CONTENTS OF THIS READ.ME FILE: --------------------------------------------- * HOW SHAREWARE WORKS * DISTRIBUTION RESTRICTIONS * INSTALLING PC-TYPE * PRINTING A COPY OF THE MANUAL * NOTES AND UNDOCUMENTED FEATURES * ASSOCIATION OF SHAREWARE PROFESSIONALS (ASP) * SHAREWARE COPYING OUTSIDE OF THE USA +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Welcome to the Shareware revolution. This remarkable method of software | | distribution was co-pioneered in 1982 by Jim Button and Andrew Fluegelman. | | It has become a major force in the software industry, helping to reduce | | software prices and eliminate copy protection schemes. | +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ HERE'S HOW SHAREWARE WORKS: You are encouraged to copy the PC-Type diskettes and share them freely with others. You have the luxury of trying out the complete programs, at your own pace and in the comfort of your own home or workplace. This is not a crippled or demo copy, but the complete working version of the program. After you have used PC-Type for a reasonable evaluation period (not to exceed 90 days) you must either stop using it or buy a licensed copy from ButtonWare or from an authorized dealer. Why pay at all? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- * You receive the most CURRENT copy of the program * You receive the printed manual (typeset and bound) * Access to the on-line ButtonWare Bulletin Board * Notification of updates and new products * Inexpensive updates (typically 1/3 the retail price) * Periodic special price offers (for our registered users only) * Your input and ideas help shape future products * A sense of pride and ownership, by having honestly participated in the Shareware revolution * The satisfaction of helping to keep software prices down, by supporting a distribution method which doesn't depend on expensive advertising campaigns So please dive in and enjoy the fun of legally sharing good software with your friends and associates. The following restrictions are designed to protect the community of Shareware users and to prevent others from taking unfair advantage of the trust, hard work, and good will of Shareware authors. Exceptions to these conditions must be received in writing from ButtonWare. +-----------------------------+ | DISTRIBUTION RESTRICTIONS | +-----------------------------+ 1. Disk vendors (those who sell Shareware disks for a profit) must follow the procedure outlined in the "VENDOR.DOC" file. 2. You may not charge more than $3 (U.S.) per diskette. 3. The files and programs on the disks may not be modified or deleted. 4. The programs cannot be sold as part of some other more inclusive package. 5. The programs cannot be rented or leased to others. 6. When distributed via a telecommunications link, all ButtonWare programs (and documentation files) must be transferred in a library or archive format. This means that all the files on each ButtonWare disk must be combined into one file - one file for each ButtonWare disk. 7. If you're copying the disks for distribution to students in a classroom, you must distribute the classroom edition of the software. You can obtain a copy of the classroom edition of the software by contacting ButtonWare's business office at 206-454-0479. The classroom edition is the complete program, but with an initial message indicating the program is for classroom use. 8. Shareware distribution is permitted only in the United States, Canada, The British Isles, and Australasia. Please see the section below entitled: SHAREWARE COPYING OUTSIDE OF THE USA. 9. When PC-Type is used on a network, one licensed copy of the program must be purchased for each station that uses PC-Type. +----------------------+ | INSTALLING PC-Type | +----------------------+ PC-Type requires a hard disk or two 3-1/2" disk drives, DOS 3.0 or higher and at least 384K available RAM. The PC-Type files are compressed into three files on the distribution disks. These files must be "uncompressed" before you can use PC-Type. INSTALLING TO A HARD DRIVE The INSTALL program is provided to uncompress these files and install PC-Type onto your system. To install the programs, put the PC-Type program disk into your A: disk drive and type A:INSTALL INSTALL creates a subdirectory on your hard disk and copies the necessary programs and files into that subdirectory. 1450K of disk space is required to install all files. When installation is completed, you may want to modify some of the default configuration settings. To do this, first start PC-Type by typing PCT and pressing Enter at the DOS prompt. hen press F2 to bring up the main menu and then press C to bring up the configuration menu. Special notice should be given to the (S)witches option in this menu. Here, you can set the action of the Enter key, the insert shape and cursor location on entry, etc. (See your manual for configuration settings and options.) Printer escape codes can be created or modified with the (E)scape codes option. When you press Esc to exit the Configuration menu, you are asked if you want to update your .PRO file. If you answer Y, enter the path and select the desired .PRO file and your profile file will be updated. INSTALLING TO 3 1/2" DISKS If you ordered PC-Type on 3 1/2" disks, you will receive two disks instead of three. Both the program and dictionary disk files are on the 3 1/2" Disk One. The utility files are on Disk Two. The file INST1.BAT is on the 3 1/2" Disk One and the file INST2.BAT is on the 3 1/2" Disk Two. These two files are only used to install PC-Type to 3 1/2" disks. To install PC-Type to 3 1/2" disks: (A) Format 3 disks to 720K (or more is preferable). (B) Label these disks as: (1) WORKING DISK (2) OTHER PGMS DISK (3) MISC DISK (C) Copy COMMAND.COM to the WORKING DISK. (D) Place the distribution PROGRAM disk into drive A. (E) Type A:INST1 after the DOS prompt and press Enter. (F) Follow the instructions on swapping disks. (Half way through the installation process you will be asked to place the UTILITY disk into drive A, type A:INST2 after the DOS prompt and press Enter.) Before running PC-Type on your two 3 1/2" disk system, you should make sure that you have an active PATH statement like: PATH=A:\;B:\; It is recommended that you place this statement in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file. To run PC-Type on your two 3 1/2" disk system: (A) Place the WORKING disk into drive A. (Note that COMMAND.COM should be on this disk.) (B) Move to the B drive by typing B: at the DOS prompt and pressing Enter. (C) Insert the disk with files to be edited into drive B. (D) Start PC-Type by typing PCT filename as described in the manual. NOTE: Two 3 1/2" disk systems will not be able to use PCG2.EXE, PCGG.EXE, or INDEX.EXE directly from inside PC-Type because of disk space limitations. The HELP may also be unavailable. If you can format your WORKING disk to 1.44 MEG, then you have sufficient room to place all the files targeted to the WORKING disk AND the OTHER PGMS disk onto the WORKING disk itself, and all the programs will interface as described in the manual. The only other way to circumvent the above problem is to copy the necessary files, PCG2.EXE, PCGG.EXE, INDEX.EXE and PCT.HLP to the diskette you will be using for file storage. However, these files will use about 350K of storage space. PCG2.EXE is required to link directly to the graphics program. PCGG.EXE is required if you want to print graphs inside your text. INDEX.EXE is required to make index and table of contents files. PCT.HLP is required for on-line help. +----------------------------------------+ | PRINTING A COPY OF THE USER'S MANUAL | +----------------------------------------+ If you did not purchase PC-Type (complete with printed manual) directly from ButtonWare or from an authorized dealer, then you are evaluating the program. We have tried to provide you with everything necessary to evaluate PC-Type. The program uses clear, informative menus. Help screens are always available. Also, the file "CARD" can be printed to create a quick reference card with a summary of the program commands. This is sufficient for most people to evaluate the program. However, some people prefer to have a complete copy of the printed manual. A complete copy of the printed manual for PC-Type is available on floppy disk to help you with your evaluation. It's almost 400 pages long so you'll need a lot of time, patience, and paper to print it out. The manual on disk has been mailed to most of the major computer clubs, user groups, shareware disk dealers and bulletin board operators. You can obtain the manual on disk from one of these groups. Just ask for PC-Type disk number 4, or the PC-Type manual on disk. To keep costs down, disk 4 is not included with purchased copies of PC-Type and cannot be bought directly from ButtonWare. Purchased copies include a complete printed User's Manual, typeset and bound. To print the PC-Type 4 documentation, follow these steps: 1. Copy the files from the PC-Type 4 documentation disk to your hard disk using the DOS COPY command. For example, to copy the files to the PCTYPE subdirectory on your C drive, insert the PC-Type 4 documentation disk in drive A and type: COPY A:*.* C:\PCTYPE and press (Enter). 2. Change to the drive and directory you copied the files to in step 1. 3. "Unzip" the documentation files. To do this, type the following: PKUNZIP PCT4DOC Note: You must have 1.4 megabytes available on your hard disk to complete these steps. 4. Type PRINTDOC when ready to begin printing. However, please note the following warnings before printing. WARNINGS: 1. Because the PC-Type 4 documentation includes graphics characters, we highly recommend you print to a graphics printer. If the documentation is printed to a non-graphics printer, many of the screen shots and menus will not print properly. 2. The PC-Type 4.0 manual is configured for a page length of 62. Therefore, if you are printing to a dot matrix printer with the skip-over perforation option turned on or printing to a laser printer, you may need to make modifications to your printer configuration before printing the documentation. If printing on a dot matrix printer with the skip-over perforation option turned on, you must turn this option off. Refer to your printer manual for information on how to do this. If printing to a laser printer, you must set your page length to a minimum of 62; 66 is the optimum setting. Refer to your printer manual for information on how to do this. If you do not follow the suggestions listed in Step 2, blank pages may be printed after each page. +---------------------------------+ | NOTES AND UNDOCUMENTED FEATURES | +---------------------------------+ (1) The ALLDOS command saves the contents of memory to disk and frees that space in memory to run DOS or other applications from DOS. The file which is saved is fairly large. If you have an environment variable TEMP=pathspec, the file is saved to that pathspec. If this pathspec is a RAM drive, the process of dropping to DOS in this mode is considerably faster. If this environment variable does not exist, the file will be written to your default directory if sufficient room exists. You can set the TEMP variable as: C>set temp=x:\dirpath where C> is the DOS prompt, x is the desired drive, and dirpath is the desired path on that drive. Note that x:\dirpath must be a valid path. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______ ____|__ | (tm) --| | |------------------- | ____|__ | Association of | | |_| Shareware |__| o | Professionals -----| | |--------------------- |___|___| MEMBER Jim Button is a founding member of the Association of Shareware Professionals (ASP). ASP wants to make sure that the shareware principle works for you. If you are unable to resolve a shareware-related problem with an ASP member by contacting the member directly, ASP may be able to help. The ASP Ombudsman can help you resolve a dispute or problem with an ASP member, but does not provide technical support for members' products. Please write to the ASP Ombudsman at P.O. Box 5786, Bellevue, WA 98006 or send a Compuserve message via easyplex to ASP Ombudsman 70007,3536. +----------------------------------------+ | SHAREWARE COPYING OUTSIDE OF THE USA | +----------------------------------------+ 1. Shareware distribution of ButtonWare programs is permitted only in the United States, Canada, England, and Australasia (the "shareable Area"). 2. For information on distribution of ButtonWare software in countries outside the shareable Area please contact your local distributor. 3. Jim Button, residing at Bellevue, State of Washington, U.S.A. and ButtonWare, Inc., State of Washington, U.S.A., hold the copyrights for the following products: PC-File III PC-Type PC-Stylist Baker's Dozen PC-File/R PC-Type+ PC-Tickle PC-Tickle PC-File+ PC-Type II PC-Calc PC-Calc+ PC-File:dB PC-File XD 4. On October 5th, 1987, we issued a statement that the aforementioned ButtonWare products may not be copied and shared outside the shareable Area. Furthermore, we stated that these ButtonWare products may no longer be advertised and sold as Shareware, Freeware, Public Domain or User-Supported Software outside the shareable Area. 5. Outside the shareable Area, ButtonWare software may not be downloaded from Public Libraries or Bulletin Boards, or copied from CD-ROM or CD-WORM disks onto other media, including, but not limited to, diskettes, hard disks, magnetic tapes or optical disks, for the intentional or unintentional purposes of sales or distribution, whether or not for financial gain. The issue of a sale or distribution whatsoever cannot be bypassed by claiming that only consulting time or the costs of a diskette or labor has been charged. 6. Any exportation from the shareable Area without authorization from the author is a violation of Copyright laws. 7. Violation of the above-mentioned is grounds for legal action by ButtonWare, Inc. for violation of Copyrights. 8. By using the aforementioned software, you agree to the statements above.