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The Help File

The Help File packet is numbered in an edition of 100. The packet costs $5. You used to be able to purchase it at Spineless Books. The software that comes in this packet, an old-school Windows text file, is available for free download here.

  1. Download Help.exe (a self-extracting archive of two files) by right-clicking on that link and selecting "Save Target As.../"
  2. Run Help.exe to extract HelpFile.hlp and HelpFile.cnt to your desktop or whatever folder you desire.
  3. Double-click on HelpFile.hlp to start.
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