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README FILE for Bay Image Software Products 
(C) Copyright 1997. Bay Image Software.
All rights reserved.
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Thank you for using our software products. This file includes 
information on Bay Image Software's product features and how 
to contact Bay Image Software.

Introducing Software Products by Bay Image Software
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Bay Image Software develops and markets image editing/processing 
related applications. All products are for Microsoft Windows 95 
and Windows NT platforms.

ImageShow - A comprehensive image editing application. 
SnapView - An easy to use professional screen capture tool. 
SlideShow - An application to create animated images for web pages.

FILE FORMATS SUPPORTED
All of our products read/writes BMP/DIB/RLE GIF PCX TGA TIFF JPEG image
format files. AVI format is also supported(read only) .

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
486-based PC or better
Microsoft Windows 95 , Microsoft Windows NT 3.51 or higher
4MB RAM or more for MS-Windows 95, 12MB RAM or more for MS-Windows NT
3MB free hard disk space
VGA display adapter or better
Mouse or other pointing device
Scanner - 32BIT TWAIN INTERFACE SUPPORTED (version 1.6)
Printer

Special Notes:
The testing function in SlideShow requires Microsoft Internet Explorer 
version 3.0 or later, or Netscape Navigator web browser version 2.0 or 
later, or other web browsers that are compatible to Netscape's Navigator 
version 2.0. 

How to install our products
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After download the self-extracting installation file (BISTOOLS.EXE, 
ImageShw.exe, SnapView.exe or SlideShw.exe), create an empty directory 
and move the installation file into the directory. At a DOS prompt, 
type the name of the downloaded file. Then run the resulted setup.exe 
to install all the product(s).

If you download the installation file in zip format (i.e., BISTOOLS.ZIP, 
or SnapView.zip, etc.), move the file into an empty directory, at a DOS
prompt, type pkunzip xxxxxxxx.zip. Then run the setup.exe. The zip file
is pkzip/pkunzip v2.04g compatible.

Time-limited shareware 
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BISTOOLS is offered as a public domain shareware package of all our products.
BISTOOLS.EXE is downloadable from our web site http://www.bayimage.com or 
other Internet web sites or CD-ROM shareware distributors. All products 
included in BISTOOLS are time-limited full release version. You must 
register the products after 30 days of trial period if you want to keep 
using them. No any warranty is assumed for the shareware versions.

HOW TO CONTACT Bay Image Software
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Postal : 100 North Whisman Road, Suite 156, Mountain View, CA 94043
Phone  : (650) 965-9197
Email  : info@bayimage.com
Website: www.bayimage.com
For registration, send email to Registration@bayimage.com, or write to our
postal address.

Note, always check our Internet web site for updated contact information 
before sending us mails, emails, etc..

