============================= README.TXT =============================== Welcome to the August, 1994 edition of the Walnut Creek CICA for MS Windows CDROM! This disc contains the Microsoft Windows Archive from CICA (The Center for Innovative Computing Applications). ========================================================================== Here is a list of some important files and directories: view.exe A Windows file viewer for the index files. dosview.exe A DOS file viewer for the index files. index.txt A list of all files with descriptions. dirs.txt A list of the directories with descriptions. vbrun?00.dll Visual Basic run time library. utils\ Utilities for unzipping files. win3\ The Cica Windows collection. _bbs\ Index files and programs for bbs use. docs\ Directory of documentation files ========================================================================== To use this disc, you will need to unarchive the compressed programs on the CDROM to your hard disk. To make browsing the disk easier, we have included the VIEW program for Windows in the root directory of the CDROM. This program allows you to page through the index files and then unarchive the program(s) you want onto your hard disk. In order to start up the VIEW program, do one of the following: 1) From the Program Manager, choose the RUN option under the FILE menu, then enter "D:VIEW" at the run option bar. (Substitute your CDROM drive letter for "D" if it is different.) 2) From the File Manager, click on the icon for your CDROM drive near the top of the window, then double click on the VIEW.EXE icon on the right hand side of the window. You can install the VIEW program onto your hard drive, if you wish. To do so, open up File Manager, click on your CDROM drive icon, then drag the VIEW.EXE icon to whichever Program Manager program group you wish. (Windows will tell you that the icon may not be available later, but this is OK; it's just warning you that VIEW.EXE will not work if the CDROM is not present.) You can now run VIEW from your hard drive. To get help for VIEW.EXE, start up VIEW.EXE then drag the HELP menu down to "Index." ========================================================================== Please refer to the file \DOCS\DOSVIEW.DOC for documentation on using the DOSVIEW program. (The DOSVIEW program will allow you to uncompress files from the hard drive under MSDOS.) ========================================================================== To install a program you uncompressed onto your hard drive from the CDROM so it displays an icon in your applications group, you can do one of two things: 1) First select Windows Setup in the Main Group. Then select Options in the menu bar. Select Set Up Applications. Select Ask You to Specify An Application. Type the path and name of the program you'd like to install. Windows setup will copy the program's icon into the Application Group and set up the program to run from the icon. For example, to make an permanent icon for boxworld after copying it with VIEW you would type: c:\win3\games\boxworld\boxworld.exe into the "Specify An Application" box. 2) Start up File Manager, then locate the executable program (which usually ends in .EXE or .COM) you wish to install. Drag that program icon to your Applications porogram group inside your Program Manager window, then release the mouse button. The icon will now be in your Applications window, and the program can now be run from that icon. ========================================================================== Some applications require vbrun100.dll, vbrun200.dll, or vbrun300.dll. These files are provided in the the root directory of the CDROM. ========================================================================== Although you may own this disc, you do not own the programs recorded on it. Many of the programs on this disc are shareware. You are free to try each program for a limited amount of time. If you are satisfied, and want to continue to use the program, you are required to register the program by sending a specified amount of money directly to the author of the program. Often the author will send you the most up to date version of the program and a printed manual. Please check the individual files for specific information. Please help support shareware by contributing to these authors. They make discs like this possible. =========================================================================== Walnut Creek CDROM is an approved vendor and associate 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 or send a CompuServe message via CompuServe Mail to ASP Ombudsman 70007,3536. =========================================================================== Disclaimer: This CDROM comes with a full money back guarantee. If you are dissatisfied for any reason, you can return it for a full refund. Walnut Creek CDROM makes no warranty about any file on this CDROM, including any written by Walnut Creek. You, not Walnut Creek CDROM, assume all risk of using any of the files on this CDROM. We reserve the right to limit any effort on our part to rectify problems with any file on this CDROM. ===================================================================== You also need to be aware that we cannot accept any responsibility, or liability in the event that using the software on this disk causes you grief, malfunction, data loss or thinning of the hair. As with any new software, make sure that you back up your system regularly so that you can recover from unforeseen crashes. Although we have made every attempt to examine every program on this disc, some non-shareware or public domain programs may have slipped by. If you find such a program on this disc, please notify us immediately so we can rectify the situation. Thanks. ===================================================================== This CDROM was made with the permission, but not the endorsement, of CICA. No public funds were used to produce this disc. If you have access to the internet, you can find this archive at ftp.cdrom.com in the directory pub/cica/. =========================================================================== In order to stay current with the latest software releases, the CICA MS Windows CDROM is published four times per year, and is available by subscription. If you have any questions about this cdrom, or if you would like a catalog of other CDROM titles, please write or call: Walnut Creek CDROM 1547 Palos Verdes Mall, Suite 260 Walnut Creek CA 94596 USA 1 800 786 9907 +1 510 674 0783 +1 510 674 0821 fax info@cdrom.com internet ============================= README.TXT ===============================