Congratulations on your purchase of EEbond version 8.1.  The entire program
has been rewritten to create a more stable, efficient and tighter
application.  EEbond now incorporates all three types of bonds into one
program.

EEbond version 8.1 IS compatable with version 8.  EEbond version 8.1 is not
compatable with EEbond versions 1 through 7 or Ebond versions 1 through 5.
You will need to run the conversion routines to change the data from
versions 1-7 of EEbond and/or versions 1-5 of Ebond.

Steps:
        1.  Make sure that both your *.dat files and *.idx files from the
            earlier versions are in the same directory that you will be
            running your conversions from.

        2.  For EEbond run IMPORTEE.EXE and for Ebond run IMPORTE.EXE.

        3.  Run IMPORTBA

        4.  The newly created database file will be called TOVER8.DB.
            This file can be opened from within EEbond Version 8 and
            saved to a different, more appropriate name.

            This installation is now complete.


Tip

        When in the Data Entry screen or the Redemption Date Screen,
        you can use the TAB key to highlight fields.  Some people find
        this easier than the mouse.


Compatability

        EEBond Version 8.1 is compatable with EEbond Version 8.

Performance

        EEbond Version 8.1 may run somewhat slower on some machines.
        This is because EEbond must create the whole report before
        displaying it to you in a scrollable window.  EEbond versions
        1 through 7 and Ebond Versions 1 through 5 generated each line of
        the report one line at a time and displayed it.  The earlier versions
        did not allow you to scroll backwards through the report.
        Nevertheless, I'm working on faster code so that it will be
        significantly faster for future versions.