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{{FormatInfo
|formattype=electronic
|subcat=Executable envelopes
|released=1994
}}
'''Read-A-Matic''' is a menu-driven DOS utility for converting a text file to an [[MS-DOS EXE|EXE]] file that, when executed, displays a text in a full-screen viewer. It was developed by Michael L. Wester.

== Discussion ==
The executable part of a generated file is pre-compressed with [[PKLITE]].

When a generated file has finished executing, it may print a message implying it was made by something named "README.EXE".

== Identification ==
Files made by a given version start with the bytes in the included RAM.OVL file.

Only v1.0 has been found, though there was probably also a registered version of it.

== Software ==
* {{CdTextfiles|cream06/editor/ram10.zip|Read-A-Matic v1.0}}

== Sample files ==
* {{CdTextfiles|nopv17/031A/DKCARE20.ZIP|DKCARE20.ZIP}} → DISK.EXE (self-extracting ZIP) → README.EXE
* [https://archive.org/details/value-ware-software-sharewares/1.jpg Value-Ware Software Sharewares] → DESPAIR/README.EXE