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- VENDINFO standard v1.03, produced by VendEdit v1.22, 23-Mar-1997
-
- ===== Product Information ==============================
- Product: Crossdown for Windows Crossword puzzle software
- Version: 4.0
- Version Date: 21-Mar-1997
- Product Type: Software
- Basic Distribution Policy (see License, below, for details):
- Shareware, subject to distribution restrictions
-
- Product Description: Crossdown for Windows v2.40 Solve and
- construct professional crosswords on your
- Windows computer! New features include
- SCROLLABLE clue list, sound card support with
- SPEAKING messages, dictionary "hot-link"
- access and extensive on-line help. Includes 7
- professionally constructed puzzles by some of
- the top names in the industry. Easy to
- install and UN-install. Improved for Windows
- 95!
- Reason for version: New Windows 95 version
-
- Category: Games; Word games; Crossword puzzles
- Keywords: crossword puzzle windows game acrostic word
- Required Packages: XWDWIN40
- This Package: XWDWIN40
- Registration Fee: 39.95 (US $)
-
- Required Configuration
- Processor Family: Intel 80x86 (minimum 80386)
- Clock Speed: 16 MHz
- Minimum OS: Windows NT
- Standard RAM: 640K
- Hard Drive Space: 1024K
- Required:
- Parallel
- Keyboard
- Mouse
- Printer (specific types may be shown below)
- Won't Work With:
- Floppy only
- Monochrome Display Adapter (MDA)
- Color Graphic Adapter (CGA)
- Req'd Software: Windows-based digital dictionary recommended
- but NOT specifically required!
-
- Orders:
- Address: Crossdown
- 133 Akron Street
- Rochester, NY 14609-7618
- Toll-Free Phone: 1-800-282-5887
- Phone: 716 482-8092
- FAX: 716 482-8092
- CompuServe: crossdown
- Internet: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/cros
- sdown
- Other E-mail: http://www.alberts.com
-
- Support:
- Address: Crossdown
- 133 Akron Street
- Rochester, NY 14609-7618
- Phone: 716 482-8092
- CompuServe: 70724,2075
- Internet: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/cros
- sdown
-
-
- ===== Information for Users ("READ-ME") ================
-
- Crossdown for Windows brings all the challenge and enjoyment of solving
- and constructing crosswords exactly like the ones found in the daily or
- Sunday newspapers to the Microsoft Windows 95 environment, and has added
- plenty of powerful and exciting features. Crossdown supports both
- American and British-style puzzles. It can also handle cryptic and
- diagramless puzzles. Please refer to the On-Line Help within Crossdown
- for further information and instructions. Latest version has been
- improved and enhanced for use with the Windows 95 32-bit environment!
-
-
- ===== Packing List =====================================
-
- As released by the author or publisher, this package contained the
- following files in addition to this VENDINFO.DIZ:
-
- Filename Size Date Time CRC32
- _SETUP.1 372493 23-Mar-1997 04:00a 2848F6AD
- FILE_ID.DIZ 402 21-Mar-1997 04:00a 609BA0DD
- _SETUP.DLL 10752 23-Mar-1997 04:00a 838CF8C9
- SETUP.EXE 47616 23-Mar-1997 04:00a F9D25D99
- _ISDEL.EXE 8192 23-Mar-1997 04:00a DB6FF40D
- _INST32I.EX_ 306666 23-Mar-1997 04:00a 2886F44E
- DISK1.ID 5 23-Mar-1997 04:00a 2ED46A83
- SETUP.INI 35 23-Mar-1997 04:00a CC2AC273
- SETUP.INS 173579 23-Mar-1997 04:00a 42473717
- _SETUP.LIB 189943 23-Mar-1997 04:00a 3DE64742
- SETUP.PKG 227 23-Mar-1997 04:00a E3B08877
-
-
- ===== Installation =====================================
-
- Because Crossdown is a Windows application, the installation procedure
- is quite simple. The package includes the file, "SETUP.EXE", which
- automates the entire process. You will need about 2MB of available disk
- space on the hard drive on which you plan to install Crossdown.
-
- The exact steps you need to take will depend on how you received
- Crossdown.
-
- INSTALLING FROM DISKETTE
-
- To install from diskette, you need to perform the following steps.
-
- o Place Crossdown distribution diskette in the appropriate
- diskette drive.
-
- o From the Windows 95 desktop, select START, then select SETTINGS.
- Then select CONTROL PANEL. Then select ADD/REMOVE PROGRAMS.
- From the ADD/REMOVE PROGRAMS dialog box, click on INSTALL.
-
- o Follow the instructions presented by the installation program.
-
- INSTALLING FROM A HARD DRIVE
-
- If you downloaded Crossdown from a BBS (or received it in the form of
- archive files from some other source), you will need to perform the
- following steps.
-
- o Extract the contents of the archive file(s) in a temporary
- directory on your hard drive. The procedure for doing this
- varies, depending on the form in which you received the package.
- In all likelihood, the fact that you are reading this text means
- that you already have the necessary tools and knowledge to
- perform this step. If not, you should be able to obtain
- directions for this from the same source from which you received
- the package.
-
- o From the Windows 95 Menu, select START, then select SETTINGS.
- Then select CONTROL PANEL. Then select ADD/REMOVE PROGRAMS.
- From the ADD/REMOVE PROGRAMS dialog box, click on INSTALL.
-
- o Follow the instructions presented by the installation program.
-
- When you're satisfied that the installation was successful, you should
- delete the temporary directory FROM which you installed Crossdown
- (C:\TEMPDIR, in the above discussion), including all its contents.
-
- YOU'RE READY TO GO
-
- Once you've completed the installation, you can launch Crossdown from
- the Windows desktop by double-clicking on the icon in the Start Menu.
-
-
- ===== Warranty =========================================
-
- LIMITED WARRANTY
-
- CROSSDOWN (TM) FOR WINDOWS IS PROVIDED FOR EVALUATION ONLY, ON AN "AS
- IS" BASIS. CROSSDOWN DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES RELATING TO THIS
- SOFTWARE, WHETHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO
- ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
- PURPOSE. NEITHER CROSSDOWN NOR ANYONE ELSE WHO HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN THE
- CREATION, PRODUCTION, OR DELIVERY OF THIS SOFTWARE SHALL BE LIABLE FOR
- ANY INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE
- USE OR INABILITY TO USE SUCH SOFTWARE, EVEN IF CROSSDOWN HAS BEEN
- ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES OR CLAIMS. THE PERSON USING
- THE SOFTWARE BEARS ALL RISK AS TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE
- SOFTWARE.
-
- This agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York
- and shall inure to the benefit of Crossdown and any successors,
- administrators, heirs and assigns. Any action or proceeding brought by
- either party against the other arising out of or related to this
- agreement shall be brought only in a STATE or FEDERAL COURT of competent
- jurisdiction located in Monroe County, New York. The parties hereby
- consent to in personam jurisdiction of said courts.
-
-
- ===== License for Use and Distribution =================
-
- TRIAL USE LICENSE
-
- Crossdown (TM) for Windows is NOT a public domain program. It is
- copyright (c) 1996 by Sam Bellotto Jr. This software and accompanying
- documentation are protected by United States copyright law and also by
- international treaty provisions.
-
- Crossdown grants you a limited license to use this software for
- evaluation purposes for a period not to exceed thirty days. If you
- continue using this software after the thirty-day evaluation period, you
- MUST make a registration payment to Crossdown.
-
- You may not use, copy, rent, lease, sell, modify, decompile,
- disassemble, otherwise reverse engineer, or transfer the licensed
- program except as provided in this agreement. Any such unauthorized use
- shall result in immediate and automatic termination of this license. All
- rights not expressly granted here are reserved to Crossdown.
-
-
- LIMITED DISTRIBUTION LICENSE
-
- All ASP-approved vendors and BBSs may distribute Crossdown, completely
- unaltered, without further permission; for other cases or to distribute
- in modified form, you must consult the attached data record, which is
- hereby incorporated by reference. Any distribution satisfying all the
- distribution requirements expressed in that data record is hereby
- authorized.
-
- Permission to distribute the Crossdown for Windows package is not
- transferable, assignable, saleable, or franchisable. Each vendor
- wishing to distribute the package must independently satisfy the terms
- of this limited distribution license.
-
- U.S. Government Information: Use, duplication, or disclosure by the
- U.S. Government of the computer software and documentation in this
- package shall be subject to the restricted rights applicable to
- commercial computer software as set forth in subdivision (b)(3)(ii) of
- the Rights in Technical Data and Computer Software clause at
- 252.227-7013 (DFARS 52.227-7013). The contractor/manufacturer is
- Crossdown, 133 Akron Street, Rochester, NY 14609-7618.
-
- Crossdown may revoke any permissions granted here, by notifying you in
- writing. All rights not expressly granted here are reserved to
- Crossdown.
-
-
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