///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// PLEASE TAKE THE TIME TO READ ALL INFORMATION IN THIS FILE ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// ZED 1.0s Text editor for OS/2 Copyright (c) 1995 by E. Bruce Shankle III Foreword --------------------------------------------------------------------- ZED is 30-day trial shareware. Please see the section on registering for more information. I encourage you to share ZED with your friends, co-workers, favorite ftp sites, and BBS systems. If you intend to distribute ZED, please read the section on distribution. If you wish to continue using ZED after the 30 day trial period, you must register. Please see the section on registration. I advise you virus-scan the files and/or distribution diskette before you install ZED. Contents --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Registration 2. Distribution 3. Installation 1. Registration --------------------------------------------------------------------- Please read all registration information. ZED is a fully functional text editor for OS/2. ZED is also shareware. To register, send a check or money order for $10.00 US currency to: E. Bruce Shankle III 6126 Bushmills Street Raleigh, NC 27613 USA Please include your name and address or email address. You will receive confirmation of your registration along with your serial number. This entitles you to support, free upgrades and notices of other new products. If you have any questions or comments, I can be reached at the above address or one of the following email addresses: ivisoft@cybernetics.net Bruce_Shankle@msn.com ZED Shareware Agreement --------------------- You are allowed to use ZED and evaluate it for a period of thirty (30) days from the date of installation. The original install date is displayed in the status bar along the lower edge of the main window. After using ZED for thirty days, you must decide if it's something you want to keep. If you wish to keep ZED, you must register. If not, you must discontinue use of ZED. When you register you will be assigned a serial number that you can use to obtain support via email, free upgrades, and notices of new products. I've put many long hours of coding and testing into ZED. My goal is to provide an editor for OS/2 that is easy to use and more functional than those supplied with the system. The shareware concept only works if you do your part to support the authors. If you find ZED useful and do not register, you're hurting me and other shareware developers. ZED will continue to function after the 30-day trial period, as I do not believe in cripple-ware, but you are violating this agreement and hurting yourself and me if you don't register. What is shareware? Shareware applies to software products you are allowed to try before you buy, like ZED. That way, you will know if the product is of use to you. If you find the product useful and wish to continue using it beyond the trial period, you must pay for the product. This is usually called registration. If you don't find the product useful, you must delete it from your computer. It is also nice to contact the author of the shareware and tell them why you don't want it and things they could do to improve the product. Shareware helps keep the software market competitive, and prices lower for everyone. The shareware concept does not work when someone decides to keep and use a product without registering it. This hurts the shareware author, and eventually shareware users. So please register the shareware that you like and use on a regular basis. 3. Distribution --------------------------------------------------------------------- You are encouraged you to distribute ZED free of charge. Corporate users and those using ZED in any for-profit organization or business may contact me and establish a licensing agreement for your site. I can be reaced at: Bruce Shankle 6126 Bushmills St. Raleigh, NC 27613 USA or ivisoft@cybernetics.net Bruce_Shankle@msn.com If you wish to distribute ZED, distribute the file ZED_10S.ZIP. This file should be on the original ZED distribution floppy, or it is the file you downloaded. ZED_10S.ZIP contains: ZED.EXE ZED.HLP ZED.ICO README.TXT INSTALL.EXE You are not allowed to make any changes to any of the original files. You are not allowed to sell ZED for profit unless it is part of a shareware-only archive like Walnut Creek's HOBBES CD-ROM. 4. Installation --------------------------------------------------------------------- ZED will not run until it is installed properly. ZED 1.0s requires the following files for successful installation: ZED.EXE ZED.HLP ZED.ICO README.TXT INSTALL.EXE If you do not have these files, ZED will not install properly. Please try to get an original copy of the ZED_10S.ZIP distribution file or contact me at ivisoft@cybernetics.net or Bruce_Shankle@msn.com. I will be happy to get you a fresh copy. ZED will not run unless it is installed with the INSTALL.EXE program that comes with ZED. Be sure to virus-scan all files before installing ZED. To install, run INSTALL.EXE from the distribution floppy diskette or from a directory where all of the above files are located. The install program will prompt for a directory to install to. The default is C:\ZED, but you are given the opportunity to change this. Do not attempt to install ZED to the same directory from which you are running INSTALL.EXE. The installation will fail. INSTALL.EXE does not modify any of your system files but will create a ZED object on the DeskTop. The ZED.ICO file, the icon for ZED is included for your convenience. ZED.ICO contains bitmaps for all OS/2 supported resolutions. You may modify this icon to suite you. The first time you run ZED, you will be asked to read the registration information in the online help. Please take the time to read the information. This "nag" occurs only the first time you run ZED, or if ZED.INI get's deleted. If you encounter any problems, please contact Bruce Shankle III, the author at ivisoft@cybernetics.net or Bruce_Shankle@msn.com. Thanks for trying ZED. Don't forget to register, -E. Bruce Shankle III -6126 Bushmills St. -Raleigh, NC 27613 -USA -ivisoft@cybernetics.net -Bruce_Shankle@msn.com For legal reasons, I must include the following disclaimer: Although every effort has been made to insure ZED is a stable program, the author, E. Bruce Shankle III, may not be held liable for any damages caused by, related to, or coinciding with the use of ZED. Use ZED at your own risk. /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////