IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR PEOPLE DOWNLOADING
                    THE CREATOR

    THE CREATOR (TM) is a quasi-public domain 
program: you can copy it, give it away, and there 
are no royalties due on any programs generated with 
it or with the REPORTOR.  But, you can't legally 
SELL THE CREATOR without written permission from me!
    I've retained the copyright and the trademark 
rights, and I've successfully defended them.  So, 
give THE CREATOR away with my blessing; download it 
or upload it; generate programs to your heart's 
content - but DON'T SELL IT!

             MEMORY REQUIREMENTS, ETC.

    THE CREATOR requires 44K (or more) CP/M 2.2 and 
Microsoft BASIC 5.2 or higher.  Users have reported 
that THE CREATOR runs under CP/M 3.0, but I can't 
verify that, and I don't (and won't) support CP/M 
3.0 for any of my programs.
    THE CREATOR won't run under any version of MP/M, 
because Microsoft BASIC won't.  Don't write and tell 
me it will; call Microsoft.  They'll tell you.
    THE CREATOR should run under XENIX; several 
users have called to tell me it does just fine.
    Don't even bother trying to convert THE CREATOR 
to CBASIC or Microsoft BASIC 4.51.  It won't run 
very well under either of those dogs, even if you're 
successful.
    A version of THE CREATOR for the IBM PC has also 
been furnished COMPUTER LANGUAGES magazine; other 
versions are available for the TRS-80 Model I/III 
and the Apple Macintosh (tm, Apple Corp.); please 
write me for further information on price and 
availability if you need those versions.
    There's a newsletter for CREATOR users, and 
disks of utility software, too; write me and I'll 
send you a catalog for those and my other software.

                  FIXING THE FILES

    For ease in uploading or downloading, I've 
furnished THE CREATOR in text form.  However, that 
creates a problem: you can't chain to text files in 
Microsoft BASIC.  So, you should load and re-save 
the following files as BINARY (program) files before 
trying to run THE CREATOR on your system after 
you've downloaded it:
CREATOR.BAS   CREATOR.OVR    CREATOR.OVL    
REPORTOR.BAS  REPORTOR.OVL   REKEY.BAS      MENU.BAS
    To load and save these files as binary files, 
all you need to do is LOAD each of them while in 
Microsoft BASIC, then SAVE them with the command:
SAVE"NAME.EXT"
    Where NAME is the file name, and EXT is the file 
type extension.  The files will automatically be 
saved in binary format for you.

   FURTHER INFORMATION IS IN THE CREATOR.DOC FILE