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INSTALLATION
Video One version 2.5 should be very easy to install. All files
must reside in the same directory. While a hard disk is highly
recommended, it is not mandatory. However, the system will operate
much faster on a hard disk as this is a database program that must
access many files. For that same reason, you must verify that your
CONFIG.SYS file contains a statement with FILES=45 or more in it.
I say you must verify this. If you do not, at some point during
running Video One, you may see a red box on the screen that says
something like 'Not Enough Files Available'. If you see this box,
increase the FILES=XXX line of your CONFIG.SYS file. For
demonstration purposes I have included some sample data. The
easiest way to delete that data is to delete the entire data file.
To delete all of the sample FILMS, from the DOS prompt, enter the
following three commands:
DEL VIDEO_1.DAT
DEL VIDEO_1.MEM
DEL VIDEO_1.K??
To delete all of the sample PEOPLE, from the DOS prompt, enter the
following command:
DEL PEOPLE.*
And finally, to delete all of the sample CODES, from the DOS
prompt, enter the following command:
DEL CODES.*
DO NOT delete SORTS.DAT. If you accidentally do so, you will have
to extract a new copy from the archive.
The only other thing you might want to do is to specify a file
viewing program other than the one we have provided which is called
PAGE.COM. If you wish to do so, from the Main Menu, select
'Utilities' and then 'Defaults' and specify the name on the second
line of the form.
USING VIDEO ONE 2.5
You should find Video One version 2.5 very self-explainatory. I
have not included a manual in the form of a disk file because the
program contains very extensive on-line help. The bottom three lines
of the screen always provide help for what you are doing now. Also,
more extensive pop-up help is usually available by pressing the <F1>
key.
DISCLAIMER
Well, I hate the necessity of the next two parts, but I can't
afford to not try to protect myself so here we go...
Users of Video One must accept this disclaimer of warranty:
"Video One 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 Video One."
SHAREWARE LICENSE AND AGREEMENT
Video One 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 piece-meal, altered, or as part of
another system. Specifically, the file named 'CONFIG.DAT', which
contains a counter that causes the shareware information screen to
be displayed for the first FIVE runs of the program (not permanent
as in many shareware programs) may NOT be distributed. It is
automatically created by the program on the first run.
Users of Video One are NOT required to register by making a
contribution to the Tracie Moorman Education Fund, but are highly
encouraged to do so. PLEASE take a few minutes to read the story
show upon entry to Video One during the first five runs. If you
missed it, you may see the same information by either exiting Video
One, deleting CONFIG.DAT, and re-running Video One or by selecting
'Registration Info' from the 'Utilities' sub-menu. It explains
fully why I am asking for your help so Tracie may return to college
and how important every single contribution is since we are only
asking for at least ONE DOLLAR from every user. I'm trying to not
duplicate a lot of stuff or I'd reprint the story here.
Because of the nature of Video One, we hope that you will not need
technical support. Because we are asking for a donation of at
least one dollar and expect that most donations will be of one
dollar, the level of technical support that I can provide will be
minimal. The only major technical support that might be needed
would be conversion of the data files from the version 2.0 format
to the version 2.5 format which only applies to those who are
currently using version 2.0. Since only two people have registered
version 2.0 in over one year of distribution, I have not provided a
data file conversion program as I did when I released 2.0 for the
1.0 users. If you are currently using 2.0 which was full fledged
shareware and are not one of the two people that have registered it
and wish to have your data files converted, you will have to do the
following:
1. Make a copy of your data files on any IBM compatible
diskette, place it in a diskette mailer, and mail it to:
For Your Information
Robert E. Burger
4520 Geddes Avenue
Fort Worth, Texas 76107-6204
2. Enclose in the diskette mailer along with the diskette,
sufficient return postage, a label with your address on it
and 2 checks or money orders, one for $10 made out to
Robert Burger and one for at least $5 made out to Tracie
Moorman for her education fund. In case you wonder, I
require the $10 for you to become a registered user of
version 2.0 and if I'm going to do the labor of conversion,
I do require that you become a registered user of version
2.5 by making a contribution to Tracie's education fund.
Remember, the above only applies if you are an un-registered user
of version 2.0 and want your data files converted so you don't have
to re-enter the data.
SYSOPS
Bulletin Board operators are free to distribute Video One version
2.5 regardless of whether the system is 'free' or 'pay' or
something in between. In doing so, I only ask two things which are
similar to commercial distributors. First, please do not
distribute the file CONFIG.DAT that is created when VIDEO_1.EXE is
run for the first time and please do distribute all of the files
listed in FILES.DOC in an unmodified form. If you wish to
distribute additional film and performer data for Video One you are
welcome to do so (I don't know why anyone would, but you never
know) but please put it in an additional file and explain it is not
part of the Video One version 2.5 distribution in the file
description on the BBS and in a file inside the archive called
FILE_ID.DIZ which may contain up to 10 lines of no more than 45
characters each. Also, if you have either version 1.0 or 2.0 of
Video One on your BBS, PLEASE delete it.
SHAREWARE VENDORS
Anyone wishing to distribute Video One for any kind of remuneration
must contact me at the address listed above for authorization. My
only requirements are that (1) you make it obvious to your
customers that purchasing the software from you does not benefit me
in any way and does not make them a registered user, and (2) you DO
NOT distribute the CONFIG.DAT file and do distribute the files
listed in FILES.DOC in an unmodified form.
WRAP UP
Thank you very much for reading this, considering and/or making a
contribution to the Tracie Moorman Education Fund, and for trying
Video One version 2.5. If you have any comments, gripes, or
suggestions, I'd love to here them. You may send any
correspondence to:
For Your Information
Robert E. Burger
4520 Geddes Avenue
Fort Worth, Texas 76107-6204