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- INSTALLATION
-
- Video One version 2.5 should be very easy to install. All files
- must reside in the same directory. While a hard disk is highly
- recommended, it is not mandatory. However, the system will operate
- much faster on a hard disk as this is a database program that must
- access many files. For that same reason, you must verify that your
- CONFIG.SYS file contains a statement with FILES=45 or more in it.
- I say you must verify this. If you do not, at some point during
- running Video One, you may see a red box on the screen that says
- something like 'Not Enough Files Available'. If you see this box,
- increase the FILES=XXX line of your CONFIG.SYS file. For
- demonstration purposes I have included some sample data. The
- easiest way to delete that data is to delete the entire data file.
- To delete all of the sample FILMS, from the DOS prompt, enter the
- following three commands:
-
- DEL VIDEO_1.DAT
- DEL VIDEO_1.MEM
- DEL VIDEO_1.K??
-
- To delete all of the sample PEOPLE, from the DOS prompt, enter the
- following command:
-
- DEL PEOPLE.*
-
- And finally, to delete all of the sample CODES, from the DOS
- prompt, enter the following command:
-
- DEL CODES.*
-
- DO NOT delete SORTS.DAT. If you accidentally do so, you will have
- to extract a new copy from the archive.
-
- The only other thing you might want to do is to specify a file
- viewing program other than the one we have provided which is called
- PAGE.COM. If you wish to do so, from the Main Menu, select
- 'Utilities' and then 'Defaults' and specify the name on the second
- line of the form.
-
-
- USING VIDEO ONE 2.5
-
- You should find Video One version 2.5 very self-explainatory. I
- have not included a manual in the form of a disk file because the
- program contains very extensive on-line help. The bottom three lines
- of the screen always provide help for what you are doing now. Also,
- more extensive pop-up help is usually available by pressing the <F1>
- key.
-
-
- DISCLAIMER
-
- Well, I hate the necessity of the next two parts, but I can't
- afford to not try to protect myself so here we go...
-
- Users of Video One must accept this disclaimer of warranty:
-
- "Video One is supplied as is. The author disclaims all warranties,
- expressed or implied, including, without limitation, the warranties
- of merchantability and of fitness for any purpose. The author
- assumes no liability for damages, direct or consequential, which
- may result from the use of Video One."
-
-
- SHAREWARE LICENSE AND AGREEMENT
-
- Video One is a "shareware program" and is provided at no charge to
- the user for evaluation. Feel free to share it with your friends,
- but please do not give it away piece-meal, altered, or as part of
- another system. Specifically, the file named 'CONFIG.DAT', which
- contains a counter that causes the shareware information screen to
- be displayed for the first FIVE runs of the program (not permanent
- as in many shareware programs) may NOT be distributed. It is
- automatically created by the program on the first run.
-
- Users of Video One are NOT required to register by making a
- contribution to the Tracie Moorman Education Fund, but are highly
- encouraged to do so. PLEASE take a few minutes to read the story
- show upon entry to Video One during the first five runs. If you
- missed it, you may see the same information by either exiting Video
- One, deleting CONFIG.DAT, and re-running Video One or by selecting
- 'Registration Info' from the 'Utilities' sub-menu. It explains
- fully why I am asking for your help so Tracie may return to college
- and how important every single contribution is since we are only
- asking for at least ONE DOLLAR from every user. I'm trying to not
- duplicate a lot of stuff or I'd reprint the story here.
-
- Because of the nature of Video One, we hope that you will not need
- technical support. Because we are asking for a donation of at
- least one dollar and expect that most donations will be of one
- dollar, the level of technical support that I can provide will be
- minimal. The only major technical support that might be needed
- would be conversion of the data files from the version 2.0 format
- to the version 2.5 format which only applies to those who are
- currently using version 2.0. Since only two people have registered
- version 2.0 in over one year of distribution, I have not provided a
- data file conversion program as I did when I released 2.0 for the
- 1.0 users. If you are currently using 2.0 which was full fledged
- shareware and are not one of the two people that have registered it
- and wish to have your data files converted, you will have to do the
- following:
-
- 1. Make a copy of your data files on any IBM compatible
- diskette, place it in a diskette mailer, and mail it to:
-
- For Your Information
- Robert E. Burger
- 4520 Geddes Avenue
- Fort Worth, Texas 76107-6204
-
- 2. Enclose in the diskette mailer along with the diskette,
- sufficient return postage, a label with your address on it
- and 2 checks or money orders, one for $10 made out to
- Robert Burger and one for at least $5 made out to Tracie
- Moorman for her education fund. In case you wonder, I
- require the $10 for you to become a registered user of
- version 2.0 and if I'm going to do the labor of conversion,
- I do require that you become a registered user of version
- 2.5 by making a contribution to Tracie's education fund.
-
- Remember, the above only applies if you are an un-registered user
- of version 2.0 and want your data files converted so you don't have
- to re-enter the data.
-
-
- SYSOPS
-
- Bulletin Board operators are free to distribute Video One version
- 2.5 regardless of whether the system is 'free' or 'pay' or
- something in between. In doing so, I only ask two things which are
- similar to commercial distributors. First, please do not
- distribute the file CONFIG.DAT that is created when VIDEO_1.EXE is
- run for the first time and please do distribute all of the files
- listed in FILES.DOC in an unmodified form. If you wish to
- distribute additional film and performer data for Video One you are
- welcome to do so (I don't know why anyone would, but you never
- know) but please put it in an additional file and explain it is not
- part of the Video One version 2.5 distribution in the file
- description on the BBS and in a file inside the archive called
- FILE_ID.DIZ which may contain up to 10 lines of no more than 45
- characters each. Also, if you have either version 1.0 or 2.0 of
- Video One on your BBS, PLEASE delete it.
-
-
- SHAREWARE VENDORS
-
- Anyone wishing to distribute Video One for any kind of remuneration
- must contact me at the address listed above for authorization. My
- only requirements are that (1) you make it obvious to your
- customers that purchasing the software from you does not benefit me
- in any way and does not make them a registered user, and (2) you DO
- NOT distribute the CONFIG.DAT file and do distribute the files
- listed in FILES.DOC in an unmodified form.
-
-
- WRAP UP
-
- Thank you very much for reading this, considering and/or making a
- contribution to the Tracie Moorman Education Fund, and for trying
- Video One version 2.5. If you have any comments, gripes, or
- suggestions, I'd love to here them. You may send any
- correspondence to:
-
- For Your Information
- Robert E. Burger
- 4520 Geddes Avenue
- Fort Worth, Texas 76107-6204
-