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- PostCalc the Book
-
- About This
- ==========
-
- This program is written for those individuals who have kitchen
- scales and need to send packages which require more than one
- stamp yet will fit through the hole in the pillar box.
-
- It was really written to make my mail order business a little
- more efficient. I use a digital kitchen scale and this program to
- determine my postage. It will emulate these £350 postal scales you
- find in Business supply places.
-
- Customising Your Program:
- =========================
-
- As a matter of course I find I normally mail second class and
- within England using grams, so by using a program !FormEd by
- Simon Huntington or a secondary template editor, say you could
- alter it to be first class. Just tick 'first' in the 'main' window and
- save it back. You could also alter the standard weight. !Post
- Calc will read the data as the program runs.
-
- Beeping Nuisance
- ================
-
- Since the release of this program I have found that items which are
- greater than 1300g mailed within the UK are more often better
- sent by courier. Mainly, it may be cheaper and you get a singature
- back. The beep is telling you to investigate. My copy comes up and
- says, "This package is to go by courier (I use 'Business Post') and
- it will cost you £3.20"
-
-
- My Logic
- ========
-
-
- There are two little confusing bits and these are the "Stamps" and
- "Remaining" bit. This means that if you have an item which
- costs 39p to mail you must apply 2 x 18p worth of stamps and
- 3p to make the required 39p. While this may be obvious to
- some, I had a number of complaints during the beta test stage.
-
- The Zone 1 and Zone 2 is a bit confusing. Basically, zone 1 and
- zone 2 is for every country not in Europe. The closer countries
- to England are zone 1. Far away countries like New Zealand are
- zone 2.
-
- The zoning is as follows:
-
- Afganistan,1
- Albania,NON-EEC
- Algeria,1
- Andorra,EEC
- Angola,1
- Anguilla,1
- Antigua & Barbuda,1
- Antarctica Aust. Territory,2
- Argentina,1
- Aruba-Ascension Is,1
- Australia,2
- Austria,5
- Bahamas,1
- Bahrain,1
- Bangladesh,1
- Barbados,1
- Belgium,EEC
- Belize,1
- Benin,1
- Bermuda,1
- Bhutan,1
- Bolivia,1
- Botswana,1
- Brazil,1
- Brunei,1
- Bulgaria,5
- Burkina Faso,1
- Burma,1
- Burundi,1
- Cambodia,1
- Cameroon,1
- Canada,1
- Cayman Islands,1
- Central African Rep,1
- Chad,1
- Chile,1
- China,2
- Christmas Island,1
- Cocos (Keeling) Island,1
- Colombia,1
- Comoros,1
- Congo,1
- Costa Rica,1
- Cote d'Ivoire,1
- Cuba,1
- Cyprus,5
- Czechoslovakia,5
- Denmark,EEC
- Djibouti,1
- Dominican Republic,1
- Ecuador,1
- Egypt,1
- El Salvador,1
- Equatorial Guinea,1
- Estonia - Tallinn,1
- Ethiopia,1
- Falkland Islands,1
- Faroe Islands,1
- Fiji,2
- Finland,5
- France,EEC
- French Guiana,1
- French Polynesia,2
- Gabon,1
- Gambia,1
- Germany,EEC
- Ghana,1
- Gibralter,EEC
- Greece,EEC
- Greenland,5
- Grenada,1
- Guatemala,1
- Guinea,1
- Guinea - Bissau,1
- Guyana,1
- Haiti,1
- Honduras,1
- Hong Kong,1
- Hungary,5
- Iceland,5
- India,1
- Indonesia,1
- Iran,1
- Iraq,1
- Israel,1
- Italy,EEC
- Jamaica,1
- Japan,2
- Jordan,1
- Kenya,1
- Kiribati,2
- Korea,2
- Kuwait,1
- Laos,1
- Lebanon,1
- Lesotho,1
- Liberia,1
- Libya,1
- Liechtenstein,5
- Luxembourg,EEC
- Macao,1
- Madagascar,1
- Malawi,1
- Malaysia,1
- Maldives,1
- Mali,1
- Malta,5
- Marshall Islands,2
- Mauritania,1
- Mauritus,1
- Mexico,1
- Micronesia,2
- Monaco,EEC
- Mongolia,2
- Montserrat,1
- Morocco,1
- Mozambique,1
- Namibia,1
- Nauru,2
- Nepal,1
- Netherlands,EEC
- New Caledonia,2
- New Zealand,2
- Nicaragua,1
- Niger,1
- Nigeria,1
- Norfolk Island,2
- North Mariana Islands,2
- Norway,5
- Oman,1
- Pakistan,1
- Panama,1
- Papua New Guinea,2
- Paraguay,1
- Peru,1
- Phillipines,2
- Pitcairn Island,2
- Poland,5
- Portugal,EEC
- Puerto Rico,1
- Qatar,1
- Reunion Island,1
- Rwanda,1
- St Helena,1
- St Lucia,1
- St Pierre & Miquelon,1
- St. Vincent & the Grenadines,1
- Samoa,2
- San Marino,EEC
- Sao Tome & Principe,1
- Saudi Arabia,1
- Senegal,1
- Seychelle Islands,1
- Sierra Leone,1
- Singapore,1
- Solomon Islands,2
- Somalia,1
- South Africa,1
- Spain,EEC
- Sri Lanka,1
- Sudan,1
- Surinam,1
- Swaziland,1
- Sweden,5
- Switzerland,5
- Syria,1
- Taiwan,2
- Tanzania,1
- Thailand,1
- Togo,1
- Tonga,2
- Trinidad & Tobago,1
- Tristan de Cunha,1
- Tunisia,1
- Turkey,5
- Turks & Caicos Islands,1
- Tuvalu,2
- Uganda,1
- United Arab Emirates,1
- Uruguay,1
- USA,1
- Vanuatu,2
- Vatican City,5
- Venezuela,1
- Vietnam,1
- Virgin Islands,1
- Wake Island,2
- Yemen,1
- Yugoslavia,5
- Zaire,1
- Zambia,1
- Zimbabwe,1
-
- Tested
- ======
-
- I have tested this program on A3000, A310, A400, and an
- A5000 with great success and no pitfalls. It has also been tested
- with Econet and in varying screen modes.
-
- Upgrading
- =========
-
- Lastly, if you have any problems, write to me, and I will help
- you sort them out. If the rates change or you want an upgrade of
- this program, send a formatted disc and a self-addressed
- stamped envelope and I will happily send it to anyone no charge.
-
- Bits 'n' Bytes
- MD Smith
- 26 Grenville Road
- Saint Judes
- Plymouth
- PL4 9PX
-
- 0752-667599
-
- The cost of registration is £2.00
-
- Absolutely no one may sell this for profit or gain other than myself
-
- PD Libraries may distribute it, but if it is worth listing you MUST
- purchase one copy.
-
- You may freely distribute it to friends and acquaintances.
-
-