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- │ BESTHES POP-UP THESAURUS v1.56 │
- │ SEE BELOW FOR PRODUCT INFORMATION │
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- ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
- │ This is a VENDINFO Product Information Record │
- │ │
- │ This record is a means of conveying information about a software │
- │ product from the author to distributors and users. It contains a │
- │ normal, "human-readable" section (you're reading it now), followed │
- │ by a compressed data record. The data record contains a great │
- │ deal of information in a form useable by automated tools. This │
- │ allows BBSes, disk vendors, etc. to test automatically for │
- │ permission to distribute, and to automatically extract product │
- │ information for use in BBS files databases, vendor catalogs, etc. │
- │ │
- │ The VENDINFO file standard is published and is freely useable. │
- │ │
- │ The VENDINFO toolset includes a free end-user viewer, processing │
- │ tools for use by distributors (BBSes, shareware disk vendors, │
- │ etc.), and the editor used by author/publishers to produce these │
- │ records. These tools are either free or very-low cost shareware. │
- │ The toolset can be obtained from many sources, including the │
- │ originators of VENDINFO: │
- │ │
- │ Rams' Island Software Voice: 303-841-2848 CompuServe: 76244,324 │
- │ 7644 E. Lakecliff Way BBS: 303-841-6269 FidoNet: 1:104/333 │
- │ Parker, CO 80134-5904 USA RIME: RAMSISLE │
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- VENDINFO standard v1.00, produced by VendEdit v1.00, 25-Jan-1995
-
- ===== Product Information ==============================
- Product: BESTHES POP-UP THESAURUS
- Version: 1.56
- Version Date: 25-Jan-1995
- Product Type: Software
- Basic Distribution Policy (see License, below, for details):
- Shareware, subject to distribution restrictions
-
- Product Description: BESTHES 1.56 <ASP> WINDOWS-FRIENDLY DOS POP-
- UP THESAURUS. Complementary to your word
- processor thesaurus. Modular expandable to
- 28,635 entries x 210 words/entry (avg.) =
- 6,013,350(!) words (equiv. to 20 heavy vol.)
- Rqr. 47K of RAM. Loadable into high memory.
- Usable from within your word processor.
- Shareware. Reg. US$25.
-
- Category: Thesaurus
- Keywords: THESAURUS WORDS DICTIONARY SYNONYMS
- Required Packages: BESTH156
- This Package: BESTH156
-
- Required Configuration
- Processor Family: Intel 80x86 (minimum 8086/8088)
-
- Orders:
- Address: Language Software Co.
- Moria 52/4,
- POB 3080,
- Beersheva 84130,
- Israel
- FAX: 972 7 433 103
- CompuServe: 100274,655
- Internet: 100274.655@compuserve.com
-
- Support:
- Address: Language Software Co.
- Moria 52/4,
- POB 3080,
- Beersheva 84130,
- Israel
- FAX: 972 7 433 103
- CompuServe: 100274,655
- Internet: 100274.655@compuserve.com
-
-
- ===== Information for Users ("READ-ME") ================
-
- If you use a wordprocessor frequently, you know how useful the
- standard thesaurus included among its utilities is. When you
- enter a word, it provides you with a handful of synonyms that
- you use to better express your thoughts or simply avoid
- repetition.
-
- In many cases, however, your idea is not fully developed, or you
- can't think of a suitable word to express it. You turn to your
- conventional thesaurus for help . . . and you find that it is
- insufficient to your needs.
-
- YOU NEED A COMPLEMENTARY THESAURUS!
-
- In these cases you need a thesaurus that places at your
- disposal not only synonyms, but a wide range of conceptually
- related words. It would not only enable you to find the
- appropriate word, but also help you to further develop and
- crystallize your thought.
-
- We are proud to offer you this complementary electronic
- thesaurus.
-
- BesThes has a basic vocabulary of 16,520 entries with an average
- of 185 related words per entry, expandable to 28,635 entries
- with 210 related words per entry by means of two additional
- vocabulary-enrichment modules. It is a 3,056,200-/6,013,350-
- word thesaurus, which in book form would require 10/20 heavy
- volumes, respectively.
-
- For comparison, among the best-known thesauruses in book form we
- find:
-
- 1) CHAMBERS, with a stated 18,000 entries and 350,000 words,
- i.e., less than 20 related words per entry, in a volume of
- 750 pages.(C) 1988 by W.& R. Chambers Ltd. and Cambridge
- University Press.
-
- 2) THE RANDOM HOUSE THESAURUS COLLEGE EDITION, with a stated
- 275,000 words (something like 12,000 entries with an average
- of 23 related words per entry) in a volume of 812 pages.
- (C) 1984 by Random House Inc.
-
- And no less important, it is friendly and ultrafast.
-
-
- ===== 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
- READ_ME.1ST 2122 25-Jan-1995 01:56a 0FD4D22E
- BW.BAT 50 25-Jan-1995 01:56a CC979A98
- BESTHES.CDF 83048 25-Jan-1995 01:56a EED62989
- BESTHES.COM 50150 25-Jan-1995 01:56a 019140C2
- BESTHES.DIC 167202 25-Jan-1995 01:56a 25BE51AF
- FILE_ID.DIZ 337 25-Jan-1995 01:56a 10E175C0
- BESTHES.DOC 48608 25-Jan-1995 01:56a B2B41B9E
- INSTALL.DOC 4113 25-Jan-1995 01:56a 01BAF160
- REGISTER.DOC 17292 25-Jan-1995 01:56a A203D0E7
- LICENSE.TXT 1354 25-Jan-1995 01:56a E8955A82
- OMBUDSMA.TXT 767 25-Jan-1995 01:56a 07225984
- VENDOR.TXT 785 25-Jan-1995 01:56a 18401764
- BESTHES.WND 1109 25-Jan-1995 01:56a 7ADB24CC
-
-
- ===== Installation =====================================
-
-
- - 1 -
-
- 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.)
-
-
- INSTALLATION
-
- Nothing is simpler than installing BesThes.
-
- BesThes consists of nine files:
-
- 1) BESTHES.COM, 2) BESTHES.DIC, 3) BESTHES.CDF, 4) BESTHES.DOC,
- 5) INSTALL.DOC, 6)OMBUDSMA.TXT, 7)REGISTER.DOC, 8)BW.BAT,
- 9) BESTHES.WND
-
- Simply copy them to a specially created subdirectory. Also bear
- in mind that:
-
- 1) The path cannot include extensions within the names of the
- subdirectories, e.g.
-
- C:\WORDPROC.ENG\THESAURU\BESTHES.DIC - wrong.
-
- C:\WORDPROC\THESAURU\BESTHES.DIC - correct.
-
- 2) The only workable drives are A, B and C, (if you have a DOS 6
- DOUBLE-SPACED drive C you must copy BESTHES' files onto the
- HOST drive of C).
-
- D:\WORDPROC\THESAURU\BESTHES.DIC - wrong.
-
- 3) If you have a partitioned fixed disk, you must place BesThes
- in the first partition.
-
- 4) A DOS v3.2, or subsequent, is required.
-
- IMPORTANT! Don't change the names of BesThes' files.
-
- -*-*-
-
- BesThes may be loaded in the high memory, thus saving
- conventional memory for other applications.
-
- -*-*-
-
- When calling it up for first time, BesThes may report that
- its files are too fragmented. In this case, you must do the
- following:
-
- - 2 -
-
- 1) Rename the BesThes operative files.
-
- 2) Copy, or PKUNZIP for a second time the BesThes operative
- files onto your fixed disk. Since the overly fragmented area
- of your disk is now filled with the renamed files, the new
- ones will be copied onto another area. (It doesn't matter if
- you copy them in the same subdirectory or in a different
- one.)
-
- 3) Try BesThes again. If it works, delete the renamed files,
- and enjoy BesThes. If it doesn't - which is highly
- improbable, repeat the procedure, copying BesThes onto a
- third area of your disk.
-
- -*-*-
-
-
- You don't have to know anything about BesThes in order to enjoy
- it. Each BesThes screen includes a complete description of all
- relevant instructions.
-
- Type BESTHES (including the path, if needed) and press <ENTER>.
- Read the screen carefully and go on.
-
- In any case, it is a good idea to read BESTHES.DOC.
-
- -*-*-
-
- BesThes has been carefully debugged, but not in conjunction with
- all existing wordprocessors. Therefore, we recommend that you
- save your file before calling up BesThes from within your
- wordprocessor.
-
- -*-*-
-
- Incompatibility with QEMM, prior to v7.04, has been reported by
- some users. We have tested Besthes successfully with QEMM
- 7.04, which is avalaible to all QEMM 7 users through bulletin
- board systems such as BIX, CompuServe, and QuarterDeck BBS, as
- well as directly from QuarterDeck Office Systems.
-
-
- -*-*-
-
- IMPORTANT
-
- Always keep a backup copy of BesThes on hand. Any alteration of
- its code, which can be the result of various causes, will lead
- BesThes to suspect the presence of a virus. From that moment on,
- the altered copy will no longer work.
-
-
- ===== Warranty =========================================
-
- 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
-
- We guarantee an answer within 48 hours. For air-mail
- correspondence allow one week each way.
-
-
- ===== License for Use and Distribution =================
-
- BesThes is a shareware software copyrighted (1994/95) by Noah
- Nissani, who retains all the rights therein.
-
- BesThes' non-registered copies are 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. The license to use a
- non-registered copy is limited to a reasonable trial period.
- Using BesThes beyond this reasonable trial period requires a
- registration fee.
-
- Distribution of non-registered copies by BBSs, CD-ROMs and user
- groups is free, as well as distribution to BBSs and users
- groups, subject to ASP guide lines of "full disclosure".
-
- Distribution of non-registered copies of BesThes to final
- users for any kind of remuneration is subject to ASP guide lines
- of "full disclosure". The price demanded for a copy must not
- exceed $10.
-
- In any case, BESTHES must be distributed separately and
- unaltered, with all the files of the package intact, as they
- appear in the present BESTH156.ZIP file.
-
- 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.
-
-
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