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USER INSTRUCTIONS:
ANTIQUE TRANSPORTATION SCREEN SAVER: TALL SHIPS Vol.1

Your screen saver program has been installed into the Windows(tm)
Desktop of the Control Panel. BE CERTAIN YOUR MONITOR IS SET TO
256 COLOR PALETTE. If you have an old generic VGA monitor which
can only display 16 colors, I'm afraid these images will look
terrible. Sorry.
Accessing your screen saver is easy and requires only three steps:

  I.   Load the Control Panel
  II.  Run the Desktop option
  III. Select your screen saver

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I.   Load the Control Panel

The Control Panel is generally found in the MAIN group of your Program
Manager. Execute the Control Panel by double clicking the Control Panel
icon.

If you cannot find the MAIN group or the Control Panel icon, you can run
the control panel from the File Manager by double clicking CONTROL.EXE in
your main Windows directory (usually called WINDOWS).

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II.  Run the Desktop option

To run the Desktop option of the control panel, double click the Desktop
icon in the Control Panel.

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III. Select your screen saver

Use the 'Screen Saver' area of your Desktop screen to select your screen
saver. You may use the Test button to preview your screen saver and the
Setup button to assign a password and activate/deactivate your mouse.

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THREE GOOD REASONS TO REGISTER!

1) YOU WILL RECEIVE ELEVEN (11) ADDITIONAL RARE IMAGES OF TALL
SHIPS. (Actually, you will get 12 new photos because the photo
of the schooner launching with the registration reminders will
no longer have this text upon it.) THESE ARE ROYALTY FREE and
may be used in any project, private or commercial, subject to
one restriction. See below.

2) THE REGISTRATION REMINDERS WILL NOT APPEAR DURING YOUR SLIDE
SHOW.

3) You will be supporting an important project in which we are
preserving and restoring archival transportation photography,
making individual images available to design professionals at a
cost of $1.00 or less each. Compare that price with those typically
charged by stock photography agencies. If you are a hobbyist,
tall ship enthusiast or nautical historian, you can build a
collection of rare and important images at very little cost.
Such photographs rarely appear in the antique market, and when they
do, prices are typically in the range of $20 to $60 each.

4) Only registered users will have access to our tech support.

Ben Blumenberg
Reality Software
P.O. Box 105
1015 Main Street
Waldoboro, ME 04572-0105
Phone: [phone] - Most days noon to 9 PM EST.
World Wide Web - http://www.maine.com:80/reality/Welcome.html
E-mail:
Internet - [e-mail] (almost daily mail run); or
CompuServe - 71044,1645 (least preferred)

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SCREEN SAVER ORDER FORM:
ANTIQUE TRANSPORTATION: TALL SHIPS Vol.1

         To order, simply fill our this form and mail to:

REALITY SOFTWARE, P.O. BOX 105, WALDOBORO, ME 04572-0105 U.S.A.

3 1/2" HD Disks Only - Quantity _____ x $US15 =  Total ______

NOTE: Reality Software is a small company and cannot accept
credit cards or bank drafts in foreign currencies. Please remit in
$US or International Money Order with such drafts made out to Ben
Blumenberg. Price includes shipping and handling costs
to anywhere on this planet.

NAME ______________________________________________________

COMPANY ___________________________________________________

ADDRESS1 __________________________________________________

ADDRESS2 __________________________________________________

TOWN/CITY _________________________________________________

STATE/PROVINCE ____________________________________________

ZIP or POSTAL CODE _______________COUNTRY _________________

Where did you acquire ships1wn.zip? _________________________

Internet E-mail address for announcements, catalogs, etc.

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LICENSE AGREEMENT: ANTIQUE TRANSPORTATION: TALL SHIPS Vol.1

What 'Royalty Free' means.

As owner of either the shareware version or registered version of
this screen saver, you have a single user license. You have
also acquired royalty free rights to the USE of the individual graphics
files: file names are given below. Understand that this royalty free
license applies only to the USE of the files i.e. their image
content, NOT to the reproduction and sale of the graphics files
themselves. These images may be used as design elements in any publication
or software product that you author, whether or not it is offered for sale
in the retail marketplace. Examples of legal use would be illustrations in
news media, catalogs or books. Illegal examples of image use would include
the design of your own screen saver using the ship photos and/or
the inclusion of the ship graphic files into retail graphic file
collections of any sort. These distinctions are the same as those that
apply to the use of copyright fonts and their font files.

Needless to say, it is also illegal for you to redistribute and resell
this screen saver product.

YOU MAY NOT COPY AND DISTRIBUTE IN ANY MANNER WHATSOEVER, BE IT PRIVATE OR
COMMERCIAL, ANY OF THE ORIGINAL FILES THAT COMPRISE THIS PRODUCT.
This means that you cannot redistribute in any manner this screen saver
product as your own publication.

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INFO & FILE LIST: ANTIQUE TRANSPORTATION: TALL SHIPS Vol.1

The Archive

        These photographs of great sailing vessels are taken
from our private collection of classic sailing ship photography
which took many years to assemble. With a few exceptions, none
have ever been published before in any medium and then only many
decades ago.
        Many of the original prints are sepia toned but they are
reproduced here in black and white which is truer to the majority
of the original prints when new. Also realize that many of these
photographs were taken and printed by less than expert photographers.
Often a significant area of the image is slightly out of focus and the
grey scale is severely reduced resulting in a less than adequate range
of middle tones. A few of these photographs date from the early
years of photography and cameras were less than technically
adequate as judged by today's standards. Furthermore, many of these
prints were exposed to excessive sunlight and have faded. Dirt and dust
were embedded in many of the negatives and are visible in such prints.
A number of prints have suffered physical damage over the years
which include creases and slits in the emulsion as well as degradation
of the glossy emulsion layer itself.
        While purists may wish that we had not restored these
photographs, the fact remains that in their original condition the majority
would be unusable and unattractive. If you wish copies of the original scans,
you may contact us directly. The price is $50 per file and they are royalty
free as are these images. But beware, they look terrible! Most are very dark
and damages are emphasized because of the resolution of the scanning process.
We meticulously restored each image using industry standard, heavy weight
graphics programs expressly designed for this purpose. We firmly believe that
we have preserved the historical integrity of each photograph. My wife,
Leslie, is an exceptional graphics technician and did the final restoration of
each image. Realize that these images are in 256 grey scale so set your monitor
to a 256 color palette. We also recommend setting your monitor to maximum
brightness and contrast when viewing these images; such are the settings we
used when editing. You will then have the best possible viewing environment.

        Here is the historical information that could be reliably ascertained
for each photo. Remember that if you have not registered you have only four of
these fifteen graphics files which are indicated by an asterisk *. REGISTER
TODAY!! How can you be satisfied with only four of these great sailing ship
photos?

1. 3schoon2.tif - Laid up at Philadelphia, PA, three four
                  masted schooners wait out their last days (date
                  unknown). From left to right, they are the
                  Francis J. McDonald, the Marie F. Cummins and
                  an unknown ship.

2. 6mast2.tif - The launch of a huge six masted schooner is
                seen here at a locality that suggests Rockland,
                Maine.

3. bisbee2.tif - The William S. Bisbee was a three masted schooner
                 built at Rockland, Maine, in 1902. She had a
                 tonnage of 309, was 133' long, with a beam of 31.2'
                 and a depth of 9.3'.

4. brig1-2.tif - The Carl Vinnen is a four masted brig seen
                 here leaving the Philadelphia, PA, harbor in
                 1937.

5. brig2-2.tif - The Dirigo was a steel hulled, four masted brig
                 built at Bath, Maine in 1894. She had a tonnage
                 of 3005 with a length of 312', a beam of 45' and
                 a depth of 25.6'. She was designed by J.F.
                 Waddington originally of Liverpool, England and
                 she was typically British. Her only American touch
                 was in her rig - single topgallants, royals and
                 skysails. She sailed the Pacific for many
                 years with cargo runs to Japan, Hawaii and
                 Australia. Sold to a transportation company in
                 Anchorage, Kentucky (!) in 1916, the Dirigo
                 was then based in Pensacola, Florida. Sometime
                 after 6AM on the morning of May 31, 1917, she
                 was sunk by a German submarine in the English
                 Channel.

6. brown2.tif - This fine photo shows the launching of the Dean
                E. Brown, a four masted schooner, at the Cobb,
                Butler & Co. yard on October 23, 1907. No
                direct information exists as to the location of
                this shipyard but several tall ships with the
                surname Brown were built in Bath, Maine and the
                Cobb and Butler surnames are common in Thomaston,
                Maine. Ceremonial flags fly from the masts and
                many men and women  are visible.

7. cooper2.tif - This is an extraordinary photograph of cooper at
                work on the dock surrounded by large barrels with
                several schooners and brigs visible in the
                background. The locality is unknown.

8. denson2.tif - The Thomas S. Dennison is a three masted bark.
                 This picture was likely taken off mid-coast, Maine.

9. evadne2.tif - The three masted schooner Evadne loaded with
                 lumber is seen here at a dock in Bath, Maine,
                 September 25, 1906.

10. glouc2.tif - Perhaps the gem of our sailing ship
                 collection, this panorama of the Gloucester,
                 Massachusetts, harbor likely dates from the
                 third quarter of the 19th century. A 3 masted
                 brig is tied up at a lumber wharf. A seine
                 loft is clearly visible as are many other
                 buildings, ships and horse drawn wagons.

11. kingswy2.tif - The launch of the four masted schooner Kingsway
                   is seen here at Mystic Connecticut in 1918
                   in a marvelous panoramic photo that shows
                   another schooner under construction and a
                   many visitors who arrived in automobiles.
                   The building of great wooden sailing ships had
                   nearly ceased by this date. Mystic Connecticut
                   now boasts a world famous historic seaport
                   which allows visitors to experience the
                   waterfront of a 19th century whaling port.

    kingwy2a.tif* - Nag Screen

12. little2.tif - In the early 1950's the Luther Little (seen
                  here) and the Hesper were towed to Wiscasset,
                  Maine by a group intending upon restoring them
                  for use as a tourist attraction. The group
                  failed to raise the necessary funds and the two
                  four masted schooners were left at dockside
                  to slowly disintegrate. This photograph
                  probably dates from the early years of their
                  residence in Wiscasset. These two schooners
                  are still there, the Hesper nearly
                  unrecognizable while the hull and two masts of
                  the Luther Little are still intact.


13. machias2.tif - A three masted schooner is seen here at anchor
                   in the harbor of Machiasport, Maine sometime
                   before 1909. Notice the unusual small steam
                   boat.


14. palmer2.tif - In the twilight of the great shipbuilding
                  era, William F. Palmer of Boston commissioned
                  shipyards in Bath and Waldoboro, Maine, to
                  build a fleet of 12 five masted schooners.
                  The George L Welt yard in Waldoboro (our home
                  town) built six of these schooners between 1900
                  and 1904. The launching of the Paul Palmer is
                  seen here in a remarkable photo taken on the
                  shore of the Medomak River in 1902. She was 276'
                  feet in length with a gross tonnage of 2193.
                  The Paul Palmer was lost in a fire off Cape Cod,
                  Massachusetts, June 15, 1913.

15. stoning2.tif - A three masted schooner is seen here at the dock
                   of the Stonington Fuel and Lumber Co. whose
                   coastline suggests Maine. Many buildings are visible
                   in this nice harbor scene.


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RELEASES SCHEDULED FOR 1995 AND BEYOND!

        Additional releases in our series of screen savers whose
theme is antique transportation will be forthcoming. Each registered
version will contain 15 royalty free, 8 bit TIF images in 256 grey scale.
These photographs are rare: most exist as single prints made by photographers
many, many decades ago, some more than a century old. These archival images
are of extraordinary interest, to historians, hobbyists and design
professionals. The majority have never been published before in any medium
and their intrinsic interest is exceptional. The originals comprise our
personal collection which took many, many years to accumulate. This series
offers you a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to acquire a collection of the
rarest transportation photography which is truly of museum quality. Except
for an occasional old stereo card, there is no possibility that you would
see any of these prints in the public marketplace.

1) Additional screen savers which feature 19th century
locomotives will be released in the coming months. If you purchase
the entire collection, there will be no duplicate photos!

2)1995 will see the publication of a screen saver which
features classic sailboats of the type often used by families for
recreational sailing or the very wealthy as private yachts.

3) Also scheduled for 1995 release is a screen saver of antique
bicycle images. Obtaining a variety of early bicycle photos is
one of the most difficult collecting tasks in the realm of
historic transportation photography.

4) In 1996, we plan to publish screen savers that feature
archival photography of early trolley cars, electric trains,
late 19th and early 20th century warships and early aviation.

The format of each registered product will remain the same: 15
superb, royalty free images for $15. Stock photo agencies
typically charge license fees in excess of $100 for commercial
use of their images. There will be no duplicate photos throughout
our entire collection of archival transportation screen savers.

If you register this product, you will automatically be placed
upon our mailing list to be notified as each volume in the
Antique Transportation Screen Saver series is released. Be
certain to indicate an e-mail address on the registration form:
we distribute a great deal of our publicity as e-text.

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See catalog.txt on disk 3 to read about our extraordinary
e-books for DOS and Windows in ancient history and the history
of religion.

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Copyright 1995

Ben Blumenberg
Reality Software
1015 Main Street
Waldoboro, ME 04572-0105
Phone: [phone]
World Wide Web - http://www.maine.com:80/reality/Welcome.html
(on or about April 20, 1995)
E-mail:
Internet - [e-mail] (almost daily mail run); or
CompuServe - 71044,1645 (least preferred)

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