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Version 1.01 August, 1993 (This version will be out of date by
August, 1994; please do not use after that time.)

INFORMATION

Shareware, evaluation version

COURT RULES AND STATUTES, COMPUTER GUIDE

Copyright 1993 BBS LEGAL GUIDE, INC.

This program is a vital resource for lawyers and para-legals and
students in these fields. The registered program contains the
full text with annotations of the following court rules and
statutes in a menu driven environment for reading and studying
these items:

The Federal Rules of:

Appellate Procedure
Bankruptcy Procedure
[Bankruptcy Procedure with federal rules combined]
Civil Procedure
Criminal Procedure
Evidence
Habeas Corpus Rules- State and federal prisoners
Local rules for selected Appellate Circuit Courts
Multi-district litigation
Tax Court
Temporary Emergency Court of Appeals
U.S. Supreme Court rules

The following laws:

Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1981 ("Bankruptcy Code")
Copyright Code
Title 28, United States Code- extracts regarding court
jurisdiction

The following regulations:

Canons of Judicial Ethics
Model Code of Professional Responsibility

The following additional items:

The North American Free Trade Agreement
U.S. Constitution and amendments

In addition, registered users also receive the full text of the
laws and regulations in their choice of one the following word
processing formats, allowing them to easily insert text into
documents or pleadings:

INTEL ASCII
DCA/FFT
DCA/RFT
DW/2 (TXT)
DW4 (DOC)
DX
FIRST CHOICE, FIRST CHOICE 3
MASS-11
MS WORD 4, MS WORD 5
MULTI MATE ADV 2, MULTI MATE 3.6, MULTIMATE 4.0
NAVY DIF
NOTA BENE
PFS WRITE, PFS WRITE A, PFS WRITE B, PFS WRITE C
PROF WRITE 1, PROF WRITE 2
RTF
SAMNA
SMART WARE II
VOLKSWRITER
WANG IWP
WRITING ASST
WORD MARC, WORD MARC +
WORD PERFECT, WORD PERFECT 5.0, WORD PERFECT 5.1
WORD STAR 3.31, 3.4, 4, 5, 6, 7, WORD STAR 2000, WORD STAR DATA
XY WRITE
(We invite users to suggest other formats.)

Support via BBS, on-line services and voice is provided.

THIS VERSION: Contains the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure.
Use this fully functional program and upon registration you will
receive the other statutes and rules stated above. (If you are a
power user, please see the file quicksta.man for installation
directions; if not, please read the full manual.)

PRICING:

Standard Edition:

    Printed manual

    Complete menu driven package with annotated laws/regulations

    Text of the laws/regulations in 1 word processing format;

    Single CPU license--$89.00

Site license and multiple copy discounts are available upon
request.

Student Edition:

    On disk manual

    Complete menu driven package with annotated laws/regulations

    Text of the laws/regulations in 1 word processing format;

    Single CPU license--$59.00, paid in two installments.

Satisfactory proof (photo copy of report card, proof of
membership in ABA law student division, student id, letter on
school letterhead) must be provided that the person is attending
para legal, business, accounting or law school, or related
fields.


Update and upgrade policy: Updates are available via private BBS
systems to registered users at no cost. Special discounts will be
available to registered users on upgrades to the program, when
available.

Checks, money orders and most major credit cards accepted.

This is not "FREE" or "PUBLIC DOMAIN" software. It is marketed as
shareware. If you are not familiar with shareware, PLEASE read
the SHARE.TXT file. The disk which you have contains the full
annotated text of the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure so
that you can fully evaluate the program. This will give you the
opportunity to work with the program and decide if it's for you
and if you should register.

GOOD REASONS TO REGISTER:

(1) You'll never again have to type (or dictate) in the text of
FRCP 23 in a memo or paper. Presto, pull it into your word
processor!

(2) This is MUCH better than a "paper" edition of these items. It
takes much less space. Try reading the bankruptcy code in a book
without flipping back and forth to section 101. We've solved that
problem, allowing you to toggle back and forth between the
definitions of the terms in the code and the code itself! Try
reading the code in our menu driven format. We also have combined
the bankruptcy rules and the federal rules which they reference.

(3) This program is much less expensive than buying paper books
of the same materials, and it weighs about 4 pounds less!

(4) When preparing pleadings you can more liberally annotate
them, perhaps in foot notes. The Court and opposing counsel (and
your clients/professors) will be impressed with being able to see
the text of the rules or statutes which you are quoting or
debating. Nope, they won't have to get up and get the book or
rely on the faulty memory of what is in the statute. You can show
them in black letter law what's what.

(5) For all of us work-a-holics you don't need to lug heavy books
home or on the plane. Just take the disk or your lap top with the
information that you need.

(6) This program was written by a team of legal professionals
including lawyers and para-legals with experience in each of the
fields mentioned. The annotations will amuse you or will at least
provoke thought. In some cases you will avoid a mine field or two
that we stepped into once or twice or three or four times.

There are of course other good reasons to register... And we are
confident that this program will be a great resource for all in
the legal field or studying to get into the legal field.

For further information contact our exclusive dealer:

Attention to Details

Voice: 909-681-6210
BBS: (N,8,1) 909-681-6221

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS:

Q: What does the program do?

A: You receive a menu driven computer program to review the
information listed above, which features an on-line note pad to
jot notes as you go along, and the ability to toggle between two
different sections of the rule or statute and even on-line help.
In addition to the annotated text in the menu driven environment,
you receive the full text in your favorite word processing
format, ready for you to incorporate in your pleadings, law
review articles or hate mail to others who don't bother to read
the rules.

Q: What kind of computer do I need?

A: The program requires an IBM compatible PC, XT, AT (286), 386
or 486 system running DOS 3.3 or higher with at least 512KB free
memory with a hard drive (fixed disk) and a printer. All monitors
are supported.

Q: When they change the law, then what?

A: Registered users only will be able to get changes through many
BBS systems and on-line services. A complete list of support
on-line services and BBS systems is provided to registered users.

Q: I think that at this price it can't be that good. Convince me
otherwise!

A: Glad you asked. The team that developed this program has sold
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF COMPUTER PROGRAMS at retail. The
computer code is written by professional software engineers and
lawyers and para-legals as well as students in these fields have
developed over 20 other legal self-help programs. Law books and
legal computer programs DO NOT have to be more expensive than
other programs just because they are legal. This is a fair price
and provides a fair profit to the developers and distributors. It
is SIGNIFICANTLY less expensive to store data like legal statutes
on computer than it is on paper. Therefore, the savings are
passed on to you, the user. In addition, there is NOT and has
NEVER BEEN a direct correlation between the price of a program
and its intrinsic utility and value. There are word processors
that sell for $400 and some that sell for $50 that perform
identically. In some cases expensive programs may be worse than
lesser priced ones in the same field. By marketing this as
shareware there are significant cost savings in advertising and
no mark up between the manufacturer, wholesaler and retailer.
Therefore, the price of this program reflects these economies.
However, you will not be shorted on service. Period. When you
register this program you will receive telephone support, BBS and
on-line service support. The support personnel are real experts
on the program since they were involved in the development of the
program!

Q: Who qualifies as a student and what is acceptable proof of
student status?

A: All of us (even though in some cases it was 10 years ago!)
remember being a student and having a student's budget. All we
need is a reasonable indication that you are a law/ para-legal/
legal secretary/ business/ accounting or related field student.
You don't need to go and stand in line for an hour at the
registrar to get a sealed statement. A note on letter head (hand
written) from one of your instructors, a copy of a report card
showing legal related course (ok, you can black out the grades
that are not A's), an ABA student division membership card are
all acceptable. This software is marketed on trust. Reasonable
proof is enough.

Q: How do I register?

A: Via voice at 909-681-6210, major credit cards accepted. Or via
BBS, at 909-681-6221. See the file BBSORDER.TXT. Via mail or
fax you can use the handy registration form in the file
ORDER.FRM.

Q: Give me another good reason to register.

A: Okay, we will. This program is MUCH cheaper than buying the
comparable "paper books" by a factor of 4 or 5 to 1!

Q: If I have a question before I register what should I do?

A: We provide a high level of service to registered users. To our
potential registered users (hint) we will provide a reasonable
amount of support via the phone numbers and BBS shown above.

Q: How do I start using the program?

A: Print out or read the manual--- the file name is COURT.MAN.
This is complete and will give you the information you need to
start using the program.