                         ***** DISCLAIMER *****

  The author has taken due care in preparing this software.  The author makes
no warranties either expressed or implied in regard to this software.  The 
author does not warrant that the software will meet your specific require-
ments or that the software will be error free.  In no event shall the author
be liable to you for any damages, incidental or consequential, arising out
of the use of this software.


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                               Contents                            
                                                                   
               Section 1:  Overview                                
                                                                   
               Section 2:  Hardware/Software requirements          
                                                                   
               Section 3:  Workstation software requirements       
                                                                   
               Section 4:  Basic program operation                 
                                                                   
               Section 5:  Windows considerations                  
                                                                   
               Section 6:  GOLD35 Licensing Information            
                                                                   
            


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(1) - Overview                                
 
  

  GOLD35 is a software solution to a hardware problem -- remote PC monitoring.
GOLD35 enables you to view the video output of a remote PC across a LAN  
or WAN.  GOLD35 is a tool to provide the LAN administrator or help desk 
personnel easy access to remote PCs to aid the PC user in daily software 
and configuration issues.  GOLD35 also provides a solution to monitoring 
dedicated PC functions and applications, relieving at least to some extent, 
the need for monitors on all support and special function PCs.

  GOLD35 is an IPX application that operates in a peer-to-peer mode.
Addressing is done by network and node address of the workstation.  GOLD35 
can view supported video modes of an unlimited number of PCs on your LAN or 
across a WAN.  The only requirement is that the G35RWS.COM TSR be loaded on 
any PC you need to view and a license is purchased for each LAN where 
G35RWS.COM is running on a PC.

  The G35RWS.COM program is a 2K TSR that is loaded on the workstation at any
point after IPXODI.COM.   GOLD35 sends IPX requests across the LAN media 
for a specific network and node address.  If that node address has the 
G35RWS.COM TSR loaded in RAM, G35RWS responds (echoes) to the GOLD35
application by sending the portion of the video RAM that GOLD35 requested.
Multiple requests (packets) are requested and received to complete a full 
screen of video.

  The included files EYESOFF.COM and EYESON.COM will enable and disable 
remote viewing by the workstation.  If the remote user executes EYESOFF, you
cannot view the remote station's video until the remote user executes EYESON.
These two files should be made available to the remote user so his/her 
privacy can be protected.

  This evaluation version of GOLD35 is fully functional with the exception
of only being able to view the top one-half of the remote PC's video.  This
will allow you to see whether GOLD35 will support your needs as a LAN
administrator.  You can see full screen video if the remote user puts his/her
video into 40 column mode with the DOS MODE command.

  GOLD35 was written in C and uses an open-architecture style of menu
screens that makes the application extremely flexible and user configurable.
Menues can be configured to display submenues or to run executable files or
to display remote video from workstation PCs.  The menues are defined in
ASCII text files that can be edited with your favorite DOS editor.  View or
print the GETSTART.TXT file for a format description of the menu files.  
This file can be viewed from within the program by selecting the "READ THIS
FIRST" option on the main menu.


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(2) - Hardware/Software Requirements for GOLD35  
 
  
  If your PC is already LAN connected and uses the IPX protocol, you already
have met the hardware and software requirements for GOLD35.  In any event,
you will need:

        * 8088 or higher processor
        * 640K of RAM
        * LAN adapter card
        * IPX or IPXODI
        * DOS version 5.0 or higher
        * DOS text editor

  NOTE: This program makes use of the DOS editor "EDIT" to provide a
        comfortable way to change the ASCII files that define the program
        menu structure.  "EDIT" is not part of and is not distributed with
        this program.  As long as you have some way to edit the ASCII menu
        files, you can use this program.


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(3) - Workstation Hardware/Software Requirements  
 
  
  The hardware requirements for the workstation are the same as for the PC
running the GOLD35 application (listed in section 2).  The included file
G35RWS.COM must be loaded (executed) on the workstation at some point after
the IPXODI.COM program.  Normally, this file is loaded during the execution
of your AUTOEXEC.BAT.  It is advisable to have G35RWS.COM to load on the 
workstation automatically on boot-up.  DO NOT execute G35RWS.COM from within
the system or user login script in NetWare.  G35RWS.COM should be loaded 
at some point BEFORE LOGIN.EXE and at some point AFTER IPXODI.COM.  Keep in
mind that G35RWS.COM is not unloadable from the workstation.  Therefore, do 
not load any TSRs before G35RWS.COM that you may need to unload.

  G35RWS.COM uses DOS interrupt 66h to detect when it is loaded.  It will not
load twice.  Therefore, you may prefer to create a login batch file on your 
server that first executes G35RWS.COM and then executes LOGIN.EXE.

  G35RWS.COM does not have to be loaded on the PC that you use to run 
GOLD35.  It CAN be loaded, but it DOESN'T HAVE TO be loaded.


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(4) - Basic Program Operation                 
 
  
  GOLD35 is a menu driven application. Menu items are highlighted by moving 
the bounce-bar up and down with the arrow keys.  Menu items are selected by 
pressing [Enter] with the desired menu item under the bounce-bar.  Menues
are removed by pressing the [Escape] key.  The program is terminated by
pressing the [Escape] key at the main menu.

  GOLD35 will display a yellow border around the screen.  This is just for
reminding you that you are viewing a remote PC and that the text on the 
screen is not from an application running on the local PC.  When viewing
remote PC video, any keypress will return you to the menu box from which you
selected the remote PC.


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(5) - Windows Considerations                  
 
  
  In order for DOS applications running under Windows to be seen by GOLD35,
the DOS application must be running in EXCLUSIVE mode.  This means that you
will have to either edit existing PIF files or create them in order to be
able to view them with GOLD35.  If DOS applications are not running in 
EXCLUSIVE mode, you will see erroneous displays at the GOLD35 application.

  Remote PCs must be running in standard VGA video mode in order to see them
with GOLD35.  GOLD35 was not designed to view Windows applications.
GOLD35 was meant to be used in DOS applications only.  You CAN see Windows
and Windows applications as long as the remote PC is operating in standard
VGA display mode (640 x 480 - 16 color).

  The Windows display on the remote PC can be corrupted when viewing it with
GOLD35.  You might want to warn the remote user of this possibility before
pulling their video with GOLD35.  If this happens, the user only needs to 
repaint their Windows window by minimizing and then maximizing.  If the 
remote video does become corrupted, you will see the corruption on your 
display as well as the remote users display.

  GOLD35 was not written with the intent of viewing Windows workstations.  I
leave it up to you to do the PIF file creations for your applications.


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(6) - GOLD35 Licensing Information            
 
  
  Simple!  One license -- One LAN.  To use this application over a WAN, a
license must be purchased for each LAN upon which G35RWS.COM will be 
installed on a PC.  One LAN license is $279.00

  For information on getting the licensed version of this application,
press [Alt]+[O] at any menu of GOLD35.






