+----------------------------------------------------+ | This VENDINFO Product Information File contains both readable text | | and tools-accessible data about a product. See the last text | | section, below, for more information about VENDINFO and its tools. | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ VENDINFO standard v1.04, produced by VendEdit v1.30, 20-May-1996 ===== Product Information ============================== Product: Replicator For DOS - The Diskette Database / Duplicator! Version: 1.28 Version Date: 20-May-1996 Product Type: Software Basic Distribution Policy (see License, below, for details): Shareware, subject to distribution restrictions Product Description: Replicator For DOS Version 1.28 Replicator is a disk image utility used to create images of diskettes and catalog them in a database. Recreate disks as needed. Store up to 10 description lines and a complete list of files contained on the original disk for each disk image in the database. Modify database entries at any time. Easy push button interface. Network support. Reason for version: Potential compression data-corruption bug fixed. Enhanced support for CD-ROM and Network users. Category: Utilities; Disk utilities Keywords: Replicator Replica Duplicate Floppy Disk Images Required Packages: REP128 This Package: REP128 Registration Fee: 49.95 (U.S. Dollars) Required Configuration Processor Family: Intel 80x86 (minimum 80286 (AT)) Minimum OS: MS-DOS 3.3 Standard RAM: 450K Extended Memory: 1000K Hard Drive Space: 1000K Required: Extended Memory Hard drive Keyboard Orders: Address: Stevenson Technical Services 108 2nd Avenue West PO Box 297 Bertha MN 56437 Phone: 218-924-2050 FAX: 218-924-2050 BBS Name: The STSI BBS BBS Phone: 218-924-2060 CompuServe: 76300,3066 Internet: http://www.stevetech.com Support: Address: Stevenson Technical Services, 108 2nd Avenue West PO Box 297 Bertha MN 56437 Phone: 218-924-2050 FAX: 218-924-2050 BBS Name: The STSI BBS BBS Phone: 218-924-2060 CompuServe: 76300,3066 Internet: http://www.stevetech.com ===== Information for Users ("READ-ME") ================ This package contains Replicator (TM) by Stevenson Technical Services, Inc. (STSI). This document contains only a brief description of the package and its features, along with instructions for its installation. Quite detailed documentation is included in the package, but it is in archived form, and is more easily read after installation. Replicator is a program designed to take a "snap-shot" of a floppy diskette, and store the information in an image file. This image file contains all of the information stored on the original diskette, including DOS, directories and sub-directories, programs, and data. The image file can be stored on a hard disk, and even transferred over a modem. When the diskette is needed at some future date, Replicator decompresses the image file onto a blank (formatted) diskette, creating a look-alike version of the original. In addition, Replicator maintains a complete database of the disk images that have been created. Each disk image entry in the database can hold up to 10 description lines, the date the image file was created, and a complete list of all files contained on the original diskette! The database can be edited, browsed, searched, and printed using an easy push-button interface. Network support is included for multi-user environments. Replicator is a shareware program. This evaluation version includes all features of the program, and is not crippled in any way. You may use it for up to 2 weeks, without charge (see REPLICAT.DOC for more details). If you like the program, and wish to continue its use after this evaluation period, you are required to pay for the program (see REGISTER.DOC for more details). Any fee you may have paid to others (disk vendors, dealers, etc.) to obtain this evaluation version was a fee for their copying and distribution services, rather than a payment for continued use of the program. ===== Packing List ===================================== As released by the author or publisher, this package contained the following files in addition to this VENDINFO.DIZ: Filename Size Date Time CRC32 REPLICAT.1 525169 20-May-1996 01:28a 910A2339 READ_ME.1ST 171 20-May-1996 01:28a F9D97F00 READ_ME.BAT 438 20-May-1996 01:28a 73053B79 FILE_ID.DIZ 397 20-May-1996 01:28a A55919F8 INSTALL.EXE 167920 20-May-1996 01:28a 2AF517DA INSTALL.REF 16 20-May-1996 01:28a F8D2B54C DESC.SDI 57 20-May-1996 01:28a F1E1BE8C ===== Installation ===================================== The installation procedure for Replicator is quite simple. The package includes a program, "INSTALL.EXE", which automates the entire process. You will need about 1 megabyte of available disk space on the hard drive on which you plan to install Replicator. The exact steps you need to take will depend on how you received Replicator. INSTALLING FROM DISKETTES To install from diskette(s), you need to perform the following steps. o Place Replicator distribution diskette "Disk 1" in the appropriate diskette drive. o Execute the "INSTALL.EXE" program on the distribution diskette. For example, if the distribution diskette is on drive A:, type the MS-DOS command, "a:install". o Follow the instructions presented by the installation program. You will have a chance to approve installation before any changes are actually made to the contents of your hard drive. The program will ask you for a destination directory, and will copy the Replicator files to that directory. If you received Replicator on two diskettes, you will need to insert Disk 2 in the diskette drive when asked to do so. If you so direct it, the installation program will install executable programs and documentation in other directories of your choice. INSTALLING FROM A HARD DRIVE If you downloaded Replicator from a BBS (or received it in the form of archive files from some other source), you will need to perform the following steps. o Extract the contents of the archive file(s) in a temporary directory on your hard drive. The procedure for doing this varies, depending on the form in which you received the package. In all likelihood, the fact that you are reading this text means that you already have the necessary tools and knowledge to perform this step. If not, you should be able to obtain directions for this from the same source from which you received the package. o Execute the "INSTALL.EXE" program which you have extracted. For example, if the temporary directory into which you have extracted the program files is C:\TEMPDIR, you would execute the MS-DOS command, "c:\tempdir\install". o Follow the instructions presented by the installation program. You will have a chance to approve installation before any changes are actually made to the contents of your hard drive. The program will ask you for a destination directory, and will copy the Replicator files to that directory. If you so direct it, the installation program will install executable programs and documentation in other directories of your choice. When you're satisfied that the installation was successful, you should delete the temporary directory FROM which you installed the program files, (C:\TEMPDIR, in the above discussion), including all its contents. YOU'RE READY TO GO Once you've complete the installation, you should consult the documents (filename extension "doc") which have been installed. In particular, read at least the "Installation" section of the file REPLICAT.DOC. That document will tell you how to invoke the program, and will give you other information you need to properly evaluate Replicator. We hope you enjoy the program. ===== Warranty ========================================= LIMITED WARRANTY THIS SOFTWARE AND MANUAL ARE PROVIDED FOR EVALUATION ONLY, ON AN "AS IS" BASIS. STEVENSON TECHNICAL SERVICES, INC. (STSI) DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES RELATING TO THIS SOFTWARE, WHETHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. NEITHER STEVENSON TECHNICAL SERVICES, INC. (STSI), NOR ANYONE ELSE WHO HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN THE CREATION, PRODUCTION, OR DELIVERY OF THIS SOFTWARE SHALL BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE SUCH SOFTWARE, EVEN IF STEVENSON TECHNICAL SERVICES, INC. (STSI) HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES OR CLAIMS. THE PERSON USING THE SOFTWARE BEARS ALL RISK AS TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE SOFTWARE. This agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of Minnesota and shall inure to the benefit of Stevenson Technical Services, Inc. and any successors, administrators, heirs and assigns. Any action or proceeding brought by either party against the other arising out of or related to this agreement shall be brought only in a STATE or FEDERAL COURT of competent jurisdiction located in Todd County, Minnesota. The parties hereby consent to in personam jurisdiction of said courts. ===== License for Use and Distribution ================= TRIAL USE LICENSE Replicator is NOT a public domain program. It is copyrighted by Stevenson Technical Services, Inc. (STSI). This software and accompanying documentation are protected by United States copyright law and also by international treaty provisions. Stevenson Technical Services, Inc. (STSI) grants you a limited license to use this software for evaluation purposes for a period not to exceed two weeks. If you continue using this software after the two-week evaluation period, you MUST make a registration payment to Stevenson Technical Services, Inc. (STSI). You may not use, copy, rent, lease, sell, modify, decompile, disassemble, otherwise reverse engineer, or transfer the licensed program except as provided in this agreement. Any such unauthorized use shall result in immediate and automatic termination of this license. All rights not expressly granted here are reserved to Stevenson Technical Services, Inc. (STSI). The attached VENDINFO data record is hereby incorporated by reference. Any distribution satisfying all the distribution requirements expressed in that data record is hereby authorized. U.S. Government Information: Use, duplication, or disclosure by the U.S. Government of the computer software and documentation in this package shall be subject to the restricted rights applicable to commercial computer software as set forth in subdivision (b)(3)(ii) of the Rights in Technical Data and Computer Software clause at 252.227-7013 (DFARS 52.227-7013). The Contractor/manufacturer is Stevenson Technical Services, Inc. (STSI), 108 2nd Avenue West, PO Box 297, Bertha, MN 56437. Stevenson Technical Services, Inc. may revoke any permissions granted here, by notifying you in writing. All rights not expressly granted here are reserved to Stevenson Technical Services, Inc. ===== About VENDINFO Files ============================= Each VENDINFO.DIZ file contains extensive information about a product. This "human-readable" section is followed by a compressed data record useable by automated tools. 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