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- | Special Registration Information |
- | for ASP Members |
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- | VENDINFO(TM) |
- | Tools and Services |
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- | Last updated: January 1994 |
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- | Copyright 1994 Rams' Island Software |
- | All rights reserved |
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- Rams' Island Software
- 7644 E. Lakecliff Way _______
- Parker, CO 80134-5904 (USA) ____|__ | (R)
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- Voice: (303) 841-2848 | ____|__ | Association of
- BBS: (303) 841-6269 | | |_| Shareware
- CompuServe: 76244,324 |__| o | Professionals
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- FidoNet: 1:104/333 |___|___| MEMBER
- RIME: 1235
- Internet: 76244.324@compuserve.com
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- VENDINFO Tools and Services Registration (ASP)
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- | REGISTRATION OF VENDINFO TOOLS |
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- ASP GROUP LICENSE FOR VENDINFO TOOLS
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- Rams' Island Software and the Association of Shareware Professionals
- (ASP) have negotiated a group license for use of the basic VENDINFO
- tools by ASP members. Under the terms of this agreement, each ASP
- Author, BBS, Vendor, or Press Member is entitled to register one
- VENDINFO tool -- either VendEdit or VendPrcs -- at no cost. You will
- receive the same benefits as if you paid individually for the
- registration, EXCEPT that the current version will not be mailed to
- you. You are assumed to have received it in a mailing from ASP, or by
- other means. (You will receive the current version anyway, if you
- register both VendEdit and VendPrcs, paying the fee for one, or if
- you agree to pay the small additional charge for this service.)
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- You may register for any of the VENDINFO tools or services by com-
- pleting the form found later in this document, and sending it to us
- in either hardcopy or electronic form. If you were an ASP member on
- 12/31/93, or joined later, you may simply write "ASP" in place of the
- registration price on the form. If you are not an ASP member, you may
- use the form, but must pay the indicated prices.
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- When you register VendEdit or VendPrcs -- whether by the ASP group
- license or by paying individually -- you acquire a license to use the
- current version indefinitely, as well as any maintenance upgrades to
- that version. However, you will not automatically receive updates
- (see "Auto-Upgrade Plan", below). Major upgrades (new features) will
- require payment of an additional fee, or participation in the Auto-
- Upgrade Plan. This "unbundling" has been done to minimize the cost of
- the basic toolset while still covering the ongoing costs of the
- VENDINFO system (such as handling of Product Registry materials).
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- COST SAVINGS
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- There are a number of additional VENDINFO products and services
- available. You can obtain them at a reduced rate if you sign up for
- them at the same time as your initial registration, since this
- reduces our processing costs.
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- VENDINFO Registration (ASP) -2- Jan 1994
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- VENDINFO Tools and Services Registration (ASP)
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- AUTO-UPGRADE PLAN
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- Participation in the Auto-Upgrade Plan will allow you to receive all
- new releases of your registered tools by mail for one year (or four
- mailings, whichever comes first). This includes both minor main-
- tenance upgrades and major upgrades (with any necessary new keys to
- allow you to use them).
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- Authors will want to subscribe to this service, because lots of new
- features are planned for VendEdit. The new features planned for
- VendPrcs are less extensive, but distributors will want to be sure
- they have them early, so they can handle any new versions of the
- VENDINFO records as soon as they appear. Even single-line, noncommer-
- cial BBSes (which pay no fee to use VendPrcs) may want to subscribe
- to this service to insure that they always have the current tools.
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- PRODUCT REGISTRY SUBSCRIPTIONS
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- Authors are encouraged to send their VENDINFO records to our central
- Product Registry (and are given significant incentives to do so --
- see VendEdit documentation for details). These will be made available
- to subscribing distributors immediately, and will also be available
- for custom queries by distributors and users by Spring 1994 (details
- for custom queries are still being worked out).
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- Serious distributors will be interested in full-service subscriptions
- to the Product Registry data, by mail, on-line access, or both. These
- services begin in January 1994, and will provide access to all VEN-
- DINFO records and various other information. This will be a great way
- of discovering new products and authors, maintaining current contact
- information on known authors, and noticing new versions of your
- existing products.
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- The mail subscription entitles you to monthly packages containing all
- received VENDINFO records (the first package will contain the com-
- plete set to-date). Due to media costs, these packages will not
- include screen shots (contact us if you want to work out a subscrip-
- tion arrangement that includes them).
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- BBS subscriptions will provide on-line access to all records, includ-
- ing screen shots. When our VendPrcs Plus program is ready, it will
- allow off-line query preparation and very efficient on-line sessions
- (as well as many other useful features). BBS subscribers will be
- required to purchase and use that tool when it's ready (late Spring
- 1994, $75-100), but will be able to access the Registry using a
- normal communication program until that time.
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- VENDINFO Registration (ASP) -4- Jan 1994
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- Early subscribers to either service will receive several months' free
- access. The clock won't actually start on subscription charges until
- at least April 1994, but the services will begin immediately on
- receipt of payment.
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- VendLib SOFTWARE DEVELOPER'S LIBRARY
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- The VendLib Library allows software developers to build VENDINFO.DIZ
- access directly into such products as BBS programs and upload proces-
- sors. It will also be very useful to distributors who write their own
- customized database software, as it will allow them to directly
- access all fields in each VENDINFO.DIZ file from within their own
- software.
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- VendLib includes C source, and currently supports C/C++ applications.
- Plans are underway to extend support to other languages in the near
- future, but the source provides a good guide for writing your own
- access functions, if you prefer. Purchase of this package includes
- one year of support.
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- By special arrangement with TurboPower Software, we also offer a
- license for the use of their PKZIP-v1.10-compatible UNZIP functions.
- Since the compression used in VENDINFO records is PKZIP v1.10, this
- will allow extraction of VENDINFO data using an internal decompres-
- sion function, if you don't have access to this functionality else-
- where. These functions are not PKZIP-v2.04g-compatible, however, and
- are therefore not intended for general use.
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- VENDINFO COFFEE MUGS
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- Several people asked us to make available the VENDINFO coffee mugs we
- showed at the 1993 Summer Shareware Seminar, so we've added them to
- the list. They're rather nice, and we'll be happy to discuss shirts,
- mouse pads, baseball caps, etc., if anyone's interested. These items
- are subject to continuing availability.
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- SITE LICENSES
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- Site, corporate, and network licenses are available for the VENDINFO
- tools. Contact us for details.
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- VENDINFO Registration (ASP) -5- Jan 1994
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- REGISTRATION BY E-MAIL
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- If we receive your registration form by some form of secure e-mail
- (e.g., CompuServe e-mail, FidoNet crash mail) and you ask us to do
- so, we will send your registration keys by the same mechanism, for
- fast registration. We reserve the right to add a small fee for this
- (not more than $4.00), but our current policy is to charge no fee
- except for international FidoNet crash mail.
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- ACCEPTABLE FORMS OF PAYMENT
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- All orders must be prepaid, by Visa, MasterCard, checks payable in
- U.S. dollars and drawn on a U.S. bank, certified bank drafts drawn in
- the hard currency of the issuing bank, American Express money orders,
- U.S. or International postal money orders, or cash in a hard cur-
- rency. (Rams' Island Software takes no responsibility if you send
- cash, and suggests that if you do so the order be sent by registered
- mail.)
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- REGISTERED VERSIONS KEYED TO COMPANY NAME
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- Please be sure you fill out the registration form completely and
- legibly. In particular, write your company name exactly as you wish
- it to be reflected in VENDINFO records you produce with VendEdit, or
- in "Distribution Terms" outputs you produce with VendPrcs. The
- registration keys for both tools are based on your company name.
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- IMPORTANT!
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- Make sure you look at the License section of *our* VENDINFO.DIZ file.
- It establishes important agreements between author and distributor
- *user* of VENDINFO, and REQUIRES SPECIFIC ACTIONS on your part.
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- VENDINFO Registration (ASP) -6- Jan 1994
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- | VENDINFO REGISTRATION FORM |
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- Name: ________________________________________ Date: ___________
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- Company: ________________________________________ (BE EXACT!)
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- Address: Phone: ___________________
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- _____________________________________ CompuServe: ______________
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- _____________________________________ FidoNet: _________________
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- _____________________________________ RIME Nbr: ________________
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- _____________________________________ Internet: ________________
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- Date joined ASP (just write "1993" if member on 12/31/93): _________
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- Your use: Author__ BBS__ Vendor__ CD-ROM Publisher__ Other_____
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- | Description | Cost |
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- | VendEdit Editor (write "ASP" if applic) $ 25 | | One
- |----------------------------------------------------|----------|"ASP"
- | VendPrcs Processor (write "ASP" if applic) $ 20 | | only
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- | Shipping Charge outside U.S./Canada/Mexico $ 2 | |
- | (applicable if PAYING for either, above) | |
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- | Ship current version, if only ASP above $ 6 | | not
- | Shipping Charge outside U.S./Canada/Mexico $ 2 | |req'd
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- | Auto-Upgrade Plan, 1 year $ 30 | |
- | (if ordered with above registration) $ 25 | |
- | Shipping Charge outside U.S./Canada/Mexico $ 8 | |
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- | Product Registry Mail Subscription $150 | |
- | (if ordered with above registration) $130 | |
- | Shipping Charge outside U.S./Canada/Mexico $ 24 | |
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- | Product Registry BBS Subscription $120 | |
- | (if ordered with above registration) $100 | |
- | (if ordered with mail subscription) $ 50 | |
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- | VendLib Developer's Library $ 50 | |
- | TurboPower PKZIP v1.10 UNZIP functions $ 30 | |
- | (if ordered with VendLib) $ 25 | |
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- | VENDINFO Coffee Mug (allow 6 weeks) $ 10 | |
- | Shipping Charge outside U.S./Canada/Mexico $ 2 | |
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- | Colorado residents add sales tax | |
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- | VENDINFO CREDIT-CARD PAYMENT FORM |
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- | We can accept MasterCard or Visa payments. Fill out the |
- | following ONLY if you are making payment by MC or Visa. |
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- | Amount Charged (make sure it matches TOTAL, above): __________ |
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- | MasterCard [ ] Visa [ ] Number: ____ ____ ____ ____ |
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- | Name on the Card _______________________________________________ |
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- | Expires _________ Signature ___________________________________ |
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- Rams' Island Software
- 7644 E. Lakecliff Way
- Parker, CO 80134-5904
- USA
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