═══ 1. Proportional Software Products & Pricing ═══ Proportional Software products, order codes, and list prices are listed in Table 1.0, below. For specific product information, double-click on the product code or product name field. Table 1.0: Proportional Software Products and U.S. Dollar List Pricing ┌──────────┬──────────┬────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │DCF214E │$149.95 │DCF/2, Data Compression Facility for OS/2 (Full Version) │ ├──────────┼──────────┼────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │DCF214A │$249.95 │DCF/2 Advanced, Data Compression Facility for OS/2 Lan │ │ │ │Server (Server License, includes full HPFS386 support) │ ├──────────┼──────────┼────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │DCF214U │$24.95 │DCF/2 Version 1.4 Upgrade (requires DCF/2 Version 1.2*) │ ├──────────┼──────────┼────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │DCF214L │$49.95 │DCF/2 Lite, Data Compression Facility for OS/2 (Single VDU │ │ │ │Version) │ ├──────────┼──────────┼────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ │ │ │ ├──────────┼──────────┼────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │SWAP10E │$24.95 │Swapper Plus! (OS/2 Swap File Compression Utility**) │ ├──────────┼──────────┼────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ │ │ │ ├──────────┼──────────┼────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │SMGR12E │$69.95 │Startup Manager for OS/2** │ ├──────────┼──────────┼────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ │ │ │ ├──────────┼──────────┼────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │SVDU01A │$19.95 │Sampler VDU #1: Icon Collection I │ ├──────────┼──────────┼────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │SVDU02A │$19.95 │Sampler VDU #2: Bitmaps & Backgrounds I │ ├──────────┼──────────┼────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │SVDU03A │$19.95 │Sampler VDU #3: Fun Stuff I │ ├──────────┼──────────┼────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │SVDU04A │$19.95 │Sampler VDU #4: Must Have Utilities I │ ├──────────┼──────────┼────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │SVDU05A │$19.95 │Sampler VDU #5: Convenience Utilities I │ ├──────────┼──────────┼────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │SVDUX5A │$64.95 │Sampler VDU Five Pak (any 5 SVDUxxA) │ ├──────────┼──────────┼────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ │ │ │ ├──────────┼──────────┼────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │CPLS14F │$199.95 │Compression Plus! (Bundle of DCF14E, SVDUX5A, SMGR12E, and │ │ │ │SWAP10E) │ ├──────────┼──────────┼────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ │ │ │ ├──────────┼──────────┼────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ │ │*Upgrades to DCF/2 Version 1.4 are available to current │ │ │ │registered DCF/2 customers, only. Upgrade is free of charge│ │ │ │for DCF/2 packages purchased after October 1, 1994. │ ├──────────┼──────────┼────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ │ │**delivery January, 1995 │ └──────────┴──────────┴────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ═══ 2. Service and Support Information ═══ Proportional Software offers both online and telephone support to all registered users. From CompuServe, GO OS2AVEN and post your message/problem report in library section 6 (Proportional). From internet, send e-mail to 71333.2765@compuserve.com. Telephone technical support is available to registered users at US (602) 337 2381. ═══ 3. DCF/2 Product Information ═══ The DCF/2, or Data Compression Facility for OS/2, is a software product which compresses and decompresses disk information "on-the-fly", increasing available storage by approximately two times. The DCF/2's features and benefits are listed below in Table 1.1. The current release of the DCF/2 is version 1.4 (shipping December, 1994). DCF/2 Version 1.2 users can upgrade to version 1.4 by selecting product code DCF214U. There are three product classes of DCF/2 available: - DCF/2 (Full Version) - DCF/2 Lite (Single VDU Version) - DCF/2 Advanced (Server Version) DCF/2 Lite is a single-VDU version of the standard DCF/2. This means that the user can onll use one compressed virtual disk unit at a time. DCF/2 Advanced includes support for IBM Lan Server systems running the HPFS386 advanced file system. It also includes compressed volume mirroring and optimizations for Lan Server-based operations (larger disk allocation table caching, larger free list table data structures, and advanced decompressed caching). Like switching from DOS or Windows to OS/2, the DCF/2 breaks from traditional DOS-types of data compression. The DCF/2 is designed around the advanced OS/2 system architecture, utilizing capabilities like multi-tasking, shared process memory for extremely fast data interchange, and Presentation Manager (trademark IBM Corporation) user interfaces. The Data Compression Facility for IBM's OS/2 operating system is an "on-the-fly" data storage management package which effectively increases physical disk capacities by 2-3 times, depending on the type of information being stored on the disk drive. Table 1.1: The DCF/2 Features & Benefits ┌───────────────────────────────────┬───────────────────────────────────┐ │Features │Benefits │ ├───────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────┤ │Compressed Virtual Disk Units (VDUs│Get the advantages of the HPFS, │ │) are HPFS-formatted │even if your existing disks are │ │ │organized FAT (File Allocation │ │ │Table) │ │ │ │ │ │Recovers space you lost to so- │ │ │called FAT "slack" space │ │ │ │ │ │Eliminates the need to "defragment"│ │ │your disk partitions │ │ │ │ │ │Uses integrated file extended │ │ │attributes │ │ │ │ │ │Utilitizes long filenames (up to │ │ │255 characters) and use special │ │ │characters in filenames (like │ │ │spaces) │ ├───────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────┤ │Data is available automatically and│No "unzipping" to get to compressed│ │transparently │storage -- files are compressed as │ │ │they are written to the disk and │ │ │decompressed as they are read │ ├───────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────┤ │Compressed space is dynamically │No repartitioning or reformatting │ │allocated │of existing disk space │ │ │ │ │ │You don't have to commit your disk │ │ │to compressed storage, you can move│ │ │data into compressed volumes as you│ │ │wish - this makes "trying" the DCF/│ │ │2 simple! │ ├───────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────┤ │Compressed drives look and behave │Install applications, drag and drop│ │like any physical disk │objects, or use command line │ │ │utilities just the way you normally│ │ │do │ │ │ │ │ │DCF/2 uses standard OS/2 utilities │ │ │like CHKDSK and FORMAT to manage │ │ │VDUs just like you use them to │ │ │manage your physical disk units │ ├───────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────┤ │Installation does not change your │No modifications are made to your │ │existing file structures │existing disk drives; so the DCF/2 │ │ │and DCF/2 VDUs can be moved around │ │ │and managed your way │ ├───────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────┤ │DCF/2 Virtual Disks can be used on │DCF/2 virtual disks make excellent │ │removable disk drives (like magneto│backup media, especially if you │ │-opticals and Bernoulli Boxes) │have removable media │ ├───────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────┤ │DCF/2 Virtual Disks can be placed │DCF/2 VDUs can be stored on any LAN│ │on network disk drives │media -- saves server storage space│ │ │and reduce network traffic because │ │ │the data is decompressed after it │ │ │gets to the DCF/2 client │ │ │workstation │ ├───────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────┤ │DCF/2 VDUs can be shared by Lan │Double your server storage! │ │Server servers to LAN client │ │ │workstations just the same as any │Note: Lan Server Advanced using │ │SHAREABLE resource │the HPFS386 advanced file system │ │ │requires the DCF/2 Advanced ( │ │ │DCF214A) │ ├───────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────┤ │DCF/2 VDUs can be used on floppy │Floppy diskettes (and other │ │diskettes │removable media) cannot be │ │ │formatted HPFS; DCF/2 HPFS- │ │ │formatted VDUs can be placed on │ │ │diskette so that special HPFS files│ │ │can be accessed correctly, plus │ │ │more than doubling the storage │ │ │capacity of floppy diskettes │ ├───────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────┤ │User-Mountable VDUs │Secure key data, mount VDU only │ │ │when access is permitted │ └───────────────────────────────────┴───────────────────────────────────┘ ═══ 4. Swapper Plus! Product Information ═══ The Swapper Plus! software utility allows OS/2 users to manage how their system accesses its swap file (SWAPPER.DAT). Table 2.1: S w a p p e r P l u s ! ┌───────────────────────────────────┬───────────────────────────────────┐ │Features │Benefits │ ├───────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────┤ │Caching of OS/2 system swap space │Prevents disk thrashing commonly │ │ │caused by swap file I/O │ │ │ │ │ │Improves overall system throughput │ ├───────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────┤ │Compression of OS/2 system swap │Decreases the amount of physical │ │space │disk space required for the OS/2 │ │ │system swapper.dat swap file │ │ │ │ │ │Compresses in the background -- │ │ │minimizes the impact of compression│ │ │on system performance │ ├───────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────┤ │Customization of swap file -- disk │Puts your hardware to work for you.│ │space allocation over multiple disk│Allows you to spread the swap file │ │units │over multiple physical, logical, or│ │ │network disks, including RAM disks │ │ │and PCMCIA flash cards │ ├───────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────┤ │"Fail-Safe" swap file overflow │Prevents OS/2 system crashes caused│ │mechanism │by insufficient swap file space │ └───────────────────────────────────┴───────────────────────────────────┘ ═══ 5. Sampler VDU #1: Icon Collection I Product Information ═══ ══════════════════════════════════ DCF/2 Disk Compression Facility for OS/2 Sampler Virtual Disk Unit #1: Icons Collection I ══════════════════════════════════ DCF/2 Sampler Virtual Disk Units (VDUs) are pre-formatted DCF/2 compressed Virtual Disk Units, pre-installed with collections of useful file objects and utilties to help you become more productive with OS/2! This VDU contains over 5,000 popular icons to dress up your OS/2 Desktop and to help you to better identify program and file objects. This Sampler VDU occupies 1.22 MB of disk space and holds over 8 MB of ready-to-use icons. If you copy the contents of this Sampler to a FAT-formatted hard disk you will need 10 MB of storage! ═══ 6. Sampler VDU #2: Bitmaps & Backgrounds I Product Information ═══ ══════════════════════════════════════ DCF/2 Disk Compression Facility for OS/2 Sampler Virtual Disk Unit #2: Bitmaps & Backgrounds I ══════════════════════════════════════ DCF/2 Sampler Virtual Disk Units (VDUs) are pre-formatted DCF/2 compressed Virtual Disk Units, pre-installed with collections of useful file objects and utilties to help you become more productive with OS/2! This VDU contains over 10 of the most popular OS/2 bitmaps for adding to your OS/2 Desktop. This VDU also contains the powerful PMVIEW shareware bitmap viewing program. If you find it useful and decide to keep it, please refer to the licensing information contained in the PMVIEW subdirectory (on the Sampler VDU). ═══ 7. Sampler VDU #3: Fun Stuff I Product Information ═══ ═════════════════════════════════════ DCF/2 Disk Compression Facility for OS/2 Sampler Virtual Disk Unit #3: Fun Stuff Collection I ═════════════════════════════════════ This VDU contains over 15 OS/2 games and a couple of fun add-ons, which we hope add to your OS/2 enjoyment. DCF/2 Sampler Virtual Disk Units (VDUs) are pre-formatted DCF/2 compressed Virtual Disk Units, pre-installed with collections of useful file objects and utilties to help you become more productive with OS/2! Most of the games on this Sampler VDU are 'shareware'. If you find the game enjoyable and you intend on continuing to play it, please refer to the licensing information contained on the VDU. This Sampler VDU includes: Adventure - The original adventure game some of us spent our most of our engineering degrees playing in the '70s Asteroid - Based on the arcade game Backgammon - The classic board game Checkers - Great for all ages. Our 6-year-old final tester likes this one Chomp - A fun clone of the popular PACMan, not so violent for younger kids Craps - A nice implementation of the gambling system written by one of our DCF/2 customers Dinkum - Get a flavour of both the classic adventure games and the Australian outback at the same time Four - The classic, frustrating line 'em up in a row game KaBoom - Fun stuff for pranks, may have a bug with high resolution screens Master - A Mastermind board game clone Othello - Try it, you'll like it Pegged - Peg board game PMEyes - Fun utility to keep track of where your mouse pointer is Roids - A big improvement over classic Asteroids, but a lot harder Tic - Two and Three Dimensional Tic-Tac-Toe VPoker - A great OS/2 PM Video Poker implementation, better to practice here than in Las Vegas Zapped - Desktop hide-and-seek game ═══ 8. Sampler VDU #4: Must Have Utilities I Product Information ═══ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════ DCF/2 Disk Compression Facility for OS/2 Sampler Virtual Disk Unit #4: Must Have Utilities I ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════ This VDU contains 15 of the most popular and useful OS/2 utilities available in the public domain. DCF/2 Sampler Virtual Disk Units (VDUs) are pre-formatted DCF/2 compressed Virtual Disk Units, pre-installed with collections of useful file objects and utilties to help you become more productive with OS/2! Most of the utilities on this Sampler VDU are IBM employee written software (EWS) or shareware. If the utility is shareware, please read the accompanying licensing information and register it if you plan to continue to use it. We would like to thank IBM for making EWS available to the public. This Sampler VDU includes: Cableos - A command line hex file dump/editor which will handle very large files Which - A command line utility to search path, dpath, and libpath to determine where a program or file object exists Fdiff - A command line file comparision utility Gpsclock - A PM clock which is neat and tiny for the overloaded desktop Easylook - A PM graphic file viewer, can set your lockout screen and desktop background, great for viewing a large collection of bitmaps Editini - A PM OS/2 INI file editor Enved - A command line utility/editor to manage configuration file environment strings Fc - A PM file manager - a Norton Commander clone Phoenix2 - A PM file undelete utility that works with FAT and HPFS, including DCF/2 compressed volumes Megadesk - A PM desktop expander, create desktop 'rooms', enter room with a mouse click Gfc - A PM file comparison utility Pmcam2 - A PM screen capture utility, take snapshots of the entire screen, a part, output and save images in a variety of formats Progref - A PM utility to create desktop program objects Robosave - A command line utility to save and restore OS/2 desktop objects and pre-defined files List - A PM file list utility ═══ 9. Sampler VDU #5: Useful Utilities I Product Information ═══ ═════════════════════════════════════ DCF/2 Disk Compression Facility for OS/2 Sampler Virtual Disk Unit #5: Convenience Utilities I ═════════════════════════════════════ This VDU contains 9 more useful utlities for your OS/2 system. DCF/2 Sampler Virtual Disk Units (VDUs) are pre-formatted DCF/2 compressed Virtual Disk Units, pre-installed with collections of useful file objects and utilities to help you become more productive with OS/2! Most of the utilities on this Sampler VDU are IBM employee written software (EWS) or shareware. If the utility is shareware, please read the accompanying licensing information and register it if you plan to continue to use it. We would like to thank IBM for making EWS available to the public. This Sampler VDU includes: Boot2x - A command line utility to create floppy or hard disk based bootable OS/2 systems Excal - A time management system, calander, and more Exdesk - A desktop extension to remove sort and arrange from the desktop settings and to add snap to grid Flxtxt - A PM print enhancer which saves lots of paper Pmglobe - A PM utility to help you to stop and look at the world around you, a great perspective Qconfig - A command line utility to show you your system and its drive allocations Startd - A command line utilitiy to launch DOS apps from non-PM sessions (like a command shell launched before PM starts) Te280o - A PM windowed editor, full featured Tinyed - A tiny editor, easy to use from system to system, includes both OS/2 and DOS command processor versions ═══ 10. Sampler VDU Five Pak Product Information ═══ The Sampler VDU Five Pak is a discounted bundle of any five currently available DCF/2 Sampler VDUs. ═══ 11. Compression Plus! Product Information ═══ The Compression Plus! product is a discounted bundle of the DCF/2 (Full Version), the Sampler VDU Five Pak, The Startup Manager, and the Swapper Plus! products ═══ 12. Startup Manager for OS/2 Product Information ═══ The Startup Manager for OS/2 is a utility software package which allows you to interactively control the OS/2 system initialization. Table 3.1: S t a r t u p M a n a g e r f o r O S / 2 ! ┌───────────────────────────────────┬───────────────────────────────────┐ │Features │Benefits │ ├───────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────┤ │Access to OS/2 Command Shell before│CHKDSK can be performed on the OS/2│ │system has 'locked' boot drive │boot disk instead of having to boot│ │ │from installation floppies │ ├───────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────┤ │User friendly startup menu and │Friendly interface with inline help│ │customizable startup timer │easy to use for all OS/2 users │ ├───────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────┤ │Edit CONFIG.SYS file during startup│Make corrections or enhancements to│ │ │system configuration during system │ │ │startup and eliminates need to boot│ │ │from maintenance partition or │ │ │floppies │ ├───────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────┤ │Archive user specified files with │Document and compress critical user│ │user-specified comment field, │and system files │ │archival including full file │ │ │compression │ │ ├───────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────┤ │Automatic archival of key system │Keep archival 'roll back' copies of│ │files (config.sys, autoexec.bat, │important system files │ │startup.cmd, os2*.ini) │automatically, includes auto-purge │ ├───────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────┤ │Selective restore of compressed │Change system configurations 'on- │ │archive files during the boot │the-fly', great for laptops with │ │process, including key system files│docking stations │ │like config.sys, autoexec.bat, │ │ │startup.cmd, and os2*.ini files │ │ ├───────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────┤ │Automatically execute user defined │Perform user-defined tasks prior to│ │procedures before Presentation │PM Desktop loading │ │Manager loads │ │ └───────────────────────────────────┴───────────────────────────────────┘