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          Updated February, 1995




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          The basic Hands On Remote Access package is setup so it can be
          installed from three 360K disks, one 1.44/1.2M floppy disk, a
          hard drive, or indirectly from a BBS/internet.  The diskette
          form is a series of .ZIP files, the installation files and
          FILE_ID.DIZ.  The BBS version is one ZIP file including the
          installation files.  Normally just run the INSTALL.EXE or
          INSTALL.BAT.

          Diskette setup:
          ------------------------------------------------------------
          HO51.ZIP     portions of the product, including the manuals,
                       VENDOR.txt, FILE_ID.DIZ, and the like.  (disk 1)
          ------------------------------------------------------------
          HO52.ZIP     portions of the product  (disk 2)
          ------------------------------------------------------------
          HO53.ZIP     portions of the product  (disk 3)
          ------------------------------------------------------------

          Just to confirm:  360K diskettes are setup with the
          installation files and HO51.ZIP on disk 1, HO52.ZIP on disk 2,
          and HO53.ZIP on disk 3.  1.2 Meg and 1.44 Meg disks combine
          them all on one disk.

          Please note that over 95% of our support calls, between July
          and September 1994 (after the initial widespread release of
          version 5.00) involve people who have incomplete copies of
          Hands On.  Our response is to 'shrink' the default BBS
          distribution and to put 'extras' on additional disks and
          'other' locations like Compuserve.  This means that you will
          repeatedly read of software that may not be present, but it
          also means that we have included the necessary core materials
          to get you going.

          The BBS form includes everything in one HO5x.ZIP file, with





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          the x denoting the release month.  For example, HO5O.ZIP is an
          October release, and HO5N.zip is a November release.  If you
          come across a HO5sX.ZIP file it will be the default September
          release plus the 'extras' in the same file, and will be the
          complete set (EVERYTHING).

          Some BBS's will carry the 'extra's file HO5X.ZIP where the X
          means eXtras.  This file will include the extra material not
          included in the default distribution.  If you are missing the
          'extras' and decide that you need it, you can check BBS's (eg
          Compuserve PCCOM (was IBMCOM) LIB 3 UTILities) or you might
          also contact disk vendors to see if they carry the full set.


          We are now (Feb 95) starting to experiment with yet a smaller
          release.  We need to discover how small it can be without
          excess frustration when new people try the product.

          The contents of the minimal or stripped distribution of Hands
          On as of February 16, 1995.

          1sthand.exe     bbs.txt         events.dbf     file_id.diz
          hangup.dat      ho.asc          ho.txt         ho.exe
          ho.hlp          ho5.asp         hodial.exe     hohelp.dbf
          hohelp.dbt      hohost.exe      homenu.bat     homins.exe
          homisc.bat      homnu.exe       homodset.dat   homodset.exe
          horemove.exe    horz.bat        hosz.bat       hotalk.exe
          install.bat     manuals.txt     mnu.txt        mnu.ini
          modem.dbf       nozip.bat       omi.txt        on_off.bat
          phone.bat       promo.txt       quick.txt      readme.txt
          register.txt    sample.bat      settings.cfg   shr_ware.txt
          tele.ini        ts.asc          update.txt     vendor.txt



          Thanks

          Vic Williams P. C. Softsmith 604 433 - 5189 Compuserve:
          75020, 2664 INTERNET:vic_williams@mindlink.bc.ca