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Package Name: Orpheus
     Version: 1.65
Release Date: October 12, 1993
       Price: $79.00
 Description: Orpheus is a powerful 2-part system for hypertext authoring and
              electronic publishing.  The authoring program makes hypertext
              writing amazingly easy.  Link text, graphics, forms, scripts,
              other books, other programs, in an advanced writer-friendly
              environment.  The reading program is a commercial-quality
              interface for your end-users -- at a fraction of the cost of
              commercial systems.  Comes with clear tutorials, detailed
              context-sensitive help, and a host of built-in tools to help
              you create outstanding electronic documents.
   One-liner: Easy hypertext publishing with commercial-quality results.
  What's New: Link to forms to get user input (prints to disk or paper),
              create an index, store forms and graphics in library files for
              protection and easier distribution; improved online help.
Requirements: DOS 3.1 or later, any monitor.  Authoring program requires a
              hard disk and 480K RAM.  Reading program requires 256K RAM.
     Support: Unlimited, 7 days a week, by telephone: (819) 566-6296
              Internet: rod.willmot@synapse.org
    Benefits: Registered users receive bonus utilities and an unlimited
              licence to sell, give away, or otherwise distribute their
              compiled works together with the Orpheus Reader.  Registration
              numbers are encrypted in compiled books as the ultimate proof
              of copyright.  Site licences are available to companies needing
              multiple copies of the authoring program.  Custom versions of
              the Reader are also available.
    Keywords: Hypertext Authoring Electronic Book Magazine Publishing Writer
              Willmot Hyperion


   PACKAGING FORMATS

     - If you received Orpheus in BBS format and want to distribute it on
       disk, please call or write and I'll send you the latest version of
       the DISK package complete with user-friendly self-installer.
     - If you received Orpheus on a 720K disk and want to package it on 360's,
       put the following on Disk 1: README, INSTALL.EXE, OH_AUTHR.EXE.
       Put the rest on Disk 2: OH_DOCUM.EXE, OH_READR.EXE.  Please call
       or write if you want all updates on 360's!
     - If you received Orpheus on disk and ALSO run a BBS, call or write
       and I'll *always* send updates in both the DISK and BBS formats.

    To repackage this product for BBS or CD-ROM distribution, please use
    filename(s) begining with "ORPH" or "OH" followed by the version number.
    For example, the BBS release of version 1.65 is in 3 files named:
    ORPH165A.ZIP, ORPH165B.ZIP, ORPH165C.ZIP.

    If you have any questions or concerns, please contact me:

                        Rod Willmot
                        Hyperion Softword
                        535 Duvernay
                        Sherbrooke, QC
                        Canada  J1L 1Y8

                        Voice/Fax: (819) 566-6296
                        Internet: rod.willmot@synapse.org

    INTERNATIONAL:  Versions of the Reader in French and Dutch will be
    available by November 1, 1993; in German by December 1, 1993.  If you are
    a publisher interested in translating and supporting Orpheus in another
    language, please contact me to discuss an exclusive agreement for your
    language and country.  If you are interested in providing registration
    and support services outside of North America in English, I am interested
    in working with you on a non-exclusive basis.