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

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	       | a library of Compulsory figures for KiteFlight.|
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Installation
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The program can be installed onto your hard disk by running INSTALL.EXE.
You will be asked onto which drive and in 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 or 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 save hard disk space).

Non-demo version
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The commercial versions of KiteFlight are available on a floppy disk
("Kite 2.0") sold through many kite stores and some book stores.
The commercial floppy is sold enclosed in a CD package and includes:

    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 90-6868-085-4 (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 2.0 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 COMPUL21.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 a method behind this 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 2.1 of the Compulsory library
     (COMPUL21.ZIP) install by default into the same directory tree.

Peter van den Hamer
vdhamer@prl.philips.nl