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┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ RAMFED - Remote Access Message & File areas EDitor │
│ (c) Copyright Terrence (Terry) L. Parker 1990,1991 │
└────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
RAMFED is designed as a replacement for the somewhat clumsy
RACONFIG program. It will allow you to edit your MESSAGES.RA
and FILES.RA files with greater ease and flexibility, as well as
create other system files (FOLDER.SYS, FLSEARCH.CTL, etc...)
from these.
MAKE BACKUPS
------------
MAKE BACKUPS of your MESSAGES.RA and FILES.RA files. I haven't
had one trashed or harmed yet, but you never know. I take no
responsibility for any harm that may come to your system or
other systems as a result of using RAMFED. RAMFED also uses the
CONFIG.RA and RACE.CFG (if you specify it) files, but only reads
them. You should not have to back these up unless you are
particularly paranoid.
REGISTRATION, WARRANTIES (NONE), LIABILITY (NONE)
-------------------------------------------------
RAMFED is released as a Shareware (try before you buy) program.
I make my living programming. To create this program required
me to take time off from regular paying work. In addition, I
have thousands of dollars invested in compilers and support
libraries (ask me how I blew $150 upgrading Datawindows in hopes
of using it for this program). If you use this program for more
than 30 days, you are required to send $10.00 U.S. to the
address below. If you are outside the U.S., send the amount of
foreign currency equal to the $10.00 U.S. (NO FOREIGN PERSONAL
CHECKS -- CASH or INTERNATIONAL MONEY ORDERS ONLY!).
Terrence L. Parker
203 Scarlet Drive
Chapel Hill, NC 27514
Registration entitles you to peace of mind and a greater shot at
entering Valhalla, Heaven, or the Great Place of your choice.
Enhancement requests will be taken into consideration (and acted
upon, assuming they aren't too complex) when received from
REGISTERED USERS ONLY, all others will be sent to ye ol'
circular file. If you are a Shareware author and have a product
which I might be able to use (or am using but haven't gotten
around to registering yet), I will be glad to "trade
registrations" with you. Registered users are automatically
registered for all future versions of RAMFED, even if the price
should increase.
This is my first attempt at releasing software as Shareware.
While I support the idea, I have been a bit suspect as to
whether or not it is a viable concept, simply because of all the
cheap, lazy, or dishonest people out there. If I do not receive
some kind of decent return on my investment from this, the next
release I make will be either "crippleware" (which I hate),
"annoyware" (which I don't have a problem with), or I just won't
release anything else via Shareware.
This may seem like a lot of rambling and whining for such a
small utility, but whether or not you register this program is
the difference between me not getting ANYTHING for the time I
put into this or me trying to at least cover my investment of
time and money.
Limit of Liability:
RAMFED is distributed as is. The author disclaims all
warranties either expressed or implied. The author will assume
no liability for damages either from the direct use of this
program or as a consequence of the use of this product.
Licensing Agreement:
You are hereby granted the right to use this software for a
period of thirty (30) days. If, after thirty days, you continue
to use this product you must pay the registration fee or
discontinue use of the product. Continuing to use this product
beyond the thirty day trial period constitutes a direct
violation of the licensing agreement.
FINDING *.RA FILES
------------------
RAMFED first checks to see if you have your RA environment
variable set. If you do, it uses that path to get the FILES.RA,
MESSAGES.RA and CONFIG.RA files. If it has not been set (SET
IT!), it assumes they are in the current directory.
THESE DOCS & GETTING STARTED
----------------------------
USE THE HELP! I prefer to put most of the information you need
in the help files. Hit F1 almost anywhere and you should get
context specific help. YOU MUST AT LEAST READ THE "RAMFED" and
"KEYS" HELP SCREENS TO GET GOING.
You may place RAMFED in its own directory, as long as you have
your RA environment variable set correctly. Otherwise, it must
be in the same directory as your *.RA files. The RAMFED.HLP
file must be in the same directory as the RAMFED.EXE file.
Other than that, all you need do is RUN IT!
MEMORY?
-------
How much memory does RAMFED require? The memory for the config
files is allocated dynamically as they are read in. So the
amount of memory you need SHOULD be roughly equal to the size of
the .EXE file plus the size of the two .RA files (25600 for
MESSAGES.RA and 25200 for FILES.RA at present -- memory for
these is allocated dynamically at startup when they are read in)
plus another 30k or so for misc. For version 1.0, that comes to
a grand total of about 180K. In fact, I just ran RAMFED in a
Desqview window that left 200K free at DOS and it ran fine. The
program is well-behaved enough so that if you do run out of
memory, it should exit cleanly (not lock up) and give you an
error number and message. IF YOU RUN OUT OF MEMORY, PLEASE LET
ME KNOW WHAT THE CIRCUMSTANCES WERE.
THE RAMFED.HIS FILE
-------------------
Please read the RAMFED.HIS document to see what changes I
already have scheduled before you make any suggestions, as well
as to see what changes have been made to previous versions.
BUG REPORTS, ENHANCEMENTS, FUTURE VERSIONS
------------------------------------------
Bug reports are taken from anyone. Suggestions for enhancements
are taken from REGISTERED USERS ONLY. If you send me an
enhancement request and you aren't registered, I won't even pay
attention to it - it will be immediately deleted. I *DO* pay
attention to enhancement requests (just ask any of the beta
testers -- 151/223, 114/59, 360/5.1, 27/247, 142/212, 391/7,
3625/454). If you have any problems or suggestions, send them to
me at 1:151/503.
Terry Parker
*EOF*