Please read all of the information contained in this file prior to installing 
and using the ACA.  There are five sections in this file:

    Disclaimer of Warranty
    About this CD
    The ACA User Guide
    Installing the ACA
    Running the ACA

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DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY
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THIS SOFTWARE AND THE ACCOMPANYING FILES ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT WARRANTIES 
AS TO PERFORMANCE OR MERCHANTABILITY OR ANY OTHER WARRANTIES WHETHER EXPRESSED OR 
IMPLIED.

The user assumes the entire risk of using the program. 

This Software program was prepared as an account of work sponsored by an agency of 
the United States Government. Neither the United States Government nor any agency 
thereof, nor the University of Chicago, nor the University of Illinois, nor Wasmer 
Consulting, nor D & E Technical, nor any of their employees or officials, makes 
any warranty, expressed or implied, or assumes any legal liability or responsibility 
for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information, apparatus, product, 
or process disclosed, or represents that its use would not infringe privately owned 
rights.  Reference herein to any specific commercial product, process, or service 
by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise, does not necessarily constitute 
or imply its endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the United States Government 
or any agency thereof. The view and opinions of authors expressed herein do not 
necessarily state or reflect those of the United States Government or any agency 
thereof. 


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About this CD
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This CD contains four files:
    readme.txt -- this file ASCII text version.
    readme.doc -- this file MS Word Version.
    aca.exe -- the program to install the ACA onto your hard drive.
    ACAUserGuide.pdf -- the ACA User Guide in Adobe Acrobat format.


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The ACA User Guide
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The ACA User Guide is available in Adobe Acrobat format (ACAUserGuide.pdf) as
well in HTML format.  The Adobe Acrobat version is available on the ACA distribution
CD as well as on the Internet, while the HTML version is only available on 
the Internet.  Both formats can be found on the Internet at:
<http://www.detech.net/ACA>.

  
    

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Installing the ACA
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The ACA is distributed as one compressed executable file aca.exe. 
To install the ACA to your computer's hard disk, run aca.exe from 
a temporary directory on the hard disk or directly from the CD. The 
installation program asks for a destination directory as shown in the 
figure below. In most cases, you will want to select the default 
choice, c:\aca, however, you may  select any location or drive. 
Click the Unzip button and all the necessary files will be expanded 
into the selected directory, which will contain the following 
sub-directories:  

    images -- this directory contains the image files required for the help menus
    inputs -- this directory contains sample ACA input files 

    
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Running the ACA
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Execute the file c:\aca\exlgui.exe to start the ACA program.