
USER INSTRUCTIONS:
ANTIQUE TRANSPORTATION SCREEN SAVER: 19TH CENTURY LOCOMOTIVES Vol.2

Your screen saver program has been installed into the Windows(tm) 
Desktop of the Control Panel. BE CERTAIN YOUR MONITOR IS SET TO
256 COLOR PALETTE. If you have an old generic VGA monitor which
can only display 16 colors, I'm afraid these images will look
terrible. Sorry. 
Accessing your screen saver is easy and requires only three steps:

  I.   Load the Control Panel
  II.  Run the Desktop option
  III. Select your screen saver

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I.   Load the Control Panel

The Control Panel is generally found in the MAIN group of your Program 
Manager. Execute the Control Panel by double clicking the Control Panel 
icon.

If you cannot find the MAIN group or the Control Panel icon, you can run 
the control panel from the File Manager by double clicking CONTROL.EXE in 
your main Windows directory (usually called WINDOWS).

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II.  Run the Desktop option

To run the Desktop option of the control panel, double click the Desktop 
icon in the Control Panel.

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III. Select your screen saver

Use the 'Screen Saver' area of your Desktop screen to select your screen 
saver. You may use the Test button to preview your screen saver and the 
Setup button to assign a password and activate/deactivate your mouse.

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THREE GOOD REASONS TO REGISTER!

1) YOU WILL RECEIVE ELEVEN (11) ADDITIONAL RARE IMAGES OF 19TH
CENTURY LOCOMOTIVES. (Actually, you will get 12 new photos because 
the engine picture with the registration reminders will no longer 
have this text upon it.) THESE ARE ROYALTY FREE and may be used in
any project, private or commercial, subject to one restriction.
See below.

2) THE REGISTRATION REMINDERS WILL NOT APPEAR DURING YOUR SLIDE
SHOW.

3) You will be supporting an important project in which we are
preserving and restoring archival transportation photography, 
making individual images available to design professionals at a 
cost of $1.00 or less each. Compare that price with those typically
charged by stock photography agencies. If you are a hobbyist,
railroad enthusiast or historian, you can build a collection of rare 
and important images at very little cost. Such photographs rarely 
appear in the antique market, and when they do, prices are typically 
in the range of $20 to $60 each.

4) Only registered users will have access to our tech support.

Ben Blumenberg
Reality Software
P.O. Box 105
1015 Main Street
Waldoboro, ME 04572-0105
Phone: (207) 832-7348 - Most days noon to 9 PM EST.
Internet - bennett@pipeline.com 
        (almost daily mail run); or (least 
        preferred) 71044.1645@compuserve.com  

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ANTIQUE TRANSPORTATION: 19TH CENTURY LOCOMOTIVES Vol.2

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LICENSE AGREEMENT: ANTIQUE TRANSPORTATION: 19TH CENTURY LOCOMOTIVES Vol.2

What 'Royalty Free' means.

As owner of either the shareware version or registered version of
this screen saver, you have a single user license. You have
also acquired royalty free rights to the use of the individual graphics
files: file names are given below. Understand that this royalty free 
license applies only to the USE of the files i.e. their image
content, NOT to the reproduction and sale of the graphics files 
themselves. These images may be used as design elements in any publication 
or software product that you author, whether or not it is offered for sale 
in the retail marketplace. Examples of legal use would be illustrations in 
newsmedia, catalogs or books. Illegal examples of image use would include 
the design of your own screen saver using the locomotive photos and/or 
the inclusion of these locomotive graphic files into retail graphic file 
collections of any sort. These distinctions are the same as those that 
apply to the use of copyright fonts and their font files.

Needless to say, it is also illegal for you to redistribute and resell
this screen saver product.

YOU MAY NOT COPY AND DISTRIBUTE IN ANY MANNER WHATSOEVER, BE IT PRIVATE OR 
COMMERCIAL, ANY OF THE ORIGINAL FILES THAT COMPRISE THIS PRODUCT. 
This means that you cannot redistribute in any manner this screen saver 
product as your own publication.

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INFO & FILE LIST: ANTIQUE TRANSPORTATION: 19TH CENTURY LOCOMOTIVES Vol.2

The Archive

        The locomotive photographs in this collection are unique. 
They are taken from our private collection of 19th century railroad 
photographs which took many years to assemble. With only a few 
exceptions, none have ever been published before in any medium and 
then only many decades ago. Our collecting was restricted to the 
northeast United States and so these photographs are from
railroads east of the Rockies. 
        Many of the original prints are sepia toned but they are 
reproduced here in black and white which is truer to the majority
of the original prints when new. Also realize that many of these 
photographs were taken and printed by less than expert photographers. 
Often a significant area of the image is slightly out of focus and the 
grey scale is severely reduced resulting in a less than adequate range 
of middle tones. A few of these photographs date from the early
years of photography and cameras were less than technically
adequate as judged by today's standards. Furthermore, many of these 
prints were exposed to excess sunlight and have faded. Dirt and dust 
were embedded in many of the negatives and are visible in such prints. 
A number of prints have suffered physical damage over the years
which include creases and slits in the emulsion as well as degradation 
of the glossy emulsion layer itself. 
        While purists may wish that we had not restored these 
photographs, the fact remains that in their original condition the majority 
would be unusable and unattractive. If you wish copies of the original scans, 
you may contact us directly. The price is $50 per file and they are royalty 
free as are these images. But beware, they look terrible! Most are very dark 
and damages are emphasized because of the resolution of the scanning process.
We meticulously restored each image using industry standard, heavy weight 
graphics programs expressly designed for this purpose. We firmly believe that 
we have preserved the historical integrity of each photograph. My wife, 
Leslie, is an exceptional graphics technician and did the final restoration of 
each image. Realize that these images are in 256 grey scale so set your monitor 
to a 256 color palette. We also recommend setting your monitor to maximum 
brightness and contrast when viewing these images; such are the settings we 
used when editing. You will then have the best possible viewing environment. 

        Here is the historical information that could be reliably ascertained 
for each photo. Remember that if you have not registered you have only four of 
these fifteen graphics files which are indicated by an asterisk *. REGISTER 
TODAY!! How can you be satisfied with only four of these great locomotive 
photos?

1. algonq.tif*  
   The Algonquin, a 4-4-0 locomotive, was no.10 of the Portland 
   & Rochester R.R. which ran between Portland, Maine, and 
   Rochester, New Hampshire. This portrait was taken at East 
   Rochester, New Hampshire.
   
2. america.tif    
   America is a powerful 4-4-0 locomotive with an 
   exceptional design. Notice the smokestack positioned
   immediately in front of the cab.   
   
3. b&a.tif     
   Here is an old 4-4-0 locomotive from the Bangor &
   Aroostoock R.R. photographed in a 20th century yard,
   perhaps in the 1920's.   
   

4. berry.tif   
   The John T. Berry is a 4-4-0 of the small Knox &
   Lincolnville Railroad of coastal Maine seen here at
   Woolwich, Maine. The K & L was a very small line and 
   this is a rare photo.    
   
5. crooks.tif*  
   No.1 is the Wm. Crooks of the P. & P. R.R. The 4-4-0 locomotive
   also bears a plaque of the Great Northern Railroad. Notice the 
   modern train behind the Wm. Crooks; this photograph was taken 
   well into the 20th century. 
   
6. logrr.tif   
   This is one of the gems of this collection. A narrow gauge
   2-4-2 locomotive is parked in a swamp. The mixed race
   logging crew took a break to pose and be photographed; the
   locality is somewhere near Savannah, Georgia. Also unusual is
   the professional approach to composing the scene used by
   the unknown photographer: the original is an albumen print.   
   
7. memnon.tif  
   Memnon is one of the uncommon 0-8-0 moguls that were used
   by the Baltimore & Ohio R.R. for heavy coal trains in the
   1850's and 1860's.
   
8. no1483.tif   
   No.1483 is one of the largest engines in this archive; a late
   19th century heavy freight 2-8-0 mogul with an unusual
   clerestory above the cab. The condition of this photograph was 
   superb.   
   
9. no166.tif*   
   No.166 is a 0-6-0 heavy freight locomotive c.1900 of the
   Maine Central R.R. photographed at Congress St., Portland, Maine.
   
10. no1705.tif   
    No.1705 is a 4-4-0 of the New York, New Haven & Hartford R.
    R.. She was built by the Rhode Island Locomotive Works in 1880 
    and had 18" x 22" cylinders.  
    
11. no24.tif     
    No.24 is a 4-4-0 of the George Valley Railroad of midcoast
    Maine which later became the Knox R.R.. This photograph was taken 
    at Union, Maine, in 1901 but no.24 was built by the
    Portland Locomotive Works in 1873 and first carried no.3. 
    She was also with the Maine Central R.R. as no.24 and no.106. 
    No.24's last incarnation was as no.6 for the Pekwauket R.R. and 
    she was scrapped in July, 1909. The George Valley R.R. is another 
    of the small local lines in Maine of which very few photographs 
    survive. The center area of this print is degraded with poor focus 
    and contrast.  
    
12. no4.tif   
    No.4 is a 0-4-0 of the Maine Central R.R. built by the Portland 
    Locomotive Works with 16 x 24" cylinders in either 1885 or 1888.
    The 0-4-0 is an uncommon wheel arrangement that had 
    poor tracking and such engines were usually restricted to 
    yard switching.      
       
13. nyne.tif   
    No.5 is a 4-4-0 of New York & New England Railroad
    photographed with her crew and three passenger cars.
    ?Gene Hardy is the engineer, Bert Carpenter is the
    fireman, with Mike ?Moss and Mike Fagan are also pictured.
    She was built in 1871 with 16" x 24" cylinders. No.5 is
    similar to no.367 of the New York & New Haven R.R. whose
    photo is included in Vol.1 of this series. The composition of 
    these two photograph is nearly identical which suggests the 
    same photographer took each.
    
14. perkins.tif*   
    Thatcher Perkins was the Master Mechanic of the Baltimore
    and Ohio who received a patent in 1843, along with William 
    McMahon, for a method for fastening cast iron tires. He also
    received a patent for a feed-water heater on June 26, 1849 
    which was used on several Baltimore and Ohio engines of the 
    period. Thatcher Perkins left the B & O in 1851 and
    set up his own locomotive works in Alexandria, Virginia.
    He built this magnificent 4-6-0 diamond stack locomotive 
    for the B & O. The Perkins features the unusual 4-6-0 wheel 
    arrangement which although powerful, was prone to derailment.
    Notice the circus tent in the background. 
   
15. somerst.tif  
    Somerset is a 4-4-0 of the Old Colony Railroad photographed
    at Taunton, Massachusetts. She was built by the Taunton
    Locomotive Works in 1869 with 16' x 24" cylinders. There was 
    significant damage in the central area of the original negative.

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RELEASES SCHEDULED FOR 1995 AND BEYOND!

        Reality Software will be releasing a series of screen savers whose 
theme is antique transportation. Each registered version will contain 15 
royalty free, 8 bit TIF images in 256 grey scale. These photographs are 
rare: most exist as single prints made by photographers many, many decades 
ago, some more than a century old. These archival images are of extraordinary 
interest, to historians, hobbyists and design professionals. The majority 
have never been published before in any medium and their intrinsic interest 
is exceptional. The originals comprise our personal collection which took 
many, many years to accumulate. This series offers you a once-in-a-lifetime 
opportunity to acquire a collection of the rarest transportation photography 
which is truly of museum quality. Except for an occasional old stereo card, 
there is no possibility that you would see any of these prints in the public 
marketplace. 

1) Several additional screen savers which feature 19th century
locomotives will be released in the coming months. If you purchase 
the entire collection, there will be no duplicate photos!

2) Also to be released in 1995 will be several screen savers
which feature classic sailing ships such as 19th century
schooners. The format will remain the same: each volume
contains 15 different, royalty free images.

3) In 1996, we plan to publish screen savers that feature
archival photography of early trolley cars, electric trains, 
bicycles, late 19th and early 20th century warships and early 
aviation.

The format of each registered product will remain the same: 15 
superb, royalty free images for $15. Stock photo agencies
typically charge license fees in excess of $100 for commercial
use of their images. There will be no duplicate photos throughout 
our entire collection of archival transportation screen savers. 

If you register this product, you will automatically be placed
upon our mailing list to be notified as each volume in the
Antique Transportation Screen Saver series is released. Be
certain to indicate an e-mail address on the registration form:
we distribute a great deal of our publicity as e-text.

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See catalog.txt on disk 2 to read about our extraordinary
e-books for DOS and Windows in ancient history and the history
of religion.

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Copyright 1994

Ben Blumenberg
Reality Software
1015 Main Street
Waldoboro, ME 04572-0105
Phone: (207) 832-7348
Internet - bennett@pipeline.com 
        (almost daily mail run); or (least 
        preferred) 71044.1645@compuserve.com   

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