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| Product Description and |
| Author Information |
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| InContext(TM) |
| Work Environment Manager |
| Version 1.02 |
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| Last updated: October 1991 |
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| Copyright 1991 Rams' Island Software |
| All rights reserved |
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This file includes sample descriptions which you may use to describe the
InContext(TM) Work Environment Manager package.
For other relevant information:
Disk Vendors, BBS Sysops, and Distributors please refer to the
VENDOR.DOC text file.
Individual and Company Users please refer to license information in
INCONTXT.DOC.
Describe.DOC -1- Oct 1991
InContext Version 1.02 Product Description
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| REVIEWS OF INCONTEXT |
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InContext is Different
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"This program is probably unlike any other shell you have ever
encountered." -- Alternative Software Bulletin
"The program is different in concept, design and implementation than
anything I've seen." -- Public Brand Systems
"InContext is different, being a full-blown implementation of object-
oriented operation atop a DOS context" -- Factsheet Five
A Good Concept, with Attention to Detail
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"I suppose InContext could be called a DOS shell, file manager, and
time planner, since it provides many functions that are common to
each. Yet it's probably unlike any other shell you have ever encoun-
tered. While DOS shells abound, this one has had an exceptional
amount of thought and planning behind it." -- Alternative Software
Bulletin
"The functions are all well integrated, which provides for very
smooth operation. The manual is excellent, as is the hypertext help
system and tutorial that are built into the program. The installation
program is a model of what all authors should provide with their
software." -- Alternative Software Bulletin
"InContext has the best user manual I've seen in the industry." --
Dennis Scarff, Product Reviewer, Public Brand Software
In Summary...
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"InContext provides a refreshing new way to organize your computer
work environment." -- Steve Enzer, Alternative Software Bulletin
"[InContext is] a truly flexible and worthwhile environment to work
within. A very impressive package." -- Mike Gunderloy, Factsheet Five
Describe.DOC -2- Oct 1991
InContext Version 1.02 Product Description
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| PROGRAM INFORMATION |
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Program Name
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InContext(TM) Work Environment Manager, Version 1.02
Category
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Work Environment Manager, Productivity, DOS Shell
Keywords
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Object-Oriented DOS Shell, Personal Organizer, File and Directory
Management, Menu Manager, Planning, Calendar, To-Do List, Smart
Application Launcher, ASP Shareware
Short Description
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The InContext(TM) Work Environment Manager improves your personal
productivity by helping you organize, manage, and execute the work
you do on your computer. Much more than a DOS shell. Now supports
ARC/ARJ/LZH/PAK/ZIP archivers. ASP shareware.
Medium Description
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The InContext(TM) Work Environment Manager improves your personal
productivity by helping you organize, manage, and execute the work
you do on your computer. No mere DOS shell, InContext is based on the
principles of human work. On top of a unique, object-oriented DOS
shell, InContext provides well-integrated task planning and calendar
management. Its basic capabilities are readily useable by novices,
but it provides a level of control and sophistication that will
please the expert. Supports ARC/ARJ/LZH/PAK/ZIP archivers. Includes
extensive hypertext-based help and on-line tutorial. ASP shareware.
Describe.DOC -3- Oct 1991
InContext Version 1.02 Product Description
Long Description
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The InContext(TM) Work Environment Manager improves your personal
productivity by helping you organize, manage, and execute the work
you do on your computer. No mere DOS shell, InContext is based on the
principles of human work. It organizes your computer around your work
habits, rather than the other way around.
On top of a unique, object-oriented DOS shell, InContext provides
well-integrated task planning and calendar management. It provides
extremely powerful and rapid techniques for moving among directories,
selecting files, and encapsulating and launching applications. InCon-
text derives a great deal of power from the smooth integration of
these various aspects of computer-based work.
InContext is easy to use with mouse and/or keyboard. Its basic
capabilities are readily useable by novices, but it provides a level
of control and sophistication that will please the expert.
InContext includes an extensive hypertext-based help system and on-
line tutorial. Provides integrated support for ARC, ARJ, LZH, PAK,
ZIP archivers. It is DesqView-aware. ASP shareware.
Intended User
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InContext will be beneficial especially to three kinds of user:
o Moderately or highly experienced users who use their com-
puters for multiple purposes or applications. Expert users
take note! No other available DOS shell or work environment
manager provides as much power and control as InContext.
o Relatively inexperienced users who want a single work en-
vironment which will provide basic capabilities, but will
"grow" as they learn more about PCs and DOS.
o Experienced personnel who wish to set up computer-based work
environments for other users, regardless of the experience
level of those users. Under these circumstances, InContext
provides much more power and flexibility than other ap-
plicable approaches. PC consultants, MIS managers, and
hardware dealers take note! InContext may be just the tool
you need to allow you to set up customized work environments
for your customers.
Describe.DOC -4- Oct 1991
InContext Version 1.02 Product Description
Required Configuration
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Requires an IBM PC/AT/386 or compatible computer, 512k RAM, a hard
disk, and DOS 3.0 or above.
Registration Information
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The registration fee for InContext is $60 (price guaranteed through
10/1/92) plus postage and handling ($4 domestic, $10 international).
For this fee, the user receives:
o Diskettes containing the latest version of InContext.
o Automatic mailing of the next version, without charge.
o A high-quality, typeset User Guide, with many full-screen
displays and other graphics, and fully indexed. "InContext
has the best user manual I've seen in the industry." --
Dennis Scarff, Product Reviewer, Public Brand Software
o Additional support materials for handling a variety of ap-
plication programs.
o Product support by phone, BBS, CompuServe, electronic mail,
and regular mail for a minimum of three months (current
policy, though changeable, has no duration limit).
o Announcements of updates, obtainable at reduced cost.
o Occasional newsletters with tips about use of InContext,
announcements of upgrades, etc.
o Elimination of the "shareware" messages displayed by the
program.
For complete user registration information please refer to the
REGISTER.DOC text file.
Describe.DOC -5- Oct 1991
InContext Version 1.02 Product Description
Preferred File Names for BBSs, Disk Collections
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For consistency, and to help users locate the files, please use the
following filenames.
If the programs and documentation are in separate archive files,
please use the following names (both must be posted):
INCX102D.ZIP InContext Work Environment Manager 1.02 Documents
INCX102P.ZIP InContext Work Environment Manager 1.02 Programs
If the programs and documentation are contained in a single ar-
chive file, please use the following name:
INCXT102.ZIP InContext Work Environment Manager 1.02
If the package is compressed using some other file compression
method, then please use the indicated filename prefixes with
appropriate extensions (PAK, ARC, LZH, etc.).
Special Packaging Requirement
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InContext is packaged in a somewhat unusual way. Even if the package
comes in ZIP archive form, it contains the LHA archive/compression
program (version 2.12), and several LHA archive files (filename
extension "LZH"). This is done because InContext uses LHA at run
time, and accesses some materials directly from these archives. LHA
may not be removed from this package, except by special permission.
Describe.DOC -6- Oct 1991
InContext Version 1.02 Product Description
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| AUTHOR/PUBLISHER INFORMATION |
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Rams' Island Software is a small software company owned and operated
by Dr. H. Rudy Ramsey.
Please feel free to contact me (Rudy Ramsey) at any time if you have
any questions, comments or suggestions. I can be reached in the
following ways:
Rams' Island Software Voice: (303) 841-2848 FidoNet: 1:104/333
7644 Lakecliff BBS: (303) 841-6269 RIME: RAMSISLE
Parker, CO 80134-5904 CompuServe: 76244,324
USA Internet: 76244.324@COMPUSERVE.COM
Describe.DOC -7- Oct 1991