
                             --- OSAX ---

             Off-Line Browser for the Shareware Author indeX
                 http://mini.net/sax/  the-sax@mini.net

OSAX is a "Freeware Program," and is provided at no charge to the
User. Feel free to share it with your friends or colleagues, but
please do not give it away altered or without its associated files.
Shareware vendors and websites are also welcome to distribute
OSAX. Be sure to visit our web site for the most up to date version.
The program is distributed free of charge as a service to Shareware
Users, and to promote the on-line Shareware Author indeX (SAX).

                      --- PROGRAM INFORMATION ---

OSAX offers you a convenient way to browse all the listings in the
Shareware Author indeX without having to be connected to the Internet.
You can search for programs by name or keyword, and locate information
about software authors. Click on the SAX logo in the upper left corner
of the OSAX window for information about the program and the on-line
Shareware Author indeX.

Type in a program name, or keywords, in the [Select] box on the left
side of the OSAX window, and a list of matching SAX entries will be
displayed. Clicking on one of the entries will bring up information
on the program and its author. If the author has more than one product
listed, click on the < or > arrows to check out the other listings.

The right side of the OSAX window shows the complete SAX author data
base. Listings can be selected by either name or company. Clicking
on a listing will show you the author's contact information, and let
you browse through the programs offered by that author.

Double-clicking on any program or author entry will show you a more
detailed description of the entry. Click the [Copy All] button if you
would like the details copied to the Windows Clipboard.

Now, here's the best part. If your Windows system is configured to
have a default web browser, clicking on one of the underlined blue
hyperlinks will automatically launch your browser and take you to the
selected site. You can visit authors' home pages, or go to index pages
in the SAX where you'll find links to reviews, download sites and
on-line registration services.

OSAX is updated every month, and is available for downloading from
its own page at the SAX (http://mini.net/sax/offline.html) and at all
the major software archive sites. The program is offered as freeware,
and is supported by paid advertising from software authors, vendors
and web sites. Each month a different rotation of ad banners will be
featured. Details about advertising in OSAX can be found at
(http://mini.net/sax/osaxinfo.html).

                       --- INCLUDED FILES ---

A new release of OSAX.EXE is issued approximately once a month,
containing the latest additions to the on-line Shareware Author indeX.
The file is archived using the PKZIP format, with filenames of the
form OSAX9710.ZIP (where 97 represents the year, and 10 represents the
month). You can use any unzipping program to extract OSAX.EXE from the
archive file. The following files are included in each release of the
program:

         OSAX.EXE     The SAX Off-Line Browser program.
         README.TXT   This ASCII file describing the program.
         FILE_ID.DIZ  ASCII text file describing the zip archive.

                        --- ABOUT THE SAX ---

If you are looking for software products to download on the Web, need
to find the home page of a software author, would like to find reviews
or registration information, then be sure to check out the on-line
Shareware Author indeX (SAX): http://mini.net/sax/

The SAX lists nearly 3000 software products, and is maintained by over
1300 of the best-known software authors worldwide. Because of that,
entries in the SAX are always up-to-date and accurate.

The SAX is a virtual index. Its keyword-based SEARCH ENGINE takes you
to some of the best resources on the net for software: the author's
own home pages, ZD Net reviews, CNET's download.com, and several
popular on-line registration services (Kagi, PsL, RegNet, and ShareIt).
Using the SAX [Resouce] pages you can also browse the Web and find
hundreds of software-related links that are of interest to Authors and
Users alike.

The SAX is not affiliated with any of the services it links to. It is
neither a download site nor a registration service - it simply brings
you to them! The SAX is a one-stop reference site for software home
pages on the Internet.

Members of the SAX team are:

Ray Kaliss - Team Leader - rkaliss@snet.net
Lindsay Wells - Author Relations - wellscom@aol.com
Jean-Claude Wippler - WebMaster - jcw@meta4.com

                    --- DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY ---

This software is supplied as is. The author disclaims all warranties,
expressed or implied, including, without limitation, the warranties of
merchantability and of fitness for any purpose. The  author assumes no
liability for damages, direct or consequential, which may result from
the use of OSAX.

                       --- COPYRIGHT NOTICE ---

                      OSAX is Copyright 1997 by
              Meta Four Software and SDN International.
                         All Rights Reserved.