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STAMPS - A postage calculation utility.
REV. 1.0 - 2/22/91
BY: Mike McCauley
CIS ID 71505,1173
PURPOSE: Calculates the required First Class (Priority) postage
on a letter or package given it's weight, within the range of the
minimum due ($ .29) and 32 oz.
USAGE:
A) menu mode - The program presents a menu of weights ranging
from 1 to 32 ounces. When a menu selection is made, the required
dollar amount of postage will be displayed, along with the number
of $.29 stamps required to make up that amount. The menu and the
pause functions are mouse aware. You run the program in this mode
by executing it with no command tail.
B) command mode - The required postage and number of stamps will
be displayed if the weight is given as a command tail, that is:
STAMPS [n]
Where [n] is any numeric value of weight from anything over 0 to
32 ounces.
OTHER STUFF:
Question - What hardware does it take to run this thing?
Answer - I have a 386 VGA system with 640K of base memory. I have
no idea what else it will run on. Probably any EGA or VGA system
with over about 100K or so of free RAM. A mouse is supported but
not required.
Question - Why did I do this?
Answer - Entertainment mostly, and a postal scale with an
obsolete faceplate on it.
Question - Why is it so huge just to perform such a simple
function?
Answer - Say, what the heck. That's what big linking libraries do
to you in QB 4.5. Plus, I figure if Billy Gates can publish a 3MB
word processor I can publish a 61K postage calculator.
Question - Do I want money for this?
Answer - Naaaa.
Question - Do I care if you sell it for $249.95 a copy?
Answer - If you can get ANY money for this piece of work I want
to hire you to sell snow to Eskimos. If I see it in a cardboard box
in K-Mart for $9.95 it'll be good for a laugh.
Question - Will I maintenance this program with dozens of
enhanced versions until I get to REV 6.2G which calculates
postage AND defrags your hard disk?
Answer - Naaaa.
Question - Do I want to hear about any bugs?
Answer - Sure. Write me at my CIS ID. I don't want any of MY mail
coming back, either!
LEGAL STUFF:
There is no warranty of any type at all of any kind on this
software. I believe it to work without flaw or ill effect, but
I've been fooled before. I hereby place it in the public domain.
If, in the course of using this software your computer goes up in
a ball of fire, your kids start playing punk rock 24 hours a day
at 115 Db, all your Lotus 1-2-3 data files get erased, your wife
leaves you, or any other bad stuff happens don't come cryin' to
me. And please don't anybody sue me for "look and feel". I don't
have the bucks for a lawyer.
Enjoy,
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