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______________________________________________________________ | | | - SSN - | |______________________________________________________________| Social Security Number Prefix/Location Lookup Version 1.2 Released 04-21-91 COPYRIGHT 1986-1991 Phil Herron. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Herron Software P.O. Box 1288 Battle Ground, Washington USA 98604 TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE ________________________________________________________________ Preface.............................................. 0 New in this version.................................. 1 Introduction......................................... 1 Explanation.......................................... 1 System Requirements.................................. 2 Installing......................................... 2 Help................................................. 2 Syntax............................................... 2 Examples............................................. 3 Operating Screens.................................. 3 DOS ErrorLevel....................................... 4 Version History...................................... 4 Support............................................ A-1 Problem Resolution............................... A-1 Reporting A Problem.............................. A-1 Custom Modifications............................. A-2 Correspondence................................... A-2 0-1 ______________________________________________ DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY ______________________________________________ THIS PRODUCT IS PROVIDED FOR EVALUATION, AS IS AND WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. THE AUTHOR MAKES NO EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR ANY PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR LOSS OF PROFIT OR ANY OTHER COMMERCIAL DAMAGE ARISING FROM EITHER THE USE OF OR THE INABILITY TO USE THIS PRODUCT. ____________________________________________________________ EVALUATION PREFACE PAGE ____________________________________________________________ Shareware....................................... 0-1 License Terms................................. 0-2 Registration.................................. 0-2 Forms and Fees.............................. 0-2 Quantity discounts.......................... 0-3 Evaluation Version.............................. 0-3 Distribution Authorization.................... 0-3 Evaluation Menu............................... 0-4 Virus Concerns................................ 0-4 █▌ SHAREWARE "Shareware" is a software distribution method which enables the potential user to obtain software at very low initial cost, for evaluation on a trial basis. You can evaluate the software in your own environment, on your own machine, with the programs and data that you normally use. You're not required to become a registered user unless the software meets your needs. Another benefit of Shareware is lower pricing. By keeping the marketing and advertising expenses to a minimum, Shareware products can be priced lower. You don't pay for what you don't need or use. 0-2 █▌ LICENSE TERMS This product and its documentation are copyrighted and owned solely by the author, who reserves all rights to any benefits derived from it. It is distinctly separate from, and should not be confused with, those categories of software known as "public domain" or "freeware." You are granted the right to use the evaluation version of this software on a trial basis for a limited amount of time, to decide whether to continue using (and therefore whether to register) the product. You can share the evaluation version of this software with others, so long as the limitations set forth in the DISTRIBUTION AUTHORIZATION section below are followed. █▌ REGISTRATION When you send in the registration form and fee, you'll receive by return mail a diskette containing the latest REGISTERED VERSION of the program and documentation. It will NOT include the Evaluation Menu front end of this version. Thus it will be easier to use, from either the DOS prompt or from batch files, and will also be 12K-15K bytes smaller, for more efficient disk storage and faster loading. The registered version WILL include any new functions or enhancements made to date. As a registered user, you can upgrade to newer versions whenever they become available, for a total cost of 50 percent of the then-current registration fee. REGISTRATION FORM and FEES The registration form and a pre-addressed mailing cover can be printed from the "Forms Printing" selection of the Evaluation menu, discussed below. The single-quantity registration fee is displayed on the Evaluation Menu screen. Each registered copy will be licensed for operation at a single location (on a single terminal or computer) at any one time. To use the software on more than one terminal or computer at the same time, the appropriate number of registrations must be made. 0-3 REGISTRATION continued Multiple-quantity registration fees are displayed in the "QUANTITY DISCOUNT" section of the Evaluation menu. You can take advantage of quantity discounts by ordering multiple registrations of one program or of several different programs at the same time. You also save on shipping and handling charges by registering several products together. █▌ EVALUATION VERSION This software contains the complete and fully functional version of the program, the latest available at the time of this release. The program itself is identical to the REGISTERED version. For evaluation, a front end menu containing a documentation file viewer and forms printer have been added to ensure that: (a) Registration information and forms will not become separated from the program file. (b) Users who might be unfamiliar with the process of displaying a file's contents on the screen or printer will have no difficulty learning about, evaluating or registering this product. █▌ DISTRIBUTION AUTHORIZATION Shareware catalog/disk distributers, Online services, Bulletin Board systems, user groups and private individuals are authorized to distribute the evaluation version of this software by any convenient means, so long as the program, documentation and any associated files are distributed together and unaltered. 0-4 █▌ EVALUATION MENU The program is invoked from the DOS prompt by typing its name and pressing the RETURN/ENTER key. An initial screen displays warranty and program information, then the Shareware Product EVALUATION MENU with the following functions: ESC - EXIT to DOS R - READ the documentation (THIS file) x - EVALUATE this program Q - QUANTITY Discount information F - FORMS printing menu - registration & mailer "R" displays this file one screen at a time, and prompts... <DownArrow> or Esc <DownArrow> indicates more is available, similar to the "MORE" prompt in other DOS utilities. Press a normal typing key such as the spacebar to continue, or the ESCape key to return to the Evaluation Menu. █▌ VIRUS CONCERNS If you'd like to evaluate this software but you're not sure where it's been, order a copy directly from the source. See the SHAREWARE PRODUCT CATALOG at the end of this file or in a separate CATALOG.TXT file. SSN-1 █▌ NEW IN THIS VERSION "*" command line argument displays all locations and prefixes. Output is redirectable to a disk file or device. █▌ INTRODUCTION SSNs (Social Security Numbers) are issued with prefixes related to the applicant's address at the time of application. This program enables rapid lookup of the prefix(es) for a location, or the location(s) for a prefix. █▌ EXPLANATION Although accurate as of its first release date, the information this program provides may become obsolete. The Social Security Administration periodically adds to the numbers issued. It may at times assign numbers from one geographical area to another area. If a number/location pair does not appear to correspond with this program, contact the SSA to find out the current status of that number. Prefix numbers are continuous from 001 through 626, and 700 through 729. Numbers 627 through 699 and 730 or above may be suspect. - Finding all prefixes for a location Many areas have multiple prefixes. To see the full list for a location, enter its postal code letters or part of its full name. SSN 1 Returns 1: NH New Hampshire SSN nh Returns NH New Hampshire 001 through 003 - Finding all locations for a prefix In some cases, a single prefix is assigned to multiple locations: 232: NC North Carolina 232: WV West Virginia 586: AS American Samoa 586: GU Guam 586: PI Philippine Islands SSN-2 EXPLANATION - continued - Alpha character searches A one- or two-letter entry searches only the two-character postal abbreviation list. An entry of three or more letters searches the "full name" list. Searches of the postal abbreviation list and the full name list are done separately, since a number of two-letter combinations in the postal abbreviation list also exist in the full name list, in other geographical locations. For example, MI is abbreviation used for Michigan; MI is also embedded in "Mississippi". █▌ SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS PC, XT, AT or compatible. DOS version 2.1 or later. 128K free memory. █▌ INSTALLING The program can be run from diskette or from hard disk. No installation is necessary, other than copying the files to a drive and directory of your choosing. To run the program from other than its resident drive or directory, specify its location with the DOS PATH statement. █▌ HELP Can't remember the command line syntax? Issue the program's name without any parameters; it will display a help screen, then return to the DOS prompt. █▌ SYNTAX SSN [numeric prefix or alpha location] Where... Numeric prefix is the 1- to 3-digit SSN prefix. Only the first three digits are significant; others are ignored. Alpha location is 1 or more characters of the location. "*" specifies all locations and prefixes, and lists every entry. SSN-3 █▌ EXAMPLES SSN 1 Lists location(s) corresponding to prefix "001": 1: NH New Hampshire SSN n Lists all locations that begin with "N": NC North Carolina 232 NC North Carolina 237 through 246 ND North Dakota 501 through 502 NE Nebraska 505 through 508 NH New Hampshire 001 through 003 NJ New Jersey 135 through 158 NM New Mexico 525 NM New Mexico 585 NV Nevada 530 NY New York 050 through 134 SSN nh Lists numeric prefix for state of New Hampshire: NH New Hampshire 001 through 003 SSN new Lists all locations that begin with "new": NH New Hampshire 001 through 003 NJ New Jersey 135 through 158 NM New Mexico 525 NM New Mexico 585 NY New York 050 through 134 SSN new h Lists all locations that begin with "new h": NH New Hampshire 001 through 003 SSN * Lists all prefixes and locations. █▌ OPERATING SCREEN NUMERIC input: SSN 580 __SSN_________________________ |______________________________| 580: PR Puerto Rico 580: VI Virgin Islands ALPHABETIC input: SSN wv __SSN_________________________ |______________________________| WV West Virginia 232 through 236 SSN-4 OPERATING SCREEN - continued REDIRECTED output: SSN x >filename.ext __SSN_________________________ |______________________________| On an error condition, screen displays error message(s); all normal output is redirected to the file or device specified. █▌ DOS ERRORLEVEL Upon termination, the program returns a DOS ErrorLevel value which indicates how the program ended, and which can be used for subsequent operations in a batch file. For further information, see the "IF ERRORLEVEL" batch command in your DOS manual. ErrorLevel List: 0 - Successful completion. 1 - No parameters specified on command line. 2 - Numeric entry outside assigned values. 3 - Non-numeric character in a numeric parameter. 4 - Numeric parameter not found in assigned prefix list. 5 - String parameter not found in two-letter abbreviation list. 6 - String parameter not found in full name list. █▌ VERSION HISTORY 1.0 Initial release: specify prefix, get location. 1.1 Added backward conversion: specify location, get prefix. 1.2 Added display of all locations and prefixes with "*" input. Added support of output redirection. A-1 █▌ SUPPORT The first user to document and report a problem that we agree needs attention, will be sent a free upgrade with the correction when it's been made. Registered users will receive an upgraded registered version; unregistered evaluators receive an upgraded evaluation version. █▌ PROBLEM RESOLUTION Things to try prior to reporting a problem: 1 - Reread the documentation to make sure you understand what we thought we understood when we wrote it. 2 - If the system reports "Bad command or file name" when you attempt to run the program, its executable file (or at least the file name you specified) was not found. First, make sure no typos or misspellings have crept into the command line; next, try changing the PATH setting, or make the drive & directory where the program resides the "current" drive & directory. 3 - If the program is being run from a batch file, try deleting lines previous to the line that actually invokes the program, to see if some prior activity is causing the problem. 4 - If memory-resident or "TSR" utilities (pop-up note pads, calculators, keyboard enhancements, etc.) are installed, try removing them from memory and running the program again to see if the problem reoccurs. █▌ REPORTING A PROBLEM If the problem persists, please document it as thoroughly as possible; we must be able to duplicate it before we can begin to resolve it. Include at least the following: 1 - Problem program's name and version number. 2 - Where and how you obtained the problem program. 3 - Address and/or phone number where you can be contacted. 4 - Version of DOS you are using. 5 - Machine type, drives, memory, etc. 6 - Programs executed prior to the problem. 7 - Anything that might relate to the problem; for example, listings of your AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS files, or any batch files used to run the program. 8 - Any relevant printouts. A-2 REPORTING A PROBLEM continued NOTE: Registered users receive the utility UserResp.Exe on the distribution diskette; it can be used to print a pre-addressed mailer and a problem report. █▌ CUSTOM MODIFICATIONS If custom modifications to this software are needed for your particular application, please write to the below address with complete details of your requirements. █▌ CORRESPONDENCE We welcome any comments or suggestions you might have concerning improvements and future enhancements to this product. Send all correspondence and orders to: Phil Herron P.O. Box 1288 Battle Ground, Washington USA 98604 ______________________________________________________________ | | | - SHAREWARE PRODUCT CATALOG - | |______________________________________________________________| Evaluation versions of our products are available from many Shareware distributors and user groups; latest versions can also be ordered directly from us (see order form following) or downloaded by modem from CompuServe Information Service. ____________________________________________ PROGRAM SPECIFICATIONS AND REGISTRATION FEES MAY CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE ____________________________________________ 1099 Series - IRS forms preparation 1099M - 1099-MISC Miscellaneous income statement 1099i - 1099-INT Interest income statement 1099S - 1099-S Real Estate Transactions statement 1098 - 1098 Mortgage Interest statement Account_SoRT ASRT sorts user-entered data into categories. In business and tax accounting, it accumulates monetary units in financial accounts. Multiple user-designed charts of accounts for any number of businesses. User-selectable limit checking. CHeck_Disk_space ChkD reports disk drive space usage: cluster size, then drive space TOTAL, FREE and USED by actual value and by percentage. Faster and more convenient than the DOS "dir" or "chkdsk" utilities. For batch file branching, returns Dos ErrorLevel corresponding to the % of space available. CHeck_Memory_space ChkM reports standard system memory (RAM) space usage: memory space TOTAL, FREE and USED by actual value and by percentage. Faster and more convenient than the DOS "chkdsk" utility. For batch file branching, returns Dos ErrorLevel corresponding to the % of space available. CHeck_Space ChkSp reports free space available in system RAM and on specified or default drive. Displays actual amounts along with bargraphs of the percentages of total space. Shareware Product Catalog -2 CleanOut Searches all directories for specified files, prompts for Delete or Save of each match found. File contents (text OR binary) can be viewed first. Single "S" key saves; double "D" key deletes. Optional mode for cleanout without confirmation. Useful for quick disposal of .BAK file leftovers, among others. Clean_Text CleanTxt converts WordStar text files to straight ASCII. It strips out certain control characters, and will optionally expand tab characters to the appropriate number of spaces. CleanZ Most editors don't read files beyond the first control- Z end-of-file character. Control-Z's can become embedded in a text file when several files are combined using the DOS "type" command. CleanZ strips out each control-Z, or will optionally replace each with a seldom-used character, to ease the task of locating the former boundaries in combined files. Cursor_Set CurSet changes the shape of the text cursor. Makes the cursor easier to find on Liquid Crystal displays used in laptop/ notebook computers; works with any display. Both command line and interactive modes for setting the cursor to any shape from a hairline to a full block. Diskette_Initialize DiskInit erases all files and subdirectories on a 5.25 inch 362k DSDD diskette in about two seconds. Does not initialize marked bad sectors, but suggests reformatting instead. Error_Level ErrLev is a utility for testing batch file "if errorlevel" statements. During testing, executable program calls are commented out and replaced with "ErrLev nn", where nn is the DOS errorlevel to be simulated. The simulated errorlevel then exercises branching commands in the batch file under test. Find_Directory FindD searches the default drive for specified subdirectory names, and lists the complete path to those found. Find_File FindF searches the default drive for specified files, and writes the file information to screen or disk. Useful for locating misplaced files or for generating a listing of all files and subdirectories on the default drive. Shareware Product Catalog -3 FREQuency_of_CHaracters FreqCh performs letter-frequency analysis of text or binary files; handles the full 256-character extended Ascii set. Results are sorted in Ascii code order or frequency of occurrence. GENerate_file Gen builds disk files of 0 to over 2 Gbytes using either character mode or much faster file mode. Can also send characters directly to the console screen, printer or other DOS device. Useful for printer, storage and timing tests. KeyCode Responds to each press of a key or combination of keys by displaying the key or combination pressed, its associated Ascii character (if any), key type (normal or extended), Ascii code and Scan code. KeySet Interactive mode displays the current settings of the CapsLock, NumLock, ScrollLock and PrtSc (Print Screen) keys, and allows changing them. Command line mode directly sets the keys to specified states, allowing use of a batch file for presetting at system boot-up or between applications. PhIndex Removes some of the drudgery from generating documentation indexes. Reads an ASCII text file, ignores most punctuation, digits, trivial "noise" words and words shorter than a specified minimum, then writes output to disk file, one word per line, with page number. User edits to consolidate dups and include phrases/concepts, then sorts with DOS Sort utility. Complete documentation and examples included. PhLabel Label/Rotary filecard/Postcard Printer; loads, displays, prints labels stored in easily-maintained ASCII files. Optional embedded commands for date, time, margin, selectable printer attributes; 5, 8.5, 10, 12, 17 or 20 characters per inch pitch, normal/bold/underlined on Epson compatible dot-matrix printers. PRINter_TEST PrinTest repetitively displays the status of ports assigned to parallel printer interfaces. Can be used to isolate problems to the printer interface card, the cable or the printer itself. Reports printer & port number, status byte & condition. Shareware Product Catalog -4 Quick_SCReen Qscr converts a single text screen to an executable file. The resulting .COM file displays a screen of text much faster than batch file ECHO statements. Useful for setting up compact menu systems, demos and tutorials. SCAN_File ScanF speeds up the search for ASCII text strings within executable files. Filters out the unintelligible control and extended characters, and allows user definition of minimum string length for display. SCAN_Memory ScanM speeds up the search for ASCII text such as ROM copyright statements and machine identification, anywhere within standard system memory space. Filters out the unintelligible control and extended characters, and displays each string longer than three characters. SPLIT_file Split breaks huge text files down into smaller ones that will fit into a text editor or onto a diskette. Useful for working on large files with a limited filesize memory- resident notepad utility. SSN_lookup Social Security Number Prefix/Location Lookup STOrage_RooM StoRm reports disk space required for storage of a specified file or group of files on any disk, any DOS version. Locates files specified on command line, determines their actual total size and the amount of room needed to store them. Useful for determining the number of files that will fit on a disk. ZipCODE_prefix_lookup Postal Zip Code Number Prefix/Location Lookup Shareware Product Catalog -5 Evaluation Version ORDER FORM 1091 Date __________________ ---------------------------------- Mailing address of individual or organization: Contact/Name _________________________________________________________ Org/Address _________________________________________________________ Address _________________________________________________________ City ___________________________ State/Prov __________________ Country ______________________________ ZipCode __________________ Each disk holds up to five programs and associated documentation. Include $6.00 for the first disk, shipping & handling. 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Sorry, no COD's. _____________________________________________________________ | | | Send all correspondence and orders to: | | | | Phil Herron | | P.O. Box 1288 | | Battle Ground, Washington USA 98604 | |_____________________________________________________________|