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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;‎&lt;span dir=&quot;auto&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;autocomment&quot;&gt;Software&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* {{CdTextfiles|cream06/editor/ram10.zip|Read-A-Matic v1.0}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* {{CdTextfiles|cream06/editor/ram10.zip|Read-A-Matic v1.0}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;== Sample files ==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;== Sample files ==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;‎&lt;span dir=&quot;auto&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;autocomment&quot;&gt;Sample files&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* {{CdTextfiles|nopv17/031A/DKCARE20.ZIP|DKCARE20.ZIP}} → DISK.EXE (self-extracting ZIP) → README.EXE&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* {{CdTextfiles|nopv17/031A/DKCARE20.ZIP|DKCARE20.ZIP}} → DISK.EXE (self-extracting ZIP) → README.EXE&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<title>Jsummers: Created page with &quot;{{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 EX...&quot;</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Created page with &amp;quot;{{FormatInfo |formattype=electronic |subcat=Executable envelopes |released=1994 }} &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Read-A-Matic&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; is a menu-driven DOS utility for converting a text file to an [[MS-DOS EX...&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;
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'''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.&lt;br /&gt;
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== Discussion ==&lt;br /&gt;
The executable part of a generated file is pre-compressed with [[PKLITE]].&lt;br /&gt;
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When a generated file has finished executing, it may print a message implying it was made by something named &amp;quot;README.EXE&amp;quot;.&lt;br /&gt;
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== Identification ==&lt;br /&gt;
Files made by a given version start with the bytes in the included RAM.OVL file.&lt;br /&gt;
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Only v1.0 has been found, though there was probably also a registered version of it.&lt;br /&gt;
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== Software ==&lt;br /&gt;
* {{CdTextfiles|cream06/editor/ram10.zip|Read-A-Matic v1.0}}&lt;br /&gt;
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== Sample files ==&lt;br /&gt;
* {{CdTextfiles|nopv17/031A/DKCARE20.ZIP|DKCARE20.ZIP}} → DISK.EXE (self-extracting ZIP) → README.EXE&lt;br /&gt;
* [https://archive.org/details/value-ware-software-sharewares/1.jpg Value-Ware Software Sharewares] → DESPAIR/README.EXE&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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