Typing Tutors/Typing Tutors.iso/wtutor_1/readme.txt

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Copyright 1992 by Peter Turnquist.
All rights reserved.
MasterMind is a trademark of Peter Turnquist.
Please see the important LICENSE AGREEMENT below.


INTRODUCTION

It is helpful to print README.TXT (about 8 pages), making the in-
structions visible while you install MasterMind Typing.  If DOS
has control, you may tap PrintScreen now to record just the
directions for printing.

We recommend printing via Notepad of the Windows Accessories,
because it will paginate.  In Notepad, select File | Open and
specify this file as
      <location>\README.TXT
Before installation, the <location> of README.TXT usually is A:
or B:.  After installation, <location> is C:\MMTYPE or another
<drive>:\path that you have provided.

With this text on-screen in Notepad, the menu selections are
      File | Print
When you exit from Notepad or any editor, please do NOT save
changes.

If you want to print from DOS, a convenient command is
      COPY  <location>\README.TXT  PRN

Please protect your source file(s) before proceeding.  If you
acquired MasterMind Typing on floppy diskettes, write-protect
them.  If you acquired the MMTYPE.EXE or MMTYPE_?.ZIP archive(s)
electronically, copy to a floppy (and write-protect it) or copy
to your usual backup medium.  To protect backup floppies from
magnetic fields, they should be in steel containers, not plastic
or aluminum.  A steel desk drawer or file cabinet is fine.

MasterMind Typing cuts work to about a quarter of any alternative
for learning to touch-type.  The magic is MasterMind's sensitive
way of adjusting repetition for your progress.  It will please
and satisfy you.  In the advanced phase of version 2.x, Master-
Mind enables you to learn memorable literature, while you prac-
tice typing or just for fun.

Prerequisite resources are:
            Windows 3.x in standard or enhanced mode
            80286 or better processor
            2 Mbytes RAM for Win3.1 or 1.5MB for Win3.0
            extended (XMS) memory manager such as HIMEM.SYS
            1.2 Mbytes free on drive C
            EGA or better display, color preferred
            mouse (or equivalent, e.g., trackball)

You can check your Windows mode from Program Manager by choosing
Help | About Program Manager.  Standard or enhanced mode is all
right for MasterMind Typing, but enhanced mode needs 2 Mbytes
RAM.  Real mode is incompatible.  Help | About Program Manager
also will disclose Free Memory (RAM).  With just Windows loaded
(before you start MasterMind Typing), Free Memory should be at
least 600 Kbytes.  For quickness, Windows 3.1 users should
install at least 4 Mbytes total RAM.

The distribution diskette(s) of MasterMind Typing may be any of:
      720K (3.5-inch)
      1.44M (3.5-inch)
      1.2M (5.25-inch)
      two 360K (5.25-inch)
If you got a diskette that your system cannot read, please
contact the supplier.


LICENSE AGREEMENT; MONEY-BACK GUARANTEE

By your authorized use of MasterMind Typing, you accept a license
for a single user on the following terms.  If you have an unau-
thorized copy, you have no license and must destroy the copy
promptly to limit your liability for dealing with contraband.

Version 1.x is the shareware program distributed for free trial
to those who agree to register if the product is helpful.  For
such trial, you have a revocable license to copy and distribute
version 1.x in the manner described below.  After trying version
1.x sufficiently to see whether it helps you, you must either
register or stop using it.

If you register and pay the fee, you get version 2.x including
additional features.  (Site licenses are available to organiza-
tions.)  Version 2.x comes with a 60-day guarantee of satisfac-
tion.  Version 2.x is not shareware.  Except for backup, copying
version 2.x would make you liable for infringement of contract,
patent and copy rights.

You do not own either version of the software, which embodies
novel designs and trade secrets.  You must not decode, alter or
reverse-engineer the software or aid another to do so.  Any copy
must be complete, including all legal notices.  Any effort to
imitate the software would breach the license and, besides, pro-
bably would violate the copyright and/or the patent.

This applies to distribution of version 1.x shareware by both
professionals and amateurs.  Version 1.x shareware distribution
must be either free of charge or within the rules of the Associa-
tion of Shareware Professionals.  Distributable files differ with
the means of distribution:  archive for electronic distribution
or multi-file set for distribution on diskettes.  Contact Peter
Turnquist to get the proper archive or file set (no charge) for
the distribution intended.  It is forbidden to remake an archive
or file set, because it probably would violate the installation
instructions.  Version 2.x is not distributable.

Subject to regular procedure, the licensor will accept the return
of unsatisfactory software within sixty days and will refund the
license fee.  The licensor has no other liability.  There is NO
WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS for use and no liability
for consequential damages.

Breach of any of its provisions automatically cancels the
license.  Any dispute between parties is subject to binding arbi-
tration under the rules of the American Arbitration Association.
The chosen law is that of the state of Delaware.  In case of
court action to enforce this agreement or an arbitration award
hereunder, the prevailing party shall recover from the other all
costs including reasonable attorneys' fees.  If you object to any
license provision, your sole recourse is to return the unused
product immediately for refund.


ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

MasterMind Typing incorporates runtime ToolBook under license
from Asymetrix Corp.  MMTYPE.EXE incorporates file compression
licensed by Haruyasu Yoshizaki.


MEMORY CONFIGURATION, XMS REQUIRED

The Microsoft Windows User's Guide discusses memory configuration
in chapter 13 for version 3.0 or chapter 14 for version 3.1.  The
version 3.0 Guide does not explain, though, that about 384K of
your total memory, the portion between 640K and 1 megabyte, is
inaccessible to most programs.  The system design reserves it for
hardware support.

For Windows applications, most or all of your configurable
memory--that is, above 1 megabyte--must be extended (XMS), not
expanded (EMS).  EMS is a less efficient way to organize memory.
If you have an EMS configuration to help older DOS applications,
now is the time to update.  MasterMind Typing should have at
least 500K of XMS memory to run under Windows standard mode, that
is, at least 1.5 Mbytes total memory.  To use enhanced mode with
a '386 or better processor, you need at least a megabyte of XMS
memory, that is, at least 2 Mbytes total.  Without XMS memory,
MasterMind Typing will not run at all.

If you update all the configurable memory from EMS to XMS, you
need to adjust older applications if they have setup parameters
that rely on EMS.  An older application may slow because only the
conventional 640K RAM will be accessible.  But the publisher now
should have an upgrade version that works with XMS memory and may
be a Windows application too.  If you have enough memory, it may
be possible to configure it as partly EMS and partly XMS to suit
all applications.

The method to reconfigure memory varies among computer makers.
Typically, one starts a setup program by pressing some combina-
tion of keys during bootup.  If your hardware manual is unclear,
you may need help from whomever set up your system originally.
Because XMS memory is a Windows requirement involving other
applications and hardware, we cannot advise about memory configu-
ration.  For advice about Windows, Microsoft Product Support is
[phone].

A disk cache such as SMARTDRV can improve speed, though it may
complicate system setup for mixed DOS and Windows applications.


UNINSTALLING AND REINSTALLING

The installed files and approximate sizes on your hard disk will
be:
      MMTYPE.TBK, 180K
      TBKBASE.DLL, 354K
      TBKCOMP.DLL, 105K
      TBKUTIL.DLL, 60K
      TBKVIDEO.DLL, 21K
      TBOOK.EXE, 400K
      TBKNET.EXE, 6K
      MMBW.ICO, 2K
      README.TXT, 19K (this file)
Also, the status of interrupted lessons becomes small files of
the form MM.x, automatically erased on lesson completion.

Usually, you need not uninstall an old MasterMind Typing before
installing a replacement.  Please remove the old MasterMind
Typing icon from your Windows desktop beforehand, though; or
reinstallation will leave duplicate icons and doubt about which
to remove.  Select the old icon with a single mouse-click, then
tap the DELete key.

If you wish to uninstall fully, also use File Manager to delete
the MasterMind Typing directory, normally C:\MMTYPE, and its con-
tents.  SETUP defines a .tbk extension that will remain part of
WIN.INI, which helps ToolBook applications and harms none.  Just
let WIN.INI be.  Otherwise, MasterMind Typing does not affect
system files.

If reinstalling, SETUP will overwrite the prior MasterMind Typing
files.  Version 2.x will overwrite version 1.x.  If you have a
version 1.x derived from the early distribution of MasterMind
Typing (before November '92), it has a file MMTBOOK.EXE.  Rein-
stallation does not overwrite MMTBOOK.EXE, because the name of
the replacement file is TBOOK.EXE.  Please check your MasterMind
Typing directory and delete MMTBOOK.EXE if it is there, or it
will waste space on your disk.

Beware, shareware copies can circulate for years after they are
obsolete.  While normally there is no need to uninstall before
reinstalling, uninstalling will quash all anomalies including
MMTBOOK.EXE.


INSTALLATION FROM FLOPPY DISKETTE(S)

This does not apply if you copied MasterMind Typing to your hard
disk by modem from an electronic information service or BBS.

MasterMind Typing on the diskette cannot execute because of its
compressed format.  For the same reason, you cannot install
MasterMind Typing with COPY or XCOPY commands.  Nor can you run
SETUP from DOS.  Please start Windows and select
      File | Run
from the menus so you can type a command.  If D is the floppy
drive where you have MasterMind Typing's distribution diskette
(or #1 of two diskettes), the command
      D:setup
will install MasterMind Typing fully.  SETUP will propose to
create directory C:\MMTYPE and write the files there.  You may
approve C:\MMTYPE or specify another destination.  SETUP will
check first and abort, with notice, if space available on the
destination disk is less than 1.2 Mbytes.

In place of the generic D, please substitute the true letter of
the floppy drive, usually A or B.  It is immaterial whether
D:SETUP be in capital or small letters.


INSTALLATION FROM ZIP ARCHIVES

This does not apply if you are installing MasterMind Typing from
a floppy disk or from MMTYPE.EXE.

*.ZIP archives are a common format on electronic bulletin boards
(BBS).  We divide MasterMind Typing into MMTYPE_A.ZIP and
MMTYPE_B.ZIP so either archive will transmit at 2400 baud within
30 minutes, which is a common limit on BBS connect time.  There
is a describer FILE_ID.DIZ in each ZIP archive, according to BBS
preference.  When you unzip the second archive, there may be a
warning about FILE_ID.DIZ overwrite, to which any reply is all
right.  (Soon you will discard FILE_ID.DIZ anyway.)

The unZIPped results are about thirteen files, mostly still in a
compressed format.  Please put all in the same directory, a
temporary directory that we shall call \MMTEMP though you may use
any name.  Then proceed with phase 2 SETUP as described below for
de-archived files, substituting the true directory's name if it
is not \MMTEMP.


INSTALLATION FROM MMTYPE.EXE OR ZIP ARCHIVES

This does not apply if you are installing MasterMind Typing from
a floppy disk.

MMTYPE.EXE and MMTYPE_?.ZIP are archives that one normally re-
ceives via modem.  Self-extracting MMTYPE.EXE is easier and safer
for end users, but BBS operators often prefer .ZIP archives.  If
you want to put MasterMind Typing 1.x in a new BBS or library,
please advise Peter Turnquist, who will supply auxiliary files
and both forms of archive to the system operator.  We encourage
distribution of version 1.x (shareware) and forbid distributing
version 2.x.

Installation from MMTYPE.EXE has two phases as follows.  Phase 2
follows execution of MMTYPE.EXE or unzipping of MMTYPE_?.ZIP.

1.    Make current the drive containing both MMTYPE.EXE and
Windows, usually drive C.  MMTYPE.EXE may be in any directory.
Run MMTYPE.EXE from either Windows or DOS.  This will extract the
constituent files and write them in temporary directory \MMTEMP
of the same drive.  The extraction program automatically creates
directory \MMTEMP unless it already exists.  After extraction,
README.TXT is accessible in directory \MMTEMP; but MasterMind
programs still are compressed and cannot execute.

2.    From Windows (not DOS), run the program file--
      \MMTEMP\SETUP.EXE
SETUP will decompress and ask you where to write the files,
offering directory C:\MMTYPE as the default destination.  SETUP
will check first and abort, with notice, if space available on
the destination disk is less than 1.2 Mbytes.

If installation phase 2 fails because of insufficient disk space,
please try moving the results of de-archiving (directory \MMTEMP
contents) to a floppy diskette.  Also move the archive(s) MMTYPE-
.EXE or MMTYPE_?.ZIP to your backup medium.  Then delete from
your main disk both directory \MMTEMP and the archive(s).  (Use
caution if files besides MasterMind Typing share \MMTEMP.)  From
Windows, direct the SETUP command to the floppy diskette for
installation phase 2.


TIDYING AFTER SETUP

On the Windows desktop, SETUP leaves the MasterMind Typing icon,
overlapping M's, in a new window titled "Temporary Group."
Please use your mouse to drag the icon to the group window where
you wish to keep it.  Before you start the move, the destination
window must be at least partly visible.

Place the mouse pointer on the icon.  Then, while holding down
the left mouse button, move the mouse to drag the icon.  When the
icon is within the destination window, release the button.

With a mouse click, please reactivate the Temporary Group window,
which now should be empty.  Remove the temporary window with the
DELete key.

You may start MasterMind Typing by double-clicking its icon.

This paragraph does not apply if you installed MasterMind Typing
from a floppy diskette.  File Manager is convenient for this.
After copying MMTYPE.EXE or MMTYPE_?.ZIP to your usual backup
medium--a floppy, for example--please delete the original ar-
chive(s).  Directory \MMTEMP and its files have no more use, so
please delete them too.  (Use caution if files besides MasterMind
Typing share \MMTEMP.)  Be sure to keep everything that is in
directory \MMTYPE.


IF THE INSTALLATION IS INOPERATIVE

First, be sure that the files listed under "Uninstalling and
Reinstalling" are present in \MMTYPE or the equivalent directory.
If the files are there, probably automatic setup failed because
of a nonstandard Windows installation.  With Program Manager or
an equivalent shell, you can redo setup.  If your Windows shell
is not from Microsoft, you may need to translate the following
directions.

If setup created a MasterMind Typing icon, you can click it; then
select File|Properties for adjustment.  If setup failed even to
create an icon, select File|New|ProgramItem.  Either way, the
following entries should make MasterMind Typing work.
      Description:     Typing
      Command Line:    D:\mmtype\tbook  mmtype.tbk
      Working Directory:     D:\mmtype
      Icon File Name:        D:\mmtype\mmbw.ico

For the generic drive-letter "D," please substitute the drive
that contains MasterMind Typing, usually C.  Similarly, change
the directory \MMTYPE if you put MasterMind Typing elsewhere.  To
access the icon file name, select "Change Icon" from the Program
Item Properties dialog box.

MasterMind Typing calls the following Windows files that normally
are in directory \WINDOWS\SYSTEM.
      sound.drv
      user.exe
If either file is inaccessible, an error message will specify it
when you try to start MasterMind Typing.  You may add the file(s)
either to an accessible directory of Windows or to directory
\MMTYPE.


OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS

MasterMind Typing will put appropriate instructions on-screen as
you use it.  If you wish, a mouse click on a PRINT button will
send the instructions of interest to your printer.

You will use your mouse to set up a lesson.  Within a lesson,
though, the mouse is inoperative and you use keys only.  The
control to stop or interrupt a lesson is function key <F1>.

Before reading the instructions thoroughly, it helps to start
your first lesson and observe how MasterMind Typing works.  This
will make the instructions easier to understand.  But please run
a lesson no more than a few minutes before reading the instruc-
tions, or you will develop bad habits.


SHAREWARE DISTRIBUTION

Version 2.x is not shareware and not distributable.  The follow-
ing applies to distribution of version 1.x shareware by both pro-
fessionals and amateurs.  Version 1.x shareware distribution must
be either free of charge or within the rules of the Association
of Shareware Professionals.  Distributable files differ with the
means of distribution:  archive for electronic distribution or
multi-file set for distribution on diskettes.

Please contact Peter Turnquist to get the proper archive or file
set for the distribution intended.  No charge.  To remake an
archive or file set is a bad risk, because the change would
breach the license and probably spoil the installation instruc-
tions.


SUPPORT

For more information about MasterMind Typing, please contact

Peter Turnquist MSC 192
2400 Olympic Blvd., Suite 3
Walnut Creek, California  94595-1500
U.S.A.
[phone]

For advice about Windows, Microsoft support is [phone] in
Redmond, Washington.