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CONTENTS Page DISCLAIMER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 STAFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 PRINTING BESTHES' DOC . . . . . . . . . 2 WHAT IS SHAREWARE . . . . . . . . . . . 2 WHAT IS BESTHES . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 COMPATIBILITY with QEMM . . . . . . . . 5 BESTHES ARCHITECTURE . . . . . . . . . 5 INSTALLING BESTHES . . . . . . . . . . 6 USING BESTHES . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 LOOKING UP A WORD . . . . . . . . . . . 7 SELECTING A WORD . . . . . . . . . . . 8 REPLACING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 USING BESTHES WITH WINDOWS . . . . . . 9 CUSTOMIZING . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 VIRUS-SAFE . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 FUTURE DEVELOPMENT . . . . . . . . . . 10 LATEST VERSION . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 REGISTRATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 VOCABULARY-MODULE LICENSES . . . . . . 13 DIRECT REGISTRATION . . . . . . . . . 14 REGISTRATION THROUGH PsL . . . . . . . 15 REGISTRATION THROUGH COMPUSERVE . . . 15 CREDIT-CARD FORM . . . . . . . . . . . 16 REGISTRATION FORMS . . . . . . . . . . 17 - * - * - DISCLAIMER - AGREEMENT Users of BesThes must accept this disclaimer of warranty: BesThes is supplied as is. The author and distributors disclaim all warranties, expressed or implied, including, without limitation, the warranties of merchantability and of fitness for any purpose. The author assumes no liability for damages, direct or consequential, which may result from the use of BesThes. Any license to use BesThes is granted conditionally upon the user's acceptance that any liability on the part of the author or distributors of Besthes for damage caused either directly or indirectly through its use is limited exclusively to a refunding of the license fee, and that any lawsuit shall be prosecuted in the city of Beersheva, Israel. - * - * - - 2 - STAFF General manager and programmer: Noah Nissani, Ph.D. Linguistic staff: Barbara S. Ben Hail, B.Sc. Michelle Muller, Translator Dov Landsbaum, B.A. PRINTING BESTHES' DOC To print any of BesThes' DOC - REGISTER.DOC, BESTHES.DOC or INSTALL.DOC - type at DOS command line: COPY C:\DIR\filename.DOC PRN/B <ENTER> Where C is the drive and DIR the directory where the file is found. (Replace filename by the name of the file.) WHAT IS SHAREWARE The main difference between commercial and shareware programs lies in the method of distribution. Shareware distribution gives you a chance to try out software before buying it. If you continue using it, you are expected to pay a REGISTRATION FEE. Doing so, you meet a moral obligation which, in general, brings with it practical advantages. Copyright laws apply to both shareware and commercial software, and the copyright holder retains all the rights therein. Whereas the shareware distributor encourages copying and free distribution of non-registered copies, the commercial distributor disallows this. Shareware's liberal policy, based on trust, affords it direct access to a vast market of potential users, leading to a substantial reduction in advertising and marketing costs. This reduction in costs is what makes shareware programs comparatively inexpensive. BesThes is a shareware program, and its non-registered copy is provided at no cost to the user for his appraisal. Feel free to share it with your friends, but you must give it away unaltered, with all the files of the BesThes package intact. Anyone distributing non-registered copies of BesThes for any kind of remuneration must first contact Language Software Co. for authorization. This authorization will be granted automatically to distributors who are recognized by the ASP as adhering to its guidelines for shareware distributors; such distributors may begin offering BesThes immediately. Nevertheless, Language Software Co. must still be notified. - 3 - Distributing BesThes along with another program or product, as well as the distribution of registered copies of BesThes, are strictly forbidden unless specifically established in a written authorization. WHAT IS BESTHES BesThes is a totally new experience in the field of electronic thesauruses. Its current version, v1.56, contains a basic vocabulary of 16,520 entries, and an average of 185 related words per entry. It is, therefore, a 3,056,200(!!)-word thesaurus (16,520 x 185) which, in book-form, would require either 10 heavy volumes, or a discouraging system of cross- references. The total of 16,520 entries has been reached by counting the words that have meanings belonging to various parts of speech as one unique entry. Counting the different parts of speech as separate entries, their total would surpass 20,000. What makes this possible, using only 300K of your disk and 46.7K of your computer's memory, is that the sets of related words do not physically exist in BesThes. They have been replaced by an "alphabetic" list of "crunched" words with a meaning code attached to each, and an intricate network of these meaning codes - files BESTHES.DIC and BESTHES.CDF, respectively. A specially designed ultrafast algorithm builds up, at run-time and at astonishing speed, the sets of related words. Furthermore, two VOCABULARY-ENRICHMENT MODULES, with nearly 6,000 NEW ENTRIES each, enable you to extend the BesThes vocabulary to 28,635 entries with an average of 210 related words per entry. Freed from the space limitations that the physical existence of sets of related words generally imposes on thesauruses, BesThes provides highly inclusive sets of related words. Since you are the only one who knows what you have in mind when turning to BesThes for help, we have endeavored to supply you with as many related words as possible, thus increasing your chances of finding the exact word you need. Clearly, choosing the word is your exclusive responsibility. If you are not totally sure of the meaning or use of a given word, consult a good dictionary. A thesaurus is not a substitute for a dictionary. Put the cursor at the end of a word related to the idea you have in mind and press the HOT KEYS; in just a few seconds, you have at your disposal a huge vocabulary arranged in sets of dozens of closely related words. You can now move quickly and easily, back and forth, among the different sets, searching for the precise word you need. - 4 - These related words are similar to the ones you would find in a weighty thesaurus in book-form after a long and tedious search. But instead of repeatedly flipping through pages looking for a word, and then for words related to it, simply touch a key, and BesThes will do the rest for you. Are you interested in seeing the words offered in other sets after you have found one or more suitable words? BesThes gives you a SELECTED-WORD HOLDER to keep those words, while you continue your search among other sets of the same or other entries. This HOLDER saves the selected words as long as BesThes remains in memory, or until you erase them. In the REGISTERED COPY, a smart replacement function enables you to replace the word in your file with a word from the HOLDER or, if you prefer, to copy one or all of the words from the HOLDER onto your file without erasing the existing word. But there is no rose without a thorn. The meaning codes used by BesThes connect the words in a reciprocal manner, that is, any word related to a given meaning automatically becomes an entry for that meaning. Therefore, there are entries which show only a portion of their meanings, not always including the main one. This shortcoming can be minimized by adding vocabulary- enrichment modules. Each of these modules contains nearly 6,000 NEW entries, and approximately double that amount of NEW meaning codes. Many of these new meanings are precisely the ones missing in the old entries. The BesThes algorithm automatically adds these new meanings to the old entries. The first vocabulary-enrichment module contains mainly verbs, whereas the second covers adjectives and nouns. These modules are available to registered and non-registered users alike. If you are trying out BesThes and find it useful, but prefer to check out a more complete vocabulary before registering, you can get the modules under the same conditions that you would enjoy after registration. We trust that you will register if you continue using BesThes after a reasonable trial period. BesThes is constantly being improved, its vocabulary classification revised, and its program enhanced. This third version, appearing only six months after the release of the first one, is proof of our pledge to give you the best. However, we depend on the registrants' support to enable us to continue improving BesThes; we will show our appreciation for that support by sending registrants any future version for only slightly more than the m.& h. costs. BESTHES IS VERY SIMPLE TO USE, AND IS TOTALLY INTERACTIVE. EACH SCREEN INCLUDES A COMPLETE HELP FRAME WITH ALL THE RELEVANT INSTRUCTIONS. After you have placed the cursor at the end of a word and pressed the HOT KEYS, there are no additional instructions you - 5 - need to know or remember. Just follow the instructions that will guide you step by step. COMPATIBILITY with QEMM Incompatibility with QEMM prior to v7.04 has been reported by some users. Besthes has been successfully tested with QEMM 7.04, which is available to all QEMM 7 users through bulletin board systems such as BIX, CompuServe, and QuarterDeck BBS, as well as directly from QuarterDeck Office Systems. BESTHES ARCHITECTURE BesThes classifies the most common English words and expressions according to: 1. Spelling 2. Parts of speech 3. Underlying idea 4. Meaning The first category groups the various meanings of "orthographic words," i.e. the denotations expressed by the same letters. In this way, BesThes is similar to the more modern thesauruses, yet differs from Roget's, in which the different meanings of a word appear in different places. Enter a word, and BesThes will return with a menu of its denotations represented by triads of words -- the MEANINGS menu. The second category classifies the words according to parts of speech. For technical reasons, and our belief that it will serve you better, the words have been divided into only four groups: verbs, nouns, adjectives and others (adverbs, prepositions, etc.). The third category groups conceptually related words, i.e. words with a common underlying idea. This is similar to Roget's classification, but carried out with a more modern approach. Pragmatic concerns for serving you better have displaced any other academic considerations in assigning the classification codes related to this category. Finally, the fourth category packs together words of closely related denotation. BesThes' criterion for the clustering of denotatively related words is much more comprehensive than in other thesauruses. Hence, the user may find many words that seem out of place. But this comprehensiveness means a much greater chance of finding the desired word. - 6 - INSTALLING BESTHES BESTHES consists of nine files: 1) BESTHES.COM, 2) BESTHES.DIC, 3) BESTHES.CDF, 4) BESTHES.DOC, 5) INSTALL.DOC, 6)BW.BAT, 7)BESTHES.WND, 8)OMBUDSMA.TXT, and 9) REGISTER.DOC Copy them to a specially created subdirectory, whose path cannot include extensions within the names of the subdirectories, e.g. C:\WORDPROC.ENG\THESAURUS\BESTHES - wrong. C:\WORDPROC\THESAURUS\BESTHES - correct. The only workable drives are A, B and C (if you have a DOS 6 DOUBLE-SPACED drive C, you must copy the BESTHES' files onto the HOST drive of C). BesThes may be loaded in high memory, thereby saving conventional memory for other applications. IMPORTANT! Don't change the names of BesThes' files. USING BESTHES In the sections which follow, you will read a detailed description of BesThes' features. It is a good idea to read everything carefully. But you do not have to commit the instructions to memory. Each BesThes screen comes with its corresponding HELP providing all the pertinent instructions. BesThes is a memory-resident program that may be loaded, either before or from within your word processor, using the DOS access function, in the low as well as in the high memory. Once loaded, it will remain stored in your computer's memory, completely unnoticed, yet ever-alert to serve you, acting as an integral part of your word processor any time you press its HOT KEYS. Press the first HOT KEY and let go, press the second HOT KEY and let go, or press the first HOT KEY and, while keeping it down, press the second. Either way BesThes will respond to your call. BesThes is user-friendly and always does its best to understand the user's intention. You may also use BesThes as a stand-alone application by entering a word in the DOS command line and pressing the HOT KEYS. To uninstall BesThes without restarting the system, type HK and press the HOT KEYS. Then choose the UNINSTALL function from the menu. BesThes cannot be uninstalled if other program loaded after it intercepts the same interrupts. If this is the case, - 7 - BesThes will inform you that the present configuration of the memory doesn't allow you to uninstall the program. LOOKING UP A WORD To ensure compatibility with most word processors, BesThes is equipped with two "reading modes" -- SCREEN READING and KEYBOARD READING. Looking up a word requires a slightly different procedure in each of the two reading modes. From either within your word processor or in the DOS command line: a) When in SCREEN-READING MODE (default), position the cursor at the end of a word, and press the HOT KEYS. If you place the cursor in the middle of a word, BesThes will read from the beginning of the word to the letter just before the cursor. Use this to enter the base-form from an inflection. b) In KEYBOARD-READING MODE, BesThes traces the keys as they are being pressed, storing them in an internal buffer. When the cursor leaves a word, BesThes deletes the buffer, ready to begin reading a new one. To enter a word, type it and press the HOT KEYS with the cursor still at the end of the word you have just typed. When you enter a verb, BesThes automatically includes its compound forms with the prepositions: AT, DOWN, FOR, IN, OFF, ON, OVER, TO and UP. Other prepositional forms must be entered as compound words. To enter a compound word or expression, join the words with underscores, e.g., work_up, get_rid_of. After you press the HOT KEYS, Besthes will ask you for the part of speech you need. Once you answer, BesThes will display the MEANINGS menu, showing different meanings represented by triads of words. These triads stand for sets of words that include the entered word and are, in turn, associated with other sets conceptually related to it - the RELATED WORDS sets. Since each one of these sets is by itself very comprehensive, the triads of words that appear in the MEANINGS menu cannot give more than a vague idea of the words you will find behind it. Once you choose the meaning, the RELATED WORDS menu comes on, offering you different sets of words conceptually related to that meaning. Make your choice, and a set of dozens of words will appear. Bear in mind that the sets of words in BesThes are much more comprehensive than in other thesauruses, and only pressing <ENTER> and less than a second are all that separate you from the complete set. Go on, therefore, to see the complete set of words, even if the triad doesn't seem to precisely characterize the word you need. Now you can move quickly and easily, back and forth among the - 8 - different meanings and sets of related words, looking for the exact word you need. All your commands are carried out in fractions of a second because BesThes is not idle while you are making your choices. It uses your thinking-time to read from the disk, by means of an ultra-fast procedure, all the information it needs to fulfill your upcoming requests. For this reason, you see BesThes often reading from the disk, but simultaneously keeping an eye out for your orders. SO DON'T WAIT FOR BESTHES TO STOP READING FROM THE DISK; GIVE YOUR COMMAND, CONFIDENT THAT BESTHES IS ALWAYS LISTENING TO YOU. Note: In some cases, BesThes needs a second, or less, to complete what it is currently doing before it manages to carry out your order. When that happens, BesThes acknowledges your command and apologizes that it is doing its best. SELECTING A WORD When you are in the expanded SET of related words, tap the down-arrow key and you will be in the SELECT mode: 1) The SELECTED-WORD HOLDER appears in the upper part of the screen. 2) The first word in the HEADING of the SET is highlighted. 3) The HELP line changes, giving the relevant instructions. Using the arrows, select the desired words, and confirm your selections by pressing <ENTER>. The selected words will appear in the HOLDER, and remain there even when the HOLDER disappears from the screen - until you erase the HOLDER by pressing C. You can now continue searching in other sets of the same or other entries, adding new words to the HOLDER. REPLACING (Registered copies only -- experimentally included in this unregistered copy, but may be excluded from future releases) After you have put one or more words in the SELECTED-WORD HOLDER, move up to the HEADING of the SET by repeatedly tapping the up-arrow key. The HELP line in the HEADING will change, showing that another tap on the up-arrow key will take you to the HOLDER. Do so, and the first word in the HOLDER will become highlighted, and a HELP line in the HOLDER will replace the line in the HEADING. Now select a word by using the left- and right-arrow keys, and confirm your selection by pressing <ENTER>. A MENU appears, making it possible for you to choose between: 1) REPLACE: Replace the word in your file with the selected word. - 9 - 2) ADD: Copy the selected word onto your file without erasing the previous word. 3) ALL: Copy all the words from the HOLDER onto your file. In this case, it does not matter which word is highlighted. This last option is designed to facilitate the use of these words as new entries. USING BESTHES WITH WINDOWS BESTHES is a DOS application, friendly to WINDOWS users. To enjoy BESTHES in WINDOWS 3.x, with at least a 386 system, go to the Program Manager window and choose MS-DOS. When in the DOS command line, change to the subdirectory where the BESTHES files are and type: BW <ENTER> BW.BAT will load BESTHES, and then EDIT along with BESTHES.WND. BESTHES is now installed as a quasi-WINDOWS application ready to serve you. The first time, return to your wordprocessor window through the TASK LIST (Ctrl+Esc). In subsequent times, you can switch back and forth between your wordprocessor and BESTHES windows by merely pressing Alt+Tab. When in the BESTHES window, and with the cursor at the end of a word, press the BESTHES HOT KEYS. You can type the word, or copy it, from your wordprocessor into the BESTHES window through the clipboard. To access the clipboard from the BESTHES window, press Alt+Space bar, or click the CONTROL BUTTON of the MS-DOS window, and then select EDIT from the pull-down MENU. The first time you press Alt+Space bar, the MS-DOS full screen turns into a window with the BESTHES window in it, and a pull-down MENU appears. Subsequently, you can pull down the MENU either by pressing Alt+Space bar or by clicking the MS-DOS window CONTROL BUTTON. Be aware of the presence, below the MS-DOS window bar, of a MENU bar belonging to EDIT -- DON'T USE IT. If you do, you will be copying onto or pasting from the wrong clipboard -- the EDIT clipboard -- instead of the WINDOWS clipboard. After you have selected the word(s) you want, and replaced the entered word with your choice, you can copy it/them onto the clipboard and return to your wordprocessor (Alt+Tab). In order to mark and copy the selected word(s) onto the RIGHT clipboard, you MUST first pull down the MS-DOS menu, choose EDIT, and then MARK. A special cursor will appear in the upper left corner of the window. Use this special cursor or the mouse to mark the selected word(s). - 10 - CUSTOMIZING BesThes enables you to adapt the HOT KEYS, the READING MODES and the LETTER CASES to suit your needs and personal taste. Simply type HK, press the HOT KEYS, and follow the instructions that appear on the screen, guiding you step by step. VIRUS-SAFE Any virus attached to a program invariably alters that program's code. BesThes verifies the integrity of its code every time it's loaded. The possibility that the change caused by a virus would pass by BesThes undetected is less than 1 in 4000; it doesn't matter if it is a known or unknown virus. This gives you a very high measure of security. Once you see the comforting statement: "CODE'S INTEGRITY VERIFIED - NO VIRUS FOUND" you can copy BesThes onto your hard disk and enjoy it, virtually free of virus-worry. Nevertheless, a virus might attach itself to the very beginning of BesThes' code and act before BesThes manages to detect its presence. Therefore, we recommend that the first time you run a copy of BesThes of dubious origin, you take precautions such as checking it with an antivirus program. BesThes is virus-protected to encourage copying and trying it out. The more people experience BesThes, the more will register and get to enjoy the resulting material and ethical benefits. FUTURE DEVELOPMENT BesThes is intended to develop in two distinct paths: Vocabulary Enrichment and Program Enhancement. * VOCABULARY ENRICHMENT The meaning classification is the soul of any thesaurus. In determining BesThes' meaning classification, we have no pretensions of making an academic contribution to the field of semantics. Our only concern is to provide you with a useful tool for finding the required word. This is a very difficult task because, in the final analysis, only you know what you have in mind when turning to BesThes for help. To this end, we are continually revising the classification of meanings; new meaning codes are created, others are discarded, and new connections between meanings are established. New vocabulary modules, of nearly 6,000 NEW entries each, and approximately double that number of NEW meanings, are being developed. Many of these new meanings are shared by the old entries. Therefore, by installing these modules, you not only add new entries, but also increase the number of meanings appearing for the old ones. These modules can be added inexpensively and at any time. - 11 - When you order a new module, the latest version of BesThes will be sent to you, taking advantage of the attendant saving in m.& h. costs. * PROGRAM ENHANCEMENT. Since the first version of BesThes was released in January of this year, significant program enhancements have been made: 1) The memory occupied by BesThes has been reduced from 58K to 46.7K. 2) BesThes is now workable in the high memory. 3) It is now compatible with DOS 6 DOUBLE-SPACE and QEMM 7.04. 4) The SELECT function has been added. 5) The REPLACE function has been added to the REGISTERED COPY. For the future we are planning: 1) A further reduction in the memory occupied by BesThes. 2) Compatibility with wordprocessors in the graphic mode. 3) A WINDOWS version. 4) New vocabulary-enrichment modules. 5) Examples of word usage. These improvements are possible only through your support. Accordingly, our policy states that registration establishes a permanent relationship between the user and BesThes. Hence, any new version of BesThes will be sent to all registrants for just slightly more than the m.& h. costs. LATEST VERSION The latest version of BesThes can be found in the main BBSs and in the ASP Hub Network BBSs listed bellow. These BBSs are bound by special agreement with the ASP. They will allow ANY 1st time caller adequate access to download 1 ASP file, of up to 500k in size, per day. - 12 - Zone 1 - East Coast USA North-East Coast Mid-East Coast The Consultant BBS The Break RBBS <East> Jay Caplan Bruce Jackson P.O. Box 8571 4660 Whitaker PL New York NY 10116-4655 Dale City, VA 22193-3011 BBS Phone: 718-837-3236 BBS Phone: 703-680-9269 BBS Software: PCBoard BBS Software: RBBS Zone 2 - North Mid-USA Zone 3 - Southern Mid-USA The Twilight Zone The DataExchange BBS John Hrusovszky Don Morris 1119 E. Main St 119 Herring St. Auburndale, WI 54412 Leesville, LA 71446 BBS Phone: 715-652-2758 BBS Phone: 318-239-2122 BBS Software: RBBS BBS Software: UltraBBS Zone 4 - West Coast USA Zone 5 - Canada Space BBS Knightec BBS Owen Hawkins Phil Knight PO Box X 35 Robb Blvd #6 Menlo Park, CA 94026 Orangeville, ONT L9W 3L1 BBS Phone: 415-323-4398 BBS Phone: 519-940-0007 BBS Software: PCBoard BBS Software: PCBoard REGISTRATION Language Software Co. issues three kinds of REGISTRATION/LICENSES: PERSONAL REGISTRATION: $25.00. SITE LICENSE (For government offices, public institutions, and businesses): $25.00, plus $15 for each potential additional user. COLLECTIVE LICENSE (For educational institutions): $200. It grants the right of usage to all staff members and students. The institution is authorized to collect, either directly or through its bookstore or student union, a fee of up to $8 per copy from its students and staff members. Each staff member or student of a collectively licensed educational institution may become a PERSONAL REGISTERED USER for only $15, including the license for any supplementary modules purchased by the educational institution. - 13 - All three kinds of REGISTRATION/LICENSES enjoy the following advantages: * LATEST REGISTERED VERSION: Add the m.& h. costs to the registration fee, and the latest registered version will be sent to you. * UPGRADING: Any future program-enhanced or vocabulary-revised version will be sent to you for only slightly more than the postage and handling costs. * ADDITIONAL PERSONAL REGISTRATIONS: Give your friends the gift of a BesThes registration for only $15 each. This will grant them the same rights you presently enjoy, including the license to use supplementary modules. * TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE: We are always at your disposal to answer any questions you may have regarding the use of BesThes, whether you have already registered or are still trying out the program. If a serious bug is reported within three months after registration, we will either fix it and send a corrected copy to the registrant, or refund the registration fee. Following the initial three-month period, please feel free to turn to us with any problems you may have. By mail: Language Software Co., POB 3080, Beersheva 84130, ISRAEL. By FAX: 972 7 433 103 By E-mail: INTERNET:100274.655@compuserve.com VOCABULARY-MODULE LICENSES Two vocabulary-enrichment modules, with nearly 6,000 NEW entries each, can be added to the basic vocabulary of BesThes. * PERSONAL LICENSE: $10 each module. Our PAY FOR ONE AND GET TWO promotional offer: If you order two modules along with your registration, you will only have to pay for the first one. * SITE LICENSE: $10 + $5 per module for each additional potential user. * COLLECTIVE LICENSE for educational institutions: $50 per module. Ordering supplementary vocabulary modules is not restricted to registered users only. It is also available to non-registered users, in any of the three categories, as a last test before registering, with the understanding that if BesThes continues to be used after a reasonable trial period, the corresponding registration will be applied for. - 14 - Whenever you order one or more modules, you will receive the latest version of BesThes - REGISTERED or NON-REGISTERED, depending on your status - with the modules incorporated in the BESTHES.DIC and BESTHES.CDF files. These files are NOT interchangeable between different copies of BESTHES. So if you are a NON-REGISTERED user and are trying out BesThes using a REGISTERED copy, you will not be able to use the supplementary modules with it. (If you are a NON-REGISTERED user you will most likely receive a copy without the REPLACE function.) MAILING and HANDLING COSTS: You must add m.& h. costs any time you require a diskette to be sent ($5 for a 5.25", and $7 for a 3.5" diskette). All prices are in U.S. dollars, but we also accept the equivalent amounts in the following currencies: Can$, $A, S$, £, £Ir, DM, Fmk, F, SwF, BF, SKr, NKr, DKr, R, S, Pta, Yen, Lit, NIS. DIRECT REGISTRATION To register, or apply for a license, send a check or credit-card form DIRECTLY to: Language Software Co., Moria 52 Apt.4, P.O. Box 3080 Beersheva 84130, Israel. Credit-card orders with MC, VISA, DINERS or EUROCARD may be sent directly to Language Software Co. also by: * FAX: 972 7 433 103 * E-mail: INTERNET:100274.655@compuserve.com Credit-card payment made DIRECTLY to Language Software Co. is the most economical way for us to handle foreign currencies. It enables us to grant you a reduction of 10% on all prices, which you may deduct from the total (including m.& h.) ONLY when choosing this way. Or transfer to our account: Language Software Co., Bank Hapoalim, branch 12-54700, account 233108 Beersheva, Israel. You may deduct $2.50 from the transferred sum as our share of your transfer costs. Please send us, either by regular or electronic mail, your name, address, sum, date, transfer number, bank and branch. - 15 - REGISTRATION THROUGH PsL (800 phone-line) Credit-card orders using MC, VISA, AMEX or DISCOVER may be made through the "Public software Library" (PsL) (Houston, TX) by calling 800-2424-PsL or 713-524-6394; or by FAX to 713-524-6398; or by CIS E-mail to 71355,470. You can also mail credit-card orders to PsL at P.O.Box 35705, Houston, TX 77235-5705. Refer item #11511. THE ABOVE PsL NUMBERS ARE FOR ORDERS ONLY. Please DO NOT call to them for inquires related to your order. Any questions about the shipment of an order, refunds, registration options, technical support, discounts, site licenses, etc., MUST BE DIRECTED EXCLUSIVELY - by FAX, E-mail, or regular mail - to Language Software Co., Beersheva, Israel. We guarantee an answer within 48 hours. For air-mail correspondence allow one week each way. REGISTRATION THROUGH COMPUSERVE COMPUSERVE members may register for a single copy through the COMPUSERVE SHAREWARE REGISTRATION DATABASE - GO SWREG. BesThes appears in the database under the name BESTH1.ZIP, registration ID 2647. The sum of $40 (registration fee + 2 vocabulary-enrichment modules + m.& h. costs) will be added to your COMPUSERVE bill. This price includes our promotional offer: PAY FOR ONE AND GET TWO. However, all other registration schemes, such as multiple-copy registrations, SITE and COLLECTIVE LICENSES, and registrations which do not include supplementary modules, CANNOT be arranged through COMPUSERVE. - 16 - CREDIT-CARD FORM The following information necessary for credit card payment may be mailed to: Language Software Co., POB 3080, Beersheva 84130, Israel, E-mailed to: Noah Nissani, INTERNET:100274.655@compuserve.com, or Faxed to: (972 7 433 103): CARDHOLDER DATA First name:................................................. Last name:................................................. Social Security # (or usual ID # in your country)............... Address:........................................................ CITY:........... STATE:........ COUNTRY:.......... ZIP:......... Phone(......)................ Other(......).................... Amount ..................... Currency ...................... CREDIT CARD MC ( ) VISA ( ) DINERS ( ) EUROCARD ( ) Card number:...................... Expiration date........... Signature (when applicable)................................. - 17 - REGISTRATION FORMS To be sent by mail: Language Software Co., POB 3080, Beersheva 84130, Israel. FAX: 972 7 433 103. or E-mail:Noah Nissani, INTERNET:100274.655@compuserve.com PERSONAL REGISTRATION NAME: ADDRESS:...................................................... CITY:........... STATE:........ COUNTRY:.......... ZIP:....... VERSION: V1.56 REGISTRATION FEE: $25 $.... SUPPLEMENTARY VOCABULARY MODULES: $10 each (With nearly 6,000 new entries per module) $.... Airmail p.& h., diskette 5.25"/3.5", $5/$7, respectively $.... ------- SUBTOTAL $.... PAY FOR ONE AND GET TWO discount (Good only when ordering two supplementary modules along with registration) -$10 --------- TOTAL PAYMENT BY MEANS OF: Credit card: MC ( ) VISA ( ) DINERS ( ) EUROCARD ( ) -*- Check number: Bank: Branch: -*- Transference number: Bank: Branch: Bank address: CITY:........... STATE:........ COUNTRY:.......... ZIP:....... -*- SIGNATURE:...................... DATE:.................... - 18 - ADDITIONAL PERSONAL REGISTRATIONS CURRENTLY REGISTERED USER: NAME (Personal/office/institution/company):.................. ............................................................. ADDRESS:..................................................... CITY:........... STATE:........ COUNTRY:.......... ZIP:....... NEW REGISTRANT: NAME:......................................................... ADDRESS:...................................................... CITY:........... STATE:........ COUNTRY:.......... ZIP:....... REGISTRATION FEE $15 $........ Includes license for the vocabulary-enrichment modules you presently have. Postage and handling: Airmail diskette 5.25"/3.5", $5/$7, respectively $........ ---------- TOTAL $........ PAYMENT BY MEANS OF: Credit card: MC ( ) VISA ( ) DINERS ( ) EUROCARD ( ) -*- Check number: Bank: Branch: -*- Transference number: Bank: Branch: Bank address: CITY:........... STATE:........ COUNTRY:.......... ZIP:....... -*- CURRENT REGISTRANT'S SIGNATURE:................................ TITLE (If Site or Collective License):........................ NEW REGISTRANT'S SIGNATURE (OPTIONAL):.............. DATE:..... - 19 - SITE LICENSE FORM OFFICE/INSTITUTION/COMPANY NAME:.............................. .............................................................. DEPARTMENT/BRANCH/SECTION:................................... ADDRESS:...................................................... CITY:........... STATE:........ COUNTRY:.......... ZIP:....... VERSION: V1.56 NUMBER of ADDITIONAL COPIES: NUMBER of SUPPLEMENTARY MODULES (With nearly 6,000 new entries each):. . . . . First copy: $25 + SUPPLEMENTARY MODULES x $10 $....... Additional copies x ($15 + SUPPLEMENTARY MODULES x $5) $....... Postage and handling: Airmail diskette 5.25"/3.5", $5/$7, respectively $....... ------- TOTAL $....... PAYMENT BY MEANS OF: Credit card: MC ( ) VISA ( ) DINERS ( ) EUROCARD ( ) -*- Check number: Bank: Branch: -*- Transference number: Bank: Branch: Bank address: CITY:........... STATE:........ COUNTRY:.......... ZIP:....... SIGNATURE:...................... DATE:.................... TITLE:.................................................... - 20 - COLLECTIVE LICENSE for an EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION INSTITUTION NAME:............................................. .............................................................. DEPARTMENT/FACULTY/SCHOOL:.................................... ADDRESS:...................................................... CITY:........... STATE:........ COUNTRY:.......... ZIP:....... VERSION 1.56 NUMBER of SUPPLEMENTARY MODULES (With nearly 6,000 new entries each):. . . . . LICENSE: $200 + SUPPLEMENTARY MODULES x $50 $........ Postage and handling: Airmail diskette 5.25"/3.5", $5/$7, respectively $........ ---------- TOTAL $........ PAYMENT BY MEANS OF: Credit card: MC ( ) VISA ( ) DINERS ( ) EUROCARD ( ) -*- Check number: Bank: Branch: -*- Transference number: Bank: Branch: Bank address: CITY:........... STATE:........ COUNTRY:.......... ZIP:....... SIGNATURE:...................... DATE:.................... TITLE:.................................................... - 21 - PERSONAL REGISTRATION for STAFF and STUDENTS of a COLLECTIVELY-LICENSED INSTITUTION INSTITUTION NAME:............................................. .............................................................. DEPARTMENT/FACULTY/SCHOOL:.................................... ESTABLISHMENT ADDRESS:........................................ CITY:........... STATE:........ COUNTRY:.......... ZIP:....... PERSONAL NAME:................................................ TITLE: STUDENT/STAFF MEMBER (Circle appropriate) PERSONAL ADDRESS:............................................ CITY:........... STATE:........ COUNTRY:.......... ZIP:....... REGISTRATION $15 (Includes license for the supplementary modules covered by the COLLECTIVE LICENSE) $...... SUPPLEMENTARY MODULES (Not covered by the COLLECTIVE LICENSE) $10 each $...... Postage and handling: Airmail diskette 5.25"/3.5", $5/$7, respectively $...... ---------- TOTAL $..... PAYMENT BY MEANS OF: Credit card: MC ( ) VISA ( ) DINERS ( ) EUROCARD ( ) -*- Check number: Bank: Branch: -*- Transference number: Bank: Branch: Bank address: CITY:........... STATE:........ COUNTRY:.......... ZIP:....... SIGNATURE:...................... DATE:....................