MAXPA202 RELEASE 1 - MAXIMUS/2* PATCH KIT FOR ASIA/PACIFIC SYSTEMS
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                              Written by Tsuneo Tanaka, 6:730/23@fidonet

LICENSE

  This super small program is not public domain or shareware.<g>  This
  is freeware.  You may copy and distribute this program freely as long
  as you live up to the letter and intent of your country's copyright
  law and international treaties, provided you do not modify a file in
  the distribution archive.

  THIS PROGRAM IS PROVIDED AS IS WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY OR GUARANTEE OF
  ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED.  IN NO EVENT WILL THE AUTHOR BE
  LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ANY LOST
  PROFITS, SAVINGS, DATA OR OTHER INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES
  ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR INABLIITY TO USE OF THIS PROGRAM.


REGISTRATION

  Needless to say, no registration is required.


WHAT THIS PROGRAM WILL DO

  Very simple.  This program will just patch the original Maximus/2*
  2.02 executable so that it can handle character sets which use what is
  called SoftCR, 8D hexadecimal, say, Microsoft* Kanji code (Shift-JIS),
  UNIX* JIS (JEUC), Korean, etc.  In short, this program will only
  disable the SoftCR function in Maximus/2* 2.02.


REQUIREMENTS

  To use this program, the following things will be required.

    Maximus/2* 2.02 executable
    Microsoft* DOS or equivalent
    IBM* PC or compatible with quite a little memory and disk space


HOW TO USE

  Also very simple.

    1.  Make a directory and copy both the original Maximus/2* 2.02
        executable, MAXP.EXE, and the patch program, MAXPA202.COM, into
        it.
    2.  Run MAXPA202.COM. (just don't forget to change directory!)
    3.  That's all.<g>

  WARNING: PLEASE DO NOT DISTRIBUTE PATCHED MAXIMUS/2* 2.02 EXECUTABLES
           WITHOUT PERMISSION FROM THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER OF MAXIMUS/2*!!


TRADEMARKS

  The terms marked with an asterisk (*) are registered trademarks or
  trademarks of the following companies.

  IBM         International Business Machines Corporation (United States
              of America)
  MAXIMUS/2   Lanius Corporation (Canada)
  Maximus/2   Lanius Corporation (Canada)
  Microsoft   Microsoft Corporation (United States of America)
  UNIX        Novell, Inc. (United States of America)
              Licensed exclusively by X/Open (United Kingdom of Great
              Britain and Northern Ireland)
