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TBS Home Inventory (TM)
A simple personal possession tracking program.
Version 1.0
November 1989 Release
Copyright 1989 Taylor Business Software
Copyright 1989 Taylor Business Software
All Rights Reserved Worldwide.
TBS Home Inventory is a trademark of Taylor Business Software. All trade-
marks and registered trademarks referenced within this document are the
property of their respective owners.
TAYLOR BUSINESS SOFTWARE
16835 ALGONQUIN, SUITE 180
HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA 92649
Sales: Monday - Friday
714-840-5021 Voice 9 AM - 5 PM Pacific Time
Technical Support: Monday - Friday
714-840-6435 Voice 9 AM - 4 PM Pacific Time
November 1989 Release
TBS Home Inventory 1.0 Copyright 1989 Taylor Business Software
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Section Title
License Agreement
1 Introduction
1-1 Features of TBS Home Inventory
2 Installation
2-1 System Requirements
2-2 Installing TBS Home Inventory
3 Getting Started
3-1 Menu
3-2 Data Entry Screen
3-3 Printing Reports
4 Shareware Considerations
4-1 What is Shareware?
4-2 How to Register
APPENDIX A Customer Support Information
APPENDIX B Who is Taylor Business Software
TBS Home Inventory 1.0 Copyright 1989 Taylor Business Software
LICENSE AGREEMENT
The TBS Home Inventory Product is NOT "Public Domain" and it is NOT "Freeware".
TBS Home Inventory is a copyrighted software product developed and owned by
Taylor Business Software located in Huntington Beach, California. Taylor
Business Software grants you without charge the right to reproduce, distribute
and use copies of this version of our Maillist shareware software product,
subject to the limitations specified below, and on the express condition that
you do not receive any payment, commercial benefit, or other consideration for
such reproduction or distribution, or change this license agreement or the
following copyright notice which appears in the software, documentation, user
interface, menus and magnetic media: (C) Copyright 1989 Taylor Business
Software. All rights reserved worldwide.
Limitations: You may make and keep one (1)back-up copy of the software for
your personal use, provided that (i) you copy all the copyright, trademark,
and other information indicated on the initial screen display (or on the
diskette label, for the registered version disk) onto your backup diskette
label, and (ii) you have registered. Also you may distribute copies to other
persons, but solely for their evaluation (i.e., to decide whether to continue
using the product and therefore register) and solely for evaluation by such
other persons during that thirty (30) day period. TBS Home Inventory must NOT
be sold or otherwise provided as part of a larger system, or as a part of a
more inclusive product or service, without express written consent and
licensing from Taylor Business Software.
The rights to receive any such financial or other benefit, and to modify the
product or employ its components in any kind of derivative work, are reserved
exclusively by Taylor Business Software. Support from users enables us to
develop additional features and future versions of the Maillist product.
Registered users benefit from enhanced technical support, notice of new
products. Contact us at:
Taylor Business Software
16835 Algonquin, Suite 180
Huntington Beach, CA 92649 USA
714-840-5021 or 714-840-6435
Also, please feel free to contribute your ideas regarding desired additional
product features and functionality.
TBS Home Inventory 1.0 Copyright 1989 Taylor Business Software
THIS PRODUCT IS LICENSED "AS IS" WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, PERFORMANCE, OR OTHERWISE; ALL WARRANTIES
ARE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMED. BY USING THE TBS HOME INVENTORY PRODUCT, YOU AGREE
THAT NEITHER TAYLOR BUSINESS SOFTWARE NOR ANY OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES,
SHAREHOLDERS, AFFILIATES, OWNERS, OR OTHER RELATED PARTIES WILL BE LIABLE TO
YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY FOR ANY USE OF (OR INABILITY TO USE) OR PERFORMANCE OF
THIS PRODUCT, OR FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT
OR OTHERWISE. EVEN IF WE ARE NOTIFIED OF SUCH POSSIBILITY IN ADVANCE. (SOME
STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF INCIDENTAL OR
CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO THE FOREGOING LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.)
You may not reverse-engineer, disassemble, modify, decompile or create
derivative works of the product. You acknowledge that the product includes
certain trade secrets and confidential information, all of which is the
copyrighted intellectual property of Taylor Business Software TBS Home
Inventory is a trademark of Taylor Business Software. All rights are reserved.
IBM, PS/2 and Personal System/2 are registered trademarks of IBM Corporation.
TBS Home Inventory 1.0 Copyright 1989 Taylor Business Software
SECTION 1
THIS IS TBS Home Inventory(TM)
Thank you for your interest in TBS Home Inventory(TM). TBS Home Inventory is
a program for tracking personal possessions program for IBM(TM) Personal
Computers, Personal System/2(TM), and other PC compatible computers.
TBS Home Inventory is a simple, yet powerful, personal property tracking
program. A on-line, context sensitive help system provides help with the press
of the F1 key. TBS Home Inventory was written to provide a simple means of
tracking those items that we acquire over time and to be able to print out
reports showing the value of your personal property.
TBS Home Inventory gives you a simple, straightforward, menu driven system to
allow for all operations, such as entering items, and printing reports. The
only limit that you have on the number of items in the data file is the amount
of disk space available to you.
This document describes the installation and usage of TBS Home Inventory. It
also describes many features and functions of the program. Once you begin using
TBS Home Inventory, you'll discover more about how it works from the on-line
help facility and by experimenting with the various commands.
TBS Home Inventory 1.0 Copyright 1989 Taylor Business Software
SECTION 2
INSTALLATION
2-1 System Requirements
TBS Home Inventory requires an IBM PC, XT, AT, PS/2 or compatible computer
with 384K RAM (or more) to work properly. In addition, version 2.0 or greater
of PC-DOS or MS-DOS is required.
TBS Home Inventory requires approximately 240K of computer memory to contain
the program's executable code and common data. Additional memory is allocated
as required.
TBS Home Inventory works well with the IBM Monochrome Display Adapter (MDA),
Color Graphics Adapter (CGA), Enhanced Graphics Adapter (EGA), Video Graphics
Array (VGA), and compatibles. Other video adapters that can emulate either
the MDA or CGA should work properly.
2-2 Installing TBS Home Inventory
Installing TBS Home Inventory is a very simple process. Basically, we will be
creating a subdirectory on the hard disk and coping the contents of the floppy
disk to the subdirectory. The following makes the assumption that you will
be copying from drive A: to your hard disk C:, and that the name of the
subdirectory you will be using is HOMEINV.
C:>MD HOMEINV
C:>COPY A:*.* C:\HOMEINV
PLEASE NOTE!
There may be important information on this release of TBS Home Inventory that
did not make it into this manual. Please check the READ.ME file on your
distribution diskette for the most current data. Thank you!
TBS Home Inventory 1.0 Copyright 1989 Taylor Business Software
SECTION 3
GETTING STARTED
To start TBS Home Inventory, enter the following commands (assuming that the
subdirectory that TBS Home Inventory was installed in is \MAILLIST):
C:>CD \MAILLIST
C:>NAMES
3-1 Menu
The following menu will be displayed:
+----------------------------------+
| Taylor Business Software |
| (714) 840-5021 or (714) 840-6435 |
+----------------------------------|
| Home Inventory Main Menu 1.0 |
+----------------------------------+
| Display/Add/Change Items |
| |
| Print Item List by Item |
| Print Item List by Location |
| |
| Print Valuation Report |
| Print Warranty Listing |
| |
| Quit |
+----------------------------------+
| Select a Option and Press Enter |
+----------------------------------+
3-2 Display/Add/Change Items
This option starts by displaying a list of items that exist in the database
to date. The following keys can be used at this point:
INS to Insert (Add) a new record
DEL to delete the highlighted entry
ENTER to change the highlighted entry
PAGE UP to scroll up
PAGE DN to scroll down
UP ARROW to move the highlighted selection bar up
DOWM ARROW to move the highlighted selection bar down
ESC to return to the menu
F1 for help
TBS Home Inventory 1.0 Copyright 1989 Taylor Business Software
The data entry screen follows:
+-------------------------------------------------+
| Add Items |
| ----------------------------- |
| Item Description: ---------------------------- |
| Item Location...: ---------------------------- |
| Model Number....: ------------ |
| Serial Number...: -------------- |
| Date Purchased..: mm/dd/yy Quantity: <<<# |
| Purchase Price..: <<<<,<<#.## |
| Warranty Expires: mm/dd/yy |
| Comments.....(1): ---------------------------- |
| (2): ---------------------------- |
+-------------------------------------------------+
TBS Home Inventory Data Entry Screen
3-3 Reports
Note:
The reports that print require a wide carriage printer, or a narrow carriage
printer that is in condensed print mode.
The Item List by Item and the Item List by Location are basically the same
report, one is sorted by the item description, the other is sorted by the item
location.
The Valuation report list items in item sequence, showing the purchase price
and the purchase date.
The Warranty Listing shows items in item description sequence and the date
that the warranty for that item expired.
TBS Home Inventory 1.0 Copyright 1989 Taylor Business Software
SECTION 4
SHAREWARE CONSIDERATIONS
TBS Home Inventory is distributed under the shareware marketing concept - it
is NOT free software and it HAS NOT been released to the public domain. The
documentation, executable images, and all other files distributed with TBS
Home Inventory are copyrighted by Taylor Business Software.
4-1 What is Shareware?
Shareware is a way of distributing computer software that allows you to try
out a program before you purchase it. Programs distributed as Shareware
typically give you some period of time to use the program and evaluate its
usefulness to you. If the program doesn't meet your needs, you're under no
obligation to pay for it. If you do find the program useful and wish to
continue using it, the Shareware program's author will request that you pay
for the program by sending him or her a completed registration form and
payment.
If you find TBS Home Inventory to be a useful addition to your software library
please become a registered user by completing the enclosed registration form
and returning it along with the indicated license/registration fee. We hope
that you will agree that the registration fee is a small price to pay for the
continued use of the program. It requires a large investment to develop,
market, and support a product of this complexity. Your support in the form of
a registration payment will help us to continue to make good software
available at very reasonable prices. TBS Home Inventory is also available at
very special rates to non-profit organizations and to to educational
institutions. Call or write to Taylor Business Software for more information.
4-2 How to Register
If you use TBS Home Inventory on a regular basis, you should print out and
complete the file REGISTER.FRM and return it along with the indicated license
registration fee. Registration gives you the right to use the software as
documented in the license. There are two types of registrations available:
1) regular, and 2) quantity.
The reasonable registration fee establishes you as a registered user of TBS
Maillist and upon our receipt , you will be mailed a diskette containing the
most recent TBS Home Inventory version, a printed manual, extended technical
support, and notice of product updates. Note that the version mailed to you
may be the same version you already have, although updated versions will be
released from time to time.
TBS Home Inventory 1.0 Copyright 1989 Taylor Business Software
APPENDIX A
CUSTOMER SUPPORT INFORMATION
If you have problems with TBS Home Inventory, please read this manual first to
make sure that you do understand everything. We have tried to provide a bug
free product but sometimes we make mistakes. If you think you have found
something please take the time to contact us and explain it to us. Make sure
that you include the following information to help us evaluate your situation:
1. Your product SERIAL NUMBER (Registered Users have serial numbers)
2. Version of DOS you are using
3. Machine type, memory, monitor type, hardware description
4. Any application executed before TBS Home Inventory
5. Your address and telephone number (when corresponding)
6. Where, when and how you obtained TBS Home Inventory
7. Which version of TBS Home Inventory you are using
8. Printouts of your AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS files
Users will always receive a response to their questions. Non-registered users
will receive a written response if they enclose a self-addressed, stamped
envelope with their inquiry.
TBS Home Inventory 1.0 Copyright 1989 Taylor Business Software
APPENDIX B
WHO IS TAYLOR BUSINESS SOFTWARE
Taylor Business Software is a company that has been providing programming
solutions to business needs since 1979. Our emphasis has been primarily
in the accounting field, and lately we have decided to expand into other
areas, one of them being shareware. We are always looking for new ideas
for additional applications to develope, and we encourge your asking if
you can not find an existing application to meet your specific needs.
Taylor Business Software can assist you in the following areas:
Custom developed applications
Consulting
Data conversions
Experience in both DOS and Xenix environments
Modifications to Open Systems Accounting Software
Please feel free to ask for quotes for custom developed applications, or
for modification to this or any other product that we provide.
Taylor Business Software
16835 Algonquin, Suite 180
Huntington Beach, CA 92649
Phone (714) 840-5021
TBS Home Inventory 1.1 Copyright 1989 Taylor Business Software