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         Documentation for Version 2.0-Demo Version
         of
         Brokering for Profit (BFP)
         Copyright 1994 DataWare Productions
         3198 S. John Redditt Dr.
         Lufkin, Texas 75904
         [phone]
         FAX [phone]


         This  is  a  fully  working  version  of  the Brokering for Profit
         database with the exception it only contains two  records  (rather
         than 3,500+) and you are limited to entering a total of 10 vendors
         and 20 products. All other features are fully functional.

         Please  do  not hesitate to contact us if you have any problems or
         questions.

         To launch the program, type BFP <press enter key>

         This demo may be run from the floppy drive or can be copied to your
         hard drive (recommended).

         DOCUMENTATION

         BFP  was designed as a user friendly program with online help (the
         F1 key) and instructions at the  bottom  of  each  screen.   While
         documentation  is  not  required to operate the software, there is
         some information herewith you might  find  interesting.   Help  is
         available  by  touching  your F1 key or by reading the bars at the
         bottom of the screen.



         BACKGROUND

         This program is a joint venture between Electrical Specialist,  Cy
         Stapleton,  and  Quick Printing Magazine's "Helene's Hotline", and
         marketed by InfoPrint Corp, a division of Coast Publishing.

         This software came about as a result of a  very  large  number  of
         responses  to  several  articles  I have written on the subject of
         brokering and the fact that I receive  numerous  calls  each  week
         from  printers  across the country who are looking for one product
         or another as does Quick Printing Magazine's "Helene's Hotline".

         I have been collecting unusual sources  for  almost  thirty  years
         and  had  them  in  no  particular  order.   Some  were in my list
         finder, some were on Rol-o-dex cards, some  on  scraps  of  paper,
         etc.   In  talking with other printers, their source files were in
         about the same condition as my own. There was obviously  a  market
         for a well done specialty database.

         While  many  printers  had  database  programs,  there  were  many
         different kinds - everything from PFS  First  Choice  to  Paradox.
         Plus,  many simply didn't know how to set up such a database. And,
         there is the incredible amount of time to  verify  and  enter  the
         data.

         BFP  is  a self contained database program. It is easy to use.  It
         comes  with  over  3,000  verified  records  in   many   different
         classifications   and   from   all   over  the  country,  and  new
         vendor/product records are added on a daily  basis  from  both  my
         files  and  from new finds we do for Helene's Hotline callers.  As
         500 new vendor/product records are verified,  a  datafile  upgrade
         disk  is  made  available.  In addition to the verified records, I
         have  included  a  number  of  "unverified"  records.   These  are
         companies  I  have  some  information on but have not yet received
         their verification form at the time of this  distribution.   There
         is enough information for you to contact them, if necessary.

         When  you  purchase  your  copy  of  BFP,  you  are  automatically
         registered and are added to the list of those users  who  will  be
         notified about the availability of datafile updates - over 500 new
         verified  vendor/product  records  with  each  new  update.  These
         updates are available several times a year.

         You may also easily add your own favorites to BFP.

         BFP is a great start for those  printers  who  are  interested  in
         increasing their profits by brokering some of their jobs.

         I am interested in any hints of how we might improve it.

         Thanking you in advance,

                    C.D. "Cy" Stapleton


         SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:

           Single User Version/Not Network Compatible
           IBM PC, XT, AT, or 100% compatible clone
           286 or faster machine recommended. Will run slow on
           some 8088's and not at all on others.
           512k RAM
           CONFIG.SYS files =20+
           Any monitor (color recommended, but not required)
           Hard disk drive with sufficient free space (5-10 meg)
           A printer, if you wish to print screen dumps or print reports.
           This database was not designed to be printed, but
           rather to give instant access to each and every record.
           There are a number of pre-defined reports in version 2 that
           you will find useful.

           NOTE: Several users have found BFP so  valuable  that  they  have
           purchased  a  second inexpensive computer and dedicated it to the
           exclusive use of BFP - a smart idea because  when  used  properly
           you can easily pay for that new computer in less than a month.


                WARNING***WARNING***WARNING***WARNING***WARNING

         While  the  vast  majority  of  the  vendors  in  our industry are
         ethical, there are always those who attempt to take  advantage  of
         someone  else.  I recommend that if a potential vendor asks you to
         send money in with your order you check his  credit  just  as  you
         would  one  of  your  new  customers.   Ask  for at least one bank
         reference, a paper house or graphic art supply house and at  least
         two customer references. If he hedges or doesn't appear to want to
         release  that  information and he isn't an old established company
         simply steer clear of that company and select  one  of  the  other
         sources.

         If  you  have a problem with any vendor listed in BFP, FAX us that
         info in detail as soon as possible and we will  place  it  on  the
         BBS and make a note of it in all future copies of BFP.



         STARTING BFP

         To  start  BFP  immediately after installation, all you need to do
         is type BFP <enter>.  Any other  time  you  would  change  to  the
         drive  that  the sub directory is on (as an example C:\) and enter
         the command cd \bfp <enter> and then bfp  <enter>.   You  may  use
         upper  case,  lower case or upper and lower case. Always start BFP
         from the BFP subdirectory. Do not put BFP in your  path.   If  you
         enter  BFP  from  any  other  directory,  an ERROR message will be
         displayed.

         The first screen you see will be the Main Menu screen.   From  the
         main  menu you can select from the options on this screen. All you
         need do is type the letter of the selection you wish and you  will
         go  to that screen. Instructions are at the bottom of each screen.
         You can get additional instructions by touching your F1 key  -  if
         additional instructions are required.

         At  the  top  of  your  Main Menu you will note the date is on the
         left, the time is on the right, and in the center is  a  count  of
         the  total  number  of products and total number of vendors in the
         database. If your system clock is incorrect,  the  time  and  date
         will be incorrect.


         A.  Show  database  by  product - This selection will show you the
         database with the product as the first column.  It  is  from  this
         screen that you update a vendor's product records.

         B.  Show database by classification -  This  selection  will  show
         you  the  database  sorted  by  vendor classification (or whatever
         else you decide to use this field for).  This is  a  user  defined
         field. You can use it for anything you wish - rating your vendors,
         vendors  you have open account, COD, cash with order, etc. You may
         use up to 5 alpha/numeric characters in this field. Note,  if  you
         are  using numbers and do not use all 5 available spaces, in order
         for the field to sort properly, place 0's  in  the  front.  As  an
         example, 100 will appear before 9 unless you key your 9 as 009.

         C.   Show  database  by  vendor - This selection will show you the
         database sorted by vendor.

         D.  Show database by contact - This selection will  show  you  the
         database  sorted by your vendor contact. Since many companies have
         specific customer service persons for specific accounts,  in  most
         of  the  records  we have CUST. SVC. When you contact that company
         and are given  a  specific  individual  to  handle  your  account,
         replace  CUST.  SVC.  with that person's name. You can update that
         vendor record from either the CONTACT NAME screen or  from  UPDATE
         VENDOR Info.


         E.   Show  database  by  city  -  This selection will show you the
         database sorted by city.

         F.  Show database by state - This  selection  will  show  you  the
         database sorted by state.

         G.   Update  Vendor  Information - From this screen you can update
         your vendor information or add a new vendor.

         H. Show database by area code - This was a  last  minute  addition
         requested  by several users.  It's purpose is to enable you to get
         a list of all vendors in  your  immediate  vicinity.  It  is  also
         helpful if you have a phone number and don't know what area of the
         country  that  phone number is from. That helps me locate a vendor
         in the area of a reader who has made a Hotline request, but didn't
         fax us his city, state or zip.

         I.  Export database to ASCII file - This feature will  export  the
         entire database to a straight ASCII file that you can use in other
         software.   I personally have no use for this feature, but several
         users have requested it. Since this is simply an ASCII file,  this
         feature  is not supported by DataWare Productions.  For details on
         how to use it with other software, contact the  technical  support
         number of the developer of the software you intend to use it in.

         J.   Export  database  to comma delimited file - This feature will
         export the entire database to a "," delimited  file  that  can  be
         imported  to  another database, spreadsheet, maillist software, or
         any other software that will accept a "," delimited file.  Like  I
         above,  this  feature  is  not  supported by DataWare Productions.
         Contact technical support for the software you intend to import it
         into or see your manual for that software.

         K. Import updated database file - This feature will  automatically
         import  and  append any of our updates to your copy of BFP. In the
         earlier versions of BFP, if you wanted an update you had  to  send
         us  a  copy of your .DAT and .MEM file from your BFP directory and
         we had to convert your files, merge in the new  files,  re-compile
         the  data  and  return it to you.  Once we have your older version
         data files converted to the version 2 relational database  format,
         it  will  no longer be necessary for you to send us your files for
         conversion.  This  feature  will  be  able to be accessed from any
         future update datafile disks you may order.

         R.  Reports Menu - The reports menu is new  to  Version  2.  While
         some earlier versions of BFP had very basic reports capability, we
         discontinued  it  in Version 1.3 and 1.4 because it simply did not
         work properly. In Version 2 you will find the following reports.

                A. One-Across mailing labels. This feature will enable  you
         to  print  one-across labels on continuous label stock. The labels
         are sorted in zip code order.  You will notice that the first  300
         or  so  labels  are  incomplete. These are vendors where we do not
         have complete information on as of the date your copy of  BFP  was
         shipped.  That  information will be updated in an upcoming update.
         There will be enough information in the database for you to get in
         touch with the vendor, however.

                B.  Three-Across mailing labels. This feature  will  enable
         you  to  print three-across labels on your laser printer. This has
         not been tested on a dot matrix  printer  using  continuous  label
         stock, but it should may work on those printers also. This feature
         was created specifically for laser labels.

                C.   Print  entire  database  -  Just  what  it  says. This
         feature will print the entire database. I don't know  what  anyone
         would want to do that for, but several readers have asked for this
         feature. Plan for using a lot of paper.

                D.  Vendors  for a product - This feature will allow you to
         print a list for all vendors for a certain product. Keep  in  mind
         that  B/C,  Die  Cut  and  B/C,  Thermographed  are  two different
         products.

                E. Print vendors phone list - This is a wonderful  feature.
         It  will  print  a  list  in  alphabetical order that includes the
         company name, address, contact name and three phone numbers.

                R. Return to database - Just what it  says.   This  feature
         will return you to the main database.

                Q.   Quit,  exit  to DOS - This selection will exit BFP and
         take you to your DOS prompt.



         IMPORTANT NOTE

         The database has a number of unverified records in it.  These  are
         vendors  we  know  are potential reputable suppliers, but who have
         not yet returned their  verification  forms.  If  you  select  the
         database  by  State,  as  an example, and find only blanks in your
         first screen in that field, simply page down  until  you  hit  the
         first  of  the State records, or type "A".  Those previous records
         simply do not have any information recorded in  the  State  field.
         There  will  be  enough information to enable you to contact those
         incomplete records if you select one of them.   When  and  if  you
         contact  one of these unverified vendors, fill in the blank fields
         in their record. Approximately 3,000 of the 3,500  or  so  records
         have been verified.

         If  you find new a record that has incorrect information in it, or
         if you verify an unverified record, we would appreciate it if  you
         would  FAX  us  that update.  The easiest way to do that is to use
         the DOS print screen utility (Shift key plus Print Screen key) and
         FAX us that screen printout with  your  update.   That  correction
         will  be immediately entered and will be included in future orders
         and updates.

         The various screens all work alike. From the Main Menu,  select  A
         The  next  screen,  Show  Database  By  Product, will show you the
         first 10 records sorted by product.  To  get  details  on  any  of
         these products, you would simply use your up or down arrow keys to
         page  through  the  records and highlight the product you want and
         press the <enter> key. That would display the  entire  record  for
         the product/vendor selected.

         At  this  point  you  can use your <enter> key to page through the
         fields to make any changes you might want to make. If you  want  a
         hard  copy  of  this  record, simply use your print screen utility
         (shift key and print screen key) to print a copy of this screen to
         your printer. The hard copy of this vendor or product  record  can
         be  used  to  jot down any notes during your conversation with the
         vendor. If I am going to shop 4 or 5 vendors, I will do  a  screen
         dump  of each, then make notes on the bottom of the screen dump as
         to whom I spoke with, prices, etc. All of that info goes  with  my
         copy of my quote to my customer or in my job ticket, etc.

         To  go  back  to  the database, press the CONTROL + ESCAPE key. To
         save any changes, press the CONTROL + ENTER key.



         IMPORTANT NOTE ON DATA ENTRY

         The software we use for data updates is case sensitive.   We  have
         made  the  software  accept  only upper case letters in all fields
         except for comments.



         HINTS:

         When you are entering a new product...

         Try to be consistent wity your  entries.   As  an  example,  don't
         enter  Advertising  Specialties  as  Ad  Specialties sometimes and
         Advertising Specialties other times; or enter your trade binderies
         as  Bookbinders  sometimes  and  Binderies  others.  If  you   are
         consistent  in  this  entry,  when you sort by product, all of the
         same type of services will be together. You can change any of  our
         entries to be consistent with your own classifications.

         CLASS  -  This  is  a field that allows you to enter a 5 character
         alphanumeric.  In the Helene's Hotline copy - which  is  the  copy
         that  you  receive  when  you  purchase BFP, the "A" in this field
         indicate that the vendor is an advertiser in either Quick Printing
         Magazine or Southern Graphics and the (*) indicates  that  I  have
         passed  that  vendor's  information  on to a Hotline caller. In my
         personal copy of BFP, I use this field to rank my  suppliers  from
         one star to five star. You can use this for any type of coding you
         might  want.   This  field can be skipped. On copies shipped after
         February 15, 1994, this field should be blank.

         TOLL FREE NUMBER - This field is the company's national toll  free
         number.  You  may  skip  this  field. NOTE - Some companies have a
         state and  a  national  toll  free  number.   We  requested  their
         national  toll  free  number for this database.  When entering the
         number, you do not have to enter the 1-800. All you need enter  is
         the  7-digit toll free number. Some of these toll free numbers may
         not work from your area.

         ADDRESS - In this space you can put the vendor's main address.   I
         use  this  for  the  vendor's  street  address, if I know it. This
         field can be skipped.

         ALTERNATE ADDRESS  -  In  this  space  you  can  put  a  secondary
         address.   I  use this for the vendor's post office box, if I know
         it. This field can be skipped.

         COMMENTS - BFP allows you to make a three  line  comment.   I  use
         this  for  notes  about  the  vendor, additional phone numbers, my
         account number, their terms, etc. This field may be skipped.  On a
         few of the records I have made notes here. You  can  change  those
         notes  if  you  wish. IMPORTANT NOTE: See the documentation at the
         end of this file concerning the notes page in version 2.0+




         TO MAKE MULTIPLE ENTRIES FOR A VENDOR

         If  the vendor is a new vendor, you go to G - Update Vendor File -
         and complete the vendor information. Once you have the  vendor  in
         the database, exit to the main menu and go to A - Show Database By
         Product.  Touch  your Insert key. This will access the Vendor Pick
         List. Go down to the appropriate vendor, press your Enter key  and
         you  will  have  a blank product record you can fill in. Note that
         the comments in this version are linked to the product, while  the
         Notes page is linked to the vendor.

         If you have a vendor who has more than one product,  simply  enter
         the   first  record,  touch the CONTROL + ENTER key, and press the
         Insert key again. You will note that the Vendor Pick List defaults
         to the present vendor. Enter the next product and continue.


         PRINTING FROM WITHIN BFP

         As  noted  above,  BFP was designed as a very easy-to-use database
         of sources of supply for the  graphic  arts  industry.   It  is  a
         program  that  absolutely no computer knowledge is required to use
         effectively and no manual is required. Everything is menu  driven.
         In  this  light,  a user defined report module  is  not  included.
         For  those  of  you  who would like to print user-defined reports,
         simply import the "," ASCII text file into your database software.

         From the Reports menu you can select from a variety of pre-defined
         reports. They are self explanatory. You can print  either  to  the
         screen or to your printer.

         There  is an indispensible feature in DOS and in the design of the
         BFP screen that will be most helpful in your selecting and getting
         quotes from a vendor.  Simply  select  each  vendor  you  wish  to
         contact and use the DOS print screen utility.

         To  print  any  particular  screen,  use  the DOS command, Shift +
         Print Screen keys pressed simultaneously.

         If, as an example, you wished  to  get  quotes  from  4  different
         snapout  vendors,  all  you  would  do is select those vendors and
         print their data screen to your printer. You then have a hard copy
         with all of the vendor information at the top of your 8 1/2  x  11
         sheet  and  the  bottom  half can be used to write your quotes and
         other information on. Once the  job  has  been  entered,  you  can
         transfer  any  or  all  of  this information into BFP by using the
         NOTES page which is linked to each record. The other  reports  are
         described above.



         BUG REPORT/SUGGESTIONS/UPDATES

         I  have  spent  many  hours  working  with BFP and all bugs I have
         found  have  been  corrected.   If  you   run   into   any   bugs,
         inconsistencies,  have  any  suggestions  for  improvement,  etc.,
         please contact me as soon as possible at the address  below.   You
         will  be advised via FAX or mail the result of your input. Any bug
         fixes will be placed on our BBS as soon as they are corrected. You
         can download those at your convenience, or if you place  an  order
         for  a  datafile update, you will automatically be sent the latest
         database update if any changes have been made to it.

         In  an  attempt  to  get  Version  2 into the hands of the user as
         early as possible, the documentation could probably  be  a  little
         better than what it is.  I have spent about 20 hours going through
         every feature and have updated Version 1+ documentation to the new
         version  where I felt it was necessary.  All necessary information
         should be either at the bottom of the screen or through  the  help
         screens (F1).

         If  you  encounter  something  you  do  not  understand,  fax that
         question to me at [phone] and I will  respond  as  soon  as
         possible  with  a  written explanation, and will include that as I
         continue to update the documentation.

         Special note to Compaq Desk Pro  and  similar  computers...If  you
         have  a  Compaq  Desk Pro or similar early monochrome computer and
         encounter a contrast problem, that is in your computer and not the
         software.  Many of these early monochrome monitors allow little or
         no adjustment in contrast. They only  allow  for  brightness.   We
         cannot do anything about that other than suggest you upgrade to at
         least an XT with CGA.

         KNOWN BUGS - CORRECTED

         Version  1.0  & 1.1 (release date 9/2/91 and 9/18/91) had problems
         with the copy  protection  in  that  some  users  were  unable  to
         install the program. Solution - copy protection was removed.

         Version  1.2 (release date 10/3/91) added a count of total records
         on the main menu screen, re-arranged the  data  entry  fields  and
         incorporated several other insignificant changes.

         Version  1.3  (release  date 12/14/91) corrected a problem several
         users reported.  When they attempted to read the documentation  on
         screen,  their system locked up. All cases were with users who had
         monochrome monitors with no graphics card. A fix was made to  that
         problem  and  was  sent  only  to those users who encountered this
         problem.  A fix involving laser printers operating on  LPT2  which
         was intended to be incorporated in Version 2 was incorporated into
         1.3.

         Version  1.4  (release  date  2/28/92) some copies of this version
         had a glitch in the print routine when attempting to print a  hard
         copy  of  the  manual.  To  get  around  this  glitch, rather than
         printing the manual from the main menu, simply  exit  to  DOS  and
         type the following command: COPY MANUAL.TXT PRN <enter>.  This bug
         has  been  fixed  effective with Serial Number 700 and up. Several
         copies of v1.4 had a garbaged installation program.   We  have  no
         explanation  as  to  how  that happened, but the re-copying of the
         installation program fixed the problem.

         Name Change 1/1/92 the name of our company was  changed  from  B/S
         (Butler/Stapleton)  Software  to  DataWare Productions.  It didn't
         take more than a couple of smiles from  people  upon  hearing  the
         name of the company before the decision was made to change it. Our
         marketing  company  is  InfoPrint  Corporation.   Our  software is
         developed by DataWare.  All  marketing  of  our  software  in  the
         graphic arts industry is done through our InfoPrint division.

         Version  1.4.   (release  date  2/28/92)  incorporated a number of
         enhancements, and could almost be considered a major revision.

         The following is a list of enhancements and tweeks that were  made
         in  version  1.4  of  BFP.  Note there is some documentation below
         that does not appear above.

         1.  Added a notes page for each  database  entry.   This  page  is
         accessible  from  any view or full data record screen by using the
         CTRL + N key combination.  Additions to the notes  page  can  only
         be  made  after  accessing  the  page from the full record display
         screen (I think).

         2. Reports can now be sent to a disk file, or your choice of ports
         (LPT1, LPT2, COM1, COM2).  The report section  is  not  supported.
         This  feature  was  discontinued  9/1/93 because of two many users
         wanting support on this feature and it has not been  debugged.  No
         further  work  on  a  report module is intended until version 2 is
         released. In lieu of this report, the "," ASCII file was  included
         with each new BFP shipped.

         3.   Serial number was embedded into the program rather than being
         entered by user at  installation.   This  was  in  order  to  more
         easily  trace  pirated copies and copyright infringements to their
         origin, and eliminate the possibility of  the  user  entering  the
         wrong  serial  number.  IMPORTANT NOTE - Any attempt to change the
         serial number will cause an irrecoverable crash of the software.

         4.  A help screen for  some  functions  was  added.   The  F1  key
         activates the help screen where it is available.

         Version  1.M  (release  date  3/25/92).   A  quote,comma delimited
         format made available for MAC users and those IBM users  who  have
         special  need  to  import  into  their own database or spreadsheet
         software.

         9/1/93.  The "," delimited ASCII text format was  included  at  no
         extra  charge  for  MAC  users and PC users who wanted to port the
         data into their own  database,  spreadsheet,  or  word  processing
         software.  This  is  a text file only and support must be obtained
         from the developer of the soft- ware package you intend to  import
         it to. A field description is included.

         9/1/93.   The  reports  option  was  removed  from the menu.  This
         option will not be available until version  2.0  is  released  and
         having the option on the menu was confusing to some users.

         2/15/94.  Version  2.0  was  introduced.   This version is a major
         update from Version 1 and contains  numerous  features  that  were
         not  in  our earlier versions. Extensive testing has enabled us to
         get rid of all of the bugs we were able to uncover. If you find  a
         problem,  please  get  back  to us as soon as possible with a full
         explanation of the problem you are having. We will do our best  to
         correct that problem immediately.



         UNDOCUMENTED AND UNSUPPORTED FEATURES

         The  ASCII Text and ASCII "," delimited files are not supported by
         DataWare because they are simply text files. These  files  can  be
         exported  from  the  database menu. If you have problems importing
         these files to your other software, you will either need  to  read
         the  documentation  for  that  software or contact the developer's
         technical support number.

         The CONTROL + V feature that  appears  on  several  screens  is  a
         utility  we  will  use  in  the  future  if  you purchase datafile
         updates. This is not a function you would normally use  unless  we
         ask that you provide us with whatever information might be in that
         dialog box.

         The  CONTROL  +  U  is where you must enter your serial number. If
         that serial number is not entered, you will not be  able  to  take
         advantage  of  any updates. Simply touch your Control + U keys and
         page down to the serial number. Enter your serial  number  (it  is
         not necessary to put in any leading 0's) and press your Enter key.

         We  have included an unsupported feature that will be incorporated
         in Version 3. This feature will allow the user who has a modem  on
         his computer to dial the vendor direct from within the program. It
         works  on  some modems and does not work on others. The reason for
         including this is to find out which modems, COM  ports,  etc.  the
         feature  will  or  will not work on. If you have a modem, we would
         appreciate your faxing us at [phone] and  letting  us  know
         whether or not it works on your modem, the type of modem you have,
         the  COM  port  you are using, and any other information you might
         possibly  know  (such  as  IRQ's  DMA's,  etc).  Version  3   will
         hopefully  also  enable  you to write an inquiry and fax it to the
         vendor(s) from within the program.



         SOME DATABASE MOVEMENT KEYS

         On any view screen PAGE DOWN will move ahead 10  records  PAGE  UP
         will back up 10 records

         CTRL + PAGE DOWN will move to the end of the DB

         CTRL + PAGE UP will move to the start of the DB

         CTRL + N will access the NOTES PAGE

         On ANY data entry field CTRL + END will blank the field.

         On-line   help  is available by pressing your F1 key. NOTE: If you
         touch your F1 key on the Main Menu you will get a  description  of
         help screens that are available.




                DataWare Productions
                C.D. "Cy" Stapleton
                3198 S. John Redditt Dr.
                Lufkin, Texas 75904
                FAX [phone]
                VOICE [phone]
                BBS [phone]



         LEGAL STUFF

         1.   Dataware  Productions  grants and you accept nonexclusive and
         nontransferable license to use the computer  program(s)  delivered
         with  this  agreement on the following terms and conditions.  This
         agreement  also  governs  every  "copy"  of  the  software,  which
         includes without limitation every portion and copy of the software
         in  whole or in part, in machine-readable or other form, including
         modified or merged portions and included datafiles, but  excluding
         the media on which the software and any copy are recorded.

         2.   You  may use and display the software on any single computer,
         i.e. having a single CPU. You may use and display the software  on
         only  one  such computer at a time unless you have multiple copies
         registered.

         3. You may make one (1)  complete  machine-readable  copy  of  the
         software  solely  for  backup  purposes.   You  may  use this copy
         instead of the original software under the licenses hereof, if you
         use the original software solely for backup purposes. You agree to
         reproduce DataWare Production's copyright notice on this copy.

         4. You may not use, copy, modify, or transfer the software or  any
         copy,  except  as  expressly  provided  in this agreement, without
         prior written consent from DataWare Productions.

         5.  You may not provide use of or disclose  the  software  or  any
         copy  to  any  person  not licensed by DataWare Productions.  This
         prohibition includes use by or transfer to any  unlicensed  person
         of  the  software  or  any  copy  through  a  data transmission, a
         computer service lease, or lending business, or  a  network,  time
         sharing, distributed processing, or multiple-user agreement.

         6.   You  may  not  disassemble,  decompile,  translate,  reverse-
         engineer, or otherwise attempt to discover any source code of  the
         software or any copy.

         7.   You  may  not modify, adapt, or translate the software or any
         copy, merge the software or any copy with other program  material,
         or  otherwise create any derivative work using the software or any
         copy.

         8. You may not sell, lease, lend, transfer, assign, sublicense, or
         otherwise grant  any  rights  in  the  software,  any  copy,  this
         agreement  or any portion hereof. Any attempt to grant such rights
         is void.

         9.  Nothing in this agreement or otherwise constitutes a  sale  of
         the   software   or  any  copy.   You  acknowledge  that  DataWare
         Productions  Software  alone   has   ownership,   copyright,   and
         intellectual property rights in the software and every copy, which
         contain  valuable trade secrets of DataWare Productions.  You will
         maintain the software and every copy in  secure  premises,  permit
         access  to  the software or any copy only to persons that agree to
         the terms and conditions of this agreement and take responsibility
         for compliance with this agreement.  Your obligations  under  this
         paragraph  9 will survive any termination of your licenses or this
         agreement.

         10.  This  agreement  is  effective  until  terminated.   You  may
         terminate  the  licenses  under  this  agreement  at  any  time by
         destroying the software and every copy, with certification thereof
         to DataWare Productions.  Your licenses also terminate if you fail
         to comply with any of the terms and conditions of this  agreement:
         you  agree upon such termination to destroy the software and every
         copy, with certification thereof to DataWare Productions.

         11.  This software is provided with  restricted  rights  -  rights
         reserved under the copyright laws of the United States.

         12.   This  agreement  is  the  entire  agreement  between you and
         DataWare  Productions;   supersedes   any   prior   or   different
         agreements,  representations;  and  may be changed only by written
         agreement with DataWare Productions. Waiver of  any  part  of  any
         default  or  breach of this agreement will not constitute a waiver
         of any subsequent default or breach of the same or different kind.
         The invalidity of any provision of this agreement shall not affect
         the validity of other provisions hereof.  This agreement shall  be
         governed by the laws of the State of Texas, U.S.A.

         13.   You  can  be  held legally responsible for unauthorized use,
         copying, modification, or transfer of this software  in  violation
         of this agreement and/or the copyright and other laws.

         14.   If you feel that this software has cratered your system, our
         liability is limited to a friendly  "sorry  about  that"  and  the
         assurance  that we will do our best to figure out what the problem
         is.  If we find that your complaint is valid and is a problem that
         we can correct, we will do so and  provide  you  with  an  updated
         version.



         SUPPORT

         BFP  was  written  to  be  as easy to use as possible.  While this
         manual is included on disk, we feel the menu help  bars  eliminate
         the  need  for  documentation.   However,  in  the  case technical
         support if required,  it  is  available  to  registered  users  by
         sending  a  FAX  to  (409)  637-1480  (24-hours).  Your FAX should
         include the serial number of your BFP, a brief description of  the
         problem  you  are having or any questions you might have, your FAX
         number, and your name. Your question  will  be  addressed  by  the
         first  available  technical assistant and FAXed to you - generally
         within the hour (during normal working hours CST).

         If you do not have a FAX, you can call our voice  phone  at  (409)
         637-7468  between 9am and 5pm CST Monday thru Friday. Waiting time
         for voice support normally ranges from 5- to 15- minutes. Give  us
         a  brief description of your problem and a number we can reach you
         at. We will troubleshoot the problem and call you COLLECT with our
         findings and/or solutions, or if you prefer, mail our response.

         Registered users receive unlimited free technical  support  either
         by  fax or through our BBS - [phone] - If you do not have a
         fax or a modem, you can either mail in your request  and  we  will
         respond  by  mail,  or  you  can  call  in  your question at (409)
         637-7468 and describe your problem to our operator and authorize a
         technical support person to return your call collect.

         Updates to the datafiles are available 2-3 times each year.  These
         datafile  updates  are  priced at $25 each plus $2.50 shipping and
         handling. Version 2 is shipped with  approximately  3,500  product
         records.  The price of those records, including the database soft-
         ware  is  $99  plus  $2.50 shipping and handling. Datafile updates
         will be numbered, and as they become available, you  can  purchase
         either the current one or any of the available previous updates.

         We  send  out database update forms to each vendor in the database
         once a year.  In addition, throughout the year, we  add  many  new
         vendors.  For  those users who want to receive all of the updates,
         you may "subscribe" to the updates for $50 per year.  If  you  are
         an  update  subscriber,  you will automatically receive a complete
         database  update  in  January  and  July  of  each   year.    This
         subscription  update will include all address and phone changes we
         have made to the existing database as well as  all  of  the  newly
         added vendors.

         Upgrades  to  the database software may be downloaded from our BBS
         by registered users. There is no charge for  minor  upgrades  that
         are  downloaded  from our BBS. There will be a $10 handling charge
         if we must mail the software upgrade to you. These  upgrades  will
         be  minor "tweeks" and will not include any new features.  All new
         features will be included in the next major upgrade - Version 3.

         DataWare Productions C.D. "Cy" Stapleton FAX [phone]  VOICE
         [phone] BBS [phone]



         OUR BBS

         We  maintain  a  bulletin  board  that  can  be  accessed  by your
         computer if you have a modem. That number is [phone] and is
         on-line 24 hours a day. . You will be asked to  complete  a  brief
         form  and  come up with a password of your own.  Normally, if your
         BFP or ADBFP serial number is given when you first log on,  within
         24 hours you will be authorized and will be able to have access to
         thousands  of  programs  that  you  can download, articles that Cy
         Stapleton has written in the past and also ones he is working  on,
         send  and  receive  messages  to both the SYSOP, Rodney Butler, to
         Cy, or to other users, etc.

         The BBS can handle 14,400 baud. We are operating  Wildcat  BBS,  a
         very  easy  to  use  BBS.  Cy's  articles and special notes can be
         found in File Area 5. If you want update  information  or  if  you
         have any other questions, simply leave a message for Cy or Rodney.

         If  you  have  any  software  you  would like for Cy to look at or
         check out for you, upload it to File Area 70. This  is  a  private
         area  of  the  BBS  and is accessible by no one else. Make certain
         that any commercial software you upload goes to this area and that
         in your note you mention it is commercial software. Do not  upload
         any  commercial  software  to  any  other area.  Do not upload any
         software you might suspect of having a virus and want Cy to  check
         out.  His  expertise  in  viri  is  not very extensive and the BBS
         scanning soft- ware will reject any files  with  viri.  Files  you
         suspect  of  having  a virus should be uploaded to one of the BBSs
         that specialize in studying viri. Probably the best known of these
         is McAffee's - the developer of SCAN and  CLEAN.  Details  can  be
         found  in the text files in his virus scan shareware. You can find
         SCAN and CLEAN in the General Download Area #1.

                                BUG REPORT

         Please  report any bugs you encounter by either faxing us at (409)
         6737-1480 or uploading a message to our  BBS  at  (409)  637-4973.
         Please write down exactly what you were doing when you encountered
         the  problem.  Attempt  the same thing a second time to see if you
         get the same results.

         Upon being made aware of any bugs, we  will  do  a  fix  and  will
         upload  that  fix  to our BBS for immediate download by registered
         users.

         As of the date of release - February 22, 1994 - Version 2 appeared
         to be solid. The only problem we have had is a random problem that
         occurs only when you are shelled out of Windows  and  launch  BFP.
         Occasionally  you  are  unable  to  access the vendor product pick
         file. This does not happen on all machines and does not happen all
         the time on machines that it does happen on.

         The only other thing we are aware of is the fact that the  written
         documentation  may  not be complete. All features may not be fully
         described as of the release date due to time constraints. However,
         those features are explained either in the menu bar at the  bottom
         of the screen or by touching the F1 key to access help screens.

         The dialing feature, as noted elsewhere in the documentation, is a
         beta  version  and  will  not  work  on  most  machines.  We would
         appreciate it if you would  try  this  feature  and  let  us  know
         whether or not it works on your system.

         In  reporting  bugs  or  problems,  please  give  us the following
         information:

         Type of system (XT, AT, 286, 386, 486, etc.)
         Type of monitor (monochrome, CGA, EGA, VGA, SVGA, etc.)
         Amount of memory
         Free space on your hard drive
         A screen dump of your CONFIG.SYS and your AUTOEXEC.BAT files
         A screen dump of your BFP directory

         FAX to [phone] or upload to BBS at [phone]

         Thank you

         C.D. "Cy" Stapleton