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readme.1st PROGRAM INFORMATION SHEET
PROGRAM TITLE: "YOUR BIRTHDAY ALMANAC" &
"THE ANNIVERSARY ALMANAC"
version(s) 2.05s
DETAILED PROGRAM DESCRIPTION:
The program, simply stated, produces a commercial quality printout
of "What Happened The Day You Were Born?"
This formerly commercial program was developed by the author, Ken
Kirkpatrick, as a retail venture. The unique printout about life and
times of the recipient's birthdate makes a fun, inexpensive gift.
The program is unique, to my knowledge, on the shareware or public
domain market, and has no peer. All the information in the vast
database was manually entered by the author from a vast array of
public sources. It is NOT a rip-off of someone else's data!
As a commercial program, it is designed to be fast and foolproof,
and is thoroughly error-trapped for even the most novice user.
It requires little or no instruction on its use and the program
intent and flow is self-evident.
The program printout has been sold by the author's family business
for the last four years for $2.50 each, and we have sold thousands!
For commercial sale of the printout, the use of specialty graphic
paper available to registered users only GREATLY enhances the end
product.
The program database is updated yearly by the author right after the
Academy Awards for the past year. Updates are available to registered
users.
Included with "Your Birthday Almanac" is a copy of "The Anniversary
Almanac" or "What Happened the Day You Were Married", a companion
program that uses the same database. Its nature is self-explanatory.
WHO IS THE INTENDED USER?
The program primarily targets entrepreneurs that want to sell the
printout commercially in their shops or at swap meets or street fairs,
etc. Clubs and organizations also use the program to send unique
birthday wishes to their members.
The program has also been used by individuals who have a lot of
friends and relatives, and want to dazzle them with something
other than the usual birthday card!
UNIQUE FEATURES OF THE PROGRAM:
This is the only program of its type on the shareware market to the
author's knowledge.
The program is EXTREMELY EASY TO USE with no needless whistles and
bells. It has been thoroughly tested for four years on a commercial
basis and has no known bugs. It is written in Visual Basic for DOS.
PROGRAMS CAPACITY OR LIMITATIONS:
As a shareware product, we have delivered a fully functional product
to the end user. The program utlizes the end-user's name in the
printout, and is embedded into the source code from the author upon
registration. The program contains an opening shareware screen with
the ability for the end-user to register the product. The end-product
printout will, of course, be printed on plain white paper for the
try-before-you-buy-customer, but the database is fully functional
with every date back to Jan. 01,1900.
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:
DOS 3.3 or better
512K, A LaserJet II or III COMPATIBLE laser printer (most lasers are HP
compatible) OR an HP Deskjet500. The program WILL NOT WORK WITH
DOT MATRIX PRINTERS. A hard disk with 1 meg free available space.
HOW TO START THE PROGRAM:
The program may come in a distribution file called BORN205.ZIP.
After unzipping the file,run INSTALL.EXE.
This will create a subdirectory on the end user's hard-disk or
ram-disk of choice called "ALMANAC".
The install program will un-arc the database and place it in the
ALMANAC sub-directory. Upon conclusion, INSTALL will dump the end-
user into the almanac subdirectory. The end-user simply types
BIRTHDAY.EXE for "Your Birthday Almanac" or WEDDING.EXE for "The
Anniversary Almanac" The program flow is intuitive and easy!
WHAT IS THE REGISTRATION FEE?
$49.95 EACH POSTPAID IN THE USA MasterCard or Visa Accepted
$25.00 for the yearly updates to database postpaid in the USA
MATERIALS OR SERVICES THAT COME WITH REGISTRATION:
1) End-User's name or company name & address embedded
into program for custom printout. (Watermark)
2) Latest update to database and programs.
3) Elimination of Shareware opening screen.
4) Availablity of specialty parchment graphic paper for
professional looking end-product.
5) Yearly updates to database (e.g. - Data for the year 1993)
6) Technical support directly with the author.
7) Printed quick-help documentation.
8) The author is a member (applicant in process) of ASP
and ASAD.
LIST OF PROGRAM FILES ON DISTRIBUTION DISK(s):
1) BORN205.ZIP
2) OR The Files may be uncompressed on the distribution disk!
THE FOLLOWING FILES ARE CONTAINED IN THE ABOVE ZIP'D FILE:
1) INSTALL.EXE
Extracts and places program & data files
2) MONTHS.OVL
PROGRAM & DATA Files utilized by install
3) YEARS.OVL
PROGRAM & DATA Files utilized by install
IMPORTANT: ALL THREE FILES MUST BE PRESENT TO INSTALL!!!!
NOTE TO DISTRIBUTORS:
IF YOU WANT TO ZIP THE THREE FILES OF THE PROGRAM, PLEASE CALL THE
ZIPPED FILE:
BORN205.ZIP
QUESTIONS? PROBLEMS?
THE AUTHOR/PROGRAMMER
KEN KIRKPATRICK
(805) 763-3545
M-F 9 - 5 Pacific