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- On This Day, Version 1.8 - DESCRIBE.DOC -
O N T H I S D A Y
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Version 1.8
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D E S C R I P T I O N A N D
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A U T H O R I N F O R M A T I O N
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Last updated: January, 1994
This file includes sample descriptions which you may use to describe
On This Day.
Disk Vendors and Distributors please refer to the VENDOR.DOC text
file.
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Program Information:
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File Name(s) for BBSs:
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For consistency and to help users locate the files, please use the
following file name:c
OTD_18.ZIP On This Day version 1.8
If the program is compressed using some other file compression
method, then please use the name "OTD_18" with the appropriate
extension (PAK, ARC, LZH, ZOO, etc.).
Keywords:
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history, trivia, education, birthday, event, calendar
Category:
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education
Short Description:
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On This Day is a program and collection of databases to answer the
question "What Happened On This Day In History?" The databases
contain thousands of birthdays, events, religious holidays, etc.
The program supports dates in the Gregorian, Hebrew, Islamic, and
Julian calendars and calculates a limited number of astronomical
events.
Long Description:
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Did you know that Children's Day is the second Sunday in June? Or
that November is Aviation History Month? How about that Willard
Scott (NBC's "birthday boy") was born on March 7th 1934?
Confuscious was born August 27th, 551 BC? On This Day can tell
you all this and much more.
On This Day is an event database printing program. Tell On This
Day the date in which you are interested, the program will do the
rest. It will search a group of databases (supplied) and print
the data for the date you specified. On This Day will search an
extra, personal, file so all your personal events need not be
mixed with the data in the provided files.
Since the databases are ordinary text files and the format is
completely documented, you can make changes and additions using
your favorite text editor or word processor.
On This Day supports dates in the Gregorian (the one many of us
use daily), Hebrew, Islamic, and Julian calendars. On This Day
can also determine the day of the week on which a requested date
falls. Thus, you can specify dates like Memorial Day (the last
Monday in May).
On This Day calculates the date of Easter in the requested year,
allowing specification of all Christian holidays. On This Day
also calculates the phases of the moon (flagging eclipses),
solstices, and equinoxes.
Possibly best of all, On This Day comes with a collection of
databases ready to use with the program. Registered users are
provided with databases containing roughly 15,000 events,
holidays, and birthdays! Registered users are also supplied with
a few other utilities that we've found useful in maintaining
changes in the larger databases and a database of quotations that
is ONLY available to registered users of On This Day.
Registration Information:
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Registration costs $25 (US funds). Massachusetts residents please
include 5% sales tax.
Registered users get:
o Latest version of On This Day.
o A collection of HUGE databases ready to use.
o A few utilities useful to maintaining such large databases.
o A database of quotations.
o Notification of future updates (via our quarterly
newsletter).
For complete user registration information please refer to the
REGISTER.DOC text file.
You can order by sending check, cash, or money order to
The Software Construction Co.
PO Box 160
North Billerica, MA 01862-0160
or with MC, Visa, Amex, or Discover from
Public (software) Library
PO Box 35705
Houston, TX 77235-5705
(800) 242-4775
(713) 524-6394
(713) 524-6398 FAX
71355,470 CIS email
These numbers are for orders only. To insure that you get the
latest version, PsL will notify us the day of your order and we
will ship the product directly to you. Any questions about the
status of the shipment of the order, refunds, registration
options, product details, technical support, volume discounts,
dealer pricing, site licenses, etc, must be directed to The
Software Construction Co. at the address previously given.
Australian users can order in Australian dollars ($49) by Cheque,
Money Order, Bankcard, Mastercard, or Visacard from:
BUDGETWARE
PO Box 496
Newtown NSW 2042
AUSTRALIA
Phone (02) 519-4233 Intl +61 2 51.5233
FAX (02) 516-4236 Intl +61 2 51.5236
Author/Publisher Information:
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The Software Construction Co. is a small software company owned and
operated by Wayne Geiser.
At The Software Construction Co. we believe that the PRIMARY purpose of
business is service, not profit. This concept is fundamental to our
approach to product development, production and marketing.
The Software Construction Co. has been producing top quality computer
software at reasonable prices, continuously, since 1989.
Please feel free to contact me (Wayne Geiser) at any time if you have any
questions, comments or suggestions. I can be reached by mail at the
following address:
Wayne Geiser
The Software Construction Co.
PO Box 160
North Billerica, MA 01862-0160
USA
(508) 851-6204
I can also be reached electronically as follows:
CompuServe: 70313,3615
Internet: softcons@world.std.com