ÉÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ» º SeedMaster Distribution Permission/Documentation º º Copyright (C) 1988, White Harvest Software, Inc. º ÈÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍͼ This file contains the following sections: * Restricted Permission to Copy/Distribute * The DISTRIB.EXE Program * MAKING a Copy of Seedmaster * INSTALLING a Copy of SeedMaster * Technical Notes RESTRICTED PERMISSION TO COPY/DISTRIBUTE: The SeedMaster programs, databases (*), documentation, and helps are not in the public domain. White Harvest Software, Inc., the copyright holder, allows the software and databases to be copied and distributed under the following conditions: 1. The KJV SeedMaster files may be copied and distributed to others for no cost, or for a nominal charge to cover duplication and diskette costs. Printed materials, such as the documentation manual, may not be copied or distributed without express, written permission from White Harvest Software, Inc. 2. The programs, databases, documentation, or helps may not be modified for any reason without express, written permission from White Harvest Software, Inc. 3. All diskette files are to be distributed together. These include: KJV.DAT DISTRIB.EXE REGISTER.DOC VERSES.KJV DISTRIB.MAN HELP.1 WORDS.KJV LHARC.EXE HELP.2 WORDSNDX.KJV LHARC.DOC HELP.NDX SM.EXE GENINSTR.DOC CLEANCOM.EXE REG_FORM.DOC 4. The programs, databases, or documentation may not be sold as a part of a larger package. (*) The King James Bible is not copyrighted, but the database encryption and format is proprietary and may not be modified. Note: Only the KJV version of SeedMaster can be copied and given to others. Other Bible versions, specifically the NIV and any others that run under SeedMaster, are copyrighted works and MAY NOT BE DISTRIBUTED UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. These Bible databases are licensed for your exclusive use on one computer (see the license accompanying the non-KJV database for more information). THE DISTRIB.EXE PROGRAM: The DISTRIB.EXE program performs two tasks. It MAKES copies of SeedMaster, and INSTALLS those copies. If you start DISTRIB from a hard disk, it assumes you intend to MAKE a copy of SeedMaster. If you start DISTRIB from a floppy disk (the program is on disk number 1), it assumes you intend to INSTALL SeedMaster. If you wish to MAKE a copy, set your DOS "default" Drive\Directory to SeedMaster's Drive\Directory. For most people, this can be done at the DOS "C>" prompt by typing: CD\SM If you wish to INSTALL a copy, put diskette number 1 in the floppy drive and set your DOS "default" Drive to your floppy drive. For most people, this can be done at any DOS prompt by: A: Two SeedMaster files, VERSES.KJV and KJV.DAT are too large to fit on most diskettes. DISTRIB breaks up these files on a MAKE and reconstructs them on an INSTALL. The broken up files on the floppies are made "read-only". The DOS command: ATTRIB -R A:*.* should remove the "read-only" status so you can use the diskettes for some other purpose. In the mean time, no one can easily mess with these critical files on the diskettes. The sections that follow explain the general process that DISTRIB follows for a MAKE and INSTALL, and describes potential errors and solutions. Note: It is almost impossible to prepare for all the possible errors someone could commit in using DISTRIB. We have tried to trap the most common or obvious. The vast majority of people should have no difficulty MAKING or INSTALLING SeedMaster copies. This will be of no consolation to those of you that manage to come up with something we didn't conceive of. If you encounter difficulties, we would suggest the following (in order): 1. Read the technical notes section of this file. 2. Get the most PC-savvy person you can find and request their assistance. 3. Write us. Do your best to describe the problem, consider sending printouts of screens, directory listings of the diskettes, etc.: White Harvest Software, Inc. Dept: HELP! POB 97153 Raleigh, NC 27624-7153 MAKING A COPY OF SEEDMASTER: Set your default Drive\Directory to the hard disk Drive\Directory containing the SeedMaster. Type: DISTRIB DISTRIB performs the following tasks: 1. Verifies that all required files exist. 2. Asks which floppy drive you wish to use. For most people, the default "A" will work. 3. Tells you how many EMPTY, FORMATTED diskettes you will need: 9 - 5.25" DSDD Diskettes (360K each) OR 3 - 5.25" High Capacity Diskettes (1.2 Meg each) OR 5 - 3.5" DSDD Diskettes (720K each) OR 3 - 3.5" High Capacity Diskettes (1.44 Meg each) 4. Compresses/Copies files to floppies. In general, if you have enough FORMATTED and EMPTY diskettes, and all the required SeedMaster files are present, you should have no problems with MAKE. Make sure you number the disks in order. INSTALLING A COPY OF SEEDMASTER: Put diskette number 1 in the floppy drive, set the DOS "default" drive to the floppy drive, (for most people, this is done at any DOS prompt by typing: A: ) and type: DISTRIB DISTRIB performs the following tasks: 1. Verifies the computer has a hard disk. 2. Gives you a chance to override the standard Drive\Directory name - C:\SM. Unless you know what you're doing and have good reason to, we suggest that you NOT change the standard name. If you chose to ovveride it, note that DISTRIB does NOT verify that you entered a non-floppy drive specification. DON'T do it, hard disk drives only, please. 3. Creates the directory. If it already exists, you are warned that files in that directory might be overwritten. 4. Verifies that the hard disk has sufficient free space for SeedMaster (4.5 megabytes). 5. Copies\Uncompresses files to the specified directory. In general, if you created the diskettes properly with MAKE, the diskettes have not been damamged, you have room on your hard disk, and the floppies are fed to DISTRIB in their proper order, you should have no problems with INSTALL. TECHNICAL NOTES: FILE LAYOUT: Files are copied to the disk in the following order: DISTRIB.EXE DISTRIB.MAN LHARC.EXE KJV.LZH VERSES.KJV MISC.LZH COMPRESSED FILES The files KJV.LZH and MISC.LZH are not normal SeedMaster files. They are compressed files created by the LHARC.EXE program. KJV.LZH is the compressed version of KJV.DAT. MISC.LZH contains the following files: WORDS.KJV WORDSNDX.KJV SM.EXE CLEANCOM.EXE LHARC.DOC GENINSTR.DOC REG_FORM.DOC REGISTER.DOC HELP.1 HELP.2 HELP.NDX Compression by LHARC LHARC is a program designed to compress files to their smallest possible size. Because LHARC is so efficient, it can take several minutes to compress or uncompress a large file such as KJV.DAT. The LHARC documentation manual, LHARC.MAN, has been included so you can use LHARC for other purposes. FILE BREAKUP PROCEDURE The files KJV.LZH and VERSES.KJV are too large to fit on most single floppies. Therefore, DISTRIB breaks up these files into chunks consisting of as many multiples of 60,000 bytes as will fit on each diskette. Each chunk retains its initial filename, and the file extension is numbered from .1 - as in VERSES.1. The last chunk created is given the proper file name - as in VERSES.KJV. FILE CONCATENATION PROCEDURE As the files are installed, DISTRIB finishes a file when it fails to find the next sequential filename extension AND it finds the proper filename extension on the same disk. Note: It is unlikely, but possible that someone might put in a diskette out of order, AND that diskette have the proper extension. This will result in an abbreviated and inoperable file. VERSES.KJV should have a length of about 1.2 megabytes, and KJV.DAT should be about 2.3 megabytes. INSTALLING THE HARD WAY If something goes wrong in the installation, it IS possible to install SeedMaster by hand. The Simple Files The following files can be simply copied into the SeedMaster directory of your hard disk: DISTRIB.EXE DISTRIB.MAN LHARC.EXE MISC.LZH The Large Files, KJV.LZH and VERSES.KJV We will show a batch file, but you can issue the following commands manually to install each of the large SeedMaster files. We will use VERSES.KJV for our example. 1. Find out which broken files must be pieced together. We'll assume we found the following VERSES files: VERSES.1 VERSES.2 VERSES.3 VERSES.KJV 2. Construct your batch file after this pattern (in the SeedMaster directory of your hard disk): echo off echo Place VERSES.1 in drive A and pause copy a:VERSES.1/b VERSES.KJV/b echo Place VERSES.2 in drive A and pause copy VERSES.KJV/b+a:VERSES.2/b echo Place VERSES.3 in drive A and pause copy VERSES.KJV/b+a:VERSES.3/b echo Place VERSES.KJV in drive A and pause copy VERSES.KJV/b+a:VERSES.KJV/b echo All Done! Uncompressing KJV.LZH and MISC.LZH To uncompress the .LZH files, enter: LHARC e KJV.LZH LHARC e MISC.LZH Note: The lower case "e" must be entered in lowercase. You may then delete the LZH files. Note that the emergency procedures outlined above are inefficient in terms of intermediate disk space usage. Any space lost will be regained after the system is completely installed, and the LZH files are deleted.