~30 WELCOME TO THE ASP ADVANTAGE CD-ROM! Copyright (c) 1994 Association of Shareware Professionals All Rights Reserved Published by Advantage Plus Distributors Inc. ~31 ÉÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÑÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ» º F1 - Why Use ASP Shareware ³ FUNCTION KEYS jump to º º F2 - Installation Instructions ³ topics. (F1 - F8) º º F3 - What's On This Disk ³ PgUp/PgDn moves 1 page º º F4 - Additional APLUS Products ³ at the time. º º F5 - ASP/APLUS Correspondence ³ ARROW KEYS move 1 line º º F6 - The ASP MONTHLY CD-ROM ³ at the time. º º ³ HOME=TOP - END=BOTTOM º º ³ º º F8 - Start the COPYCAT program ³ ESC=TOP/EXIT º ÈÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÏÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍͼ ~f1/why use asp shareware ~30 WHY USE ASP SHAREWARE ~31 In April 1987 the Association of Shareware Professionals (ASP) was established. ASP author members are programmers who subscribe to a uniform code of ethics and are committed to the shareware method of marketing. Every ASP author stands behind his products and the ASP stands behind it's members. When you register a program written by an ASP member you can be sure that technical support, on going product developement and high quality are standards to be expected. Every author and every program each ASP author produces must pass a uniform set of standards. If you have problems that you cannot resolve with an author you can look to the ASP for arbitration. ASP members are some of the best software producers in the world and their dedication to their products and shareware marketing is demonstrated by their willingness to comply with ASP standards. ~f1 ~f2/INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS ~30 INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS ~31 The ASP ADVANTAGE CD-ROM DOES NOT HAVE TO BE INSTALLED to be used. You can insert the CD in your drive then execute GO to have immediate access to the CD-ROM library. If you elect to the install the program features such as searching will show an increase in speed. ~30 DOS PROGRAM - COPYCAT.EXE ~31 Installing the COPYCAT program to a hard disk will greatly increase the speed when searching the library. To install the program a simple installation program has been provided. Simply change to the CONTENTS directory then type INSTALL and press ENTER. Follow the instructions by entering a drive and subdirectory name to copy the files to. ~30 MICROSOFT WINDOWS COMPATIBLE PROGRAM - WINCAT.EXE ~31 Running the SETUP.EXE program will create a new APLUS program group and Windows Master icon. It will also create the correct directories and copy the necessary files. MOST IMPORTANT THE PROGRAM WILL EXECUTE MUCH FASTER WHEN RUNNING FROM A HARD DISK INSTEAD OF THE CD. SETUP will also copy the VBRUN100.DLL file to your Windows directory. This file is required by any of the programs in the library that were written using Visual Basic. (A high level programming language from MicroSoft.) INSTALLING FROM PROGRAM MANAGER: To run the SETUP.EXE program using the Windows Program Manager select FILE from the main menu then select RUN. A dialog box will be opened prompting you to enter the file to execute. The SETUP.EXE program is located in the FORWIN directory on the CD-ROM. Enter D:\FORWIN\SETUP (Where D: equals your CD-ROM drive letter.) Follow the setup program instructions. INSTALLING FROM FILE MANAGER Start FILE MANAGER then select your CD-ROM drive. When the directory is displayed double-click on the FORWIN directory. Now double-click on SETUP.EXE. Follow the setup program instructions. ~30 INSTALLING SPEAKER DEVICE DRIVER ~31 MicroSoft Windows is capable of assigning digitized sound to various events within the Windows environment. If your computer is equipped with sound hardware follow the manufactures directions for installation. If you do not have a sound board you can still utilize high quality sound played thru your PC's speaker. MicroSoft Corporation has made available the Speaker Device Driver. This driver can be obtained from the MicroSoft support BBS or from \FORWIN\SPEAKER subdirectory on this CD-ROM. Inside the \FORWIN\SPEAKER subdirectory are three .TXT file that contain information concerning the installation and distribution of the speaker device driver. Please read these files for installation instructions. ~f2 ~f3/what's on this disk ~30 WHAT'S ON THIS DISK ~31 The following is a summary of the directory structure and contents of the CD-ROM. CONTENTS - This directory contains all of the program files necessary for the CAT.EXE and WINCAT access programs. It also contains the installation program for the DOS version of the CD-ROM access program. (COPYCAT) FILES - This is where all the files are. Each program is stored in a subdirectory named after it's category. FORWIN - Here is where the installation files for the Windows version of the library access program is located. Underneath this directory in a second directory named \FORWIN\SPEAKER is where the Windows speaker device driver is located. GOWIN.EXE - This program is used to start the WINCAT program from the CD-ROM. If the windows directory is in your path you can execute this program from a DOS prompt, otherwise use PROGRAM MANAGER or FILE MANAGER to run this file. GO.BAT - This batch file starts the COPYCAT program. Run this to gain immediate access to the library. README.EXE - The DOS program that allows you to view the README. TXT file. README.TXT - This file. VBRUN100.DLL - MicroSoft's Visual Basic runtime library. You will need this file to be installed into your Windows sub-directory if you try to run any programs that have been written using Visual Basic. The SETUP.EXE will install this automatically. VBRUN200.DLL - MicroSoft's Visual Basic runtime library. You will need this file to be installed into your Windows sub-directory if you try to run any programs that have been written using Visual Basic 2.0 The SETUP.EXE will install this automatically. ~f3 ~f4/additional aplus products ~30 ADDITIONAL ADVANTAGE PLUS PRODUCTS ~31 Advantage Plus is a producer of high quality CD-ROM products. Our shareware disks are produced using the latest versions of the best programs. Most of our files are obtained directly from the program authors. We are an ASP (Association of Shareware Professionals) approved vendor. Every program has been installed, tested and scanned for viruses. Every CD in the Master series has the programs ready to use straight from the CD. Most do not require unpacking or installation. This means no hard disk space required! The COMPUTER INDUSTRY ALMANAC CD-ROM: The complete guide to people, salaries, companies, products, technologies and forcasts in the fascinating ever-changing computer industry. The CD-ROM contains multiple indexed databases comprising names, addresses, phone numbers, company demographics, product/focus descriptions and more for thousands of computer related companies, organizations, and user groups. (Over 15,000 database entries.) The ROM also includes hundreds of articles, graphs, texts, tables and more, linked through a hypertext interface. The CD-ROM interface has full mouse support and online hypertext help. The CD-ROM is based on the 6th edition Computer Industry Almanac Book with the ROM being updated regularly throughout the year. The Master Series GAME MASTER: Over 800 shareware and public domain games. One of the largest collections of games anywhere. EGA, VGA, CGA, Text adventure, Sports, Simulators, Educational, Card, Arcade and many more! EDUCATION MASTER: Over 1400 educational programs. These include History, Math, Spelling, Biology, Chemistry, Electrical, Teachers aids, Games, Tutorials, Language, Astronomy, Pre-school and more! BUSINESS MASTER: A superior business software resource. Over 1400 programs! Word processors, Spreadsheets, Databases, Financial, Spell checkers, Dictionaries, Amortization software, Label makers, Printing enhancers, Style checkers, many Application specific programs and much more! WINDOWS MASTER: Over 2000 ready-to-run windows programs. Software from almost every category including, games, educational, utilities, sound, graphics, business and more. The access program allows you to run each program straight from the CD! Even view graphics and icons and listen to sound files without leaving the access program! HOLY BIBLE: Ready-to-run CD-ROM contains two complete Bible programs. The ONLINE BIBLE KJV in English, German, French and Spanish with a Greek and Hebrew lexicon, 500,000 word cross reference and more! Other versions include: AV-NRSV, AV-RSV, GNT and BHS-BHM. All Bible data is run straight from the CD-ROM. The Bible program, SEEDMASTER, comes in both DOS and Windows versions. Many features including lightning fast search, multiple windows, notepad, cross reference, Greek and Hebrew lexicon and much more! This is top quality commercial software. SHAREWARE SOLUTIONS: A terrific small business opportunity! The Solutions disk is designed to put you in the shareware business. We provide a complete up-to-date library of shareware, a royalty free Catalog-On-Disk, a superior CD access program that not only copies programs to floppy in four different formats but will format the disks, print disk labels for every program and keep statistics on copies made! Labels can be printed with short or with long description in both three and one half and five and a quarter formats. The Solutions CD is updated quarterly so you can always offer the latest versions to your customers. Now get this, we even offer a money-back guarantee! With over three thousand programs it's a no lose deal, so check it out! ~f4 ~F5 The Association of Shareware Professionals (ASP) is a not-for-profit corporation dedicated to furthering Shareware (try before you buy) as a unique software marketing alternative to commercial distribution. Address correspondence to: Association of Shareware Professionals FAX: 616-788-2765 545 Grover Road Voice: 616-788-5131 Muskegon, MI 49442-9427 (M-F 8:00-5:00 EST) Advantage Plus Dist, Inc. is the publisher of the ASP ADVANTAGE and other high quality CD-ROM's. For inquiries concerning the CD-ROM access program (COPYCAT) or the CD-ROM media contact: ADVANTAGE PLUS DISTRIBUTORS INC. (813) 854-2201 Technical Support .................... (919) 362-8212 Sales and Marketing .................. (919) 362-8212 BBS .................................. (919) 362-7273 FAX .................................. (919) 362-8294 ~F5 ~f6/the asp monthly ~30 THE ASP MONTHLY CD-ROM ~31 When you join the ASP as an associate BBS or vendor member you receive "free", the ASP MONTHLY CD-ROM. This CD, remastered on the 27th of each month, contains the entire shareware collection of the ASP author members. In addition to the 1100+ programs, the ASP MONTHLY utilizes an interface that separates new and updated programs from those submitted on previous CD's. This allows you to easily find the "New Stuff" and update your catalog or BBS file listings. The CD also includes a complete ALLFILES.TXT catalog, comma/quote delimited files for easy import into database programs, a special utility that can output any type BBS file listing, the ability to unpack files to disk or to copy them in ZIP format and the option to print a customized label for every program in the collection. (Labels can contain the full description and any text you choose to add.) As a vendor or SYSOP, this collection of top quality software, supported by the ASP membership, is an unbeatable value. For the price of associate membership, you receive a years worth of the ASPECTS newsletter and the ASP MONTHLY CD-ROM, the positive visibility of being an ASP member, the use of the ASP logo and ombudsman statement in your advertising material and the satisfaction of supporting one of the leading forces in the shareware world. For more information please contact the ASP. You can find the ASP address and phone numbers by selecting ASP/APLUS CORRESPONDENCE from this readme file. You can also find complete application information in the ASP_RELATED_FILES section of this CD's catalog. ~f6 ~F8//GO