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The Silicon Frog, Inc. │
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John Hancock 3.0 │
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The JH3KEY Program │
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Version 1.0 │
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(c) 1992 The Silicon Frog, Inc.
All Rights Reserved
Table of Contents
The JH3KEY Program.........................................3
Running JH3KEY.............................................3
I don't *have* a JH2 Bonus Diskette........................4
I can't find my JH2 Bonus Diskette.........................4
JH3KEY will not recognize my JH2 Bonus Disk................4
The JH3KEY Program
To identify yourself as a registered JH3 user, you must have
a JH3.KEY file in the same directory as your JH30.CFG file.
The JH3.KEY file is automatically sent to those who register
JH3.
The JH2 documentation stated that once you registered JH2,
you would never have to register again -- JH3KEY is my way
of keeping this promise to registered JH2 users. JH3KEY
will create your personalized JH3.KEY file as long as you
can furnish proof of JH2 registration. This proof is
contained in the JH2 Bonus Diskette that was sent to you
when you registered (or if you registered the original JH
and sent for the JH2 Bonus.)
Over the past 2.5 years, the format of the JH2 Bonus
Diskette has changed 3 times. Early versions included only
one copy of the Robbin Hancock program - the one
corresponding to your mail reader - while later versions
included both the DeLuxe and EZ-Reader versions of the
program (identified with .EDE and .EZE extensions).
Starting in late 1990, the New Thieves disk was included in
the JH2 bonus package. JH3KEY requires the ORIGINAL JH2
Bonus Disk, which contains the ROBBIN??.EXE, ROBBIN??.EDE,
or ROBBIN??.EZE files (?? in the ROBBIN?? file name happens
to be your first and last initials), the JHCD.EXE and
JHDIR.EXE files, and the JHMNT??.SCR customized JHMaint logo
screen file.
If you received a single bonus diskette, regardless of media
size, that's the one. If you received two 5¼" diskettes,
make sure you use the "Bonus" disk; JH3KEY will not
recognize the New Thieves diskette.
If you are a registered JH2 user, you should have received
an upgrade notice in the mail. The JH3KEY program was
written specifically for those of you who may have slipped
through the cracks (i.e., you did not receive the upgrade
notice, or you decided not to send for the JH3 Bonus Disk
special offer).
Running JH3KEY
To start the program, type JH3KEY at the DOS prompt, and
press <Enter>.
JH3KEY will greet you with a generic message instructing you
to insert your JH2 Bonus Diskette in your A: or B: drive,
and to press the corresponding key.
JH3KEY Page 2
JH3KEY will scan the Bonus Disk and will extract registered
user information from which it will create your personalized
JH3.KEY file. If the program cannot recognize your disk, it
will tell you so before it returns to DOS.
If all went well, there is a new JH3.KEY file in the default
directory. Make sure you copy this file to the directory
pointed to by your JH3 environment variable; that's where
all JH 3.0 programs look for it.
Put your JH2 Bonus Disk in a safe place (in the event you
need it again to recreate a .KEY file), and enjoy JH3.
You're done.
I don't *have* a JH2 Bonus Diskette
Then you must be a JH 1.0 registered user, and you chose not
to get the JH 2.0 Bonus Disk when the offer was mailed to
you. The only solution available to you is the JH3 upgrade,
for $10. See REGISTER.TXT for details.
I can't find my JH2 Bonus Diskette
The JH2 Bonus Diskette is the only item in your possession
that clearly identifies you as a registered JH2 user. If
you cannot find the diskette, or if (Heaven Forbid!) you re-
used it for other purposes, you must send for the JH3 Bonus
Disk, which contains your personalized JH3.KEY file (as a
registered JH2 user, you will receive a $10 (50%) discount
towards the JH3 bonus disk).
To receive the JH3 Bonus Disk, fill in and print the
REGISTER.TXT file, or hand-write the information, and mail
it in with your payment.
JH3KEY will not recognize my JH2 Bonus Disk
This may happen - your diskette may have been damaged for
some reason or another. Although I could offer to send you
another JH2 bonus disk, I would charge you about the same
for it as I would for the JH3 bonus, but you would not get
any of the JH3 bonuses. Your best option is to send for the
JH3 bonus disk. See REGISTER.TXT for information on the 50%
preferred customer discount.