My Little Realm, v2.0

                      Description of the My Little Realm System

                             Released:  October, 1992
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                      Introduction to My Little Realm, the system

          My Little Realm gives non-technical PC owners the chance to use 
          PC computers to easily maintain and balance their checking account; 
          track charge card expenses; create a phone/address book; print 
          labels; address envelopes; track savings instruments; create a 
          library of their personal books, tapes, cd's, etc.; monitor public 
          library withdrawals; create "memory" records that let the computer 
          remember where important documents (like wills, passports, etc.) are 
          kept; track business expenses and incomes for part-time jobs; easily 
          backup and retrieve files; encourage young readers to visit their
          local libraries; and still more.  MLR is self-installing, comes with 
          online help files, and users need know nothing about DOS, 
          accounting, or file maintenance to make use of the entire system.  
          Requires 2 MB of hard disk space.

          Many of My Little Realm's programs may be purchased separately.  
          These stand-alone modules, called sa's, can be run from either a 
          floppy disk or a hard disk.  The stand-alone programs even make 
          great gifts!  They'll run on almost any kind of IBM compatible PC.

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                      The Stand-alone Programs of My Little Realm
          
          Calling Cards.
          Calling Cards lets you access your phone/address database as if it 
          were your own personal Yellow Pages.  If you need a plumber, just 
          tell Calling Cards to get you the number of the plumber.  And if you 
          need labels, Calling Cards lets you put your records in either of 
          two categories such as "Friends" and "Clients".  All you have to do 
          is put fanfold labels in your printer and tell Calling Cards which 
          category you want the labels printed for.  You can also print from 
          one to 100 labels for a specific name and address, or you can even 
          address envelopes.

          Charging.
          If you're the "typical" American family you have seven credit cards.  
          Have you ever wondered where you stood with all of those cards?  How 
          much is out on this one or that one?  Or all of them?  The press of 
          a single key in Charging will answer those questions.  If you need 
          precise tracking of your charging expenditures, Charging can show 
          you how much you spend at specific stores or in given situations.
          This program is also known as the Charge Card or Credit Card 
          program.
          
          Checking.
          Checking makes checkbook maintenance a breeze.  You create the 
          records of your checks, deposits, autowithdrawals, and so on with a 
          minimum of data entry.  A degree in accounting is definitely not 
          required.  Checking automatically balances your checking account and 
          tracks your personal income tax deductions (or whatever else you 
          tell it to keep track of).  
          
          The Private Library Routine.
          The Private Library routine gives you the opportunity to put all of
          your personal volumes (books, cd's, video tapes, etc.) online.  You
          can sort, search, view and print your records in a variety of ways.
          
          The Public Library Routine.
          The Public Library routine lets you easily keep track of the works 
          you borrow from your public libraries.  It helps you remember when 
          the books are due, and it maintains an historical log of everything 
          you borrow.  That way you'll always know if you've returned a book 
          or not, and you can view, sort, search and print your Historical 
          file.

          Read More.
          The Read More program was developed to encourage young readers to go
          to their public libraries.  Kids frequently complain that they can't
          find anything to read.  Almost all of the titles that come with Read 
          More are fun reading.  They are not meant to replace the "suggested 
          reading lists" proffered by grade school and high school English 
          teachers.  Read More was designed to encourage young readers by 
          showing them a wide variety of new authors and works that they would 
          enjoy reading.  It comes with more than 1,000 titles that young 
          readers can peruse and "check off" after they've read them.  Books 
          are listed by age groups.  For ages 6 months to 18 years.

          Records of the Realm.
          "Memory" records created by the Records of the Realm Routine help 
          locate important documents in short order.  This routine can also 
          save you a lot of trouble and headaches should you ever lose one or 
          more of your credit cards.  It will automatically generate a list of 
          phone numbers of all of your charge card issuers so you can quickly 
          make the necessary calls to stop payments, print letters to those 
          same issuers (required by most charge card issuers), and print 
          labels for the envelopes.

          Savings.
          Savings lets you keep track of all of your savings instruments ... 
          certificates of deposit, passbook savings, Keough plans, IRA's, and 
          so on.  It prints your savings portfolio, showing the total of the 
          portfolio as well as the sub-totals by instrument.

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                               My Little Realm/The System

          You can purchase the entire My Little Realm system which comes with
          all of the above programs plus:
          
          1  Main Menu.  It lets you easily change color modes and the cursor 
                         blink rate, shell out to DOS, and invoke MLR's own 
                         ScreenSaver ... all at the touch of a button.  It 
                         also gives you easy, single key access to all of the
                         MLR stand-alone programs described above.

          2  Utilities.  MLR comes with its own backup and retrieval 
                         utilities.  You can back up all of your MLR files 
                         with the press of a single key.  And you can retrieve 
                         backed up files by simply telling Retrieve which MLR 
                         program has a bad file.  Retrieve will do the rest.  
                         You don't have to know a thing about DOS!

          3  Documentation.  MLR comes with its own text viewer and online
                         documentation so you can view your help files without 
                         leaving the system.  Included are two help files on 
                         setting up your system and a Tour Guide file that 
                         takes you through a practice run of MLR.

          4  Common interface.  MLR's programs are easy to learn, and once you 
                         learn how to use one, you'll know how to use them all 
                         because they all work the same way.

          5  Review Routines.  There are two review routines that let you 
                         access your checking and charging files to see how 
                         you've been spending your hard-earned money.  Both 
                         routines allow you to peruse your files on a record 
                         by record basis, and you can query your files to see 
                         how much you've spent in a specific store or in a 
                         given situation.  They also generate a year-to-date 
                         summary of your records.

          Note:  The MLR system must be run from the hard disk and requires 
                 2 MB of hard disk space.
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          To place an order, print out the text file REGISTER.TXT, fill in the
          order form, and mail it with your remittance.  The author's name and
          address appear on the order form.  Your registered versions will be
          mailed promptly.  Thank you.

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