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UniQWK - .QWK Offline Reader 1992-1995 UniKEY Informática Ltda. All Rights Reserved UniQWK is an off-line reader compatible with QWK message packets, developed for Windows 3.1. With UniQWK, you can process messages quickly, using the traditional facilities of DOS readers, as well as the intrinsic advantages of Windows. UniQWK Version 4.2 allows you to incorporate some of Windows 3.1's multimedia facilities into your messages. Using UniQWK, you can send messages containing sounds that you have recorded or .WAV or .MID files. This revolutionary novelty joins other important features, such as: ▀ Easy to send workshets, graphigs, etc, using OLE documents. ▀ File Attachment for BBSs with Cam-Mail or Tomcat doors. ▀ Automatically sending UU/XXencoded messages. ▀ Decoding messages with XX/UUencoded files. ▀ Support for message encryptation. ▀ Spell check for English. ▀ Decoding messages with XXCODED files. ▀ Automatic message selection based on keywords. ▀ Returning to package processing in case of involuntary interruptions. ▀ Automatic conversion of accented characters, letting you correctly read messages in both CP860 and CP850. UniQWK also supports CP473 (US default) or ANSI (Windows default). Code page 850 was used to accent this text. ▀ Messages with ANSI commands are supported without animation. ▀ Incorporates internal ZIP/UNZIP. In this mode, UniQWK can be run under WIN/OS2 without problems. ▀ UniQWK also can be run under WINDOWS NT, our internal ZIP or any other external compactor/extractor (PIF). We would like to thank everyone who patiently tested and made suggestions during development of this program. There are so many that naming them here would undoubtedly result in our overlooking a few. UniKEY Informática Ltda. Rua Canuto Saraiva, 3 - Muda Rio de Janeiro - BRAZIL CEP 20530.000 Phone: (55)(21) 571-7701 You can also contact us by e-mail: Carlos Pires: cacp@serv.peb.ufrj.br (Internet) Julio Botelho: jbotelho@ax.apc.org (Internet) Or: UniKEY BBS Rio de Janeiro - Brazil BBS (55) (021) 571-3722 28800, 14400,9600,2400. - 24 hours. Inside BBS Rio de Janeiro - Fido 4:802/1 BBS (55) (021) 537-1603 - 20 lines, 28800, 14400,9600,2400. - 24 hours. You can order from: BMT Micro: Mail Orders: BMT Micro 452 Horn Rd. Wilmington, NC 28412 ATTN: UniQWK Voice Orders: accepted 8:00am - 8:00pm 7 days per week. 800-414-4268 (Toll Free in All 50 United States - ORDERS ONLY!) 910-791-7052 (Orders, questions) Fax Orders: accepted 24 hours a day, 7 days per week. 910-350-2937 Online Orders: 910-350-8061 (10 lines, all 14.4) 910-799-0923 (28.8 line) We accept Visa, MasterCard, Discover, Money Order, Cashiers Check, Personal Check. Please do not send cash in the mail! Allow 5 days for personal checks to clear. Signature needed on credit card orders (Make sure you put a signature line on the order form) Feel free to upload this program to any BBS and show or give copies to potential users so that others may have the opportunity to use it in accordance with the licensing agreement at the end of this file. Distribution ~~~~~~~~~~~~ UniQWK is distributed as UNIQWK33.ZIP, with the following files included: UNIQWK.EXE Windows 3.1 executable. UNIQWK.HLP Help in English. UNIQWKP.HLP Help in Portuguese. UNIQWK.TAG Tagline file (examples). BCWTERM.FON Display fonts. MRPACK.PIF PIF for compressing replies (Windows). MRUNPACK.PIF PIF for extracting messages (Windows). MRPGP.PIF PIF for message encryptation program. README.TXT This file. LEIAME.TXT This file (Portuguese). Q&A-E.WRI Questions and answers (English) Q&A-P.WRI Questions and answers (Portuguese) SENDME.TXT Registration form. SETUP.EXE Installation program. SETUP.MID Used during installation. ENGL.INI Used by spell check - English ENGL.DCT Used by spell check PORT.INI Used by spell check - Portuguese PORT.DCT Used by spell check UniQWK must be copied without modifications and containing all of the above-mentioned files. About UniQWK: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ UniQWK is not freeware. You may test it for one month. If you decide to continue using it after the evaluation period, you must register your copy. You can obtain a usage license for UniQWK by paying only US $40.00 (fourty US. dollars), or the equivalent in Brazilian currency. See details on SENDME.TXT file. The shareware version is completely operational. The only restrictions are that you only have two taglines advertising UniQWK and an occasional screen reminding you to register your copy. You only pay for the license once. Besides getting rid of our registration reminder, you can then change taglines. Licensed users will receive ALL future version at no additional charge, as well as have technical support whenever needed. Registering UniQWK version 4.2 will you 30-days use of Inside BBS as an associate user, as of the date UniKEY Informática Ltda receives your registration. Our best incentive for continuing to develop this program is your registration. Knowing that people like and use a program is always good, but it is even better if you receive some financial compensation for your work. Regardless of being registered or not, all comments and suggestions are welcomed. Sellers and distributors of public domain software CANNOT CHARGE for the use of UniQWK, though they may include UniQWK on a diskette or any other media and, subsequently, charge a fee for the use or distribution of the media used. Whoever buys that diskette should be informed that the price is for the diskette and not for registering UniQWK. BBS system operators (SYSOPS) may make UniQWK available for their users as long as they meet the conditions described in the preceding paragraph, or rather, the BBS may charge an access fee, but cannot charge specifically for downloading UniQWK. SYSOPS making UniQWK available for "free downloading" can receive a free registration. Please contact us for further details. HOW TO INSTALL: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ As of version 3.0, we have included an auxiliary installation program in the packet. Proceed as follows to install UniQWK using this program: ▀ Unpack the file in any directory, for example, C:\ZZ. ▀ Enter Windows and run the program C:\ZZ\SETUP.EXE. ▀ Follow the instructions on the screen. NOTE: If you want to set only the dictionary, use option /D at setup command line. If you use an external unpacker, or you want to install the program manually, proceed as follows: ▀ Unpack the file in any directory, for example, C:\UNIQWK ▀ Copy MRPACK.PIR and MRUNPACK.PIF to your Windows directory. ▀ The first time you run UniQWK, it will make a working directory under the directory in which you have placed the program. Ex: C:\UNIQWK\UNIWRK. Leave this directory empty; never use it for any reason. UniQWK will delete its contents. ▀ Using the Program Manager, install UniQWK in the group of your choice. ▀ Run UniQWK. You MUST complete the configuration menus before opening any .QWK packet in order to: ▀ Select default directories for uploads, downloads, saving files and messages, etc. ▀ Select reply options, such as editor, margins, "quote" character, code page, etc. ▀ Choose other assorted options. If you use an external compressor (Zip, ARJ, etc.), take note of the following: ▀ Using the PIF Editor, confirm that the .PIF files are correct for your system; ▀ Confirm that your compression/extraction programs are correctly selected; ▀ Confirm that these programs can be accessed using your current PATH. For more information about .PIFs, see "Help." ▀ Copy MRPACK.PIF and MRUNPACK.PIF to your Windows directory. After installation, open any .QWK packet (or the example file) using the File menu and test to see if any problems occur while reading your packet. Remember that UniQWK does not need the index files (.NDX). You may therefore configure your BBS door to not send them, saving transmission time. We emphatically recommend that you use the internal ZIP/UNZIP. UniQWK supports files packed with PKZIP version 2.0. There is, therefore, no reason to use an external packer, since the ZIP format is supported by virtually all BBSs. ATTENTION: If you are a registered user: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The registration codes were changed as of Version 3.0, and you should receive your new code through the mail. If you do not, please contact us. Your registration is still in effect. Licensing Agreement: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ READ THE FOLLOWING LICENSING AGREEMENT CAREFULLY. YOU MUST REGISTER USE OF THE SOFTWARE ACCOMPANYING THIS AGREEMENT (THE "SOFTWARE") BY FILLING OUT AND SENDING THE FORM IN THE ANNEXED FILE ("sendme.txt") TO UniKEY INFORM╡TICA ("UniKEY"). 1. CONCESSION OF LICENSE. UniKEY grants you, as an individual user, non-exclusive right to use a copy of this version of the SOFTWARE code associated with this license for personal your in your computer. This license to use the SOFTWARE is conditional to fulfilling the terms of this license. You have the right to evaluate the SOFTWARE, free of charge, for a period of thirty days. Use after that period is conditional upon payment of the license, as specified in this file. You agree to copy the SOFTWARE only for your use, and according to this license. 2. COPYRIGHT. The SOFTWARE is protected by Brazilian copyright laws and international treaty. You may not transfer any intellectual property rights of the SOFTWARE. The all rights to UniQWK remain the property of UniKEY or its suppliers, and you are acquire no rights to the SOFTWARE other than those expressly established in this license. You also agree that all copies of SOFTWARE must contain all proprietary notes about or accompanying the SOFTWARE. 3. REVERSE ENGINEERING. You agree that you will not attempt to decompile, modify, translate or disassemble the SOFTWARE, either as a whole or in part. 4. LIMITED GUARANTEE. UniKEY guarantees that the SOFTWARE will perform according to the description furnished (written or in the UNIQWK.HLP file) for a period of 90 days, beginning at the date of purchase. All guarantees implied in the SOFTWARE are limited to 90 days. 5. ALTERNATE GUARANTEE. If this SOFTWARE does not meet the specifications stated in Item 5 (LIMITED GUARANTEE), UniKEY may either: - Correct the error. - Assist you in using the program in order to avoid the error. The SOFTWARE guarantee is considered null if the error arises from operational error, hardware failure, or improper use of the SOFTWARE. In case of an exchange of the SOFTWARE, the guarantee will be valid only for the remainder of the original period. 6. NO OTHER GUARANTEES. UniKEY does not guarantee the SOFTWARE to be totally free of errors, except those expressly stated in the limited guarantee (Item 4). This includes, but is not limited to, guarantees of marketability, use for a particular purpose or damages provoked by a third party. Certain areas do not allow limited guarantees. Thus, the limitations described above may not apply to you. This guarantee may give you other rights that vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. 7. SEVERABILITY. In the case that some clause of this license loses validity, both parts agree that all remaining clauses remain valid. 8. RESPONSIBILITY. UniKEY assumes no responsibility for damages from improper use of SOFTWARE. In no case may UniKEY or its distributors be held responsible for direct or indirect damages arising from the use for this program, even if UniKEY has warned of the possibility of these damages. In no case of complaints, both those foreseen in this contract and those stipulated by law, will UniKEY's responsibility exceed the value paid for this license, if anything has been paid. 9. LEGAL FORUM. This agreement is administered under the norms prescribed in Brazilian law. The United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sales of Goods has no validity for this license. 10. AGREEMENT. This legal agreement between you and UniKEY shall prevail over any later agreement or understanding, oral or written, related to the object of this license.