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- Disk: Title: The Stock Trader READ.ME File
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- It will be necessary to install the program before you can do
- anything. Type INFO for a complete description on un-archiving.
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-
- Requirements:
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- IBM-PC or compatible, with a hard disk drive and 512K of memory
- Graphics printer and a EGA or VGA Color monitor.
-
-
- Remember - If you are a registered user, and run into some difficulty,
- call (503) 244-4800 and give your name and serial number of your
- disk. You'll find helpful service with a smile. We won't tell you
- how to invest your money, or which stocks to track, but we will
- give you all the help you need with the program.
-
-
- This is a brief description to acquaint you with the operation of
- the STOCK TRADER program. Be sure to print the manual, it will aid
- you to more fully understand the program's functions.
-
- 1. The STOCK TRADER program is written in Basic Professional
- Development System (PDS) and uses Quick Windows Advanced
- interface management library. The source code is not avail-
- able for this program unless a professional institution wishes
- to purchase the source code to modify it for there own use for
- their clients. Price is dependent upon area and total expected
- distribution and expected selling price.
-
- 2. STOCKS.* data files contains the program's stock data. These
- files hold all the stock information that you have entered
- for the last one hundred days.
-
- SPECIAL NOTE OF CAUTION
- Do not attempt to alter any of these data files. PDS can be
- very particular about data file formatting. If you bring these files
- up on a word processor, DO NOT resave them. If you do, in all prob-
- ability those files will not format correctly again.
-
-
- CONVERTING DATA FROM UNREGISTERED OR PREVIOUS VERSIONS OF STOCK TRADER
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- If you have been using Stock Trader 3.0 to 5.0 or have been using
- an unregistered copy of the Stock Trader, you will need to run the
- CONVERT program before the Stock Trader will recognize your old data.
- The CONVERT program transfers your old data to the new format. Users
- of versions 1.0 and 2.0 will probably need to reenter their data. It
- can also be used to transfer registration to a previuosly unregistered
- program from a registered disk.
-
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- Converting old data:
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- Copy the file STOCKS.DAT from your old Stock Trader onto the new
- Stock Trader directory. Use the keystroking shown below. If you have
- installed Stock Trader by using the FreeBooter(tm) UNARC program, all
- your new files will be in the STOCK directory on you hard disk. If
- you have installed Stock Trader on you C drive, enter the following
- commands followed by pressing the ENTER key after each line:
-
- C:
- CD\STOCK
-
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- If you had the Stock Trader on a floppy disk before, place the old
- Stock Trader in drive A and enter:
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- COPY A:STOCKS.DAT
-
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- If you had it on your hard disk before, then enter:
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- COPY (Disk Drive):\(Directory Name)\STOCKS.DAT
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- Once this is done, enter CONVERT followed by an ENTER. Select the
- Select 1 option. The process is automatic and will display it's
- progress as the stock file is converted.
-
-
- If you have been running the unregistered Stock Trader, place
- the registered disk that you have received in drive A and enter
- the following:
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- C: (If you are using the C drive)
- CD\STOCK
- CONVERT
-
- Select the Select 2 option. The process is automatic.
-
- FreeBooter(tm) Software is a member of the Software Association
- of Oregon.
-
- FreeBooter(tm) Software
- P.O. Box 19624
- Portland, OR 97219
- (503) 244-4800 Compuserve 70214,3352
- Copyright 1987 - 1992 FreeBooter(tm) Software