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CUMBERLAND STORY - Version 1.1
Write your own or your ancestor's life story!
Suggested BBS name, this version: CSTORY11.ZIP
A shareware software package from
CUMBERLAND SOFTWARE
Ira J. Lund
385 Idaho Springs Road
Clarksville, TN 37043
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| ____|__ | Association of
| | |_| Shareware
|__| o | Professionals
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|___|___| MEMBER
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You must add or edit the following lines of your CONFIG.SYS file in
the root directory and reboot to run this program:
FILES=40
BUFFERS=20
This program is too large to run from a 360K diskette. You must
have a hard drive. The program is distributed in a PKZIP file. Run
the INSTALL program to automatically create a subdirectory called
STORY on your hard drive if you do not know how to extract ZIP
files. On distribution disks of this program the following files
will be found:
README Readme documentation
INSTALL.BAT The installation batch file
CSTORY11.ZIP Cumberland Story ZIP file
PKUNZIP.EXE PKZIP extract program
To install type:
INSTALL <origination drive letter> <destination drive letter>
EXAMPLE: INSTALL A C
To start program type: CSTORY <enter>
The program comes with two sample books which can be used to
study the program. A manual is included on this disk. To print the
manual, select "Print Manual" from the "F7-Utilities" menu.
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WARNING! This program holds data in memory and automatically saves
data as you exit the program. DO NOT TURN OFF THE COMPUTER or
REBOOT WHILE THE PROGRAM IS RUNNING. Data in memory will not be
written to disk and unrecoverable data corruption will occur.
Please backup regularly to insure against inadvertant problems such
as a power failure.
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CUMBERLAND STORY
Write your own or you ancestor's life story!
CUMBERLAND STORY is a shareware application program to help you
write and print a structured book about your life or the lives of
your ancestors. It contains many ideas and suggestions with a
chapter and topic outliner containing memory-jogging prompts. It's
features include:
* Friendly pop-up menus and screens with extensive on-line help.
* A word processor with cut-and-paste features.
* A Spell Check dictionary is available to registered users.
* Suggested or User-defined Chapters and Topics with printable
Table of Contents.
* Imports text from CUMBERLAND DIARY for inclusion into your
book.
* ASCII Text may be exported or imported, allowing swapping of
data with other word processors.
* A multi-entry text search allows you to find embedded phrases
within the diary entries.
* Allows creation of multiple books.
* A printable manual.
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VERSION 1.1 IMPROVEMENTS
* Cumberland Software is now a member of the Association of
Shareware Professionals.
* New ASCII import utility allows import of data from any other
program which can create an ASCII text file.
* New multi-entry text search allows searches of phrases embedded
within the diary entries.
* Data File Backup has been moved to the utilities menu.
* Register users now recieve a copy with the beginning and ending
"beg" screen removed.
* Improvements to the spell-checker and minor spell-check bugs
fixed.
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If you are upgrading from CUMBERLAND STORY 1.0 make certain you
backup your data files before installing this program. Restore
your book(s) as explained under Chapter E.6.c. Data File Backup and
Restore after installing Version 1.1. If your book does not appear
in the book list when the program starts use the [Ins] key to add
the book. Make certain to spell it correctly. This will not erase
or create a new book if one already exists with the specified name.
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FILES ON THIS DISK
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README ReadMe documentation File
--------------PROGRAM-FILES--------------------------------
CSTORY.EXE The CUMBERLAND STORY Program
CSTORY.HLP CUMBERLAND STORY Help Windows
CSTORY.CFG CUMBERLAND STORY Configuration File
--------------TEXT-FILES-----------------------------------
MANUAL.TXT Text file containing manual
REGISTER.TXT Text file containing Registration form
--------------CUMBERLAND-STORY-DATA-FILES------------------
BOOKLIST.DAT Book names file
CHAPTERS.DAT Pre-defined Chapters File
TOPICS.DAT Pre-defined Topics File
BOOKLIST.K01 Book names key file
TOPICS.K01 Topics Key File
--------------SAMPLE-BOOK-#1-DATA-FILES--------------------
SAMPLE1A.DAT Author and Title File
SAMPLE1C.DAT Chapter Definition File
SAMPLE1T.DAT Topic Definition File
SAMPLE1X.DAT Text File
SAMPLE1C.K01 Chapter Key File
SAMPLE1T.K01 Topic Key File
SAMPLE1X.K01 Text Key File
--------------SAMPLE-BOOK-#2-DATA-FILES--------------------
SAMPLE2A.DAT Author and Title File
SAMPLE2C.DAT Chapter Definition File
SAMPLE2T.DAT Topic Definition File
SAMPLE2X.DAT Text File
SAMPLE2C.K01 Chapter Key File
SAMPLE2T.K01 Topic Key File
SAMPLE2X.K01 Text Key File
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