READMAKE

File Format
Name	READMAKE
Ontology	Electronic File Formats Executable envelopes READMAKE
Extension(s)	.exe
Released	1993

READMAKE is a DOS utility for creating a DOS EXE file that, when executed, displays a text document in a full-screen viewer. It was developed by Bruce Guthrie and Wayne Software.

Identification

EXE files made by the version 3.07 of READMAKE has blREADINCL. and other READMAKE-specific text at near bottom. Also at near bottom is this text string: "Written by Bruce Guthrie, Wayne Software and U.S. Dept of Commerce". Then the text data from the input document comes in.

Software

READMAKE was usually packaged with other software by the same author. The individual programs have revision dates that serve as their version numbers. Each package as a whole has an apparent 3-digit version number, probably loosely derived from the release date.

• READMAKE (selected versions)
  • 01/07/93 (3.01): Pegasus 2.0 → pegasus/textutil/read301.zip
  • 07/09/93 (3.07): READ307.ZIP
  • 09/04/95 (5.09): read509.zip
  • 10/08/97 (7.10): read710.zip
  • 03/08/98 (8.06): Hot Shareware 36 → FICHEROS/DUTI/READ806.ZIP

Sample files

• READMAKE Sample → HELLO.EXE
• ezydosv1.zip → README.EXE
• mornt10.zip → README.EXE
• hof893.zip → README.EXE
• pgold11.zip → README.EXE
• makelst.zip → README.EXE