-UNPACKING ISKRA Main_menu

In order to work, received file ISKRA2000V4.ZIP must be unpacked to exact folder, depending on the type of the Euphoric emulator installed onto Your computer; (see Emulator_diferences below)

Usually, if You have Your Euphoric INSTALLED onto Your Computer, You'll have folder TAPES, but if You have just copied Euphoric.EXE and other files without installation, then You'll need to unzip and place all Iskra's files into EUPHORIC folder. /I myself have bothJ /

- EMULATOR DIFFERENCES: back to: Unpacking_Iskra Main_menu

You must run Iskra UNDER THE SAME VERSION OF EMULATOR to load her saved user files from floppy - as the one version of emulator that was previously used to run Iskra for SAVING THEM ON TO FLOPPY in the first place, meaning;

If You, for example, run Euphoric that is INSTALLED on to Your system, and use it for Iskra to store her user files to floppy disk, then - that floppy Iskra that is ran under the Emulator wich is COPIED on to Your system could not read (message "searching" will remain on the screen).

Usually this should not represent any problem because the User is always going to use THE SAME version of Euphoric Emulator when ever using Iskra on his/her computer, but may create difficulties when using Iskras on different computers (with different versions of Euphoric).

• Open saved Iskra's User Files floppy disk in Windows Explorer, or in My Computer
• If all files on the floppy have "TAP" extensions, and Iskra on your computer cannot read it, just select option "rename", and remove TAP extensions to all files (example: rename file named "T_15.TAP" to file named "T_15")
• If all files on the floppy have no extensions at all, and Iskra on Your computer cannot read it, do the opposite - use option "rename" and add "TAP" extension to all files on the floppy
• Launch Iskra and let her read the floppy again. It will work!

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-PREPARING TO RUN ISKRA FOR THE FIRST TIME Main_menu

Iskra's setup will configure Iskra's basic parameters and create additional (TAP) files needed for User to store it's data. App. 400 files with TAP extension will be created onto Your Hard Drive, in the same Folder where You placed Your Iskra. (click File_list_of_Iskra to learn more)

NOTE: Iskra will use files created by her Setup.TAP to store User data. There is no need to launch Setup.TAP ever again after the first setting up of Iskra. If You launch Iskra's setup again sometimes in the future, it will display warning message. Should You select PROCEED option, it will erase all User data from Iskra.

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-FILE LIST OF ISKRA V4.0 Main_menu

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-USING ISKRA Main_menu

• All Iskra's files MUST be together at all time, in one single folder (TAPES or EUPHORIC)
• Newer delete nor rename any of Iskra's files (Iskra will stop responding). Delete ALL her files if You don't whant to use her anymore
• Launch it ONLY by double-clicking RUN.TAP, or typing CLOAD"RUN".

• Since RUN.TAP must be in specified folder, You may create shortcut to this file in Windows Explorer for better convenience
• DON'T attempt double-clicking or cloading any other Iskra's file except RUN.TAP and SETUP.TAP
• This Iskra is all written on English language, she will always display her short help automatically and her complete help whenever "H" (for Help) is pressed while running Iskra. All her commands are logical and fail-safe. User has nothing to think or worry about!

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 -REGISTRATION Main_menu

To Register Your copy of IskraV4.0: Please send 25 Euros to the programmer's address below:

 With Your money, BE SHURE TO SEND the following:

• Serial No. of Your Copy of Iskra (each copy of Iskra has its own serial number, which is displayed at her startup screen. Depending on the serial number of Your Iskra depends the Valid Registration Key which You'll received from me),
• Your email, Your GSM Phone number, or Your Postal Address, which I'll need to use in order to send You back Your Registration Key for You to register Iskra4.0

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-WHAT CAN ISKRA DO: Main_menu

• Create animations in Oric's Lores0 mode; up to 100 Iskra's animation files can be created with this version of Iskra, with 2000 pixels per an animation. Full potential of Oric's Lores mode is supported. All failsafe and easy!

• Create an animation in Oric's Hires mode (vector-based drawing). Screen frames supported!

• Create textual documents or user-arranged databases of any kind! Up to 100 files of this kind can be created, managed and printed, with up to app. 9,5Kbt per a file. Ensured full help whenever needed. (Iskra's UserFile Manager is designed to work in a similar way to "OrganizerLink4" software from "Yellowsoft"!)

• Export Iskra created User Files to Floppy Disk A:\ Iskra supports exporting up to 33 user created files or animations per an empty, 1,4MB formatted floppy disk. Great for exchanging documents created in Iskra on different computers, or via Internet. (Files that Iskra saves on Floppy can be zipped and sent via email! In order for another Iskra to read received email attachment, just unzip it on an empty floppy and run Iskra to read it!) See Emulator_diferences for more information regarding this subject

• Expand Iskra's limitation of up to 100 User created files within Iskra; just use Iskra to export your infrequently used User files to a floppy. Then delete those files in Iskra herself. Files will still exist, saved to Your floppy disk, until needed again, when Iskra can upload them from the floppy backup.

• Use Iskra's Calculator, Screen Saver, and few more similar, additional, small utilities

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Iskra's welcoming screen (left), ------------------------- Iskra's main menu screen (right)

Load selected file screen (left), ------------------- Iskra's Lores0 Animator help screen (right)

Lores0 Animator picture (left), -----------------------Hires Animator picture (right)

Iskra's Screen Saver (left), --------------------------- Hires Help Screen (right)

Iskra's Text Processor (left), ------------------------ Iskra's Text Processor Help screen (right)

Export User files to floppy utility (left), ----------------------- Iskra's textual file find (right)

Iskra's Calculator (left) . --------------------------------

- To get Iskra2000 V4.0.ZIP file, click on the link below to request the program via email.
Enjoy! ***Brana***

Request copy of Iskra2000 V4.0
(Email Link to Brana)

- End User Licence Agreement: Main_menu

• Distribution of Iskra is not allowed to the End-User; User has the right to install and use enclosed copy of Iskra on as much computers as the User have, but has no right to distribute enclosed copy of Iskra himself, to any other person, customer, nor a friend - via Floppy, CD disk, or the Internet. If You have a friend who is also interested in a copy of Iskra, please let him/her email me at Brana@hotmail.com or gokubulma@hotmail.com for a free trial copy of the software via email attachment.

• User files created with Iskra; animations, textual documents or databases - belong to the End User and he/she can do whatever he/she whants to do with them.

• Iskra is designed to process User files in a fail-safe manner, meaning Iskra should never loose any User document created. Hovewer, I will not be held responceable should any kind of data-loss ever happen.

• Please raport a bug (if any) regarding Iskra's software to my email.

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