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Sync-It with Atom 1.0 Readme.txt (June 12th 1999)
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CONTENTS
1. LEGAL
   1.1. Copyright
   1.2. License agreement
   1.3. Disclaimer
2. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
3. HOW TO INSTALL & UNINSTALL
   3.1. Before installing
   3.2. Installing
   3.3. Help?
   3.4. Uninstalling
4. DESCRIPTION
5. AUTHOR
   5.1. Contacting
   5.2. Web site

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1. LEGAL


1.1. Copyright

Sync-It with Atom Copyright  1999 by Sami Tolvanen. All rights
reserved.


By using this software you accept all the terms and conditions
of the license agreement and disclaimer below.

1.2 License agreement

Sync-It with Atom is a shareware program and is provided at no
charge to the user for evaluation.  You are encouraged to share
unregistered copies with your friends, but must not give it away
altered or as part of another system.  The essence of shareware
software is to provide personal computer users with quality
software without high prices, and yet to provide incentive for
programmers to continue to develop new products.

If you find this program useful and find that you continue to
use it after a reasonable trial period (five days of continuous
use), you must make a registration payment (see the registration
instructions for details).  This registration fee will license
one copy for use on any one computer at any one time. 

You must treat a registered copy this software just like a book.
For example, it may be used by any number of people and may be
freely moved from one computer location to another, as long as
there is no possibility of it being used at more than one
location at a time.  Just as a book cannot be read by two people
at the same time.

You are encouraged to pass an unregistered copy of this software
along to your friends for evaluation, but you must include all
files in the original distribution.  Please encourage them to
register their copy if they find that they make use of it.

1.3 Disclaimer

Sync-It with Atom is provided on an "AS IS" basis, without
warranty of any kind either express or implied, including
warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular
purpose. In no event will the author be liable to you for
damages, direct or consequential, which may result from the use
of this software and therefore, he user must assume the entire
risk of using it.

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2. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS


Sync-It with Atom runs on Windows 95, 98 and NT 4.0. It has not
been tested on other versions, but chances are it will also run
on Windows 2000.

Sync-It with Atom requires Microsoft Foundation Classes (MFC)
Libraries to be installed on your computer. If you do not have
both mfc42.dll and msvcrt.dll installed on your Windows System
folder, you must download these libraries using the link below.

http://www.iki.fi/st/common/mfcdlls.zip (583K).

If you get an error message telling that SyncIt.exe is linked to
an missing export in [library] when you try to start the
application, you will need newer versions of the Microsoft
Foundation Classes Libraries; download them using the link
above.

A network connection to the Internet (or other network
containing timeservers that understand Network Time Protocol)
is required. Sync-It with Atom can be used over Dial-Up
Networking connection (modem, ISDN) or over Local Area Network
(LAN).

It is recommend having a SVGA display capable of showing at
least 64K colors (16-bit) with 800x600 resolution or better.
Your system should be set to use either Small Fonts or Large
Fonts. Systems that do not meet these recommendations may have
problems displaying the main window properly. 

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3. HOW TO INSTALL & UNINSTALL


3.1. Before installing

Be sure to uninstall any previous version of Sync-It with Atom
before installing. Also make sure you have the required
libraries installed before running setup (see section 2.1).

If the setup program asks you to reboot Windows after
installation, you must do that before running Sync-It with Atom.


3.2. Installing

SETUP.EXE is a self-extracting executable containing the program
files.

Run SETUP.EXE to install Sync-It with Atom. The setup program
will extract the files and copy them to a desired location.


3.3. Help?

After installing, you can open the help file (in the program
directory) by double-clicking the SYNCIT.HLP file.

If the help file does not answer your question, do not hesitate
to contact the author (see section 5.1).

You can also get answers to some frequently asked questions at
Sync-It with Atom home page (see section 5.2).


3.4. Uninstalling

You can uninstall the program normally via Control Panel,
Add/Remove Programs. You should not remove the files manually
because the settings in the registry would not be removed.

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4. DESCRIPTION


Sync-It with Atom is a network time protocol client that
calibrates the system time of your computer with a timeserver on
the Internet using the Network Time Protocol. Features include
automatic selection of the closest server, scheduled time
synchronization, taskbar tray support and easy-to-use and
attractive user interface.

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5. AUTHOR


Sami Tolvanen, the author of this software is a student in
university of technology in Finland. For more information, visit
his home page at http://www.iki.fi/st/.


5.1. Contacting

Via Internet e-mail, sami.tolvanen@iki.fi.


5.2. Web site

You can download the latest version of Sync-It with Atom and the
required libraries at Sync-It with Atom home page,
http://www.iki.fi/st/syncit/.

Please use the URL above when linking to the site. Thank you.

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