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ARIADNE!
A Manhattan Address Locator
Version 6.20
August 21st 1993
by Charalambos Amvrosiou
All Rights Reserved (c)1990-93
LIMITS OF LIABILITY AND DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY
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The author and publisher of this product has used his
best efforts in preparing this product. This product
includes the program itself the documentation and its
accompanying files.
This product is provided on an "AS-IS" basis, without
warranty. While every precaution has been taken in the
preparation of this product, the author shall not have
any liability to any person or entity with respect to
any liability, loss or damage caused or alleged to be
caused directly or indirectly by this product. The
information that this program provides should not be
considered necessarily as accurate.
REGISTRATION
~~~~~~~~~~~~
This product is distributed as shareware. This means
that you are granted a limited license to use it for
evaluation purposes only. If you find it useful and
decide to continue using it, then registration is
required. This is NOT a free program. Please support
the shareware concept. It can only survive with your
support. To register ARIADNE! please print the file
ORDER.FRM, fill in the form and send it to the address
provided.
PURPOSE
~~~~~~~
ARIADNE!'s purpose is to help people easily find their
way through the labyrinth of Manhattan.
WHAT IT DOES?
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You choose a street or place from a list of names and
ARIADNE! gives you:
a) the location of that address or its address if it
is a place(i.e. a hotel).
b) the ZIP code,
c) the address of the parent post office.
d) the phone number (for some categories only)
The list contains over 1000 names of streets, avenues,
places, squares, drives, walks, alleys, theaters,
colleges, museums, libraries, hospitals, concert halls,
parks, bridges, hotels, expressways clubs, restaurants
and other points of general interest.
You can choose the street you are interested in, by
moving the cursor up and down or by typing the name of
the address you are looking for. Most times typing the
first characters of a street name will be adequate.
Examples follow:
i.e. Typing "Broadw" will take you to "Broadway"
i.e. Typing "West 56" will take you to "West 56th
Street"
∙ You can press Alt+A to go to the next name
that matches the search pattern.
∙ You can always use the Backspace to delete the
last character of the search pattern.
Sorting Methods
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Alt+N......Alphabetical order
Alt+R......Normal order
Alt+Z......By ZIP code
Alt+I......By ZIP code
Alt+R:
Sorts the list in the following way: numbered avenues,
numbered streets, named streets and avenues, museums
and libraries, colleges, general points of interest,
theaters, hospitals, park, highways and bridges.
Alt+Z:
The streets that have the smaller ZIP code will appear
on the top of the list (this depends on the value of
the building number at the time you sort.
Alt+I:
The streets that have more than one ZIP code will move
at the bottom of the list and the rest are sorted
according to their ZIP code.
Other Features
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
You can always print an address to a printer or file by
pressing Alt+P.
** Context-sensitive help is available from any prompt.
Press Alt+S to view and/or print the limits of a ZIP
code area.
** Press Alt+D to print a list of a category such as:
museums, colleges, parks etc.
** Available only in registered version.
CAUTION
~~~~~~~
i)
If the program gives you an answer this does not
mean that the address you have provided exists.
On the other hand if it does tell you that an
address does not exist it is certain that the
provided address does not exist.
Addresses that have only one ZIP code usually
are not checked for the validity of the building
number you are providing. Whereas addresses
that have more than one ZIP code are always
checked for the validity of the building number.
One way to check which streets have more than
one ZIP code is to sort the list using Alt+Z or
Alt+I. The names with a block have more than one
ZIP code.
ii)
The cross-street is approximate. It could be
one-two streets up or down.
iii)
The author is not responsible for recent changes
of any of the given information.
INSTALLATION
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You need an 80286 or better IBM compatible computer
with a color or monochrome monitor. You must have
at least ???KB free main memory.
No special installation is needed. Just type "CITY".
** If you have any problems with your video
try: "CITY \NV" to force CGA mode.
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UPDATES-HISTORY
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Ver 6.20 August 21st 1993
a) About 200 more places were added to the
list, mostly hotels, clubs and restaurants.
The phone numbers for places of the above
categories are also provided.
Ver 6.05/6.10 August 16th 1993
- Minor improvements took place:
a) About 100 more places were added to the
list, mostly parks, hospitals, bridges and
tunnels and expressways.
b) Location of numbered street addresses in
Lower Midtown and Upper West Side became
more accurate.
Ver 6.00 August 11th 1993
- Major improvements took place:
a) The whole program was redesigned. Over 750
places are supported.
b) The user interface was modified so that
the information for an address is automati-
cally displayed when you change the street
or the building number.
Ver 5.0ß August 3rd 1993
- Major improvements took place:
a) The user interface was modified so that
you can scroll and edit the fields.
b) Some keys were reassigned so they will
follow the industry standards.
c) The ZIP codes are no longer an estimation.
The "National Five-Digit ZIP Code & Post
Office Directory" that the United States
Postal Service publishes every year was
used for finding the ZIP codes. So, the
ZIP code can now be considered as accurate.
d) Two new avenues were added: East End and
12th Avenues.
Ver 4.10, April 1992
- Minor improvements took place.
- A Calendar feature was added. You can access
it by pressing Alt-C. You can add notes to each
date. The Notes will be saved on two files
called CAL.DHF and CAL.DHT.
Ver 3.01/4.01, July 1991
- The program provides you with the ZIP code and
address of Parent Post Office.
Ver 2.02/3, August 1990 (Freeware versions)
- The program provides you information about the
location of an address.
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WHAT WILL FOLLOW IN THE FUTURE?
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ARIADNE! will support other boroughs of New York City.
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WHY REGISTER?
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i) The registered version supports over 1700 streets,
avenues, places, plazas, alleys, squares, museums,
theaters, colleges, hospitals, park, bridges etc.
ii) You get detailed context-sensitive help explaining
in detail all the available functions at each
prompt.
iii) You can print a list of categories such as
theaters, museums, colleges, hospitals, bridges
parkes, expressways and other points of interest.
iv) Ariadne! is the only software available providing
you with accurate and exact information for a
specific address in Manhattan for such a low
price. Registration is only $20. (Special terms
for multi-user enviroments are available)
v) You only have to register once. Then you are
entilted to receive future updates by paying only
a nominal fee of $5.
vi) Shareware software like this one can only prosper
with your support.
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If you have any questions, suggestions or comments,
please feel free to write to:
Charalambos Amvrosiou
32-57 37th Street
LIC, NY 11103-4003
Please include your name and address.
The author can also be reached on:
"The Consultant BBS" (718) 837-3236
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