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                                  * JAPALPHA *
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                                1. What is it ?
                                2. Installation
                                3. Distribution


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    1. What is it ?
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    This package was designed to help English, Spanish and French people to
    learn easily many japanese ideograms. 20 lessons (100 in the complete
    version) will show you:

        * 100 hiragana and 100 katakana syllables
        * 80 kanjis (800 in the complete version)
        * 1600 words (14000 in the complete version)

    Each lesson is followed by a test. Results are memorized. You will see
    your progression.


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    2. Installation
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    Requirements: A PC with Windows 3.1, OS2, Windows 95, Windows 98,
                  or Windows NT.

    The package is compressed into the file japalp30.zip.
    Use your favorite unzipper (not included here) to unzip it.

    The package contains:

       JAPALPHA.EXE    Main windows program

       HIRA_1.EUC      Files containing list of words
       KATA_1.EUC
       KI_1_00.EUC, KI_1_01.EUC, KI_1_02.EUC, KI_1_03.EUC, KI_1_04.EUC
       KI_1_05.EUC, KI_1_06.EUC, KI_1_07.EUC,
       KI_5_16.EUC, KI_5_17.EUC, KI_5_18.EUC, KI_5_19.EUC

       JAPALPHA.HLP    Help file in English
       JAPALPHF.HLP    Help file in French
       JAPALPHS.HLP    Help file in Spanish

       JAPAN03.PCX JAPAN05.PCX, JAPAN07.PCX Three little pictures

       JAPALKII.TAB   Index of kanjis

       K48X48.F00      Font file (specific format)

       The total amount of disk space used is about 2500 kilo bytes.

    To start click, on JAPALHA.EXE

    Some data, including your scores, will be saved in JAPALPHA.INI. This
    file will be created if it does not exist. It resides usually in the
    directory of Windows.

    This software does not contain any special and annoying trick, such
    as hidden files. It does not alter Windows' registry. It does not use
    any special DLL.

    To uninstall it, remove all files in its directory, and JAPALHA.INI.


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    3. Distribution
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    This package was made by:

         Olivier THILL. 1 rue des reservoirs. 94340 JOINVILLE. FRANCE.
         Tel: (33) 1-48-89-22-91.
         http: //members.aol.com/OlivThill
         Email: OlivThill@aol.com.

    I used some public domain sources:
    The font file is from an unknown author. The program to read the font
    was written by Izumi Ozawa and Stephen Chung of Australia.
    The lists of words were produced with the help of the dictionary of Jim
    Breen of Australia.
    The pictures come from the Corel CD series 65000.
    Thank you to every person who helped me improve this software.

    This software can be distributed freely (for free or for money), by any
    person or any company, by any legal mean.

    JapAlpha was written in C (many thanks to Petzold's book (MSPress) and
    to Windows Developer's Journal). It took me one full year to develop it.

    On my spare time, I wrote also a Cobol compiler for DOS, a handful of
    little games, and before the end of the year 2000, will be release a
    program to learn the Arabic/Persian alphabet.

    I'm shy but I like to talk, so your e-mails will always be welcomed.

                                         Joinville. September 30, 2000. 8-)