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- POW - Powerline Offline reader for Windows
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- Minimum System Requirements
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- IBM AT 286 Compatible or better. (VBRUN300.DLL Dated 12-May-93 for 286)
- 3Mb Memory minimum, preferably 4Mb or more.
- Windows v3.1.
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- Terminal Font must be installed in Windows.
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- BBS Settings
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- The BBS must be setup to provide QWK files as follows:-
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- Packet type - QWK
- Archiver - ZIP
- Index Files (.NDX) - ON
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- POW will display the following, if turned on in the BBS mail door:-
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- Bulletins
- News
- NewFiles
- Welcome
- Goodbye
- Session Text
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- Late News
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- The internal editor will recognise SpelMate spelling checker if appropriate
- files are found in the WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory (SPELMATE.DLL and dics).
- Text in the edit box is spell checked except for quoted text which is left
- alone (etiquette suggests that text quoted from another msg should not be
- altered other than formatting). SpelMate requires about 1Mb extra memory.
- SpelMate is Shareware by James Herron.
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- The Shareware Principle.
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- POW is released under the Shareware principle. You may use the
- program for up to 60 days for evaluation. Please register POW
- if you find it useful. Registration will remove the opening and
- closing Shareware registration reminders, and provide funds to allow
- continued development of POW. Registered users will receive high
- priority for suggestions for improvements.
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- When passing POW on to others or uploading please include all files in
- the ZIP without modification.
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- Registered users:- Do NOT distribute the POW.INI file containing your
- registration details.
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- For registration details please see POW.WRI or the on-line Help.
- Registration forms are provided in DOS and Windows format text.
- The Windows form may be accessed from within POW and completed/printed.
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- Registration addresses for UK and USA are provided. A registration code
- is sent to you which removes the registration reminder screens.
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- The following files should be found in POW.Zip:-
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- POW.EXE The POW program.
- POW.HLP Help file in Windows Help format.
- POW.WRI Documentation in Windows Write format.
- POW.ICO Alternative icon for launching POW from Program Manager.
- ReadMe.TXT Last minute changes and other information. (This file)
- Register.ASC Registration form in DOS text format.
- Register.TXT Registration form in Windows text format.
- GRID.VBX Visual Basic Grid library. Put in Windows\System dir.
- CMDIALOG.VBX VB interface to Windows Common Dialogs.
- File_ID.DIZ Description of POW for BBS file lists.
- Taglines.POW Some sample Taglines. Put it in the Data directory.
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- GRID.VBX and CMDIALOG.VBX should be put in the Windows\System directory,
- making sure you do not replace a newer version.
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- POW uses COMMDLG.DLL (Windows DLL for Common Dialogs) which is provided
- with Windows 3.1 and should be in your Windows\System directory.
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- You will also need a copy of VBRUN300.DLL, the Visual Basic v3.0 runtime
- library plus PKZIP.EXE & PKUNZIP.EXE v2. These may be obtained from most
- Bulletin Boards. Make sure that the PK progs are in a directory on your
- DOS Path (as specified in AUTOEXEC.BAT). The VBRUN300.DLL file should be
- put in the Windows\System directory. The version dated 12-May-93
- (or later) is required for a 286 computer (bug in earlier version).
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- Getting Started (see POW.WRI for Installation.)
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- I addition to the icon in POW.EXE, an alternative icon for use in Program
- Manager is provided (POW.ICO).
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- Notes & Known Bugs:-
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- If a Font other than Terminal (the default) is selected for message display
- the formatting may be incorrect and ASCII chars above 128 may not display
- correctly. For correct display a fixed font with the ASCII(OEM) char set
- is required. A fixed font is also recommended for printing messages to
- give the right formatting (eg. Terminal or a Printer Font).
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- Disclaimer
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- This is the first Shareware version of POW. It has been in Beta Test for
- several months and bugs corrected when found but no guarantee is given or
- implied that there are no further problems waiting to be found.
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- Please report any problems to the author, Gina Davis (see doc/help).
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- POW - Powerline Offline reader for Windows - v1.0.
- Copyright (c) 1993 Gina Davis & Powerline Systems Ltd. All rights reserved.
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