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Ample Notice V 2.0
Released October 6, 1990
(c) Copyright 1987 - 1990 by Mark Harris
All rights reserved.
The main programs on this disk are:
AN.EXE - the appointments calendar program,
ALARM.COM - the pop-up alarm clock,
OUTSIDE.COM - an evelope addresser which takes addresses from
screen or file.
To get started using AN and ALARM first make a backup copy of this
disk, then print the AN manual. The manual has about 30 pages and
can be printed in its entirety by entering
PRINTMAN AN.DOC
To skip the first 4 pages and print the rest of the manual, type
PRINTMAN AN.DOC 4
To view the manual on the screen use the /S option; e.g.
PRINTMAN/S AN.DOC 2
The documentation for OUTSIDE is in the file OUTSIDE.DOC. You can
print or view this file in a similar way:
PRINTMAN OUTSIDE.DOC
PRINTMAN/S OUTSIDE.DOC
Ample Notice installation is described in AN.DOC. The basic idea
is to put the Ample Notice disk in the default drive, then type
ANSETUP. If you are updating an earlier version of Ample Notice,
see AN13TO20.DOC. You can use PRINTMAN as with the other DOC
files described above.
If you are not a registered user of Ample Notice, we encourage
your registration. Granny's Old-Fashioned Software is a member
organization of the Association of Shareware Professionals and
endorses its high standards for Shareware distribution and
support. If you obtained Ample Notice from a disk catalog or
bulletin board, Granny's does not receive a cent from the amount
you paid. We rely on your registrations to keep going - please
see details below.
If you are a registered user of a previous version of Ample Notice
you may obtain the new printed manual for $3 (foreign: $5) from
Granny's. Changes from version 1.31 include:
The primary screen has been improved and now shows the
appointments list, a calendar window, a date/time field and an
edit window simultaneously.
Appointments can be as long as you like and can be edited in a
scrollable window rather than a single line.
Appointments can be edited directly in the appointments screen
rather than requiring a separate file-edit mode.
Appointments and notes can be marked as done.
Categories have been extended: any grouping of owners or
subjects can be viewed/printed.
Still more flexible date patterns are supported.
Printouts have been improved; any number of columns is
can be used, and IBM graphics characters are supported.
European date format is supported.
Printer control sequences can now be as long as you like.
These changes and many more are described in the manual (printed
or disk version).
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Ample Notice is Shareware. You can order the current Ample Notice
disk from Granny's Old-Fashioned Software for $10 or a registered
package for $30. Registration provides the following benefits:
1. A current version of the Ample Notice disk.
2. A printed manual.
3. A mail-in card for a future version of Ample Notice.
4. Telephone support for your technical questions.
5. A reasonable likelihood that features you request will be added
to the package if such features are deemed practical and of
sufficiently general interest.
6. Inexpensive future updates after your free update. You can
order new disks for $5, new manuals for $3. (These prices
may change.)
Registrations keep us in business - please consider this option.
To register, phone (with MC or VISA) (704) 264-6906 or mail
payment to:
Granny's Old-Fashioned Software
Rt 4, Box 216
Boone, NC 28607
North Carolina residents please add 5%; foreign orders add $3.
Foreign: MC, VISA or U.S. funds drawn on U.S. bank, please.
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SITE LICENSING
For five or more users at a single site the following
licensing arrangements are available:
Registration only: $15/user for first five, $10 each additional.
Manual and disk: add $5.
For example, if you want to register 20 users and need only 4
disk/manual packages the amount would be 5 x $15 + 15 x $10 +
4 x $5 = $245.
For large sites licensing costs are lower; call us to negotiate.
Also available from Granny's is LQ, a program for the IBM PC
and compatible computers which will allow you to produce high-
quality text in a variety of fonts and modes on 9-pin dot matrix
printers. LQ can be 'locked' into memory to function
inconspicuously with your favorite word processor or other
program. The program includes a print spooler which can be set to
any length from 1 - 400K characters. The spooler has been
customized to work with LQ's long graphics sequences very
efficiently (using about 1/40 the space required by a conventional
spooler); you can continue using your computer for other tasks
while documents print in the background.
LQ is available from Granny's Old-Fashioned Software at $35
for the registered package or $10 for the distribution disk.
North Carolina residents please add 5%, foreign orders $3.
Foreign: MC, VISA or U.S. funds drawn on U.S. bank, please.
Granny's reserves the right to change the above prices in the
future.
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This information is in the manual, but it bears repeating: if your
computer hangs when running AN, put the line
!K
in your CONFIG.CAL file.
If you have a laser printer (HP compatible) and enjoy REALLY
compressing your appointments, we have a font that will let you
print 25 characters per inch; with it, you can pack 176 lines by
200 columns onto a page. If you would like to obtain this font
and the directions for using it, please send your request with $3
to Granny.
If your computer shows the wrong time on the alarm clock but the
correct time when you type TIME at the DOS prompt then you should
try running the utility TIMER (a public domain program by David
Macchiarolo and Jim Seley) or FIXCLOCK before running ALARM
(preferably in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file). In particular, AT&T 6300
users should run the sequence
TIMER
ALARM
FIXCLOCK