Category : Pascal Source Code
Archive   : BOOST4.ZIP
Filename : README.400

{ ------------------- October 22, 1988 ---------------------

BOOSTERS 4.0
Assembly Language Power For Turbo Pascal
(Shareware Version)

The Boosters 4.0 library supports Turbo Pascal version 4.0 or
higher.

The complete library (as of 10/22/88) offers you 90
routines, all of which you can pull from a single unit,
BOOSTERS.TPU.

The shareware version of the library contains only the
routines written in assembly language (MASM 4.0), which
total 63. This version also resides in a single unit,
BOSHARE.TPU.

The shareware module has in it:

1) BOSHARE.PAS
2) BOSHARE.TPU
3) Example routines
5) The Boosters screen generator, ScrGen16, which
lets you design your video interface panels and
menus, then save them in a single file. Boosters
has routines that let you copy the screens from
the file to the heap, from which they can be
rifled to the screen in whole or in part using
other Boosters procedures.
4) Documentation files (2) for the complete Boosters
library (in other words, documentation for all
90 routines)
5) This Readme file
6) 63 .OBJ files for the externals in BOSHARE.PAS

As many of you know, Boosters has been around for awhile.

In November, 1985, version 1.0 entered the shareware world
for support of Turbo Pascal 2.0 and 3.0. Subsequent versions
improved performance, added functionality to existing
routines, and inducted new routines into the library.

Boosters underwent a complete overhaul for Turbo Pascal 4.0
because of major changes in the compiler. Thus, Boosters 4.0,
which made its debut in April, 1988, supports only Turbo
Pascal 4.0 and higher.

Boosters has caught the attention of several reviewers. You
can find the most recent writeup in the June, 1988 issue of
Computer Language, Tim Parker's column. Doug Ortega reviewed
Boosters 2.0 in the Product Watch section of PC Tech Journal in
the July, 1987 issue, as well. We thank both reviewers sincerely
for their positive assessment.

Boosters has been a commercial product off and on during its
young life. As of October 22, 1988, Boosters 4.0, in this
limited form only, is shareware once again.

So, here are the some suggested options:

1) If you like Boosters but don't want the complete
library, you can encourage product growth by
registering for $18.90. That's 63 assembly
language modules at thirty cents apiece.

2) If you like Boosters and want the complete library
(all 90 routines), you can encourage product growth
by registering for $25.00. The complete library,
of course, includes the Pascal source code for the
27 additional routines that comprise Boosters.Pas--
as well as the source code for ScrGen16.Pas.

3) If you like Boosters, want the complete library and
a printed copy of the documentation, you can
encourage product growth by registering for $35.00.
The documentation came off an HP Series II (thanks to
John Jones of LaGrange Park, IL) and has a plastic
spiral binding that allows it to lay flat (Amen!).

4) If you like Boosters and want everything--full library,
printed doc, and documented assembler source code for
all 63 externals (perhaps to help you learn assembly
language with the Turbo Assembler)--you can encourage
product growth by registering for $50.00.

We trust that if you are using Boosters in software that you
sell, you will choose to register. There are no royalties for
including Boosters routines in your products.

When you register under option 2 ,3, or 4, you receive the
latest version of the library. We keep all registered users
notified of any revisions, new releases or products.

Users wishing to register may do so by check or MC/Visa.
Please contact us at:

George F. Smith and Company
609 Candlewick Lane
Lilburn, GA 30247 U.S.A.
(404) 923-6879

We mail Boosters first class on 5.25-inch diskettes, within
24 hours of receiving the order.

We encourage you to spread Boosters around in its shareware
form, and if you like it or use it in commercial products, to
register with us at the address above.


George F. Smith
Lilburn, Georgia
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