     
          Master Investor for Windows Version 1.17
     
This file contains a brief program description, evaluation
license terms, installation instructions, and information on
obtaining technical support.

Program Description
     MI is a powerful tool that helps individual investors
     and professional money managers organize and analyze
     the information that is critical to making informed
     investment decisions.  MI features:
     >    Comprehensive portfolio management.  MI provides
          complete tracking of security and cash
          transactions with automatic computation of net
          worth, capital gains, return on investment, asset
          allocation and much more. MI allows you to
          orgainze your information into up to 1,000
          portfolios and produce reports based on any
          combination of one or more portfolios.
     >    Technical analysis. MI creates and displays
          technical analysis charts with your choice of
          technical indicators including moving averages,
          stochastics, on-balance volume, relative strength
          index, MACD, trend analysis, ratio cantor and
          correlation analysis.
     >    Built-in Price Loader.  Just download price/volume
          data from your favorite information provider and
          use MI's Import option to update all your charts
          and portfolios. We have pre-defined import formats
          for over a dozen popular information services such
          as Compuserve, Prodigy, AOL, Quote.Com and more.
          If your service is not included you can easily add
          it by defining a new data format.
     >    Support for sophistocated trades. MI fully
          supports all IRS approved cost basis accounting
          methods for stocks, bonds, mutual funds, short
          sales, put options and call options. MI also
          provides an automatic sweep of funds to and from
          cash accounts when entering security transactions
          and investment income.
     >    Asset allocation.  MI produces reports and graphs
          showing the allocation of assets by portfolio, by
          type and by user defined investment objective.
     >    Powerful report generator. Our report generator
          lets you customize each of the over 20 reports to
          include any time span and any combination of
          portfolios so you get just the information you
          need.

Evaluation License
     This program is licensed for evaluation only.
     
     You are hereby granted a license to use this software
     for an evaluation period of up to 30 days.  If you
     continue to use this software beyond the evaluation
     period you must purchase a license.  DO NOT install
     this software if you do not agree to the terms of this
     evaluation license.

System Requirements
     MI requires Windows 3.1 or higher, a hard disk with
     approximately 2.5 megabytes of free space, 4 Megabytes
     of RAM, and a Windows compatible graphics printer.  In
     your Config.Sys file, the parameter "Files=" should be
     set to 40 or more.
     
     Master Investor requires a default printer be defined
     in the windows control panel.  Choose the "Printers"
     icon from the Windows Control Panel.  If no printers
     have been installed, you will need to install one. If
     you already have installed printers choose one that is
     capable of printing truetype fonts (i.e. a graphics
     printer and not a fax modem).  After installing or
     selecting a printer, click the "Set as Default" button
     to set the printer as your default windows printer.

Installation
     The download archive (zip) file contains the following
     27 files:
     
     mi.ex_         mi.hl_         al.db_         inc.db_
     mi1.db_        nw.db_         obj.db_        opplfrm.db_
     port.db_       prices.db_     secmas.db_     trans.db_
     readme.txt     ordermi.doc    file_id.diz    vendor.doc
     gsw16.ex_      gswag16.dl_    gswdll16.dl_   spin.vb_
     cb5.dl_        cc2.vb_        commdlg.dl_
     cmdialog.vb_
     vbrun300.dl_   install.exe    winstall.inf
     
     To prepare for installation, unzip the archive (or copy
     all of the above files) to a blank formatted floppy
     disk (1.4 Meg capacity or higher) or to an empty
     (scratch) directory on your hard disk.
     
     To install MI, use the Program Manager or File Manager
     to start INSTALL.EXE as you would any other Windows-
     based application.  For example, if you are installing
     from drive A:
     
     1.   From the Program Manager File menu, choose Run.
     2.   In the Run dialog box, type A:INSTALL and choose
     OK.
     
     The install program will allow you to select the drive
     and directory where MI will be installed.  The default
     is C:\MI.  If you are reinstalling MI or installing an
     updated version, use the same directory where you
     originally installed the program.
     
     Before writing files to your hard disk, the install
     program checks to see if a file with the same name
     already exists.  If there is another file with the same
     name, a message is displayed and you will have a choice
     of overwriting the existing file or not.
     
     You should choose to overwrite existing files ONLY if
     the source file is newer than the Target (existing)
     File.
     
     The Install program creates a program group named
     "Master Investor" with icons for the Master Investor
     program, Master Investor Help (MI Help) and Master
     Investor README (MI Read Me).

Starting MI
     The data files shipped with MI contain sample data that
     is provided to help you become familiar with the
     various options and capabilities of MI.  The sample
     data covers the period November 1993 through October
     1995.  The Learning Master Investor section of the
     User's Guide contains a step-by-step guide to getting
     acquainted with MI.

Technical Support
     If you are unable to resolve a question or you have
     difficulty running MI, please call or send us a letter
     describing the problem.  Include the exact text of the
     error message (if any) and a complete description of
     the problem, your computer system (computer, memory,
     graphics card, DOS and Windows version, contents of
     CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files, etc.), the option
     you were running when the error occurred and any
     supplemental data that you entered under the option.
     If sending a letter, please also include a disk created
     using the File/Backup Data option (your data will be
     held in strict confidence).  We will investigate the
     problem and respond as quickly as possible.
     
     We at 'Otto-Williams Ltd. take great pride in providing
     quick responses to our customer's questions.  Including
     your phone number will help in the event we need
     additional information to diagnose the problem.
     
     Our technical support group can be reached at:

         OWL Software
         P.O. Box 794
         Lanham, MD  20703-0794
         USA
                              
         Phone:  301-306-0409
         EMail:  72144.1223@Compuserve.Com

