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Copyright 1992 by Peter Turnquist.
All rights reserved.
MasterMind is a trademark of Peter Turnquist.
Please see the important LICENSE AGREEMENT below.
INTRODUCTION
Please print INSTALL.TXT (about 7 pages) so all the instructions
will be visible while you install MasterMind Typing. Unless
Windows has control, you may tap PrintScreen now to record just
the directions for using Notepad to both display and print.
We recommend printing via Notepad of the Windows Accessories,
because it will paginate. In Notepad, select File | Open and
specify this file as
<location>\INSTALL.TXT
Before installation, the <location> of INSTALL.TXT usually is A:
or B:. After installation, <location> is C:\MMTYPE or another
<drive>:\path that you have provided.
With this text on-screen in Notepad, the menu selections are
File | Print
Alternatively, you can print from DOS 5.x Edit or from Write of
Windows. If you open INSTALL.TXT in Write, choosing "No Conver-
sion" keeps it unformatted. "Convert" changes it unnecessarily
to .WRI format, which is all right unless you save the change.
When you exit from any editor, please do NOT save changes.
If you want to print from DOS, a convenient command is
COPY <location>\INSTALL.TXT PRN
MasterMind Typing cuts work to about a quarter of any alternative
for learning to touch-type. The magic is MasterMind's sensitive
way of adjusting repetition for your progress. Though hard to
explain in words, you will understand it when you have the Mas-
terMind experience. In the advanced phase of version 2.x,
MasterMind enables you to learn memorable literature, while you
practice typing or just for fun.
Prerequisite resources are:
Windows 3.x in standard or enhanced mode
80286 or better processor
2 Mbytes RAM for Win3.1 or 1.5MB for Win3.0
extended (XMS) memory manager such as HIMEM.SYS
1.2 Mbytes free on drive C
EGA or better display, color preferred
mouse (or equivalent, e.g., trackball)
You can check your Windows mode from Program Manager by choosing
Help | About Program Manager. Standard or enhanced mode is all
right for MasterMind Typing, but enhanced mode needs 2 Mbytes
RAM. Real mode is incompatible. Help | About Program Manager
also will disclose Free Memory (RAM). With just Windows loaded
(before you start MasterMind Typing), Free Memory should be at
least 600 Kbytes. For quickness, Windows 3.1 users should
install at least 4 Mbytes total RAM.
The distribution diskette of MasterMind Typing may be any of:
720K (3.5-inch)
1.44M (3.5-inch)
1.2M (5.25-inch)
If you got a diskette that your system cannot read, a friend or
the seller can copy from it to a diskette that fits.
LICENSE AGREEMENT; MONEY-BACK GUARANTEE
13 October, 1992 supersedes prior licenses
By your authorized use of MasterMind Typing, you accept a license
for a single user on the following terms. If you have an unau-
thorized copy, you have no license and must destroy the copy
promptly to limit your liability for dealing with contraband.
Version 1.x is the shareware program distributed for free trial
to those who agree to register if the product is helpful. For
such trial, we authorize copying and distribution of version 1.x
in the manner described below. After trying version 1.x suffi-
ciently to see whether it helps you, you must either register or
stop using it.
If you register and pay the fee, you get version 2.x including
additional features. (Site licenses are available to organiza-
tions.) Version 2.x comes with a 60-day guarantee of satisfac-
tion. Version 2.x is not shareware. Except for backup, copying
version 2.x would make you liable for infringement of contract,
patent and copy rights.
You do not own either version of the software, which embodies
novel designs and trade secrets. You must not decode, alter or
reverse-engineer the software or aid another to do so. Any
effort to imitate the software would breach the contract and,
besides, probably would violate the copyright and/or the patent.
This applies to distribution of version 1.x shareware by both
professionals and amateurs. Version 1.x shareware distribution
must be either free of charge or within the rules of the Associa-
tion of Shareware Professionals. To alter a file or to recom-
press the constituent files of MasterMind Typing, a 1.x shareware
distributor must apply for a special license at the author's
discretion, except that EXTRACT.EXE may be renamed as MMTYPE.EXE
or vice-versa. 1.x shareware distribution via removable disk
must include uncompressed INSTALL.TXT. Otherwise, constituent
files are not distributable. (Please also see "Shareware Librar-
ies & Phone Links" below.)
For malfunction of the software, no supplier has any liability
beyond refund of the license fee. There is NO WARRANTY OF
MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS for use and no liability for conse-
quential damages.
If you object to any of these terms, your sole recourse is to
return the unused product immediately for refund. Violation of
any of its provisions automatically cancels the license.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
MasterMind Typing incorporates runtime ToolBook under license
from Asymetrix Corp. EXTRACT.EXE or MMTYPE.EXE incorporates file
compression licensed by Haruyasu Yoshizaki.
MEMORY CONFIGURATION, XMS REQUIRED
The Microsoft Windows User's Guide discusses memory configuration
in chapter 13 for version 3.0 or chapter 14 for version 3.1. The
version 3.0 Guide does not explain, though, that about 384K of
your total memory, the portion between 640K and 1 megabyte, is
inaccessible to most programs. The system design reserves it for
hardware support.
For Windows applications, most or all of your configurable
memory--that is, above 1 megabyte--must be extended (XMS), not
expanded (EMS). EMS is an outmoded, relatively inefficient way
to organize memory. If you have an EMS configuration to help
older DOS applications, now is the time to update. MasterMind
Typing should have at least 500K of XMS memory to run under
Windows standard mode, that is, at least 1.5 Mbytes total memory.
To use enhanced mode with a '386 or better processor, you need at
least a megabyte of XMS memory, that is, at least 2 Mbytes total.
Without XMS memory, MasterMind Typing will not run at all.
If you update all the configurable memory from EMS to XMS, you
need to adjust older applications if they have setup parameters
that rely on EMS. An older application may slow because only the
conventional 640K RAM will be accessible. But the publisher now
should have an upgrade version that works with XMS memory and may
be a Windows application too. If you have enough memory, it may
be possible to configure it as partly EMS and partly XMS to suit
all applications.
The method to reconfigure memory varies among computer makers.
Typically, one starts a setup program by pressing some combina-
tion of keys during bootup. If your hardware manual is unclear,
you may need help from whomever set up your system originally.
Because XMS memory is a Windows requirement involving other
applications and hardware, we do not advise about memory configu-
ration. For advice about Windows, Microsoft Product Support is
(206)637-7098.
A disk cache such as SMARTDRV can improve speed, though it may
complicate system setup for mixed DOS and Windows applications.
INSTALLATION FROM FLOPPY TO HARD DISK
This does not apply if you downloaded MMTYPE.EXE or MMTYPE.ZIP
from another computer to your hard disk.
MasterMind Typing on the floppy disk cannot execute because it is
in compressed format. For the same reason, you cannot install
MasterMind Typing with COPY or XCOPY commands. If D is the
floppy drive where you have the MasterMind Typing distribution
diskette, the DOS-level command
D:extract
will decompress the files and write them in directory \MMTYPE of
the current drive. Creation of directory \MMTYPE will be auto-
matic too unless it already exists.
In place of the generic D, please substitute the actual letter of
the floppy drive, usually A or B. It is immaterial whether
D:EXTRACT be in capital or small letters. If reinstalling, you
will get prompts for a series of Y's (yes) that you must key to
overwrite the older MasterMind Typing files.
You must execute D:EXTRACT from a DOS prompt, which is available
before Windows starts or from the Main window after Windows
starts. (Under the Program Manager or File Manager of Windows,
D:EXTRACT attempts incorrectly to install on the floppy drive.)
Please observe the DOS prompt and BE SURE THE CURRENT DRIVE IS
THE HARD DISK WHERE YOU WANT THE INSTALLATION TO GO. The floppy
drive must not be current. On the hard drive, it does not matter
what directory is current.
If directory \MMTYPE does not suit you, you can move the files
elsewhere after installation. This installation does not yet
make MasterMind Typing accessible under Windows. Please see
below.
SHAREWARE LIBRARIES & PHONE LINKS
This does not apply if you are installing MasterMind Typing from
a floppy disk.
We encourage distribution of version 1.x (shareware) and forbid
it for version 2.x. You are welcome to upload shareware version
1.x to your favorite bulletin boards in compressed form under the
name MMTYPE.EXE. This means changing the name of the compressed
archive if you acquired it as EXTRACT.EXE on a floppy disk. If
you distribute shareware version 1.x EXTRACT.EXE via removable
disk, recipients need uncompressed INSTALL.TXT too. Except
INSTALL.TXT, distribute only the original, compressed archive of
shareware 1.x, not the constituent files.
The original archive of MasterMind Typing uses LHA compression.
The compressed MMTYPE.EXE or EXTRACT.EXE will self-extract and
write the constituent files in directory \MMTYPE. Unlike PKSFX
archives, self-extraction is independent of the current directory
and fully automatic including directory \MMTYPE creation (pro-
vided that no floppy disk is involved). The same procedure
reinstalls if directory \MMTYPE already exists. There will be
prompts for a series of Y's (yes) that the installer must key to
overwrite prior MasterMind Typing files.
You may archive MasterMind Typing differently for your personal
use; but you must apply for a special license before issuing a
copy of a different archive to anyone else. We control this to
keep installation foolproof. A "different" archive is any
recompression or rearchive of MasterMind Typing's constituent
files. This applies only to shareware version 1.x, as 2.x is not
distributable at all.
If you received a .ZIP archive of MasterMind Typing, please
notify us unless it has a special license. With a .ZIP archive,
the installer must explicitly create directory \MMTYPE, or the
equivalent, and must run an unzip utility to decompress files
into the new directory. Decompression should make INSTALL.TXT
(this document) available to guide the installer onward.
Please see below about access to MasterMind Typing from Windows.
After installation, MMTYPE.EXE or MMTYPE.ZIP becomes unnecessary,
except for backup or, as to shareware 1.x, for redistribution.
You must not erase MMTYPE.TBK, though.
ACCESS UNDER WINDOWS
The installed files and approximate sizes on your hard disk will
be:
MMTYPE.TBK, 180K
TBKBASE.DLL, 354K
TBKCOMP.DLL, 105K
TBKUTIL.DLL, 60K
TBKVIDEO.DLL, 21K
MMTBOOK.EXE, 400K
MMBW.ICO, 2K
INSTALL.TXT, 13K (this file)
Putting MasterMind Typing on your hard disk does not make it
accessible under Windows. When it is on your hard disk, please
make MasterMind Typing accessible as follows.
1. In Windows, activate Program Manager. Then, if you already
have a program group that suits MasterMind Typing, please skip to
part 2. Every Windows application is a member of some group. If
you now have no program group for Windows applications, here is
how to create one. From the Program Manager menu bar, choose
File | New
In the New Program Object dialog box, select Program Group, then
click OK. This produces the Program Group Properties dialog box.
As the Description, enter
Applications
(It suffices to leave the Group File space blank.) Then click OK
in Program Group Properties. This leaves on the screen an
active, group window for Windows applications.
2. If it is not active already, now activate the group window
where you want the MasterMind Typing icon, keeping Program
Manager's menu bar visible.
3. From Program Manager, choose
File | New
4. In the New Program Object dialog box, select Program Item,
then click OK. This produces the Program Item Properties dialog
box. As the Description, enter
Typing
5. As the Command Line, enter
C:\MMTYPE\MMTBOOK.EXE MMTYPE
or a substitute conforming to the directory of MasterMind Typing
files, if you put them elsewhere. The final command is always
MMTBOOK.EXE MMTYPE
6. To conclude, click OK in Program Item Properties. The icon,
overlapping M's, should appear in your chosen window, where you
may double-click on it to start MasterMind Typing.
OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS
MasterMind Typing will put appropriate instructions on-screen as
you use it. If you wish, a mouse click on a PRINT button will
send the instructions of interest to your printer.
You will use your mouse to set up a lesson. Within a lesson,
though, the mouse is inoperative and you use keys only. The
control to stop or interrupt a lesson is function key <F1>.
Before reading the instructions thoroughly, it helps to start
your first lesson and observe how MasterMind Typing works. This
will make the instructions easier to understand. But please run
a lesson no more than a few minutes before reading the instruc-
tions, or you will develop bad habits.
For more information about MasterMind Typing, please contact
Peter Turnquist
2400 Olympic Blvd., Suite 3192
Walnut Creek, California 94595-1500
U.S.A.
(510)210-1603
For advice about Windows, Microsoft support is (206)637-7098 in
Redmond, Washington.