Mind Star Interactor - Shareware Version.                             

Mind Star Interactor is a computerized conversationalist, a cyborg  
companion and digital dating consultant.  It types its messages phrase by
phrase across your computer screen, then watches as you type your replies.
It sees feeling in words and responds accordingly.  It can be a tool for
the inner, for the subtle, for reflection, exploration and growth.
It is for MS-DOS computers.  It runs best on a 386 or faster cpu.  It needs 
485,000 bytes of free lower memory.  The 'MEM' command (DOS 5.0 or later)
shows what's available and the MEMMAKER command (6.0 or later) can make more.


Type HI now to run Mind Star Interactor from this directory.  In Mind Star,
after the greeting sequence, press F1 to learn about its special commands. 


Type INSTALL (from DOS) to install Mind Star on your hard drive.  This will

   -  Create a new directory called C:\MINDSHAR
   -  Copy the contents of the current directory to C:\MINDSHAR.
   -  Copy HIC.BAT to HI.BAT in the C:\ root directory


INSTALL will allow you to run Mind Star by typing "HI" from anywhere in
your computer's directories.  You do not need to change your AUTOEXEC.BAT
or extend your path statement.  Type "HI" and Mind Star will say "Hello."
                                               
Files on this disk should include:

INTRO.EXE     <- A short introduction to Mind Star.  
--------
MINDSTAR            < -   These files only are there to make the
INTER-              < -   disk directory informative.
ACTOR               < -
-------             < -  
TYPE    HI          < -
TO      RUN         < -     
------                  
HI.BAT        <- This file runs MINDSTAR.EXE.  Print it to see startup options.
HIC.BAT       <- This is copied to C:\HI.BAT on installation.
MINDSTAR.EXE  <- The MINDSTAR executable.  HI runs it with special parms.
INSTALL.BAT   <- Installs MINDSTAR on the C: drive (the hard drive).
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README.TXT    <- The file that is on your screen now.
README.BAT    <- The batch file that is displaying README.TXT.

Mind Star Products include

  Shareware Mind Star Interactor -   the latest version is $5.00 postpaid 
    (through 1997) from our address below.  Shareware Mind Star calls the user 
    by any of 49 modestly heroic names.  A registration form appears on-screen 
    when the program starts.  The user may screen-print it on a printer or may
    simply send the information needed to the address shown.  Registration is  
    $15.00 US, $18.00 foreign.  A registrant receives the personalized version.
    
  Personal Mind Star Interactor  -   the premium for registering Mind Star. It 
    calls the user by the user's name, using the user's nickname, first name, 
    prefix and last name, or full name, depending on the context. It's much 
    more intimate. (The user can type RENAME to get a heroic identity again.)

  The Mind Star Chat Machine     -   an English language practice tool. 
    Punctuation, please!  More analysis, less emotion.  The student is       
    invited to spontaneously create English sentences.  Designed for 
    school use or private study.  Work is gradeable.  Any age.  $18.00.  

Mind Star programs and documentation are copyright 1992, 1995, by
Marvelmatics, 1507 East 53rd St. #314, Chicago 60615.  Write for details!



Type HI to run Mind Star, INSTALL to install it on your C: drive.





