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Please get copies of The Wall Street Tracker, The Mutual Fund Tracker,
and The Tracker Utilities. If you use Windows, and decide to run the Tracker
programs from inside the Windows Program Manager, then consult the Windows
documentation on how to install the PIF and ICO files needed for Windows 3.0.
If you use Windows 3.1, install the TRACKER.GRP file. These Window support
files are supplied with the programs.
The Wall Street Tracker and The Mutual Fund Tracker data sets can
be automatically updated with The Quote Tracker. It will convert quotes
downloaded from CompuServe, America Online, or Prodigy and is Stock-Watch
compatible. If you get your stock/fund quotes from a different source, or
if you have existing quote histories from another program, we can probably
write a custom version of The Quote Tracker for you. If you want to save
time updating your data, then read the QUOTRACK.KIT file found on your disks.
It contains more information and you may view or print it with any text editor
or word processor.
To get started, insert The Wall Street Tracker disk in your floppy
drive. If you are using Windows, MS-DOS Shell, or another type of menu system,
then consult its documentation on how to INSTALL OTHER PROGRAMS, or on how to
DROP, SHELL, EXIT, or GO TO DOS. At the DOS prompt, change to the floppy drive
that contains the disk. For example, type at the DOS prompt: A: and press
[ENTER] to change to drive A:\. If you have a printer please turn it on now so
that you can print some important information and forms. With The Wall Street
Tracker disk in your floppy drive, type at the DOS prompt: PRINTWST and press
[ENTER]. If you have The Mutual Fund Tracker disk inserted, type: PRINTMFT
and press [ENTER]. The documentation for each program is found in an
executable program. Since you have The Wall Street Tracker disk, in your
floppy drive, type at the DOS prompt: WSTDOC and press [ENTER]. This command
allows you to read or print The Wall Street Tracker documentation. For The
Mutual Fund Tracker it's MFTDOC. Each program's documentation goes into detail
about its functions and use. We strongly recommend you review it before
installing the software. Also remember, both programs use the same user
interface. As you learn how to use one, you learn to use both. The programs
you received, will not save any added data, until they have been registered.
After you have reviewed the documentation, you will need to install
the software onto your computer. To do this type: WSTINST for The Wall
Street Tracker, or MFTINST for The Mutual Fund Tracker, and press [ENTER].
You will be asked a few questions and prompted to enter information that will
allow the software to preform its best on your computer.
Check out The Tracker Utilities too! There is a file on The Tracker
Utilities disk named READ.ME. Please read this file before doing anything else
with The Tracker Utilities. The READ.ME file may be viewed or printed with any
text editor or word processor.
After you have reviewed the READ.ME file, please look for the GRAPH.EXE
archive found on the disk. It contains The Graph Tracker. To unarchive The
Graph Tracker program, type at the DOS prompt: GRAPH and press [ENTER]. This
will unarchive a few files onto your disk. The Graph Tracker documentation is
in the GRAPHDOC.EXE program. We strongly recommend you review it before
installing the software.
Please feel free to upload, copy, or give these unregistered programs
to anyone. If you have any problems, or if I can be of any help, please let me
know. My phone number is (512) 858-5206.
PLEASE NOTE:
Read or Print the FOLLOWED.STK file for a complete list of all stocks
tracked and available in the up-to-date data files. The up-to-date data files
are available for download, by subscription, on Keith's Little Software Shop.
>> THE WALL STREET TRACKER NEWS <<
The format of the price history file has changed. The data file
capacity in Version 7.0 has been increased to five years. Therefore, if
you decide to upgrade to the new version from prior versions, you will need
to convert and update your existing data files. There is a program named
WST52-70.EXE that will do the job for you. It is included in the self-
extracting archive named, CONVERT.EXE, which is distributed with The Tracker
Utilities.
The Wall Street Tracker documentation is in a hyper-text type
executable file. To read or print the documentation, type: WSTDOC at the
DOS prompt and press [ENTER]. If possible, we recommend that you print and
read the documentation.
Read the file named THEFACTS.TXT. It includes some interesting
facts about The Tracker Programs. If you use Prodigy, CompuServe, America
Online, or Stock-Watch read the QUOTRACK.KIT file. They may be printed or
read with any word processor or text editor.
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= =
= The Wall Street Tracker and The Mutual Fund Tracker =
= are available on Bulletin Boards across North America =
= =
= See the LOCATION.BBS file on your disk for a BBS near you =
= =
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FILENAME: WALLST70.EXE The Wall Street Tracker, Version 7.0
FILENAME: MFTRAC35.EXE The Mutual Fund Tracker, Version 3.5
FILENAME: TRACUTIL.EXE The Tracker Utilities Disk.
The EXE archives, listed above, are self-extracting and you need no
other software to unarchive the program.
The latest version of each Tracker Program can always be found on
Keith's Little Software Shop in Austin, Texas. The BBS has two nodes and the
phone numbers are 512-858-7564 or 512-894-0383. The files listed above are
FREE for the downloading and may be downloaded without validation. All phone
numbers support standard rates from 300 to 2400 baud. The first phone number
also supports baud rates up to 14,400, for users that have a V.32 or V.32bis
protocol modem. The second phone number also supports baud rates up to 14,400,
for users with a USRobotics HST protocol modem.
The bulletin boards listed in the LOCATION.BBS file have also received
the latest versions, as listed above, but with the ZIP extension. They all
support baud rates up to 9600 baud using a USRobotics HST. The files were sent
to them on or around January 1, 1994. New versions of The Tracker Programs
are not expected to be released for at least a year after that date. If you
have received the programs within that time frame, you can be assured that you
have the latest version available.
The latest versions can also be found on America Online with the file
names, WALLST70.ZIP and MFTRAC35.ZIP. Call Keith's Little Software Shop to get
The Tracker Utilities.
The latest versions are also on Compuserve, in the Investors Forum, and
ZiffNet. The file names on these services are, WALLST.ZIP and MFTRAC.ZIP.
Call Keith's Little Software Shop to get The Tracker Utilities.
If you need technical support, you may call us voice at (512) 858-5206
between 8am and 6pm CST.
You may write to us at: P.O. Box 33280, Suite 195
Austin, Texas 78764-0280
You may leave E-Mail to us on these services:
Prodigy, addressed to ID: HFNT20A
CompuServe, addressed to ID: 70412,2701
America Online, addressed to ID: WATKINS
National VideoTex, addressed to ID: DWATKINS
AirBoat On-Line BBS, addressed to: Keith Watkins
Keith's Little Software Shop, addressed to: SYSOP
We check these services for messages daily.
PLEASE NOTE: INTERNET MAIL - Tech Support
Address Internet Mail to: HFNT20A@prodigy.com
You can send Internet Mail to me from CompuServe, America Online,
MCI Mail, GEnie, DELPHI, and other systems that carry Internet Mail. Sending
mail to me, via the Internet, will assure you a quicker reply.
If you have access to FidoNet Netmail, you may send messages addressed
to: SysOp at node 1:382/401. Responses, via Netmail, take about a day.