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  AMI SPIES: A COLD WAR DAYBOOK

  Version 2.0d
  For Windows 95/98/ME/2000/NT/XP
            
  Oct. 10, 2002


  http://www.mindworkshop.com/alchemy/spies.html


  ALCHEMY MINDWORKS 
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  http://www.mindworkshop.com/ 
  alchemy@mindworkshop.com 

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TO REGISTER AMI SPIES: A COLD WAR DAYBOOK
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AMI Spies: A Cold War Daybook is distributed as shareware, 
software that you can --- "Try Before You Buy." ---

We invite you to evaluate Spies: A Cold War Daybook to see if it's 
suitable for your needs. If you like it, please register it. If it 
turns out not to be to your liking, or if you don't feel it's worth 
registering, please delete it from your hard drive and accept our 
thanks for trying it out. 

Spies: A Cold War Daybook is also bookware. To register, you can 
purchase a copy of Steven William Rimmer's novel, Eye of the Dawn. 
The book is priced at $9.99 plus shipping. Currently, the 
Alchemy Mindworks Evaluation CD-ROM is shipped with book 
orders. 

If you decide not to obtain the book, the registration 
for Spies: A Cold War Daybook is $25. Add $5.00 for shipping and 
handling if you'd like the current version sent to you on CD-ROM.

For more information, please consult the Spies: A Cold War Daybook 
documentation or the ORDER.DOC file in the program's folder 
for information on the many options available to register, 
or order the program on CD-ROM, by phone, fax, mail or via 
our on-line secure server. 

The unregistered evaluation copy of the most recent release of 
Spies: A Cold War Daybook may be distributed freely in its 
unaltered state as long as the means of distribution are in 
keeping with Alchemy Mindworks' current policies for shareware 
distribution. The current policies are summarized in the 
SHAREWAR.HTM file which is added to the program's folder during 
installation. 




ABOUT THIS DOWNLOAD 
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This download contains these files: 

-- readme.txt  -- which you obviously have found, 

-- file_id.diz  -- a general desription text file, 

-- amispi02.xml  -- a portable application distribution file, and 

-- Spies-AColdWarDaybook.exe  -- the application install program.


A CRC value can be used to check the integrity of a file you 
have downloaded. By assuring that the CRC check value matches 
the CRC check value for the file in question, you will reduce 
the possibility of attempting to install a damaged archive to 
about one in 4,294,964,296 - odds even longer than those of 
winning most state-run lotteries. 

You must have the Alchemy Mindworks CRC software installed 
on your system to perform this check. Please visit the CRC 
page to download the CRC software if you do not currently 
have it. It's small, free and a valuable asset to make 
sure that your Alchemy Mindworks software has not been 
damaged in transit.




INSTALLATION CONSIDERATIONS
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AMI Spies: A Cold War Daybook is a Windows calendar, daybook and screen 
saver with stories from the dark history of twentieth-century 
espionage. It displays a different story for each day of the year, 
from an internal database. In addition, it will allow you to browse 
through its stories - although doing so will undoubtedly spoil its 
surprises. 

Spies: A Cold War Daybook can be configured both to appear on command 
-- whenever you run it, or every morning when your computer boots up -- 
and as a conventional screen saver, whenever your system has been idle 
for a predetermined period. 

Unlike as in spy movies, the heroes in these stories rarely have 
dazzling smiles and perfect hair, the martinis are neither shaken 
nor stirred -- or in fact even mentioned -- the good guys don't 
always get the top-secret microfilm, there are no evil geniuses 
with or without bowler hats and few of the women involved are blonds. 

Warning - Spies: A Cold War Daybook deals with real events which 
occurred during the cold war. Some of the descriptions of these 
events include material which some may consider politically incorrect. 
The real world is like this. If you feel that you might be offended by 
any of this, we sincerely urge you not to install Spies: A Cold War 
Daybook.




INSTALLATION OF AMI SPIES: A COLD WAR DAYBOOK 
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Extract the file Spies-AColdWarDaybook.exe from this zipped file 
to a temporary folder such as c:\temp

Please install Spies: A Cold War Daybook through the Run item of 
your Start menu. It is recommended that you close all applications 
before installing. Installing it through Explorer or Add/Remove 
Programs will usually fail very colourfully. 

The self-extracting Windows archive installs Spies: A Cold War 
Daybook. Follow the prompts that guide you through the install 
procedure. 




TO UNINSTALL AMI SPIES: A COLD WAR DAYBOOK 
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Use Add or Remove Programs under the 
Start -- Settings -- Control Panel.




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