Absolute Stocks Read Me

Splinter Software PO Box 1282

Grove City OH, 43123

Shareware Notice

This is a fully functional version of the program. No features have been disabled, it won't stop playing in 10 days and it won't just let you play once a day. You will however have a little "please register me"screen pop up on you from time to time. The purpose of this is to remind you that this program is not free, not to annoy you. If you feel the notice comes up too often and this genuinely bothers you, please let us know and we'll send you a different version of the program where the shareware notice comes up less frequently.

Overview

Welcome to the stock market simulator. Buy stocks, sell stocks, view stock history ... all with point and click interface for ease of play. How fast can you turn 10,000 dollars into a million?

System requirements:

System 7 or better * 2MB of RAM * Color monitor

User Interface

Buying or selling stocks.

To buy or sell stocks you simply click on what you want. If you click on stocks you own, then the pgm assumes you want to sell some of it and prompts you for the qty. Buying stocks is similar.

Buttons

History Button Using the history button will allow you to see a graphical representation of a stocks history. This can be especially useful for spotting trends.

Next Day Button Click this button you want to make the game advance to the next day immediately

Sleep Button Clicking this button will allow you to fast forward the game.

Prefs Menu

Sound : Controls game sounds.

Message Que Length : Determines how many messages you can store at once. Note: changing this value will delete ALL existing messages!

Length of History : Determines how far back you can view the history. Screen Color : Determines background color for all stock listings.

Help Most of the help included in this document is available on-line under the Setup help option.

Program registration

If you decide to purchase the program please either print out the attached Registration Form or alternatively you may use the Registration program to

print out the form. Fill out the form (Be sure to include payment) and send to:

Splinter Software PO Box 1282 Grove City OH, 43123

Make Checks Payable to : Splinter Software.

Upon receipt we will send you a registration code which you can enter into the Registration program. This code will remove shareware notices that interrupt play. If you object to being sent a registration code for any reason we can alternatively send you a preference file for the game that will remove the shareware notices instead.

More Information

If you would like to be notified of version updates and new products from Splinter Software please drop us a note at candr5@earthlink.com. In addition you may visit our web page at :

http://www.angelfire.com/biz2/SplinterSoftware

Legal Notice This program is shareware, if used for more than 15 days please register the product. Unless explicitly stated in writing, Absolute Stocks may not be distributed for profit in any form, including but not limited to, electronic information service distribution, bulletin board distribution, and magnetic or optical medium distribution. Non profit distribution of the software is acceptable without prior written notice, provided that the software is not modified in any way and that the complete works of the software are included in the distribution package. Absolute Stocks is distributed without any warranty neither expressed nor implied.