTALLATION: ----------------- FROM FLOPPY: Insert the disk into a floppy drive.I Windows File Manager,select File/Run and type d:\setup (replace the "d" with the drive letter). You will be asked which drive to install MsCode to with C:\MSCODE as the default.If you have the DOS version of MsCode and want to keep it, you should rename one their directories, otherwise the Windows version will overwrite the DOS version. The data file "SCORES" from the DOS version will not display correctly in the Windows version and you will need to restart storing your scores if you have been running MsCode for DOS. ------------------------------ HELP FILES ------------------------------------ You can run the MsCode help files by clicking it's icon in the Windows Mscode Group. In the MsCode program, you can either click Help on the Toolbar or press function key F1 from any screen. MsCode's help files give you a snapshot of the MsCode screens and a full discription on how to use MsCode. (12) FUNCTION KEYS: ------------------- F1. Runs the help files. F2. Displays all test scores. F3. Erases all test scores. F4. Ends exercise and displays score (otherwise ends at 100th test word). F5. View MORSE CODE TABLE (International Morse Code list) You can also use a text Editor to add your own characters to the TABLE and your own comments to the text. The file also contains the formula for length of dits, dahs, spacing between characters and words). SPIN BUTTON CONTROLS: (There are three spin button controls. One each for SPACE MULTIPLIER, WPM and TONE). See "CONTROLS" in the Help file for instruction on clicking on spin buttons and labels to change values. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- (13) PROGRAM MENU OPTIONS: ------------------------- LESSONS: There are 27 lessons arranged from least to most difficult so that the user can progress at a pace that they select. The user can change the tone, number of words per minute, how many characters are sent at a time and weather or not the characters are displayed as they are sent. At the end of each lesson, the user is given a score based on the level of difficulty for that lesson. PRACTICE: PRACTICE is made up of four options: You can select "HEAR WHAT YOU TYPE" which displays and sends what ever you type. Or you can select"TYPE WHAT YOU HEAR" which is the same as LESSONS except that you are asked to enter a list of characters that you need practice on. The program randomly sounds out the dits and dahs for the characters in the practice list. At the end, you are given a score based on speed, number of characters sent at a time and the level of difficulty, the same way that the lessons are scored. Or you can select "PRACTICE KEY" (available only in the registered version), which allows you to use the Ctrl key as a telegraph key that not only sounds out the dits and dahs, but displays them and the characters that the MORSE CODE represent. Or you can select "SEND TEXT FILE" (available only in the registered version), which allows you to load a text file and sound out in MORSE CODE any part of the text file that you have hi-lighted. WORD TEST: The user selects one of the 27 word lists that start with short easy words to copy and graduate to longer harder words to copy. The user is then asked to type the words as the dits and dahs for the characters in the randomly selected words are sounded out. At the end, the user is given a score based on speed, number of characters sent at a time and the level of difficulty the same way that the lessons are scored. LOGO: Displays Logo screen that shows telegraph key sounding out the dits and dahs as "MORSE CODE MADE EASY" is put on the screen in large letters. REGISTRATION: This option allows you to: 1. Enter your registered name and number. 2. Change the registered name and number. 3. Remove the registered name and number. 4. View / Print Registration Order Form (MsCode.reg). ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- (14) REGISTRATION: ----------------- PRICES MAY CHANGE: If your software is over a year old consider it dated. Write for the latest prices. A SITE LICENSE is required if MsCode is to be installed on a computer that is used by more than one person or registered to a business. (see MsCode.reg "ORDER FORM" for fee information). INDIVIDUAL REGISTRATION for the use of MsCode for Windows is $25 plus shipping and handling. (see ORDER FORM for s/h and credit card fees) * You can now have the registration fee charged to your Compuserve account. Just GO SWREG and select "Register Shareware". The Registration ID for MsCode for Windows is 11434. ****************************************************************************** (15) CREDIT CARD ORDERS: (if ordering through PsL, ask for Mscode, product number 14254) NOTE: Brad's SoftWare IS NOT AVAILABLE AT THE FOLLOWING NUMBERS. You can order by credit card from PsL by calling 800-242-4775 or 713-524-6394 from 7a.m.-6p.m. Mon.-Thurs.,7a.m.-Noon Friday or FAX 713-524-6398 or email to 71355.470@compuserve.com or mail credit card orders to: PsL, P.O.Box 35705, Houston, TX 77235 CIS and FAX are available anytime, of course. THE ABOVE NUMBERS ARE FOR ORDERS ONLY. To insure that you get the latest version, PsL will notify us the day of your order and we will ship the product directly to you. ****************************************************************************** (16) FOR INFORMATION OR SUPPORT, CALL VOICE 214-339-6920 OR FAX 214-333-0653 Any questions about the status of the shipment of the order, refunds, registration options, product details, technical support, volume discounts, dealer pricing, site licenses, ect, must be directed to Brad's SoftWare 4649 Wyoming Dr., Dallas, TX 75211-7843 - Phone VOICE 214-339-6920 OR FAX 214-333-0653. ****************************************************************************** (17) ORDERING DIRECTLY FROM Brad's SoftWare: Send check or money order (U.S.funds only). If you send cash, I suggest that you get and retain a USPS form 3817 (only costs $.50) from the post office as proof that you mailed something. Then if you do not receive your packet within 3 to 4 weeks,send me a copy of your USPS form 3817 and I will send you another packet after I verify your claim with the Postal Service. To register, send $25 plus shipping/handling and (if Texas resident, add sales tax) to: Brad's Software 4649 Wyoming Dr. Dallas, Texas 75211-7843 State 3.5" or 5.25" disk when ordering. Shipping & Handling:(cont.US $4),(all other $6). Texas residents: add 8.25% sales tax. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- You can make it as easy as mailing $25 for INDIVIDUAL REGISTRATION plus shipping/handling,(sales tax if Texas resident) and a note saying send me MsCode on the disk size that you want. Or you can fill out and mail the registration ORDER FORM: method 1: From within MSCODE program select option 5 on the MAIN MENU to view files. Select option 2 on to view file MsCode.reg and press key "P" to print the Registration Order Form. method 2: use a text editor to fill out and print file MsCode.reg. method 3: to print the Registration Order Form from the DOS command line, have your printer ready and type "TYPE MsCode.reg>PRN" without the ". Send check or money order. If you send cash, I suggest that you get and retain a USPS form 3817 (only costs $.50) from the post office as proof that you mailed something. Then if you do not receive your packet within 3 to 4 weeks, send me a copy of your USPS form 3817 and I will send you another packet after I verify your claim with the Postal Service. Only checks and money orders written on U.S. banks will be accepted. Texas residents: add 8.25% sales tax. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- (18) WHAT YOU GET: ------------------ When you register, you will receive a complete updated program and the "THIS IS A UN-REGISTERED COPY" notice will have been removed and replaced with a statement showing that the copy is registered to you. Registration entitles you to receive: 1. Latest version of the Registered program which will allow you to use the "PRACTICE KEY" and "SEND TEXT FILE" options. 2. Free support by mail or phone for six months. 3. Notification of updates (if any) for one year. 4. Updates, if requested to be mailed is only $10 plus s/h. Your registration number will unlock all future Shareware versions of MsCode for Windows, no matter where you received your copy. (see file MsCode.reg ORDER FORM for s/h) All orders will be shipped within 24 hours of receipt. {EOF}=================================================================