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File:  lgbolt.txt
Rev.:  1.0
Date:  12 December 1995
Note:  For update, check OmniMedia's archive ("How to Contact the Publisher")
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1.  Electronic Book Title
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                            LIGHTENG BOLT!!!!!
                      A True CyberSpace Love Story

                            by Trumpet James

                     (C) Copyright 1995 by Trumpet James


    ***** An Electronic Book Produced and Published By OmniMedia *****

     This Electronic Book is protected by SoftLock.  It can be freely
     distributed over all electronic networks provided it is not
     altered in any manner and all the files are included.  However,
     because of its explicit sexual content, it cannot be distributed
     where forbidden or prohibited by law.  It is for ADULTS ONLY.
     See the section "Copyright Notice and Other Terms" for more
     specific information.



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2.  Table of Contents
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This information file is divided into the following sections:

 1.  Electronic Book Title  (presented above)
 2.  Table of Contents  (this section)
 3.  Introduction
 4.  Book Abstract
 5.  If You Are a Book Reviewer
 6.  System Requirements
 7.  Files That Must Be Included in the Distribution Package
 8.  How to Obtain This Electronic Book  (if some of the files are missing)
 9.  Viewing/Installation Instructions
10.  How to Use This Electronic Book and Some Useful Features
11.  Copyright Notice and Other Terms  (which you should read carefully)
12.  How to Contact the Publisher
13.  What If the Password Becomes Invalid?
14.  Refund/Warranty Policy



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3.  Introduction
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OmniMedia is proud to announce the first publication anywhere of "LIGHTENG
BOLT!!!!!  A True Cyberspace Love Story" by Trumpet James.  This electronic
book is formatted using the outstanding Microsoft Windows 3.1 Help engine
("WinHelp") with many added custom features.

All Windows 3.1 systems can read this electronic book without any need for
special software other than what is already included with this electronic
book.  Although this electronic book is readable at VGA resolution, using a
higher resolution (e.g., 800x600 or 1024x768) is *highly* encouraged.  In
addition, 256 color illustrations are included with this electronic book.
To properly view these illustrations requires 256 color display capability.

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     NOTE TO WINDOWS 95 USERS:  It has been reported by several users
     that this book is fully functional under the recently released
     Windows 95.  However, since OmniMedia has not yet tested this
     book under Windows 95, we cannot guarantee that it will work
     under Windows 95 as intended.
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In addition, this electronic book incorporates SoftLock technology.  Using
SoftLock, a portion of this book has been read-locked, requiring the entry of
a password (unique to your computer) to be able to read the locked portion.

However, we have kept a significant portion of this electronic book unlocked
so you can determine whether you want to purchase a password for it.  Sort of
a "try before you buy."  Since this electronic book is NOT Shareware, you may
freely read and use, without any obligation whatsoever, the unlocked portions
of this book.

SoftLock makes the purchase of the password very convenient and easy.  They
provide three ways to obtain a password:

    1) World Wide Web (WWW),
    2) Automated 24-hour toll-free number (in the U.S. and Canada), or
    3) Fax.

Payment is by VISA or MasterCard.  The password for "LIGHTENG BOLT!!!!!"
sells for $7.95.

For more complete information about SoftLock technology as used in this
electronic book, and for the specifics of obtaining a password, read the
registration window that will pop up if you select it from the "nag" window
that appears whenever you attempt to read a locked topic.

Whether or not you decide to purchase a password, do upload this book to your
favorite BBS or public Internet site (read the section "Copyright Notice and
Other Terms" for more specific information on uploading requirements.)

Do give this book a try!  What have you got to lose other than maybe a little
download time?



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4.  Book Abstract
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An exotic Hawaiian model and an adventurous airline pilot based in California
find true love in a chat room on-line.  They begin sending each other e-mail
and instant messages in order to get to know more about each other.  She is
married, but does not love her husband anymore.  Corresponding with Trumpet
fills a void.  He is divorced, and finds true happiness with Ruth Marcia.

Confiding in each other, they create a blissful utopia in which no harm can
befall them.  Ruth Marcia and Trumpet exchange photos and plan to meet in
person, so they can make their passionate love affair a reality.  They count
the days until they can be together.  Will they ever meet, or will the
reality of Ruth Marcia's marriage destroy the fantasy they have worked so
hard to create?

Come, find the answer to this any many other questions.  Come, read this
exciting and *true* story of cyberspace eroticism and romance.



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5.  If You Are a Book Reviewer
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OmniMedia can provide to book reviewers voucher numbers which allow
SoftLock to give out a password at no charge to the voucher user.  For
more information, contact OmniMedia (see the section "How to Contact
the Publisher".)  Please do include your credentials.



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6.  System Requirements
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To view this electronic book, you must have an IBM-compatible PC (386 or
higher is recommended), with color VGA (or better) video resolution.  It must
have Microsoft Windows 3.1 installed (see the note about the recently
released Windows 95 in the section above entitled "Introduction").  In
addition, 256 color illustrations are included with this electronic book.  To
properly view these illustrations, your system must have 256 color capability.

This electronic book has been tested using the common color video resolutions
of VGA, 640x480x256, 800x600x256, and 1024x768x256.  For maximum clarity and
readability, it is recommended that you use as high of a video resolution as
your system allows, up to 1024x768x256, or even higher (however, resolutions
higher than 1024x768x256 have not been tested.)  For the very high video
resolutions, you should consider using large size fonts if that option is
available to you.  Consult your Windows documentation for how to increase your
resolution if that is possible for your particular video card and monitor
combination.  (If you feel the font size is too large, read the discussion
about window/font size in the section "How to Use This Electronic Book and
Some Useful Features.")

No guarantee is given that this electronic book, especially the SoftLock
program, will work properly on Windows 95, or with Windows 3.1 emulators
(such as Windows NT or OS/2).  Contact OmniMedia for more information about
upgrades for new versions of Windows and possibly other platforms.

All further technical details mentioned in this file are specific to Windows
3.1 installations.

Three final and important notes:

First, this electronic book is written using the Arial TrueType font, which
is part of the normal installation for all Windows 3.1 systems.  If you have
removed this font from your system, for whatever reason, the file will not
appear as it was authored (though it may look similar or at least readable.)
It is recommended that you reinstall the Arial TrueType font if you have
removed it from your system (refer to your Windows documentation.)

Second, a very small number of Windows users have experienced some
difficulties in properly reading all of the special text characters for
reasons that are not completely understood, though evidence points to bugs in
a very early release of Windows 3.1 (most Windows users don't have this early
release, if you do, consider upgrading to version 3.11.)  The most common
difficulties encountered have been left and right single and double quotes
not being reproduced properly, as well as other characters not being
reproduced properly such as the copyright and trademark symbols, bullets and
em/en-dashes.  Do contact OmniMedia if you observe any anomalies regarding
characters and/or fonts that you believe are not due to running an early
release of Windows 3.1.

Third, the background, foreground (text), and hypertext colors have been
hard-coded in this WinHelp format file.  If you have color vision
disabilities which make it difficult to read all or part of this electronic
book, contact OmniMedia and special instructions to bypass this color
hard-coding will be sent to you.



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7.  Files That Must Be Included in the Distribution Package
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To properly use this electronic book, the following files must be included in
the distribution package.  Omitting one or more of these files may make it
impossible to do one or more of the following actions:  1) register a
password, 2) read the locked portions of the book even with a valid password
installed, 3) use the Full Text Search capability, and 4) use the in-text
buttons.

lgbolt.hlp   --  The WinHelp file of "LIGHTENG BOLT!!!!!"
lgbolt.ind   --  Full Text Search index to "LIGHTENG BOLT!!!!!"
lgbolt.txt   --  This file
read1st.txt  --  How to get started
book.ico     --  A book icon that can be used for permanent installation
slpw-win.exe --  The SoftLock executable
softlock.exe --  An important SoftLock DOS executable "in case of trouble"
slpwinfo.seq --  The text file for the SoftLock executable
softlock.dll --  A required SoftLock Dynamic Link Library
vbrun300.dll --  (same)
oshtools.dll --  The Dynamic Link Library for OSHTools
ftengine.dll --  A Dynamic Link Library for Full Text Search
ftui.dll     --  (same)
mvapi.dll    --  (same)

(Note on file 'vbrun300.dll':  You may already have this file on your system.
Check in your windows and windows\system directories for it.  If you do have
it, check to see if it is the latest version, dated 05-12-93.  If it is an
earlier version, you can replace it with the one provided with this
electronic book, though it is wise to backup the previous version "just in
case.")



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8.  How to Obtain This Electronic Book
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This section will outline three ways by which you can obtain this electronic
book if some or all of the required files are missing or corrupted.  The
electronic book will be packaged as a single archive file, most likely a ZIP
file ('lgbolt10.zip' or something similar), which requires a dearchiver to
extract the required files, such as PKUNZIP.

It is probable that other ways to obtain this and other electronic books from
OmniMedia will be implemented in the future.  Contact OmniMedia for more
updated information.

(Note:  If you will obtain this electronic book in ZIP format (the most
        likely archive format), you will need to use an "unzipper."  If you
        don't have one already, we recommend that you use the authentic DOS
        shareware utility called PKZIP (version 2.04g), by PKWARE, Inc.
        There also exist several other "clone" unzip utilities (shareware and
        freeware) for both DOS and Windows, obtainable from many BBS and
        Internet sites.


Here are the three ways you can presently obtain this electronic book:


1)  Via the World Wide Web

    http://www.awa.com/library/omnimedia/


2)  From the Internet Via Anonymous FTP.

    OmniMedia maintains an anonymous FTP archive at

    ftp.awa.com  /pub/softlock/pc/products/OmniMedia

    In order to directly download the files from this archive, you need to
    have access to an Internet site with FTP capability.

    If you don't know how to use anonymous FTP, consult with someone who does
    or study the helpfile or manual at your site.  Be sure to type "binary"
    before issuing the "get" or "mget" command.

    In addition, OmniMedia will attempt to upload this electronic book to
    other anonymous FTP archives on the Internet, for example, the CICA
    archive (ftp.cica.indiana.edu).


3)  From Your Local BBS.

    There is no doubt that, over time, this electronic book will be
    distributed to many BBS and online services around the world.  And once
    you obtain this electronic book, feel free to upload it to your favorite
    BBS (be sure to include all the files listed in the section "Files That
    Must be Included in the Distribution Package.")



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9.  Viewing/Installation Instructions
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There are several ways to view, and if desired, install this WinHelp
formatted electronic book on your Windows 3.1 system (see the note on Windows
95 in the section entitled "Introduction").  Two will be given below.  If you
are not very familiar with Windows, it is recommended that you print out this
section for step-by-step instructions.  Of course, it is also recommended
that you consult your Windows manual should any questions arise or these
instructions don't work for you.  No matter what approach you use to view
this electronic book, you must NOT change the name of the WinHelp file
('lgbolt.hlp'.)  If you do inadvertently change the filename, you won't be
able to unlock the SoftLocked topics, even with a valid password.

Now, to view this electronic book, following are two ways to do it (it is
assumed that you've already extracted the necessary files from the
distributed archive file, if that's how you obtained this electronic book --
see the section "How to Obtain This Electronic Book"):


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1) The Quick and Easy Way -- If you just want to view this electronic book
   without permanent installation (e.g., for evaluation purposes), place ALL
   the files (the list of necessary files is in the section "Files That Must
   Be Included in the Distribution Package"), into one directory anywhere on
   your hard disk (you should also be able to read it directly from a
   diskette but it will be noticeably slower.)  Then, from File Manager
   within Windows, locate the WinHelp file ('lgbolt.hlp') and click on it.
   The Windows Help file viewer, 'winhelp.exe', will automatically be
   executed and the electronic book will be displayed.  Enjoy!
*****************************************************************************


2) For a more permanent installation with a convenient icon, it is advisable
   to first create a special directory on your hard disk and copy all the
   files into that directory.  If you acquire more books from OmniMedia in
   the future and copy their files into the same special directory, you will
   save on disk space since several files are shared in common by all of
   OmniMedia's electronic books (for example, the DLL files, among others.)
   As an example, which will be used for the explanation below, this
   directory path could be named C:\BOOKS .

   (Special note:  As mentioned in the section "Files That Must Be Included
   in the Distribution Package," you may already have 'vbrun300.dll' on your
   system.  If so, then you need not duplicate it in your special electronic
   book directory as it does use an appreciable amount of disk space.  The
   current version of 'vbrun300.dll' provided with this electronic book is
   dated 05-12-93.  If you happen to have an older version of 'vbrun300.dll',
   you can safely replace it with the one provided with this electronic book.)

   The next step is to either select or create the program group into which
   you will place the title LIGHTENG BOLT (or whatever you want to call it --
   it need not be in caps.)  If you don't already have a special program
   group for electronic books, you need to create one.  To create a new
   program group which could be called, for example, OMNIMEDIA BOOKS (it need
   not be all in caps), simply go to the FILE menu of your Program Manager,
   select NEW , PROGRAM GROUP , OK , and then in the box labeled DESCRIPTION,
   enter the string OMNIMEDIA BOOKS (or whatever else you want to call the
   program group), then press OK (leave the GROUP FILE box empty.)

   Once the program group, whether old or new, is selected, then from Program
   Manager select FILE , NEW , PROGRAM ITEM , OK .  At this point, you have
   three text boxes to fill.  For the DESCRIPTION box enter LIGHTENG BOLT (or
   whatever else you want the application icon to be called -- it need not be
   in caps);  for the COMMAND LINE box enter
   C:\WINDOWS\WINHELP.EXE LGBOLT.HLP ;  for the WORKING DIRECTORY box enter
   C:\BOOKS .  Then to select the icon, click on CHANGE ICON and attach the
   file BOOK.ICO from the directory C:\BOOKS to this application using BROWSE
   to locate it.  Then, click OK twice to finish.

   Now, your selected program group should contain an icon of a book with the
   name "LIGHTENG BOLT" underneath it.  Just click on the book icon whenever
   you want to read it!  Enjoy!



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10.  How to Use This Electronic Book and Some Useful Features
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Using the WinHelp viewer is intuitive and very easy.  Once you are viewing
this electronic book on your computer, you can learn much of what you need to
know by simply experimenting with the toolbar buttons, menu commands, etc.
If you do need more help in reading and using this electronic book, refer to
"How to Use Help" which can be selected from the "Help" menu item found near
the top of the window when viewing this electronic book.

Some useful features of this electronic book include

1) Bookmark -- You can place one or more bookmarks at any location so you
               can later return to that location, even after exiting this
               book.  The Bookmark feature is found in the menu.

2) Annotate -- You can add notes and comments to any topic displayed in a
               window (excepting temporary pop-up windows.)  The Annotate
               feature is found in the menu under 'Edit'.

3) Full Text Search -- You can do a word/string search of the text.  Very
                       powerful at locating that hard-to-find text or
                       subject.  This feature is found in the toolbar as
                       button 'WordSrch'.  (This may not work as intentioned
                       on Windows 95.)

4) Topic Copy -- You can copy the entire text of a topic to the Windows
                 Clipboard, and from there it can be pasted into most
                 Windows-based word or text processors.  This feature is
                 done by holding down the 'Ctrl' button and pushing the
                 'Insert' button, i.e., 'Ctrl-Insert'.

5) Hypertext -- Hypertext is nothing mystical.  It is simply text which has
                been linked to text elsewhere in the electronic book.
                Clicking on hypertext will move you to the text the hypertext
                is linked with.  In this electronic book, much effort has
                been made to make it clear which text is hypertext.  To
                verify if a word or phrase is hypertext, the mouse pointer
                will switch from an arrow to a small hand with a pointing
                finger when placed on top of hypertext.


One note about scrolling should be mentioned for those newcomers who are
totally unfamiliar with the purpose and use of scroll bars.  You may notice
in this electronic book that for most windows (i.e., topics), there is a
scrollbar at the right-hand-side (and sometimes at the bottom) of the viewing
window.  The scroll bar is there because the text of the topic is too long or
too big to fit completely within the visible window.  By clicking your mouse
on various parts of the scroll bar, you can move ("scroll") either up or down
in the text.  Specifically, clicking on either the up or down arrows (which
are found at the top and bottom respectively of the scroll bar), will move
you either one line up or one line down in the text.  You can also scroll a
full window or page if you click anywhere in the scroll bar between the up or
down arrows and the slider (the slider is the plain rectangular "button" that
slides in the scroll bar, and indicates where the viewing window is
positioned with respect to the topic text.)

Another note concerns the aspect of font size.  If you are using VGA (or
640x480) resolution, you may find the font size to be quite large, especially
on bigger monitors.  One solution is to make sure the window is maximized,
done by clicking on the upper right-hand button, and read the window from
further away -- maximizing the window size (to fill the whole screen) will
also make the electronic book look better at the 640x480 resolution with
respect to the number of characters per line being similar to a typical book.
(One of the reasons why this larger font was selected was to insure that this
electronic book would be easily readable on laptop/notebook-sized screens --
WinHelp unfortunately does not yet allow variable font sizes depending on the
video parameters, though OmniMedia is working hard with programmers to be
able to do this.)  If you still feel the characters are too large for your
taste, consider going to a higher screen resolution if you can (since that
will tend to decrease the font size.)  You might even want to consider
testing the large/small font options for the higher resolutions if available
to you for your particular video card.



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11.  Copyright Notice and Other Terms
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(The following notice also appears within this electronic book.)

This electronic book, "LIGHTENG BOLT!!!!!  A True Cyberspace Love Story"
(the "Title") is (c) Copyright 1995 by Trumpet James (the "Author") and is
fully protected by United States Copyright laws and international treaty
provisions.  This Title was produced and published by OmniMedia (the
"Publisher").

Because this electronic book is protected by SoftLock software (from
SoftLock Services Inc.), the Author hereby gives all others permission to
electronically duplicate and redistribute this Title provided that none of
the files associated with the Title (see text file 'lgbolt.txt' for a
complete list) are omitted and/or altered in any manner.  Some examples of
forbidden alterations to this Title include the disabling of the SoftLock
feature via any means, the distribution of an electronic file produced by
capturing or extracting any portion of the text, and distributing to others
a printed copy of any portion of the text.

The Author and Publisher encourage you to distribute this electronic book far
and wide (as outlined in the previous paragraph) so that many others can
enjoy it.  However, because of the explicit sexual content of this Title,
permission is not granted to distribute this electronic book where prohibited
or forbidden by law.

This Title, including all files, installation programs, and documentation,
is provided "AS IS", that is, you use this title at your own risk, without
warranty of any kind.  This includes, but is not limited to, defects/errors
with the format of this Title as well as defects/errors in the media used to
distribute this Title to the supplier and/or purchaser.  The Author,
Publisher, and SoftLock Services Inc., further disclaim all implied
warranties including, but not limited to, merchantability or fitness for a
particular purpose.

In no event shall the Author, the Publisher, SoftLock Services Inc., or any
suppliers of this Title be liable for any damages whatsoever (including,
without limitation, damages for lost profits, business interruptions, loss
of business information, or any other pecuniary loss) arising from the use of
or inability to use the Title, even if the Author, Publisher, SoftLock
Services Inc., and/or the suppliers of this Title have been advised of the
possibility of such damages.  Because some jurisdictions do not allow
exclusions or limitations of liability for consequential or incidental
damages, this limitation may not apply to you.

Author Disclaimer:  Lighteng Bolt!!!!! is based on the electronic
communications between real-life people on America Online(tm).  However,
several sections were added by the Author dealing with fictional aviation
events, and are written so as to be spoken by the airplane pilot who is one
of the real-life lovers.  Except for this pilot, all other characters are
composite characters.  Any resemblance to persons (living or dead),
organizations, institutions, or corporations is entirely coincidental.



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12.  How to Contact the Publisher
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OmniMedia is devoted to producing only the highest quality electronic books.
For more information or advice about this electronic book or other offerings
from OmniMedia, contact

     OmniMedia
     c/o Jon E. Noring
     9671 South 1600 West Street
     South Jordan, UT 84095

     (801) 253-4037
     (801) 253-4036 (fax -- not always online)

     Internet:  omnimedia@netcom.com

OmniMedia's electronic books are available both via the Web and by
anonymous FTP:

WEB:  http://www.awa.com/library/omnimedia/

FTP:  ftp.awa.com  /pub/softlock/pc/products/OmniMedia


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13.  What If the Password Becomes Invalid?
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If you reformat or replace your hard disk, the SoftLock password you purchase
for this e-book (and all other OmniMedia e-books you own) may become invalid.
Should this occur, contact either SoftLock (see the file 'slpwinfo.seq' for
contact information) or contact OmniMedia.



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14.  Refund/Warranty Policy
---------------------------

Sorry, all sales are final.  The "try before you buy" feature of SoftLock
should help you decide whether or not to purchase the password necessary to
read all portions of this electronic book.  Contact OmniMedia if you have
any difficulties either before or after purchasing a password.  We want you
to be satisfied!



And lastly...ENJOY!



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Windows and Windows NT are registered trademarks of the Microsoft Corporation

OS/2 is a registered trademark of IBM

SoftLock is a trademark of SoftLock Services, Inc.

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