Pineapple Binic : readme file.
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Table of content :
0. Introduction
1. Installation
2. Legal matters


0. Introduction

Binic is the first program I distribute through share/freeware canal.
I hope you will like it and it will be useful.

This Windows version is a complete rewriting of an old DOS version I wrote
in 1991. 

If you enjoy and/or use it, please send me a postcard of your home town.
If you have time enough, feel free to add any comments, remarks or
suggestions you may find appropriate.

My adress is :

         Benoît Marchal
         Rue Lucien Namèche, 13
         B 5000 Namur
         (Belgium)

It is, of course, as useless as expensive to send it by express or plane.
Keep it cheap but, please, do write.

This program represents hours of work. It has been carefully tested and
checked against bugs and inconstancies. Writing the documentation in english
required a tremendous effort for me.
For all that work, I just ask you a very simple thing : send me a postcard.
I just would like to see how far it will go and how many people will use it.

For sure, I made mistakes. Please be tolerant. As I told you this is a first
experiment : things can only improve.

If you don't like it, you may also write to me and tell me why. I may
improve only if I know about my mistakes.

1. Installation

Caution !
If you receive Binic in a ZIP archive, you must decompress it with
the -d switch to create directories store in archive.

Use the INSTALL program found on the distribution disk to install Binic.
INSTALL will  place the files into a subdirectory on  your hard disk and
add Binic's icon to the Pineapple group of the program mananger.
To run the installation program from Drive A type :

        WIN A:INSTALL

or, if Windows is active,  select the program manager's File|Run command
and type :

        A:INSTALL

validate with the OK button.
Now, just follow instructions given by INSTALL.  Normally,  all you have
to do  is choose a directory to copy Binic in and make sure distribution
disk is in your drive.

2. Legal matters

Binic is © 1991-1993 by benoît marchal. All rights reserved.

Binic is distributed "as is" I.e. without any guaranty implicit or explicit.

Though Binic has been carefully developed and tested, some problems may
still occur. You assume the responsibility for using Binic. If something
went wrong, you have all my sympathy but nothing else.

You are granted the right to use the current release Binic, make copies for
backup purpose and distribute it as long as unmodified and complete
(including full documentation).

If require, you may charge some fee to cover distribution costs provided it
is made clear to the customer that he didn't pay for Binic. Those fees may
not exceed 10$.

If you like (or even dislike) and/or use Binic, please send me a postcard
with comment, remarks or suggestion. See introduction.