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Welcome to the Bridgestone BibleWare CD-ROM!
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This Bridgestone BibleWare CD contains some of the best Bible and Christian
programs ever assembled. Your whole family will enjoy this CD as there is
something for everyone here.
Programs included on this CD:
* Bible Search programs * Bible Studies * Bible Games
* Many Bible translations * Bible Study aids/tools * Pastor's Sermons
* Church programs * Devotionals * Christian Books
* Writings of the Early Church Fathers * and Much More...
The CD consists of public domain, freeware, and shareware programs and files.
Our goal in bringing you this CD is to provide you with a collection of
valuable Bible/Christian resources that will enhance your studies. This
CD-ROM is designed for use by any PC running DOS, Windows, or Windows 95.
Quick Start to Browse/Run programs from the CD:
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For Windows: Select File, Run, then x:\startw.exe (where x is the CD drive)
For DOS: Type the command: x:\start.exe (where x is the CD-ROM drive)
(note: If your current directory is the CD root directory, then you may
omit the x:\ part of the filename and just use: STARTW.EXE or START.EXE
What is Public Domain, Freeware, and Shareware?
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Shareware is a "try before you buy" method of distributing software. Authors
of shareware allow you to evaluate their programs for a period of time, then
expect you to register (pay for) the programs if you continue to use them.
Please consult each program's documentation for more information about how to
register with the program's author. Freeware is similar to shareware except
that the author does not require payment for the use of the program (hence the
Freeware name). Public domain files and programs are free to use, and are NOT
copyrighted works. Both shareware and freeware programs are copyrighted works.
We do not sell any programs on this CD. Your purchase price of this CD is a
distribution fee only, for us to provide the files on CD to you. All payments
for programs/files on this CD-ROM should be made directly to the author(s).
How do I use this BibleWare CD-ROM?
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This CD contains programs in a special self-extracting format (.EXE).
Each program resides in an .EXE file which can be run by any standard Windows
launch program (File Manager, Windows Explorer, etc.). You may also want
to use one of our two CD viewer/extract programs included on this CD to
browse through the file descriptions and/or launch the programs on the CD.
Every directory on the CD contains a text file called '00_files.txt' which
lists the directories below the current directory, plus gives a detailed
description of each program that resides in that directory. You may use the
included STARTW or START programs that will automatically display these
file descriptions, or you may manually view the '00_files.txt' files using
any Word Processor, Text Editor, or File Viewer utility.
The easiest way to use programs off this CD is to run one of the following
two programs:
STARTW.EXE - Windows based CD viewer/extract program (will run under
Windows 3.x or Windows 95). This is the preferred program
as it has more features/capabilities than the DOS based
START.EXE program below.
START.EXE - DOS based CD viewer/extract program (runs under DOS,
Windows 3.x, or Windows 95). Use this program if you are
running under DOS only (no Windows) or if you prefer a text
based interface. Note: Not recommended for use under
Windows 3.x, but will function well under Windows 95.
Both of the above programs will allow you to navigate around the CD and view
the file descriptions for each program on the CD. They will also let you run
the self-extracting programs that are on the CD.
Manually browsing/running programs off the CD can be accomplished using
File Manager or Windows Explorer by double clicking on the program name
(xxxxxxxx.exe) you want to run. This will invoke the self-extracting program.
Under DOS (no Windows), you may run the .EXE program from a command line
prompt and the archive will self-extract. Note that you must specify a
destination directory on the command line or else it will try to extract onto
the CD which is not able to be written to. The DOS command format to extract
a program manually is: program.exe c:\test (where program.exe is the name of
the program you want to extract, and c:\test is the destination directory).
More About the START/STARTW CD Browser Programs and File Descriptions:
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Note: Use the ESC key to go back to a previous directory when using the START
or STARTW program. ESC will also exit the START/STARTW program when it is
pressed from START's main (root directory) screen.
To run a self-extracting program from START or STARTW, simply press ENTER
once the file's name is highlighted, or double click on the file in STARTW.
This will cause you to be prompted for a destination directory to UNZIP the
files into. You may accept the default directory name if you like, or you
may pick a different drive/directory name for each program you want to try
out. We recommend you pick a different directory name for each file, so that
files from more than one program are not mixed up in the same UNZIP directory.
As each program was written by a different author, they all perform somewhat
differently. You may want to use CleanSweep or a similar file cleanup utility
to remove old/unused files installed by the different programs. You may also
do a DOS DEL *.* command in the temporary UNZIP directory(s) to remove
unwanted files left by various programs you have been evaluating from the CD.
File Manager or Windows Explorer may also be used to manually remove unwanted
files and/or directories.
Note: Each file is denoted by program/file type in the 00_FILES.TXT file.
After the program description the following codes are displayed to signify:
*DOS* - DOS based program *WIN* - 16 bit Windows 3.x program
*WIN95* - 32 bit Windows 95 program *TEXT* - ASCII text file
Windows 95 will run DOS, WIN, and WIN95 programs. Windows 3.x will run both
DOS and WIN programs. DOS will only run DOS programs. All 3 operating
systems will be able to view/edit TEXT files with a Word Processor or EDIT.
Some text files are included in a self extracting .EXE file. To view these
files, simply run the .EXE file then specify the directory where you want the
text files. Then use your Word Processor or Text Editor to view, eidt, or
print the files.
Under Windows 3.x or Windows 95, you may experience problems running DOS
based programs directly from the self-extracting archive (.EXE) program.
By all means try to run the program from the self-extracting archive, but if
you experience problems (no music, system lockup, distorted graphics, etc.),
you should re-run the program manually from a DOS prompt. This should fix
your problems. This is due to older DOS programs that don't behave well with
Windows.
Copyright
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This entire CD-ROM is Copyright (c) 1996 by Jodi L. Smith. All rights are
reserved. This CD-ROM is licensed to Bridgestone Multimedia Group, Inc.,
who is the exclusive distributor of this CD. All trademarks belong to their
respective trademark holders. Third-Party software/applications/files are
copyrighted by their respective owners. You are free to upload these files
to bulletin boards and give them away to your friends. You may not sell the
files on this CD to others or use them on any other shareware CD-ROM or
commercial product without our written consent.
Disclaimer
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Jodi L. Smith and the distributors of this CD-ROM make no