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 freeDUM 1.00						 9 February 1997
 free Dial Up Manager for Windows 95
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Here is a list of topics covered by this file :

	1...Introduction

	2...Requirements

	3...Installation

	4...Uninstall

	5...Upgrading from AutoDial 0.91 or 0.92.

	6...freeDUM start up errors.

	7...Distribution and Disclaimer

	8...Contacting the Author

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1...INTRODUCTION
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freeDUM is a powerful dial up manager for Windows 95. freeDUM does not replace
Dial Up Networking but integrates and extends the features available.
What freeDUM offers:

- Dial-Up Automation.
- Device and Server time out.
- Multiple Phone Numbers for each connection.
- Sequential and Random dialling.
- Logging connects.
- Simple billing.
- Launch an unlimited number of applications when connected.
- Connections can be started when freeDUM is run.
- Automatic disconnect after a period of time.
- Customisable connected window with 10 launch buttons.
- All aspects of the connected window can be altered.
- Connected window displays online time, total online time etc.
- Automatic and manual Reconnection.
- Play wave files when connected, disconnected, on errors etc.
- Alarms to display reminder messages, launch programs at a particular
  online time.
- Ability to create, copy, rename, delete, import and export both freeDUM
  connections and dial-up networking connections.
- Schedule to start a connection at a particular date and time.
- Schedules can be done once or on a regular basis, hourly, daily, weekly,
  monthly.

freeDUM is FREEWARE.

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2...REQUIREMENTS
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- Windows 95.
- Dial Up Networking installed.
- The following zip files, depending where you downloaded freeDUM from :

  From Simtel:
	fdums100.zip	(~1.9 meg)        Includes VB4.0 runtime dlls

- You will also need to get RNAPH.DLL from Microsoft's web site.
  In your web broswer enter :
  http://www.microsoft.com/WIN32DEV/APIEXT/RAS1244B.ZIP
  This will download RAS1244B.ZIP(36k), unzip it and copy RNAPH.DLL to your
  windows\system directory.

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3...INSTALLATION
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- Place rnaph.dll in the system directory under windows. See above.

- If you are upgrading from AutoDial 0.91 or 0.92, see Upgrading below.

- Unzip the freeDUM zip file to a temporary directory.

- From the start menu or explorer run setup.exe from the temporary directory
  and follow the instructions.

- When setup has finished, you can run freeDUM by going to
	Start|Programs|freeDUM menu on the taskbar.

- You may delete the zip file and its contents after installation,
  a copy of this file is available in the application's directory.

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4...UNINSTALL
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- Go to Control Panel. Select Add/Remove Programs.

- Select freeDUM and Click Add/Remove.

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5...UPGRADING FROM AUTODIAL 0.91 or 0.92
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Firstly uninstall Autodial, do not remove your connections from the DialBook
or delete their folders. If prompted if you are sure to delete ADS.DLL select
yes.

Install freeDUM 1.00 as above.

From the Start menu, go to program|freeDUM and select Upgrade AutoDial.

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6...FREEDUM START UP ERRORS
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Error: RNAPH.DLL not found.
See Requirements on how to obtain this file. Then make sure you copy
rnaph.dll into the windows\system directory.

Error: ADS.DLL not found.
If you are upgrading from AutoDial 0.91 or 0.92, you must uninstall AutoDial
before installing freeDUM, see Upgrading above.
Re-Install freeDUM.
 
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7...DISTRIBUTION AND DISCLAIMER
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This program may be used in any way, for any purpose, at
no cost. It may be distributed by any means, provided that
the original files as supplied by the author remain intact.

You do not need to register to use this program, or buy a
licence.

This program may be placed on any archive or BBS system.

This program can not be bundled with any commercial package
or distributed by itself without express written permission
from the author.

The author of this program accepts no responsibility for 
damages resulting from the use of this product and makes no 
warranty or representation, either express or implied,
including but not limited to, any implied warranty of
merchantability or  fitness for a particular purpose. This
software is provided  "AS IS", and you, its user, assume
all risks when using it.

By installing this program you implicitly agree to the
rules outlined above.

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8...CONTACTING THE AUTHOR
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Feel free to send email to sameerk@ihug.co.nz, please include the words
freeDUM in the subject line.
For the latest version, information and support, check out freeDUM's web
page at	http://crash.ihug.co.nz/~sameerk/freedum.html