--- READ --- Robert Lindsay Wells 1405 Lynn Avenue, Clearwater, FL 34615 (813) 447-0604 WellsCom@aol.com CIS:102507,3113 READ is a "Shareware Program" and is provided at no charge to the user for evaluation. Feel free to share it with your friends or colleagues, but please do not give it away altered or without its associated files. The essence of "user-supported" software is to provide personal computer users with quality software at reasonable prices, and yet to provide incentive for programmers to continue to develop new products. If you find the program useful, and find that you are continuing to use READ after a reasonable trial period, you must make a registration payment to the author. The registration fee will license ONE COPY for use on any ONE COMPUTER at any ONE TIME. --- VENDOR INFORMATION --- Anyone distributing READ for any kind of remuneration must first contact Robert Lindsay Wells at the address above for authorization. This author- ization will be automatically granted to distributors recognized by the Association of Shareware Professionals (ASP) as adhering to its guidelines for shareware distributors, and such distributors may begin offering READ immediately (However Robert Lindsay Wells must be advised so that the distributor can be kept up-to-date with the latest version of READ). --- RELEASE HISTORY --- Version 2.5 - First Shareware Release. Version 2.6 - Added File Selection Menu. Bug Fix. Documentation Update. Version 2.7 - Corrected Errors in File Selection Mouse Cursor and in Search/Replace. Documentation Update. Version 2.8 - Added Word Wrap Feature. Bug fix. Documentation Update. Version 2.9 - Added Text Color Option (F2). Enhanced Word Wrap. Corrected Error in Search/Replace. Enabled L/R Arrow Keys in Text Viewer. Restructured Help screen. Version 3.0 - Added Large Text Option (F5). Improved Word Wrap. Documentation Update. Version 3.1 - Added a Routine to Automatically Replace New Line Characters (ASCII 10) with Carriage Returns (ASCII 13) in Text Files Created on Non-PC Systems. Fixed Bug in Printing Blocked Text in Multi-Segment Files. Improved Text Scrolling (RIGHT ARROW) in Large Text Mode. --- INCLUDED FILES --- When a new release of READ is issued, the files are archived for BBS and FTP distribution using the PKZIP format, and with archive filenames of the form READ31.ZIP (where the 31 represents the current version of READ). The Compuserve filename is READ.ZIP. The following files are included in each release of the program: READ.EXE The READ text editing program. READ.DOC ASCII description of the READ program. READ.TXT This ASCII file describing registration. READ.ORD Ready to print ASCII registration form. You can find new releases of READ through the America On Line software exchange (Keyword SOFTWARE, Search the Libraries for WELLS READ), and on Compuserve (GO CIS:PCFF and search for the File Name READ.ZIP). You can also find recent releases at many Internet FTP sites (including garbo.uwasa.fi and SimTel mirrors). The best place to find up to date versions of all my software is my own AOL Internet FTP site: (ftp://users.aol.com/wellscom), or through my World Wide Web page: (http://softsite.com/authors/auth100/auth157.htm). --- REGISTRATION --- Please remember that READ is not free software. As with all Shareware, each user is expected to purchase it after a reasonable trial period. The registration fee for READ is only $12, including shipping (please add $2 for international orders), for which you'll receive: * The latest version of READ with shareware reminders removed. * An instruction sheet describing the features in READ. * One free upgrade to any future version of READ. * Three months of free support for the program by telephone or E-Mail to the author. Please note that the price is in U.S. dollars. Send your registration to: Robert Lindsay Wells, 1405 Lynn Avenue, Clearwater, FL 34615. --- OTHER SOFTWARE I HAVE WRITTEN --- BRIDGE: A program that bids, plays and scores rubber matches of the card game Contract Bridge. $15.00 PCDESK: A Memo Calendar and Address Book program that includes a DOS File Manager and a simple ASCII Text Editor. $15.00 PLOTTER: A data plotting and analysis program featuring Curve Fits, Fast Fourier Transforms and Digital Filtering. $15.00 --- DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY --- This software is supplied as is. The author disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, including, without limitation, the warranties of merchantability and of fitness for any purpose. The author assumes no liability for damages, direct or consequential, which may result from the use of READ. Any liability of the seller is limited exclusively to product replacement or the refund of the registration fee. --- ASSOCIATION OF SHAREWARE PROFESSIONALS --- Robert Lindsay Wells is a member of the Association of Shareware Professionals (ASP). ASP wants to make sure that the shareware principle works for you. If you are unable to resolve a shareware-related problem with an ASP member by contacting the member directly, ASP may be able to help. The ASP Ombudsman can help you resolve a dispute or problem with an ASP member, but does not provide technical support for members' products. Please write to the ASP Ombudsman at 545 Grover Road, Muskegon, MI 49442-9427 USA, FAX 616-788-2765 or send a CompuServe message via CompuServe Mail to ASP Ombudsman 70007,3536. _______ ____|__ | (R) --| | |------------------- | ____|__ | Association of | | |_| Shareware |__| o | Professionals -----| | |--------------------- |___|___| MEMBER READ is copyright (c) 1995 by R.L. Wells. All rights reserved.