KFCD.EXE is the demo version of KiteFlight. KFCD may be freely distributed.

The program is installed onto your hard disk by running INSTALL.EXE. You will
be asked onto which drive and under which directory you want to have the files
installed. We recommend that you use the default directory name suggested by
INSTALL because this simplifies installation of the Compulsory library as
well as other versions of KiteFlight 2.X.

All newly created subdirectories each contain a FILES.TXT file containing
a brief description of all files in that directory. This can help you
decide whether any of the files can be deleted (e.g. in order to conserve
hard disk space).

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The commercial versions of KiteFlight are available on a floppy disk ("Kite
2ù0") sold through many kite stores and some book stores. The commercial
floppy is sold enclosed in a CD package and contains:

	kfc.exe	    - the non-demo counterpart of KFCD which can handle longer
		      KF1 kite control files	
	kf.exe	    - a version with a windowing user interface with mouse
                      support, pull-down menus, a built-in editor, extensive
		      context sensitive on-line help, etc.
    	kf32.exe    - an advanced version of kf.exe for 80386 and higher PCs

The floppy also contains programs by Peter Ruinard (peru@euronet.nl):

	plot.exe    - prints actual size templates for many kites from the
		      Stunt Kites I and II books.	
	sputnik.exe - calculates custom sparless kites based on the designs
		      in Stunt Kites and Stunt Kites II.

The Plot and Sputnik programs form an appendix to the books by Servaas van
der Horst and Nop Velthuizen:

	'Stunt Kites to Make and Fly'
	THOTH Publishers, 1991, ISBN 90-6868-035-8 (English version).
	The book is also available in a Dutch version.

	'Stunt Kites II: New Designs, Buggies and Boats'
	THOTH Publishers, June 1994, ISBN 90-6868-085-5 (English version).
	The book is also available in a German, French and Dutch version.

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Some important remarks about this particular release of KiteFlight:

 (1) KiteFlight 2.00 is a major new release. It incorporates new speed
     control and synchronisation capabilities. For long routines, the
     current segment number is shown at the bottom of the screen (just
     like a CD player displays a track number). The commercial version
     is sold on a (full) High-Density diskette. Previous versions were
     sold on a DD (720 KB) diskette.

 (2) Although KiteFlight 2.0 can run the "old" compulsory library
     (COMPUL10.ZIP) we recommend upgrading to the newer COMPUL20.ZIP
     which incorporates new routines as well as new features supported by
     KiteFlight 2.0.

 (3) The directory structure created by Install.exe may seem overkill for
     a small program like KFCD. But there is method behind the madness:
     The extra directory levels allow the installation of KFCD within
     an existing installation of the (commercial) Kite 2.0 diskette and
     vice versa. Similarly, version 2.0 of the Compulsory library
     (COMPUL20.ZIP) install by default into the same directory tree.

Peter van den Hamer
vdhamer@prl.philips.nl

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The Compulsory figures are in a separate package (COMPUL20.ZIP).
In this way new versions of KFCD can be downloaded without having to 
waste bandwidth by downloading the compulsories each time.
At this stage, make sure you get both packages (KFCD*.ZIP and COMPUL*.ZIP).

Smooth Simulations
Simo.Salanne@csc.fi

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