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Welcome to the world of Racontex. To install the system on your computer, type
INSTALL D: \SUBDIR where D: is the drive you wish to install to and \SUBDIR
is the directory you wish to put it in. Do not forget the colon or the
backslash and be sure to leave a space between the colon and the backslash.
(If you are installing from a floppy disk, start from the prompt for that
floppy disk i.e. if the disk is in drive A, start at the A> prompt. If you are
installing from a downloaded copy, start at the prompt for the subdirectory
holding the downloaded files TRANSFER.EXE TRANSWIN.EXE and INSTALL.EXE.)
The files are compressed into the files TRANSFER.EXE & TRANSWIN.EXE, and this
procedure will extract them. If you wish to examine the files first you may
extract them using LHA (copyright YOSHI).
The compression was selected to ensure that the install procedure and the
compressed files would all fit on two 360K floppy disks (or one of a bigger
size). If you have the files on a single disk, and wish to transfer them to 2
disks, copy all files but TRANSWIN.EXE to the first disk and copy just
TRANSWIN.EXE to the second. The INSTALL program will detect this and call for
the second disk. If you have the files on two disks, and want them on a single
disk, just copy them all to the same disk.
If the product was downloaded as an archive file from a bulletin board, it may
fit on a single 360K floppy disk since it may not include the file VBRUN300.DLL
which is required for the Windows front end (not required for DOS only). The
VBRUN300.DLL file is widely available on BBS systems and may be inserted into
the file TRANSWIN.EXE using LHA by disk vendors who wish to distribute a full
version.
The install procedure will automatically invoke the RACONTEX create function to
produce an on-line manual as a RACONTEX database, and this README file as
another. You will see the loading process in operation, and the databases will
be there for you to experiment with searches.
If you have a copy of LHA you may extract the file MANUAL from TRANSFER.EXE
before you do the install, and print it for review.
If this is an unlicensed demonstrator version you may use it for a maximum 30
day period for evaluation and you may distribute copies of it to others for
similar evaluation, but you must distribute it without modification and in the
form in which you received it. This means that if you downloaded it as an
archive file from a bulletin board you may distribute only that unmodified
archive. Unlicensed demonstrator versions will place a "commercial" at the
beginning of any search performed on documents prepared by them.
Licensed versions bear a code identifying the licensee, and it is a violation
of copyright to make and distribute copies other than as specified in the
licence. You may freely distribute RACONTEX databases, but not licenced copies
of the RACONTEX programs themselves, except as detailed below. Publishers
may make an arrangement to distribute the search program along with databases
they may be selling, on a royalty basis (contact the author for details).
To encourage the "Shareware" method of software distribution, "Shareware"
authors may freely distribute the search module (files RACONTEX.EXE and
RACONTEX.HLP) along with their products if they use RACONTEX to prepare on-line
documentation to be distributed with the product.
If you have old documents produced by an unlicensed demonstrator version you
may update the licence by loading the system as instructed in the manual and
using the UPDATE program supplied. This will replace the licence information
in those documents with that appropriate to this copy, and if this is a
licensed copy the commercial you saw at the beginning of searches of them will
go away. For example, if you have a suite of files for a searchable document
named FRED, you would enter UPDATE FRED (including drive and path information
if needed). Please note that UPDATE will refuse to work on files produced by a
licensed (i.e. non-demonstrator) copy of the system to avoid compromising the
copyright of those who use Racontex form to publish documents.
This version of RACONTEX will work with either DOS or Windows.
So you want to buy a licensed copy and avoid the commercials....
Racontex Pricing.
Special "registration" price:
Designed for persons running an unlicensed demonstrator version. $99.95 gives a
licence to run both the loading/indexing engine and the search engine on a
single computer.
Suggested retail pricing:
Loading/Indexing engine licenced to run on one computer with searching engine
licenced to run on three additional computers in a single organisation with no
resale of searchable documents:
$350.00 plus $25 for each additional computer either networked or individually
running the search engine within the organisation.
Wholesale:
Wholesale reproduction licence, available to those wishing to reproduce the
instructions and disks for retail sales at the rates and on the conditions
above. Royalty equal to 40% of the above rates (minimum 10).
Wholesale purchase rates:
60% of the retail rate (minimum 5).
Licenses to use the system for the production of searchable documents for sale
(which would include licenses to distribute the search engine) may be
negotiated.
ORDER FORM
Mail with your payment to:
Guy Software
1752 Duchess Avenue
West Vancouver
British Columbia
CANADA V7V 1P9
Name:
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Please supply the Racontex System as below
Special "Registration" package for one computer only @ $99.95 [ ]
or
Retail Package-Load/index for one computer; Search for 3 others @ $350 [ ]
Retail Package - additional computers Search @ $25 each $
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Payment Enclosed
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For other options please write supplying details of the package desired.
If you are registering after using a demonstration copy, please quote its number
here
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please check appropriate box
[ ] 5.25" 360 Kb disks
[ ] 5.25" 1.2 Mb disk
[ ] 3.5" 720 Kb disk
Registration notes:
The RACONTEX package includes an 82 byte file LICENCE.PGF which contains an
identification line displayed on the title screen for any searchable
databases produced. For the unlicensed version this displays a demo ID, and
forces a "commercial" screen to be viewed at the beginning of a search.
Registration provides the latest version on disk, with the licensee's
identification in LICENCE.PGF and without the commercial. Allows this to
replace those for databases produced by demo versions.
Registration also provides a printed manual, and support either by mail or via
Compuserve for a 90 day period at no charge.
Author can remotely activate by E-Mailing the new binary file LICENCE.PGF or
by a REGISTER program in the package which requires a validation number which
can be quoted by E-Mail or phone.
Contact at 71750,1036 on Compuserve.
Additionally registration may be accomplished via the Compuserve Shareware
Registration Database (GO SWREG). Racontex is Registration ID 92 in that
database.
SHAREWARE and the Association of Shareware Professionals.
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.
DISCLAIMER - AGREEMENT
Users of Racontex must accept this disclaimer of warranty:
Racontex 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 conse-
quential, which may result from the use of Racontex."
Racontex 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 Racontex and continue to use
Racontex after a reasonable trial period, you must make a reg-
istration payment of $100(US) to Guy Software. The $100(US)
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 Racontex must register and pay for their
copies of Racontex within 30 days of first use or their license
is withdrawn. Site-License arrangements may be made by con-
tacting Guy Software.
Anyone distributing Racontex for any kind of remuneration must
first contact Guy 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
Racontex immediately (However Guy Software must still be advised so
that the distributor can be kept up-to-date with the latest
version of Racontex.).
You are encouraged to pass a copy of Racontex 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 Racontex
system.
ASP Ombusdman Statement
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"This program is produced by a member of the Association of Shareware
Professionals (ASP). ASP wants to make sure that the shareware
principle works for you. If you are unable to resolve a
shareware-related problem with an ASP member by contacting the member
directly, ASP may be able to help. The ASP Ombudsman can help you
resolve a dispute or problem with an ASP member, but does not provide
technical support for members' products. Please write to the ASP
Ombudsman at 545 Grover Road, Muskegon, MI 49442-9427 USA, FAX
616-788-2765 or send a CompuServe message via CompuServe Mail to
ASP Ombudsman 70007,3536."
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