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- The ZIP KIT CD-ROM from Abacus
-
- Dear PC User:
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- Thank you for purchasing The ZIP KIT CD-ROM. We hope you enjoy
- experimenting with all the programs we've included on the CD-ROM.
- Please remember, always read instructions first! The programs
- included on the CD-ROM are fully functioning 'shareware evaluation
- versions' of the best data compression programs available today.
-
- Because shareware is copyrighted, the authors ask
- for payment if you use their program(s). You may try out the program for a
- limited time, typically 10 to 30 days, and then decide whether you want to
- keep it. If you continue to use it, you're requested to send the author a
- nominal fee. Shareware benefits both the user and the author as it allows
- prices to remain low by avoiding distribution, packaging, and advertising
- costs.
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- If you encounter ANY problems copying or running any programs, simply
- use an appropriate method to copy the zipped file from their respective
- directory on the CD-ROM to your hard drive and uncompress.
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- Shareware, Freeware and Public Domain Software
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- The shareware concept allows small software companies and program authors
- to introduce the application programs they have developed to a wider
- audience. The programs can be freely distributed and tested for a specific
- time period before you have to register them. Registration involves paying
- registration fees, which make you a licensed user of the program. Check the
- documentation or the program itself for the amount of registration fee
- and the address where you send the registration form.
-
- After registration you will frequently get the current full version of
- the program without restrictions and shareware notes as well as the option
- of purchasing upgraded versions later for a reduced price. As a rule, larger
- applications include a users manual. Shareware programs usually feature
- the complete performance range of the full versions. Some programs use
- special messages to indicate they're shareware versions. The message
- usually appears immediately after program startup or can be called from
- the Help menu.
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- The ZIP KIT CD-ROM CD will illustrate the variety of data compression
- shareware now available for the Windows and DOS operating systems.
-
- To ensure that the program authors continue writing programs and offering them
- as shareware, we urge you to support the shareware concept by registering
- the programs that you plan to use on a permanent basis.
-
- You will find program instructions as well as notes on registration for
- the shareware propgrams in special text files located in the program
- directory of each program. These programs are usually called READ.ME,
- README.TXT or README.DOC.
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- Some of the programs on this CD-ROM are distributed as freeware or
- public domain. You can use these programs without paying a registration
- fee. Keep in mind that freely distributed programs cannot be used for
- commercial purposes and are sometimes subject to separate restrictions.
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- The Menu program is a component of the shareware CD,
- and it is neither shareware, freeware nor public domain. Distribution
- of the Menu program from Abacus or any of its files is not allowed.
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- The directories included on the companion CD-ROM are in the file called
- CD_DIR.TXT
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- We have also added a Windows program called ACROREAD.EXE. Run this
- program and it will install Adobe's Acrobat Reader program. You will
- then be able to see all the files in the ABACUS directory with the
- .PDF file extensions.
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- Thanks again from the Abacus Editorial and Technical Staffs
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