WinZip for Windows/NT     BETA TEST VERSION
Copyright (C) 1991-1993 Nico Mak Computing, Inc.
All Rights Reserved

Welcome to the pre-release version of WinZip for Windows/NT!  This
version is functionally equivalent to the 16 bit version, but
because it is a native Win32 application it does not run into the
incompatibilities in Windows/NT's Windows emulation, multi-tasks
better, and is faster than the 16 bit version (in particular unzip
operations are noticeably faster).

Requirements:

This version of WinZip requires Windows/NT.  You can also run this
version if you have Win32s installed, however, Win32s is not
distributed as part of the pre-release package because the files
take over a megabyte of disk space.  Note that Win32s is _not_
part of Windows for Workgroups.  Win32s is a separate operating
system extension that allows some Win32 applications to run under
Windows 3.1.

Notes:

- Since the Win16 and the Win32 versions look almost identical I
  temporarily put an asterisk in the title bar of the Win32
  version to make it easier to determine which version is running.

- This version of WinZip always uses the short 8.3 format of any
  long filename you pass to it.  Long filename support will be
  implemented in a future release.

Win32s Known Problems:

- You may encounter unexpected results if you are running other
  Win32s applications that use a lot of memory (see the recent
  threads in the MSWIN32 conference here on CompuServe for details
  on this problem).

- Due to bugs in Win32s you may not be able to work with filenames
  and directory names containing characters above ascii 127.

- Drag and drop from the 32-bit WinZip under Win32s to a Norton
  Desktop "desktop item icon" does not work.  Drag and drop to
  other applications (e.g. a running copy of Notepad) works fine.

- Norton Utilities 8.0 installs symevnt.386 in your system.ini
  which apparently can cause problems for WinZip and other Win32s
  applications (include the Microsoft Visual C++ compiler).

- Old versions of Win32s (prior to version 1.1 dated 7/25/93) can
  cause WinZip (and other Win32s application) to fail.

Windows/NT Known Problems:

- There are some anomalies in how the the Add dialog box handles
  long filenames and files with blanks.  Note that the Add dialog
  box is based on the standard Windows "multi-select" open dialog
  box, so this behavior is common to _all_ applications that use
  this common dialog box.  The dialog box shows the short form of
  long NTFS filenames with blanks, but does not list 8.3 files
  with blanks (e.g. the filename "nico mak computing.txt" is
  listed as "nicoma~1.txt" while the ame "nico mak.txt" is not
  shown at all).  HPFS filenames with blanks are never shown.

- Some of the 16-bit Windows virus scanners listed in the Program
  Location dialog box do not work or are not available under
  Windows/NT.

Comments, suggestions, and questions are welcome.  Please let me know
right away if you find any bugs by sending email to 70056,241 on
CompuServe or Internet mail to 70056.241@compuserve.com.

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