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- VENDINFO standard v1.03, produced by VendEdit v1.22, 28-Aug-1995
-
- ===== Product Information ==============================
- Product: Earth Words for alien dinosaurs Interactive picture dictionary
- Version: 1.00
- Version Date: 25-Aug-1995
- Product Type: Software
- Basic Distribution Policy (see License, below, for details):
- Shareware, freely distributable by all channels
-
- Product Description: EARTHWORDS for Alien Dinosaurs. V1.0 <ASP>.
- This program was designed to interest young
- people in learning a new language, to let
- them see how different languages say the same
- thing, to introduce foreign characters and to
- help with spelling in their own language.
- When alien dinosaurs from the Planet Dinopia
- landed on Earth, they were amazed to discover
- that we speak many different languages here.
- Reason for version: Initial release.
-
- Category: Education; Foreign language
- Keywords: Animated Picture Dictionary Languages
- Required Packages: EWORDS10
- This Package: EWORDS10
- Registration Fee: 25.00-35.00 (USD)
-
- Required Configuration
- Processor Family: Intel 80x86 (minimum 80286 (AT))
- Clock Speed: 16 MHz
- Minimum OS: MS-DOS 3.3
- Standard RAM: 640K
- Hard Drive Space: 1000K
- Required:
- Hard drive
- Won't Work With:
- Floppy only
- Monochrome Display Adapter (MDA)
- Hercules Graphics Card
- Tandy Display Adapter
- Color Graphic Adapter (CGA)
- Enhanced Graphic Adapter (EGA)
- Multi-Color Graphics Array (MCGA)
- Multi-Color Graphics Array 256 (MCGA 256)
- Monochrome monitor
-
- Orders:
- Address: Right to Left Software
- 3332 Yonge St. P.O.Box 94034
- Toronto Ontario M4N 3R1
- Canada
- Phone: (416) 489-7440
- FAX: (416) 489-6654
- CompuServe: 71542,3631
- Internet: rtls@execpc.com
- Other E-mail: WWW: http://www.execpc.com/~rtls
-
- Support:
- Address: Right to Left Software
- 3332 Yonge St. P.O.Box 94034
- Toronto Ontario M4N 3R1
- Canada
- Phone: (416) 489-7440
- FAX: (416) 489-6654
- CompuServe: 71542,3631
- Internet: rtls@execpc.com
- Other E-mail: WWW: http://www.execpc.com/~rtls
-
-
- ===== Information for Users ("READ-ME") ================
-
- EARTHWORDS For Alien Dinosaurs -- Windows Evaluation Version
- ____________________________________________________________
-
- When alien dinosaurs from the planet Dinopia landed on Earth,
- they were amazed to discover that we speak many different
- languages here. Taking their DinoFlex camera in hand,
- they began to explore our planet, recording the way different
- languages express the same common objects.
-
- The results of their exploration are recorded in
- EARTHWORDS FOR ALIEN DINOSAURS -- a version specially prepared
- for Earthlings by permission of the Dinopian High Council, and
- re-engineered for Earth voltage and PC computers running Windows
- by Right to Left Software and Editions Renyi in Toronto.
-
-
- INSTALLATION
-
- From Windows' Program Manager click the 'File' menu then select
- 'Run' and type A:INSTALL.EXE.
-
-
- HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS
-
- EARTHWORDS for Windows requires an IBM-compatible PC
- running Windows 3.1 or higher with 256 color display.
-
- Minimum: 386 CPU with 4 MB RAM.
- Recommended: 486 with 8 MB RAM and a Windows compatible sound card.
-
-
- THIS EVALUATION VERSION
-
- This version is a fully functional program, including 4 language
- activities with 3 difficulty levels. It contains 10 words in each
- of 17 languages, each word with an animated illustration. Voice pronuncia
- tion
- by native speakers is included for English, French, Spanish, German,
- Russian and Japanese. Other languages are in text only.
-
- The program was designed to interest young people in learning a new langu
- age,
- to let them see how different languages say the same thing, to introduce
- foreign characters, and to help with spelling in their own language.
-
- EARTHWORDS is fully customizable, and can be created in almost any
- choice of languages the Dinopians have explored.
-
- THE LATEST EDITION AND ADDITIONAL LANGUAGES
-
- Can be downloaded through the Earth Word WWW Home Page at
- http://www.execpc.com/~rtls/ewords
- or by FTP from
- ftp.magic.ca /rtls/ewords
-
- Send inquiries, comments, bug reports or anything else to:
-
- Right to Left Software
- (416) 489-7440, (416) 489-6654
-
- or by Email to: rtls@execpc.com
-
-
- EARTHWORDS FOR ALIEN DINOSAURS(TM) is copyright
- (c) 23776 Dinopian High Council
- (c) 1995 Editions Renyi Inc.
- (c) 1995 Right to Left Software Inc.
-
- -- but please distribute this version freely (unmodified) --.
-
- Enjoy!!
-
-
-
-
- ===== Packing List =====================================
-
- As released by the author or publisher, this package contained the
- following files in addition to this VENDINFO.DIZ:
-
- Filename Size Date Time CRC32
- THISDISK. 205 23-Aug-1995 05:40p 11674E87
- READ_ME.1ST 171 26-Aug-1995 05:38p F9D97F00
- ENGLISH.AR 105406 8-Aug-1995 11:11p 03D8BC1A
- EWW.AR 196503 22-Aug-1995 04:34p 9383F6B2
- PICTURES.AR 135365 7-Jul-1994 11:52p D252CFD4
- SYSPCX.AR 270848 30-Jun-1995 03:24p 5739D0A7
- SYSTEM.AR 143850 9-Aug-1995 07:06a 22E0454A
- SYSWAV.AR 49464 22-Jun-1995 02:05p C5F902EC
- READ_ME.BAT 444 26-Aug-1995 05:38p 5C307D70
- GROUPS.CFG 122 25-Jul-1995 04:20p 6388ACFA
- INSTALL.CFG 323 30-Jun-1995 03:30p 4AF46DCD
- FILE_ID.DIZ 415 26-Aug-1995 05:37p 1B0B6331
- VENDOR.DOC 216 27-Aug-1995 02:05p 13796CEE
- INSTALL.EXE 87872 31-Jul-1995 03:30p 1617CD82
- REGISTER.FRM 1997 23-Aug-1995 06:39p 2D596435
- VERSION.H 35 21-Aug-1995 12:47p DD8B58BC
- EWORDS.INI 111 17-Jul-1995 10:24a C754BFEF
- DESC.SDI 44 27-Aug-1995 02:05p 530C574D
- README.TXT 2385 9-Aug-1995 07:09a 93A26B08
- README2.TXT 2295 28-Aug-1995 08:32a 7D8641A4
- SHAREWR.TXT 765 23-Aug-1995 06:38p 680D29D5
- VENDOR.TXT 216 27-Aug-1995 02:05p 13796CEE
-
-
- ===== Installation =====================================
-
- Installation of Main Program:
- =============================
-
- Run INSTALL.EXE from Windows' Program Manager.
-
- Installation of Language Modules:
- =================================
-
- Each language module comes in its .ZIP files and contains files in
- subdirectories.
-
- The subdirectory structure MUST be reconstructed by using the "-d" flag
- of pkunzip (or the "Use Directory Names" option in WinZip).
-
- Example:
-
- cd c:\ewords
- pkunzip -d french.zip
-
- Where to Find Earth Words Language Modules
- ==========================================
- The Earth Words language modules can be downloaded from the following
- sources:
-
- 1. From Earth Words home page on the World Wide Web at
- http://www.execpc.com/~rtls/ewords.
- 2. By ftp from ftp.magic.ca /rtls/ewords/languages.
- 3. From CompuServe foreign language forum (FLEFO).
- 4. From your nearest BBS or the same source you acquired this package.
-
- The file names of the language modules are of the form "EW<lang>.ZIP"
- where <lang> is a four letter abbreviation of the language.
-
- For example, EWFREN.ZIP is the French module, EWSPAN.ZIP is the Spanish
- module and EWRUSS.ZIP is the Russian module.
-
-
-
-
- ===== License for Use and Distribution =================
-
- TRIAL USE LICENSE
-
- "Earth Words for alian dinosaurs" is NOT a public domain program.
- It is copyrighted by Right to Left Software, Inc. and Editions Renyi Inc.
- This software and accompanying documentation are
- protected by United States and Canada copyright law and also by
- international treaty provisions.
-
- Right to Left Software (RTLS), grants you a limited license to use this
- software for evaluation purposes for a period not to exceed thirty days.
- If you continue using this software after the thirty-day evaluation
- period, you MUST make a registration payment to RTLS.
-
- You may not use, copy, rent, lease, sell, modify, decompile,
- disassemble, otherwise reverse engineer, or transfer the licensed
- program except as provided in this agreement. Any such unauthorized
- use shall result in immediate and automatic termination of this license.
- All rights not expressly granted here are reserved to RTLS.
-
-
- LIMITED DISTRIBUTION LICENSE
-
- The following may distribute "Earth Words", completely unaltered, without
- further permission...; for other cases or to distribute in modified
- form, you must consult the attached data record, which is hereby
- incorporated by reference. Any distribution satisfying all the
- distribution requirements expressed in that data record is hereby
- authorized.
-
- Permission to distribute the "Earth Words" package is not transferable,
- assignable, saleable, or franchisable. Each vendor wishing to
- distribute the package must independently satisfy the terms of this
- limited distribution license.
-
- U.S. Government Information: Use, duplication, or disclosure by the
- U.S. Government of the computer software and documentation in this
- package shall be subject to the restricted rights applicable to
- commercial computer software as set forth in subdivision (b)(3)(ii) of
- the Rights in Technical Data and Computer Software clause at
- 252.227-7013 (DFARS 52.227-7013). The Contractor/manufacturer is
- Right to Left Software, 3332 Yonge Street P.O.Box 94034, Toronto
- Ontario, Canada.
-
- RTLS may revoke any permissions granted here, by
- notifying you in writing. All rights not expressly granted here are
- reserved to RTLS.
-
-
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