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TIMER 1.00 "Stop watch" and "Egg timer" programs for MS-DOS computers by John R. Duchek Ph.D. Duchek Computer Services P.O. Box 25006 St. Louis, MO 63125 (314)-544-1843 Copyright 1990-91 USER SUPPORTED PROGRAMS TABLE OF CONTENTS System Requirements..........................................2 Shareware Information........................................2 TIMER instructions...........................................3 STOP WATCH instructions......................................4 Warranty.....................................................5 Disclaimer...................................................5 Shareware Offerings..........................................6 Registration form............................................8 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS TIMER AND STOPWTCH run on IBM compatible computers with at least 512 K of memory, 2 floppy disk drives, color monitor, and an DOS version 3.0 or above. SHAREWARE INFORMATION: If you find these programs to be of value to you, you are asked to make a contribution of $10.00 to its author. Send your money to: John R. Duchek Duchek Computer Services P. O. Box 25006 St. Louis, MO 63125 For this $10.00 you become a registered user. This enables me to send you information on updates or improvements in the software. In addition your contribution entitles you to the most current version of the software. Registered copies do not contain the initial display that is on the shareware version. You are free to make copies of the shareware version of the program for friends (but not of the registered version). You are encouraged to share the shareware version with friends, bulletin boards and software clubs. Normal shareware distributors can charge a reasonable fee for their diskcopying and distribution services (up to $5.00). If you have been using TIMER or STOPWTCH for over 2 months, honesty requires that you register your copy. REGISTERED users are supported by the following: I will correspond with users of the program to help with any difficulties they have running the program. Calls to discuss any problems are at the user's expense. I am generally available between 7 P.M. and 10 P.M. Central Time. Registered users do not have to endure the 3 second delay in starting the program produced by the shareware screen. TIMER TIMER is a simple easy to use count-down timer. I wrote for my own use in the laboratory so that if I wished to have something stir for 10 minutes, I could say TIMER 10 and the screen would display the countdown and set off an alarm when the time was up. I made the display large enough to see from across the room, so that I could be doing other things and still keep an eye on the time. There are several formats to putting in the time: TIMER 5<CR> will give you a 5 minute countdown. TIMER 5:15 will give you a 5 minute 15 second countdown. TIMER 1:05:15 will give you a 1 hour 5 minute 15 second countdown. Depending on where your computer is in your home the program will be of more or less use. If your computer is in your bedroom, it can be used as a nap timer, if near the kitchen it can be used as a cooking timer. Once the timer is counting down, you can abort the program by pressing ESC<CR>. STOP WATCH The program STOPWTCH is a stopwatch accurate to 0.1 sec. The computer timer is accurate to 1/40 of a second so there is no way of making this accurate to less that .03 seconds. In addition, there are studies that show humans cannot hit the button more accurately than about 0.04 seconds so hundredths place accuracy would not have much meaning. To use stopwatch type STOPWTCH. After display of the shareware screen, you get to the stopwatch screen. The display reminds you that you can hit any key to start the stopwatch. ┌──────────────────────────────────────┐ │(C) 1990 -S t o p W a t c h- J. Duchek│ └──────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌─────────────────┐ │Lap 1 │ HH:MM:SS:T ├─────────────────┤ ┌──────────┐ │Lap 2 │ │00:00:00:0│ ├─────────────────┤ └──────────┘ │Lap 3 │ ├─────────────────┤ │Lap 4 │ Start - any key. ├─────────────────┤ │Lap 5 │ ├─────────────────┤ │Lap 6 │ ├─────────────────┤ │Lap 7 │ ├─────────────────┤ │Lap 8 │ ├─────────────────┤ │Lap 9 │ └─────────────────┘ Version 1.00 Also notice that you have nine "Lap timers". These are timers which will save the current stop watch reading but the stop watch will continue counting. To save the lap 1 reading, simply press the '1' key and so on up to 9. To stop the stopwatch you must press the space bar. To make printed copy, just use the PRINT SCREEN key. After the stop watch has been stopped, just press your "ESC" key to return to DOS. Press any other key to time another event. WARRANTY Duchek Computer Services will be happy to replace a defective disk if the programs are unreadable. We are not responsible for lost or incorrect data due to the use of these programs. The BUCKFILE system is provided on an as-is basis. Only REGISTERED users will be notified of major updates or improvements. DISCLAIMER This program has been written in MS BASIC 7.1 and extensively debugged. We use this system ourselves and any bugs that we have found have been corrected. All of our care not withstanding, it has been said that no program is ever totally bug free. We cannot guarantee perfection. We cannot take responsibility for any losses of software, hardware or data which results from the use of this program. It is possible that you may discover a bug; if so, we would appreciate your help in correcting it. Please note down the symptoms and what you were doing when the bug occurred and mail these to: John R. Duchek Duchek Computer Services P. O. Box 25006 St. Louis, MO 63125 We will attempt to get back to you with a correction or interpretation of the phenomenon as soon as possible. DCS Shareware Offerings: Duchek Computer Services has the following shareware programs available. Documentation files are on-disk for all the programs except TIMER. The written documentation are available ($5.00) in pamphlet form. COINFILE A complete coin inventory system for the coin collector. It has been designed by a coin collector to inventory his own collections for insurance purposes. It will keep accurate records of the date, mint, condition, cost, purchase date, and purchase price for each coin in each of your collections. Reports can be printed on any of these items. In addition printouts for insurance purposes, want lists, and check-off lists for inventorying collections, and stick-on labels for the coins are provided. Runs on both monochrome and color systems that are 100% IBM compatible. An automatic installation program is included. All want files are included on registration (3 in shareware version). Registration price: $30.00 (add $5.00 for printed documentation). Canadian want files are available for an additional $10.00. BUCKFILE This companion program to COINFILE is a complete inventory system for the currency collector. Based on the same philosophy as the coin program, it allows you to keep separate collections of each denomination and type so that all of your $1 silver certificates would be grouped together and your $1 federal reserve notes would comprise another. It keeps accurate record of the date (as 1975 or 1975A), signatures, seal/description, serial number, condition, are kept track of. Want lists and a complete selection of other reports can be generated. Runs on both monochrome and color systems that are 100% IBM compatible. An automatic installation program is included. All want files are included on registration. (3 in shareware version.) Registration price: $35.00 (add $5.00 for printed documentation). CALENDAR This is a simple elegant calendar program which runs from your AUTOEXEC.BAT file. It is an easy to use planning. It displays a monthly calendar with the events of the week highlighted. I tis possible to enter the data in a variety of ways including any combination of months, weeks or even "the 3rd Monday of the month". You can also use it as an appointment program. Registration price: $15.00 (add $5.00 for printed documentation). ADDRESS BOOK This is an address book and Label Maker for small organizations. (Up to 2000 names). Each file can subdivide members into up to 26 categories and print these sub-groups separately. Intelligent interactions are stressed to minimize the strain of data input. Zip code sorting and sub-sorting are supported. DCS has used this program for over 6 years for our mailing label service for local organizations. Registration price: $25.00 (add $5.00 for printed documentation). CHEMPAC 1 A full color extensive on screen periodic chart of the elements. Pop-up windows display additional information on atomic radii, origins, and isotopes of each element. Arrow keys move you from element to element, or simply start the program at the element you are interested in. PCHART Hg<CR> will start the program on Mercury. Upon registration you also get Molecular Weight/Percent Composition and Empirical/Molecular Formula programs, along with a program to edit the ELEMENT.DAT file in case you find an error or wish a correction in a piece of data. Requires a color monitor. Registration price $25.00 (add $5.00 for printed documentation.) CHEMPAC 3 This solvent finding program allows you to search through a database of solvents to find those with the properties you want. Searchable properties (maximum and minimum) include boiling and melting points, dielectric constants, viscosity, partial and whole formulas and names, refractive index, molecular weight, water solubility and flash point. A must for laboratory workers! Requires a color monitor. Registration price $25.00 (add $5.00 for printed documentation). TIMER TIMER consists of 2 programs - Timer and Stopwtch. Timer is a count-down to an alarm. It can count for 24 hours if needed, but I use it in lab operations to time 15 minutes of stirring or whatever. The digital countdown on the screen is visible from at least 20 feet away. Requires a color monitor. Stopwtch is a stopwatch program accurate to 0.1 seconds and has 9 lap counters available. Requires a color monitor. Registration price (for both): $10. No written documentation available (Simple instructions on disk). HOW TO GET A COPY Duchek Computer Services will send you the "Shareware" version of any of the above programs for $3.50 for your evaluation. In addition we will send you a copy of our current shareware catalog for IBMs and compatibles which contains over 1100 compressed programs. See the registration form below. Quick Basic and MS-DOS are trade names of Microsoft Inc. This documentation is for version 1.00 TIMER 1.00 Registration Form Name__________________________________________________________ Street (1)____________________________________________________ City, State, Zip _____________________________________________ Type of computer______________________________________________ Monitor Type__________________________________________________ Hard Drive?_________________Size______________________________ Suggestions for Improvements__________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ┌─┐ └─┘ Register me for the current version of TIMER.........$10.00 _______ Subtotal:$ ┌─┐ └─┘ Send 5.25" diskette ┌─┐ └─┘ Send 3.5" diskette Send the following shareware @ $3.50/diskette.($10.50 for ALL)_____ COINFILE BUCKFILE CHEMPAC1 CHEMPAC3 ADDRESS BOOK CALENDAR TIMER Total:$ Mail orderform to: Duchek Computer Services P.O. Box 25006 St. Louis, MO 63125 Credit card orders can be made by telephone (7:00 AM-9:00 PM Central Time) by calling (314)-544-1843 Check type of payment: __Check __MasterCard __Visa Card number:______-______-______-______ Expiration date: ______/______ Signature:________________________________ All credit card purchases are subject to authorization.