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Copyright 1992-1994 by Peter Turnquist.
All rights reserved.
MasterMind is a trademark of Peter Turnquist.
Please see the important LICENSE AGREEMENT below.


INTRODUCTION

It helps to print README.TXT (about twelve pages), making the
instructions visible while you install MasterMind Typing.  If
DOS has control, you may tap PrintScreen now to record just
the directions for printing.

We recommend printing via Notepad of the Windows Accessories,
because it will paginate.  In Notepad, choose File|Open and
specify this file as, for example,
     A:\README.TXT
     or
     C:\MMTYPE\README.TXT
If neither A: nor C:\MMTYPE is the location of README.TXT,
substitute whatever <drive>:\<path> you have provided.

With this text on-screen in Notepad, the menu choices are
File|Print.  When you exit from Notepad or any editor, please
do NOT save changes.

If you want to print from DOS, a convenient command is, for
example,
     COPY  A:\README.TXT  PRN
     or
     COPY  C:\MMTYPE\README.TXT  PRN
Again, if neither A: nor C:\MMTYPE is the location of
README.TXT, substitute whatever <drive>:\<path> applies.

Please protect your source file(s) before proceeding.  If you
acquired MasterMind Typing on floppy diskettes, write-protect
them.  If you acquired MasterMind Typing by modem, copy the
original archive(s) to a floppy (and write-protect it) or
copy to your usual backup medium.  To protect backup floppies
from magnetic fields, they should be in steel containers, not
plastic or aluminum.  A steel desk drawer or file cabinet is
fine.

MasterMind Typing cuts work to about a quarter of any
alternative for learning to touch-type.  The magic is
MasterMind's sensitive way of adjusting repetition for your
progress.  It reads your mind.  In the advanced phase of
version 2.x, MasterMind enables you to dazzle friends with
eloquent recitations, while you perfect your typing or for
pleasure.

Prerequisite resources are:
          Windows 3.x in standard or enhanced mode
          80286 or better processor
          2 Mbytes RAM for Win3.1 or 1.5MB for Win3.0
          extended (XMS) memory manager such as HIMEM.SYS
          1.2 Mbytes free on the hard disk
          EGA or better display, color preferred
          mouse (or equivalent, e.g., trackball)

You can check your Windows mode from Program Manager by
choosing Help|AboutProgramManager.  Standard or enhanced mode
is all right for MasterMind Typing, but enhanced mode needs 2
Mbytes RAM.  Real mode is incompatible.  Help|
AboutProgramManager also will show Free Memory (RAM).  With
just Windows loaded (before you start MasterMind Typing),
Free Memory should be at least 600 Kbytes.  For quickness,
Windows 3.1 users should install at least 4 Mbytes total RAM.

The distribution diskette(s) of MasterMind Typing may be any
of:
     720K (3.5-inch)
     1.44M (3.5-inch)
     1.2M (5.25-inch)
     two 360K (5.25-inch)
If you got a diskette that your system cannot read, please
contact the supplier.

MasterMind Typing takes several forms in distribution as
shareware.  It also calls on ToolBook, which users may or may
not have installed previously.  Installation instructions
cover the various cases.  Please find the instructions for
your case and ignore the rest.


LICENSE TERMS; MONEY-BACK GUARANTEE

By your authorized use of MasterMind Typing, you accept a
license for a single user on the following terms.  If you
have an unauthorized copy, you have no license and must
destroy the copy promptly to limit your liability for dealing
with contraband.

Version 1.x is the shareware program distributed for free
trial to those who agree to register if the product is
helpful.  For such trial, you have a revocable license to
copy and distribute version 1.x in the manner described
below.  After trying version 1.x sufficiently to see whether
it helps you, you must either register or stop using it.

If you register and pay the fee, you get version 2.x
including additional features.  (Site licenses are available
to organizations.)  Version 2.x comes with a 60-day guarantee
of satisfaction.  Version 2.x is not shareware.  Except for
backup, copying version 2.x would make you liable for
infringement of contract, patent and copy rights.

You do not own either version of the software, which embodies
novel designs and trade secrets.  You must not decode, alter
or reverse-engineer the software or aid another to do so.
Any copy must be complete, including all legal notices.  Any
effort to imitate the software would breach the license and,
besides, probably would violate the copyright and/or the
patent.

This applies to distribution of version 1.x shareware by both
professionals and amateurs.  Version 1.x shareware
distribution must be either free of charge or within the
rules of the Association of Shareware Professionals.
Automated installation requires tailoring the file
configuration to accommodate the distribution vehicle
(diskette or modem) and often more.  Contact Peter Turnquist
to get MasterMind Typing configured (no charge) for the
distribution intended.  To remake an archive or file set is
forbidden, because it probably would impair installation.
Version 2.x is not distributable.

A catalog of shareware, electronic or otherwise, must
describe version 1.x in terms approved by Peter Turnquist.
The latest revision of CATALOG.TXT or FILE_ID.DIZ or
MMTYPE*.SDA, issued by Peter Turnquist, is an approved
description.

Subject to regular procedure, the licensor will accept the
return of unsatisfactory software within sixty days and will
refund the license fee.  The licensor has no other liability.
There is NO WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS for use
and no liability for consequential damages.

Breach of any of its provisions automatically cancels the
license.  Any dispute between parties is subject to binding
arbitration under the rules of the American Arbitration
Association.  The chosen law is that of the state of
Delaware.  In case of court action to enforce this agreement
or an arbitration award hereunder, the prevailing party shall
recover from the other all costs including reasonable
attorneys' fees.  If you object to any license provision,
your sole recourse is to return the unused product
immediately for refund.


ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

MasterMind Typing incorporates runtime ToolBook under license
from Asymetrix Corp.  MM*.EXE incorporates file compression
licensed by Haruyasu Yoshizaki.  MM*.ZIP file format is
compatible with PKUNZIP of PKWare, Inc.


MEMORY CONFIGURATION, XMS REQUIRED

The Microsoft Windows User's Guide discusses memory
configuration in chapter 13 for version 3.0 or chapter 14 for
version 3.1.  The version 3.0 Guide does not explain, though,
that about 384K of your total memory, the portion between
640K and 1 megabyte, is inaccessible to most programs.  The
system design reserves it for hardware support.

For Windows applications, most or all of your configurable
memory--that is, above 1 megabyte--must be extended (XMS),
not expanded (EMS).  XMS is a more efficient way to organize
memory.  If you have an EMS configuration to help older DOS
applications, now is the time to update.  MasterMind Typing
should have at least 500K of XMS memory to run under Windows
standard mode, that is, at least 1.5 Mbytes total memory.  To
use enhanced mode with a '386 or better processor, you need
at least a megabyte of XMS memory, that is, at least 2 Mbytes
total.  Without XMS memory, MasterMind Typing will not run at
all.

If you make all the configurable memory XMS, you need to
adjust older applications if they have setup parameters that
rely on EMS.  An older application may slow because only the
conventional 640K RAM will be accessible.  But the publisher
now may have an upgrade version that works with XMS memory
and may be a Windows application too.  If you have enough
memory, it may be possible to configure it as partly EMS and
partly XMS to suit all applications.  With '386 and better
processors, MS-DOS 6.x can reallocate memory betwe