MaxMiles(tm)
(c) 1996 Syphrosyny LLC
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Installation Instructions
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From Diskette:

Insert the Disk labelled "Disk 1 of 2" into your floppy drive.  For Windows 3.1 users, select File/Run from the Program Manager menu.  For Windows 95 users, select Run from the start button.  Then follow these simple steps;

1. Enter a:setup (or b:setup), and click OK
2. To install MaxMiles in the default directory (c:\maxmiles), click continue; if you want to install it in a different location, enter that directory and press continue.
3. When prompted, enter the disk labelled "Disk 2 of 2"
4. When you see the message that MaxMiles has been successfully installed, click OK


From Website download:
1. Download/extract the file max20.exe into a temporary directory.
2.  Run the file, and follow onscreen instructions



RELEASE NOTES (20-028)
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Windows 3.1x Users
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Share.exe

It may be necessary to add the share utility to your autoexec.bat file.  If the following error occurs as you load Max;

	"Error during initialization"

you will need to add the following line to the autoexec.bat file;

c:\dos\share.exe


Windows NT Users
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MaxMiles has not been tested on a final release version of Windows NT 4.0 and thus will not be supported if you choose to install it on such a system.

Windows NT 3.51 systems may experience some start up errors.  Gateway 2000 PC's seem to be the most temperamental, especially if you have a dual Windows 95 and Windows NT system.  

You will need to check the path statement in the autoexec.bat file - if you are running Win95, but the WinNT directory appears in the path before the Win95 directory, certain programs may conflict.

Windows 95 Users
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IBM thinkpad
Some older notebooks running Windows 95 have been known to have start up errors.  Adding the share utility to the autoexec.bat file generally resolves this problem.


GENERAL
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1. Zip Codes

When entering your zip code, do not use a zip code extension or MaxMiles will exit.  (e.g., enter 60605, not 60605-1234)

2. Flight Distances

The airlines calculate mileage between cities based on the longitude and latitude of the city airport and an equation known as the "great circle distance."  This is an approximation as the earth is not a perfect sphere, and there seem to be a number of different approximation that the airlines use.  As such you may find that the miles calculated by MaxMiles are not always the same as appears on your frequent flyer statement.  

We have used the mileage quoted by the largest two US carriers; United Airlines and American Airlines for the most common city pairs.


3. Updates

Updates are available via email request (support@syphrosyny.com) or by downloading from our Web site at http://www.maxmiles.com

4.  If you enounter any other issues, MaxMiles support is available by calling (312) 945-3151.