Welcome to SimApp 1.21 - Trial version
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Homepage: http://www.simapp.com
Email: info@simapp.com

This README-file contains important information and
up-to-date information on SimApp-Trial.

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  If you have already installed an older
  version of SimApp and you want to retain
  it, you must first uninstall this trial
  version before uninstalling the older
  version.
  Uninstall any older trial versions.
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CONTENTS
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 1. PRODUCT OVERVIEW
 2. TRIAL VERSION
 3. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS 
 4. HOW YOU GET HELP
 5. INSTALLATION UND UNINSTALLATION


1. PRODUCT OVERVIEW

SimApp is a windows program for the analysis and 
optimization of any kind of dynamic system based on the 
idea of block diagrams. It doesn't presume any 
predefined structures. Nonlinear and time variant 
systems can be simulated and displayed in the time 
domain. Linear and time invariant systems can further 
be investigated in the frequency domain. It can construct
frequency domain plots such as Bode plots and Polar plots 
(Nyquist plots) and compute the eigenvalues of the 
investigated subsystems. The data are also presented in 
tabular form and can be copied to other applications by 
means of the Windows clipboard.


2. TRIAL VERSION

SimApp-Trial is a shareware version of SimApp 1.21.
You are authorized to use it for 30 days from installation and
to launch it a maximum of 30 times. Within these limits,
you can use it without any restrictions. 

If the 30 day period has expired or if you have reached 30 starts,
you are obliged to remove the software completely from your system.
You are not authorized to reinstall it.

SimApp-Trial is freely distributable. You can copy it and distribute
it to other interested persons if you take care that all files in the 
package are available and the software remains fully functioning.

SimApp-Trial is 100% the same as the registered version
except that: 

a) it runs only 30 days. In this period you can launch it
   max. 30 times. After that you can not start it any more.

b) In a network it runs only on the PC you have installed
   it on.

The manual is only shipped with the standard version.
But you find it also in the programs online help.
Click on ? in the main menu. 
Please read the manual carefully because many important
details will only be discovered by reading it.

If you like SimApp you can order it by the order form
you find in the file "OrderForm.txt" or visit our homepage
http://www.simapp.com


3. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS 

Minimum:
· IBM compatible system with an Intel 486 processor 
  plus 487 math coprocessor or any Pentium processor.
· Microsoft Windows 95/98/NT/2000
· 6 Mbytes hard disk space
· 8 Mbytes free main memory (RAM)
· Floppy disk drive
· Mouse
· Color monitor, VGA or better

Recommended
· Printer
· TrueColor or HighColor graphics card and monitor
  (16 or 24 Bit color resolution)
· 1024x768 screen resolution or more
· 17" monitor or greater
· For large, high resolution simulations we recommend 
  a 90 MHz Pentium processor at least and 32 Mbytes
  free main memory.


4. HOW YOU GET HELP

SimApp comes with a comprehensive user manual that
is also included in the online help. If you have any 
problems, please read the relevant chapters in the 
user manual.
If you have any problems in installing the software or if
you find serious errors in the software, please send a 
note to

Buesser Engineering
Wacht 28
Rueti ZH
CH-8630
Switzerland

Email: info@simapp.com
Homepage: http://www.simapp.com

Fax. +41 55 260 12 89
Phone +41 55 260 12 88  (only in very urgent cases)


5. INSTALLATION UND UNINSTALLATION

SimApp comes with an installation program.
Take the following steps:

If you got SimApp on two Setup floppy disks:
  I.   Place the Setup-Disk into the disk drive.
  II.  Open the control Panel window and click on the
       Add/Remove Programs icon.
  III. Follow the installation instructions that 
       appear on the screen.

  Alternatively, you could launch SETUP.EXE on 
  the Setup-Disk

If you got the SimApp installation files with a zip
or a self-extracting archive:

  I.   Search for the file "Setup.exe".  
  II.  Launch "Setup.exe" by double-click and follow
       the instructions.

If you have already installed an other trial version,
you must first uninstall it. Open the control Panel
window.

If you have already a standard version on your computer
that you want to retain, you can install this trial
version but you must uninstall it before you uninstall
the standard version. If you don't, the uninstallation
program will delete system entries of the trial version.

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