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W A S P ======= Water and Steam Properties ========================== Version 1.01 November 1993 Copyright (C) 1992, 1993 All rights reserved Katmar Software PO Box 654 Westville 3630 South Africa DISCLAIMER ---------- The WASP programme and documentation are supplied as is. Katmar Software disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, including but not limited to, the warranties of merchantability and of fitness for any purpose. Katmar Software and the programme author assume no liability for damages, direct or consequential, which may result from the use of WASP. TABLE OF CONTENTS ----------------- Introduction to WASP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Installation and Startup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Hardware and Software Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Quick Start for Experienced Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Printing the Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Detailed Operating Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Start-up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 On-line Help System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Data Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Result Screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Fixed Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Selecting Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Using the Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Exiting from WASP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Accuracy Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 The Shareware Distribution System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 WASP Licensing Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Registration to Engineering Schools . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Bug Reports and Wish Lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Other Engineering Packages from Katmar Software . . . . . . . . 15 Appendix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 WASP Registration Form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Water and Steam Properties - Version 1.01 Page i Introduction to WASP ==================== WASP is a replacement for traditional printed Steam Tables, but it goes further in that it provides a much wider set of properties, it eliminates the need for interpolating between data points, and it will work in any of the generally accepted units. It contains data for 15 point properties, and 17 temperature and pressure dependent properties. Most of the correlations cover the range from -100 C to 800 C and up to 1000 bar, and some extend even beyond this range. Calculated data points match published data very closely. The programme has been carefully designed for speed and ease of use. On-screen prompts appear at every step to guide you. In addition there is context sensitive, on-line Help available at all times. If you are ever unsure of what the programme expects you to do, simply pressing the <F1> key will open a window with detailed instructions and information. You can also view any Help Screen at any time by selecting it from a Help Index. WASP is distributed as Shareware. If this copy is registered to anyone other than yourself, you are entitled to use it for a few weeks to determine its value to you. If you continue to use the programme then you must register your copy with Katmar Software. Further details on Shareware and the registration procedure are given later in this manual. Installation and Startup ======================== You should not use the distribution disk that you received as a working disk. You should install the WASP package to either another diskette or to your hard disk. Installation of WASP entails simply copying all the files to either a diskette or to your hard disk. The distribution disk that you received should contain all of the following files :- GETRESP.EXE Utility for interactive batch files PAGE.COM Text file display utility README Brief details on WASP and its distribution README.BAT A batch file used to display or print README REGISTER.DOC Order form for registering your copy of WASP WASP.EXE The executable file for WASP WASPBOOK.DOC The instruction manual for the WASP package WASPDEFS.DTA Holds the selected units etc WASPHELP.HLP The on-line help instructions If instead of these files your disk contains a file named WASP101.ARC, WASP101.ZIP or some similar name then it means that the disk distributor has compressed the files into an archive file to get more onto the distribution disk. In this case you will need to Water and Steam Properties - Version 1.01 Page 1 follow the distributors instructions on how to extract the files from the archive before you can copy them. If you are installing to your hard disk you should copy the files to a separate sub-directory. To create a new sub-directory on your hard drive follow these steps :- 1) Ensure that you are at the DOS prompt, ie display shows C:> (if your hard drive is drive D display shows D:> , etc) 2) If you want the new sub-directory to be off the root directory, type CD\ and press <ENTER>. If you prefer the new sub-directory to be off some other directory, change to that directory. 3) Type MD WASP and press <ENTER>. 4) Type CD WASP and press <ENTER>. Display should show C:\WASP>. If display does not show this, type PROMPT $P$G and press <ENTER>. If your distribution disk contains all the files listed above, insert it into the A drive and type COPY A:*.* and press <ENTER>. The programme is then ready to run. If your distribution disk does not contain all the files listed above, but instead contains an archived file, copy that file to the new sub-directory (eg COPY A:WASP101.ZIP). Then follow the distributors instructions to un-archive the files. Once the files have been copied you should type WASP and press <ENTER> to start the programme. The programme starts with an opening screen and then a screen giving brief details of the shareware distribution system, before getting to the programme proper. The initial screens can be skipped by pressing the <SPACE BAR>. If you are short of space on your hard disk you can delete some of the files. Only two files are absolutely essential for running WASP. These are WASP.EXE and WASPDEFS.DTA. If you want to be able to use the on-line help facility you will also need the file WASPHELP.HLP, but the programme can run without it. When you pass on copies of WASP to others please always include all the files on the distribution disk so that the recipient can make a full evaluation of the package. Hardware and Software Requirements ================================== WASP will run on virtually any IBM(tm) PC or compatible machine. It has been designed to be able to be used on a minimum specification system, but also to make use of higher specification equipment if available. For example it will run perfectly well on a monochrome screen, but will switch to colour if it detects a colour video card. Similarly it will use a numeric co-processor if it finds one, but will run quite happily (although of course more slowly) if none is found. Water and Steam Properties - Version 1.01 Page 2 Some EGA and VGA displays, particularly on portable computers, use varying shades of grey rather than true colour. WASP would detect these machines as having colour screens and you may have some difficulty reading the display. In this case you can force the programme to use the monochrome palette by pressing <Alt M> at the opening screen or by using the /M command line switch i.e. start the programme by typing WASP /M. When you exit from the programme it will store this choice and start up in monochrome mode the next time you use it. Summary of system requirements :- DOS : 2.11 or later RAM : 512k or more DISK : 360k or larger floppy, stiffy or hard disk VIDEO : Monochrome, CGA, EGA, VGA or compatible Co-processor : Optional Quick Start for Experienced Users ================================= Even if you are only a moderately experienced computer user you should be able to use WASP without going into this manual in any depth at all. The brief instructions that follow in this section should be all you need to make full use of the programme. The programme will guide you with on-screen prompts at every stage and on-line help is always available by pressing <F1>. The programme is started by typing WASP, or WASP /M if you want to force monochrome mode on a colour screen. The opening screens can be skipped by pressing the <SPACE BAR> or virtually any other key. After the opening screens you will see the DATA ENTRY screen. This is where you specify the conditions under which you want the physical properties calculated. In the general case you will enter the temperature and pressure, pressing <ENTER> after each entry. For the specific case of saturated conditions you need to enter either the temperature or the pressure, but not both. In this case you can use <TAB> to ensure that the property you want to enter is on the top line in the box and then key in the value. After typing the value, press <SPACE BAR> instead of <ENTER> and the programme will calculate the corresponding value for saturated conditions. During data entry the editing keys work in a very standard way, and should not give you any trouble at all. If there is already a value in the entry field you can accept it by pressing <ENTER> or <SPACE BAR>. If you want to enter a completely different value just start typing and the original value will disappear. However if the first key you press is an <ARROW> key the programme will assume you want to edit the displayed value and will not clear it. After you have specified the conditions the programme will calculate the properties and display them. There are two forms for the result screens. These are a brief and a full format screen. You can toggle between the two by pressing <F2>. Water and Steam Properties - Version 1.01 Page 3 While either the DATA ENTRY or RESULT screen is displayed you can call up a list of fixed properties with the <F3> key. Pressing <F3> again will take you back to where you were. The units in which you specify the conditions, and in which the properties are displayed, can be changed with the <F4> key. The units can be selected in pre-defined sets, or individually if you want to mix systems of units. Printing the Manual =================== If you are reading this on your screen and you want to make a hard copy on your printer you can do it in one of two ways. The easiest way is to run the programme and then press <Alt P> at the opening screen. The other way is to type PRINT WASPBOOK.DOC at the DOS prompt. Detailed Operating Instructions =============================== This section gives full details for each step of using the programme. Start-up -------- If you are running WASP from the DOS prompt (eg C:\>) it will be necessary to change to the directory into which you copied the files. You should then type WASP and press <ENTER> to start the programme. If you want to force a colour video card to display in monochrome you can start the programme with the WASP /M command. If you are using a hard disk manager or menu system all this should be automated into the menu. When the programme starts it will display the opening screen with the version and copyright information. After a while it will skip to the shareware distribution notice screen. Both of these screens can be skipped by pressing <SPACE BAR> or <ENTER>. If you have a colour video card but a monochrome screen, as is often the case with portable computers, you may have problems reading the screen. If this is the case, press <Alt M> to switch to the monochrome colour scheme. On-line Help System ------------------- At any stage during the running of the programme you can press <F1> and get help on the specific item on which you are working. Once you are in the Help window you will see in the top right corner the Water and Steam Properties - Version 1.01 Page 4 message "Page x of y". If there is more than one page of help available you can page through the help windows by pressing PgUp, PgDn, Home and End. The message in the bottom right corner tells you whether you can page up or down. There will also be flashing arrows on the right hand side that show if there is more data above or below the current page. If you press <F1> while a help screen is being displayed you will be shown an index of all the help available for this programme. From this index you can select any one of the help topics that are available. Simply use the <Arrow> and <Page> keys to highlight the topic on which you want help, and press <ENTER>. After you have read that help topic you can return to the Help Index by pressing <F1> again. You can switch back and forth like this as often as you like. When you have read all the help you want, you can return to where you left the programme by pressing <Esc>. Data Entry ---------- The Data Entry screen allows you to specify the temperature and pressure at which the physical properties will be calculated. This can be done in several ways, described below. Apart from specifying these conditions there are other options available on the Data Entry screen. Pressing <F3> will display the physical properties that do not vary with temperature or pressure. Pressing <F4> allows you to specify the units in which your entry is made, and in which the properties will be displayed. If you have a colour video card <Alt C> and <Alt M> will switch between colour and monochrome. If you want to exit WASP press <Alt X>. If you want to calculate the physical properties under SATURATED solid/vapour or liquid/vapour conditions you need to specify either the temperature or pressure, but not both. The entry must be made on the top line and the <TAB> key is used to select which of these you will enter. For example, if the programme is requesting you to enter the temperature on the top line of the input box, but you want to specify the pressure, press <TAB> to swop the two lines. Under saturated conditions it is not necessary to press <ENTER> after you have keyed in the number. Just press the <SPACE BAR> and the corresponding value will be inserted and the properties will be calculated. In order to calculate the physical properties at conditions other than saturated, you have to specify both the temperature and the pressure. You can swop the two entry lines with <TAB>, and you can move the cursor from one line to the other with the up and down arrow keys. When you have keyed in the value on the bottom line pressing <ENTER> will calculate the physical properties. Water and Steam Properties - Version 1.01 Page 5 As you enter the conditions the programme will check that they fall in the range covered by the data. If they are not valid entries, the allowable range will be displayed at the bottom of the screen in the units selected, and you will be asked to re-enter the value. The allowable temperature range is from 166 to 1273 Kelvin (-160 to 1832 Fahrenheit) and the allowable pressure range is from 3.4e-7 to 100 000 kPa absolute (4.9e-8 to 14500 PSI absolute). During data entry the left and right arrow keys, and the <HOME> and <END> keys, allow you to move the cursor back and forth within the entry field. The <DELETE> key deletes the character under the cursor and the <BACKSPACE> key deletes the character to the left of the cursor. <Ctrl BACKSPACE> will delete the entire entry field. If the entry field already contains a number and you press a numeric key before any of the editing keys, the programme will assume that you want to override the original entry and will delete it before displaying the character you have keyed. If you want to accept what is already displayed just press <ENTER> or <SPACE BAR>, depending on whether you are working under saturated conditions or not. Data entry always works in INSERT mode, i.e. characters under and to the right of the cursor will be moved to make space for the new character. Only numeric characters will be accepted, except that <e> can be used to signify exponential notation. E.g. the value 2000 can be entered as 2e3, and 0.001 can be entered as 1e-3. Result Screens -------------- There are several different formats for the result screens that display the physical properties. The format of these screens varies according to the phases that are present, and according to the choices that you have made. However, all screens follow the same basic pattern. The highlighted box at the top of the screen shows the temperature and pressure that you specified and also shows the phases that will be present. The main result box in the centre of the screen gives all the physical properties, the units and the values for each phase. Every alternate line in this box is highlighted to make it easier to follow the line across the screen. The bottom line of the result box shows some of the options available. If you press <Esc>, or in fact any alphanumeric key, you will be returned to the Data Entry screen. The <F2> function key toggles between the full and brief versions of the output screens. The brief results screen gives the properties usually found in "Steam Tables". The full screen gives the same Water and Steam Properties - Version 1.01 Page 6 information plus the less frequently needed properties. The brief screen is easier to use because it contains less information. When you exit from WASP the programme will make a note of which result screen you had chosen, and will use this choice when it is re-started. Although it is not shown in the list of options you can use the <F3> function key to display the fixed physical properties. The <F4> key allows you to choose the units in which the properties are displayed. You can select standard sets of units, or choose the units for each property individually. Further information on making these choices is available in the section on Selecting Units below. If you have a colour video card pressing <Alt C> and <Alt M> will switch between colour and monochrome output. You can exit from WASP by pressing <Alt X>. Fixed Properties ---------------- The physical properties of water that do not vary with temperature or pressure can be displayed by pressing <F3> at the Data Entry Screen or at the Result Screen displaying the variable properties. The main result box in the centre of the screen gives all the physical properties, the units used and the values for each physical property. Every alternate line in this box is highlighted to make it easier to follow the line across the screen. The bottom line of the result box shows some of the options available. If you press <Esc> or <F3> you will be returned to the screen from where you requested the fixed properties. The <F4> key allows you to choose the units in which the properties are displayed. You can select standard sets of units, or choose the units for each property individually. Further Help on making these choices is available in the section on Selecting Units below. If you have a colour video card pressing <Alt C> and <Alt M> will switch between colour and monochrome output. You can exit from WASP by pressing <Alt X>. Selecting Units --------------- The units that are used for data entry and for displaying the physical properties can be chosen in sets, or individually for each property. The first 5 options on the menu select the sets of units and the balance of the options are for the individual units. There are two ways to make a selection from the menu. The first is the "Point-and-Shoot" method. Use the arrow keys to highlight your Water and Steam Properties - Version 1.01 Page 7 choice, and then press <ENTER>. The second method is faster, requiring only a single key press. Simply press the alphabetic key corresponding to your choice. You can see which units are currently selected by pressing <SPACE BAR> while the menu is displayed. If you select one of the sets of units, the programme will display the units that will be used for each property. Press <Esc> to get back to the menu, and again to get back to the point from where you called the Units menu. When you choose to change the units for an individual property you will be shown a sub-menu with the available units. In the sub-menu the currently selected unit will be highlighted. The method for selecting the option from the sub-menu is exactly the same as for the main menu. After you make your selection the programme will automatically return to the main menu, from where you can choose to change the units for another property, or you can press <Esc> to quit the menu. The only individual unit that needs further explanation is option "H", ie Density / Specific Volume. Strictly speaking density and specific volume are not the same property, but in WASP they are dealt with together as the one is just the reciprocal of the other. Whenever you exit from WASP, the programme will check to see if the selected units have changed. If they have, it will give you the option of saving the new selection of units for use in the next session. You can revert to the last saved selection of units at any stage during a session by selecting the first option on the units menu. Using the Menus --------------- All the menus in WASP follow exactly the same format. There are three ways to make a selection from a menu. The first is the "Point-and-Shoot" method. Use the arrow keys to highlight your choice, and then press <ENTER>. The second method is basically the same as the first, except that the mouse is used to highlight the choice. The left mouse button functions as an <ENTER> key and the right button as an <Esc> key. The third method is the fastest, requiring only a single key press. Simply press the alphanumeric key corresponding to your choice. Exiting from WASP ----------------- When you want to exit from WASP press <Alt X>. As the programme quits it will check to see if the selection of units to be used has Water and Steam Properties - Version 1.01 Page 8 been changed from what it was at the start of the session. If the selection was changed, the programme will request you to confirm whether you want it to start up the next session with the new units, or with the same selection as the current session did. The programme will also save your current selection of full or brief result screen output, and whether you were using the colour or monochrome display. These selections are saved automatically and you will not be prompted to confirm that you want them saved. Accuracy Considerations ======================= The accuracies listed below are given in good faith and reflect our testing of the WASP correlations against a wide range of sources. We believe that the accuracies attained are well within the bounds normally required for process engineering design work, but if you are doing very exacting calculations (particularly if they are near the critical point) you should cross check your data. This cross checking of data is good engineering practice for important design work and its necessity was brought home to us in no uncertain way during the testing of WASP. We found several typographical errors in well known data sources and some of the data tables were just plain wrong. There are probably quite a few installations around the world that were designed using this data ! There are accuracy advantages in using a package like WASP in that you will avoid the typo's in the published tables, you will get better interpolations between the published data points and you will not be exposed to the risk of arithmetical errors in converting to different units. The "worst" errors are the worst that we found, and in general were near the critical point. Water and Steam Properties - Version 1.01 Page 9 PROPERTY TYPICAL ERROR "WORST" ERROR Enthalpy Solid 0.002 % 0.01 % Saturated Liquid 0.03 % 0.3 % Sub-cooled Liquid 0.5 % 3.0 % Saturated Vapour 0.04 % 0.5 % Superheated Vapour 0.04 % 0.5 % Supercritical Vapour 0.4 % 4.3 % Enthalpy of Vapourisation Solid 0.001 % 0.01 % Liquid 0.04 % 0.4 % Entropy Solid 0.01 % 0.02 % Saturated Liquid 0.05 % 0.8 % Sub-cooled Liquid 0.3 % 3.0 % Saturated Vapour 0.01 % 0.02 % Superheated Vapour 0.1 % 2.0 % Supercritical Vapour 0.2 % 2.3 % Density Solid 0.02 % 0.03 % Saturated Liquid 0.01 % 0.06 % Sub-cooled Liquid 0.2 % 2.7 % Saturated Vapour 0.04 % 0.4 % Superheated Vapour 0.04 % 0.4 % Supercritical Vapour 0.3 % 12.1 % Saturation Pressure 0.02 % 0.05 % Saturation Temperature 0.008 K 0.02 K Viscosity Saturated Liquid 0.1 % 0.8 % Sub-cooled Liquid 0.6 % 9.7 % Saturated Vapour 0.2 % 0.8 % Superheated Vapour 0.5 % 4.0 % Supercritical Vapour 0.5 % 15.0 % Heat Capacity Solid 0.2 % 1.0 % Liquid 0.3 % 3.0 % Saturated Vapour 0.1 % 0.2 % Superheated Vapour 0.1 % 1.0 % Supercritical Vapour 0.5 % 8.0 % Thermal Conductivity Liquid 0.2 % 0.9 % Saturated Vapour 0.8 % 2.5 % Superheated Vapour 1.3 % 12.0 % Water and Steam Properties - Version 1.01 Page 10 PROPERTY TYPICAL ERROR "WORST" ERROR Surface Tension 0.3 % 2.0 % Isothermal Compressibility Liquid 2.5 % 9.3 % Dielectric Constant 0.04 % 0.6 % Refractive Index of Liquid 0.002 % 0.004 % Boiling Point 0.008 K 0.02 K Isentropic Expansion Coefficient 0.001 0.005 The Shareware Distribution System ================================= Although shareware is often thought of as a type of software, it is actually a form of software distribution. This section gives details on the shareware system and how it works. The Shareware distribution system can be seen as having developed naturally in the environment of free enterprise and innovation that characterised the PC industry in the early 1980's. It has continued to grow and today there is a huge variety of high quality software available at reasonable prices. Shareware in fact covers a wider range of subjects than commercial software. Some of the areas that are particularly well represented are databases, word processors, spreadsheets, CAD, games, DOS utilities, menuing systems, education, accounting and programming support. A support industry that includes magazines, disk distributors and bulletin board systems has grown up around the Shareware system. If you are new to Shareware you may like to have a look at some of the software available from the disk distributors. They supply evaluation copies of Shareware packages for about US$10.00 per disk. This payment is for copying the software and the price of the disk, and NOT for the software itself. If you like the software you send your payment to the author and not to the distributor. Some distributors with good catalogues are :- 1 Public Brand Software, Box 51315, Indianapolis, IN 46241, United States of America. 2 The Public Domain and Shareware Library, Winscombe House, Beacon Rd, Crowborough, Sussex, TN6 1UL, England. 3 JSE, 73 Highway, Fish Hoek, 7975, South Africa. The basic concept of Shareware is that the author retains the copyright and all other commercial rights to the software and documentation, while allowing, and indeed encouraging, wide copying and distribution of the package. Water and Steam Properties - Version 1.01 Page 11 There are a few restrictions that authors place on distribution. All copies must be full copies of the entire package with no modifications or additions. Copies may not be sold for more than the cost of the disk, the labour of copying and a reasonable profit. When selling copies the distributor must state that the software is free for evaluation purposes only and payment must be made to the author if continued use is made of the programme. Effectively the Shareware author is relying on the users of his software to do his marketing. For this reason Shareware is often also called User Supported Software. This system eliminates almost all the advertising and marketing costs that make up the major portion of the operating budgets of commercial software distributors. There are many advantages in Shareware to users and authors. The cost to the user is low because no money is wasted on advertising and fancy packaging that add no real value to the software. The biggest advantage to the user is that it is a true "try-before-you-buy" system. The software can be fully evaluated on the user's hardware and in his own environment before payment is made. Another advantage to the user is that by its very nature Shareware cannot be copy protected. This eliminates the hassle of key disks, dongles, immovable sectors on hard disks, special install and uninstall routines and all the other wonderful schemes that have been devised to try the user's patience. As there is no middleman (middlemen ?) not only is the cost kept lower, but the user is also closer to the author and is able to write directly to him for help and advice. Shareware authors generally encourage users to send in "wish-lists" of desired features, and are quite responsive to those requests. There are of course also advantages to the authors who use Shareware to distribute their products. The cost of launching a new product via Shareware is much less than via normal commercial channels. This has allowed smaller software houses to market innovative and highly specialised software that would otherwise simply not be profitable. Running costs are also lower as there are almost no marketing or advertising costs. The software industry is currently going through a consolidation phase with the big-boys buying each other, and some of the smaller boys, out. But a significant number of the small companies have switched to Shareware and have made some really top class software available via this route. WASP Licensing Policy ===================== This section describes the WASP licensing policy. The WASP licence agreement is basically the usual Shareware policy. Recipients of Water and Steam Properties - Version 1.01 Page 12 copies of the WASP package are requested to use the system for a few weeks to determine its value. You only need to pay for it if you believe that it offers the value of the asking price. If it does not meet your needs or standards then it costs you nothing. WASP can be bought either as a single-user system for US$ 40.00 or as a multi-user site licence for US$ 75.00 (or the equivalents in SA Rands). The single-user licence entitles you to install the package onto several different computers on a single site, provided that it is not run on more than one machine at a time. If it is likely that it will be run simultaneously on two or more machines we request that you purchase a site licence. You can register your copy of WASP by either filling in the registration form in the file REGISTER.DOC or by pressing <Alt R> at the Shareware Distribution screen and answering the questions. This will print the completed form on your printer. If you use the REGISTER.DOC file you can print it out and fill it in manually, or load it into your word processor for completion. A copy of REGISTER.DOC is attached to the end of this manual. In return for your registration fee we will send you a copy of the latest version of WASP with your company's name listed as the licence holder on the title screen. We do not send printed copies of the manual to purchasers of WASP. Instead there will be a file containing the manual on the disk for you to print out (just like this manual). This is done for three reasons. Firstly it keeps the price down, secondly it allows revisions and improvements to be included immediately rather than having to run down stocks of old manuals, and thirdly we believe that well-written software should not need a manual ! What is your attitude to manuals ? Do you read them ? Please let us know if you feel a printed copy is important. What else do you get for being honest and sending in your registration fee ? Well, we can't promise to fill your mail box with junk mail, but if you don't register we have no way of telling you of updates and of our other software products. Registered users are also entitled to support by mail. If you have any problems please write and we will do our best to help. We would also like to hear of any features you would like to see added to WASP. Are there units that you use that we have not built in ? Let us know and if they are anything more reasonable than bathtubs/fortnight we will build them in. Are there standard calculations that you would like built in ? If so please send details and samples. Whether you register or not, may we request that you give away copies of WASP to your friends, colleagues, customers, suppliers, students and anyone else who would have a use for it. We would also appreciate it if copies are uploaded to BBSs. Water and Steam Properties - Version 1.01 Page 13 The only restriction on distribution is that we ask that you always give away copies of the full system with all its files, and that they are not modified in any way. The full list of files is given in the section on Installation and Startup at the beginning of this manual. Suppliers of hardware and software may bundle WASP with any of their other products, subject to the above restriction, and that it is clearly stated that any payment made is solely for the other product and not for WASP. Registration to Engineering Schools ----------------------------------- Any University or Technical College involved in the tertiary education of engineers can obtain a licence for WASP free of charge. In order to get your registered copy of the latest version please fill in the registration questionnaire in the normal way and get your Head of Department to write a covering letter on your School's official letterhead, but send NO MONEY. All that we ask in return is that you make the registered copy available to all students and staff so that we do not get duplicate requests, and hopefully the students will take their copies with them when they go out into industry. Bug Reports and Wish Lists ========================== We have put many hours into the checking of this programme and were not aware of any bugs at the time of release. However, we are also aware that the most subtle bugs are unearthed after release. We are therefore most grateful to those who report bugs to us. Please give as much detail as possible on the bug so that we can re-create the circumstances on our equipment. Please include details of your hardware, operating system, resident programmes and so on. Our experience gained over many years and with the development of several packages has shown us that no matter how much effort we put into designing and planning we can never hope to match the combined creativity of our users. We would like to hear of any features you would like to see changed or added to WASP. Are there units that you use that we have not built in ? Let us know and if they are anything more reasonable than bathtubs/fortnight we will build them in. Are there standard calculations that you would like built in ? If so please send details and samples. Would you like to be able to use WASP on operating systems other than DOS ? Are there any operations in WASP that are awkward and not intuitive or standard ? Let us know how you would prefer it to be. (We know of a word processor package that refused to put the Help key on <F1> until they got to version 6 ! Hopefully we can be more responsive than that.) Water and Steam Properties - Version 1.01 Page 14 Other Engineering Packages from Katmar Software =============================================== Our aim at Katmar Software is to provide top quality process engineering utility software at realistic prices. WASP is the first of our packages to be released. Other applications that we have in various stages of development between conceptual design and beta testing are more physical property database and estimation packages; flow calculations in pipes, valves and orifices; process equipment design and evaluation programmes and so on. As soon as these packages are released as shareware we will advise all registered users of WASP. If there are particular application areas where you have a need for low cost utilities please let us know as we would like to focus our limited resources where they will be most effective. Appendix ======== WASP Registration Form ---------------------- The following registration form is provided for those who would like to fill in their order form manually. You can also complete the registration form by loading the file REGISTER.DOC into your word processor and filling in the missing information before printing it out. Probably the easiest way to register is to run the WASP programme and press <Alt R> at the Shareware Distribution Screen. The programme will ask you the questions and you can type your information directly into the programme. It will then print out the registration form on your printer. Water and Steam Properties - Version 1.01 Page 15 I N V O I C E ============= Katmar Software PO Box 654, Westville, 3630, South Africa Date : ................... Ordered By :- Order Number : ........... ------------- Name : .................................................. Job Title : ............................................. Department : ............................................ Company : ............................................... Address : ............................................... ............................................... Town : ............................................... State : ................................................. Postal / ZIP Code : ..................................... Country : ............................................... Supply :- ( please delete as appropriate ) --------- 1 copy of WASP (single user licence) at US$40-00 1 copy of WASP (multi-user site licence) at US$75-00 The single-user licence allows you to install the programme onto several different computers belonging to the same organisation and on the same premises, but only one copy may be run at a time. If there is a likelihood that the programme will be run simultaneously on two or more machines we ask that you purchase a multi-user site licence. SUM Enclosed : US$ ............. Enclose a cheque or money order for the above amount. No purchase orders or COD's will be accepted. If ordered from within the South African monetary area payment may be made in Rands at the current exchange rate. Additional Information ---------------------- My telephone number is : ..................................... My FAX number is : ........................................... My company's main business is : .............................. As a Shareware distributor we rely heavily on others to do our "marketing" for us. We would therefore greatly appreciate you giving us the following information so that we can ensure that the good folks doing our marketing can be kept supplied with the latest versions of the programmes. How did you obtain your evaluation copy of WASP ? Tick one of the following :- .... Friend / Associate .... User Group / Computer Club .... Shareware Disk Distributor .... Bulletin Board .... Other ( Please specify .............................) Address of source of evaluation copy (if known) .............................................................. .............................................................. .............................................................. .............................................................. .............................................................. .............................................................. The version number of my evaluation copy is ................. and it was registered to :- ............................................................. Our experience has shown us that no matter how much thought and effort we put into designing our software, we can never design as good a programme as our users can. We therefore greatly appreciate your input on what are the good and bad points of WASP. If there is insufficient space on the following page please feel free to add in extra sheets of paper. What aspects of WASP do you like least and how would you like to see them improved ? :- .............................................................. .............................................................. .............................................................. .............................................................. .............................................................. .............................................................. .............................................................. What facilities would you like to see added to WASP ? :- .............................................................. .............................................................. .............................................................. .............................................................. .............................................................. .............................................................. .............................................................. Do you have any other general comments ? :- .............................................................. .............................................................. .............................................................. .............................................................. .............................................................. .............................................................. .............................................................. Thank you very much for your order and for providing this information.