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PERSONAL CALENDAR (PC) FOR DOS Version 14.71
FILE README.DOC 18 Nov 1994
Introductory Information
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Copyright 1985-1994 by Paul Munoz-Colman. All rights reserved.
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INTRODUCTORY INFORMATION
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Hello!
Personal Calendar (PC) is a Personal Information Manager (PIM) that contains a
full-featured appointment reminder and a notepad. PC displays a three-month
scrollable calendar, a running analog and digital clock, and a time-oriented
event (to-do) list and a text note list. A historical tracking (a diary) is
made of events and notes, which can all be printed. Warnings and alarms
(ticklers) tell when something is pending or overdue.
Driven by a simple flexible menu interface, Personal Calendar can be a normal
or a TSR (pop up) program. TSR use interrupts you at the earliest event. As a
TSR, an extremely small 6K byte kernel remains in conventional memory, with the
balance swapped to expanded memory or disk. TSR programming is extremely
stable and environment-sensitive. Personal Calendar also runs as a WinApp, in
DOS Merge under UNIX, in a DESQview window, on a Mac under SoftPC, or in a DOS
window under OS/2.
A longer description and additional information on Personal Calendar are
contained in file DESCRIBE.DOC, and within the Users Manual when the program is
in operation.
PACKAGING
~~~~~~~~~
Personal Calendar is distributed on diskette and CD-ROM by vendors, and on
Bulletin Board Systems (BBSs) for downloading. Personal Calendar is packaged
in a PKZIP "authenticated" compressed archive file.
The file has one of two forms: a self extracting archive (EXE) or a normal
archive file (ZIP), named as follows --
PCAL1471.EXE Self-extracting ZIP file [diskette version]
or PCAL1471.ZIP Normal ZIP file [BBS version]
The number within the archive filename corresponds to the version number, in
this case 14.71. (On CompuServe and ZiffNet, the file is named PERCAL.ZIP,
with no version number.) You need PKWARE's PKUNZIP program (version 2.04g or
later) to extract the product from the ZIP file. You need nothing extra to
extract from the EXE file. There is no difference in the contents of either
file.
SIMPLE INSTALLATION
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Here's a simple example of installation from the archive to a directory on your
disk drive. The installation process is the same whether the product is
installed as shareware or registered, and wither a new installation or an
upgrade.
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║ If you already have an older version in the destination directory, ║
║ you will update PC, and preserve all of your appointments and options. ║
║ Updates are always automatically "upward-compatible"! ║
╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
In the following example, from a diskette, A: is the floppy drive. For the BBS
download example, E:\ZIP is the directory to where you downloaded. In both
cases, D: is the destination drive, and \CALENDAR is the subdirectory to which
Personal Calendar is to be installed. Put in the values for your system.
Either copy the BBS ZIP file from your download directory, or insert the
distribution diskette in your floppy drive and enter the following commands
from the DOS prompt (-O is the letter "o" to overwrite existing files of the
same name):
DOS Command What it does
~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
D: Change to the target drive
MD \CALENDAR If needed, make Personal Calendar's directory
CD \CALENDAR Change to Personal Calendar's directory
/ COPY A:*.* Copy all files from the diskette and
\ PCAL1471 -O install from PCAL1471.EXE
or or
/ COPY E:\ZIP\PCAL1471.ZIP Copy ZIP file from download directory and
\ PKUNZIP PCAL1471 -O install from PCAL1471.ZIP
CAL Run the program
After installation, when you're satisfied PC is working, be sure to ALWAYS
store a copy of the PCAL1471.EXE or .ZIP archive file, just in case anything
happens to your disk. If you give PC to someone or upload it to a BBS, the
distribution license permits you to give the original PCAL1471.EXE or .ZIP file
only.
PROGRAM OPERATION
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
To run PC, at the DOS prompt, type --
CAL
If under DOS 2.x, your current directory must be Personal Calendar's directory.
If under DOS 3 or later, you can run PC from any directory, either
by including the directory in your DOS PATH statement, or by including the
drive and directory name in front of the CAL command. For example:
D:\CALENDAR\CAL
or
PATH {your other directories ...} ;D:\CALENDAR;
CAL
If you have a laptop, you may see a better presentation with PC's monochrome
option:
CAL MONO
If you have a monochrome computer and find the presentation unsuitable, you can
adjust the default presentation choices by choosing:
CAL COLOR
In a DOS window under OS/2, use the following option:
CAL OS2
USERS MANUAL
~~~~~~~~~~~~
To see the User's Manual for Personal Calendar while it is running, press F1
(function key 1), or select "Help" from the Main Menu. When in the manual, you
can print it by pressing the * or PRINT key on your keyboard. You can also
press F9 to copy the manual to a text file.
CHANGES
~~~~~~~
Check the HISTORY.DOC file to see new features in recent versions of Personal
Calendar.
TSR MODE (POP UP/DOWN)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
To install Personal Calendar in its memory resident (TSR) mode, place the CAL
command in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file. Position the "CAL" command as follows:
AFTER a disk cache,
mouse driver, and
LAN workstation services software, *
and BEFORE a permanent menu system or shell (such as DOSSHELL)
* Note to LANTASTIC users: Lantastic 5.0 is compatible
with this product only if you obtain and apply the SERVTSR.EXE correction,
available from Artisoft.
If you want to run PC from your menu or shell, set your menu to run program
CALPOPUP.COM. Set PC's Memory-Resident Options to enable Automatic Pop Down,
and set Automatic Startup with the name of your appointment file.
WINDOWS 3 USERS
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Loading Under Windows: PC runs under Microsoft Windows 3 as a DOS task,
but TSR features are disabled. Windows PIF and ICO files are furnished for
your convenience. PC will not automatically task-switch on an alarm. In
enhanced mode, the supplied PIF file assigns Shift-Ctl-F10 as a default
short-cut key to switch to PC (similar to the TSR mode's default hot key).
Loading Before Windows: PC may also be loaded before Windows 3 as a TSR,
but like any TSR, will not pop up over Windows.
DESQVIEW USERS
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
DESQVIEW (DV) OPERATION. Although PC will run under DV as a TSR, it doesn't
really make much sense to do so, thus it's recommended to run it normally. In
the background, alarms and warnings "sound through" to the foreground window,
slowed by multitasking. No automatic window switching takes place. File
PC-PIF.DVP is provided for you to use as a DESQview Program Information File
(PIF), with some included key parameters:
Memory Size (in K): 295
Max Memory Size (in K): 640
Max Expanded Memory Size (in K): 640 (if using EMS swapping as a TSR)
Text Pages: 1
Graphics Pages: 0
Writes text directly to screen: Y
Displays graphics information: N
Virtualize text/graphics (Y,N,T): T
Close on exit (Y,N,blank): N (if using DOS shell or TSR mode)
Uses its own colors: Y
INSTALLATION FILES
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
See file PACKING.LST for a description and purpose of each installation file.
EVALUATING THE PROGRAM AND ORDERING A REGISTERED COPY
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
You may try Personal Calendar for a 30-day period on an evaluation basis at no
charge.
If you continue to use the program after the evaluation period, please purchase
the product and pay the $39 license fee ($43 outside of US/Canada). Upgrades
to existing registrations are $19 ($23 outside of US/Canada), plus applicable
sales tax (VA only). Shipping is included. For credit card orders, call
800-242-4775 (Australian customers, call (02) 519-4233), from CompuServe's
Shareware Registration Service (!GO SWREG, item #280), or online through the
VOR or MB BBSs (see below). For site license information and quantity
discounts, see file REGISTER.DOC.
To order by mail, fill out the ORDER FORM and mail it with your payment to the
address shown (include tax if applicable). You can print the ORDER FORM (file
ORDER.FRM) from Personal Calendar at any time by pressing F8. Specify 3½" or
5¼" diskettes, and spell your name for your license.
BENEFITS OF REGISTERING
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
When we receive your registration order and payment, we'll send you a diskette
with your personal registration file CALSER.DAT, the latest copy of the
program, and a printed copy of the users manual. As a bonus, we'll also send
you information on various special offers, and selected utilities.
The registered version suppresses all registration reminders and order prompts,
and lets you optionally suppress the startup screen. To enable the registered
mode, simply copy file CALSER.DAT from the diskette to the directory in which
you have installed the program file CAL.EXE.
If you're updating from an earlier version of Personal Calendar, make sure your
CALSER.DAT file stays in the installation directory. If we've supplied you
with a newer CALSER.DAT file, make sure you use the latest one.
Please DO NOT modify the contents of CALSER.DAT, as doing so will invalidate
the registration data it contains.
DISTRIBUTION POLICY
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Personal Calendar may be distributed under the terms of the LIMITED
DISTRIBUTION LICENSE contained in file LICENSE.DOC. BBS SysOps please consult
file SYSOP.DOC for our policy on distribution of Personal Calendar by BBS.
Disk Vendors and user groups please consult file VENDOR.DOC.
You may not distribute the CALSER.DAT registration file to anyone not covered
by your software license.
IN CLOSING
~~~~~~~~~~
Enjoy Personal Calendar! We welcome discussion of this product or any related
topic, if you are interested. Contact us by mail, CompuServe mail, or phone as
shown at the top of this file. The latest version of Personal Calendar may be
obtained from your favorite disk vendor, or on the BBSs shown below. We make a
point of placing recent and major upgrades on these boards, and when released,
they are available there for download:
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On CompuServe IBMSYS, MSDOS, and ZENITH
On ZiffNet TIPS, PBSAPPS
or on the following EXCELLENT support bulletin boards --
THE ELUSIVE DIAMOND THE VOR & MOTHERBOARD BBSs
(703) 323-6423 & -1782 (707) 778-8944 & -8841
Gregg Snyder, SysOp Vern & Julie Buerg, SysOps
Userid "PC CAL", ("OPEN ORDER" to Register)
Password "FUNSTUFF"
THE BREAK EAST BBS THE CONSULTANT BBS THE BREAK WEST BBS
(703) 680-9269 (718) 837-3236 (916) 727-3007
Bruce Jackson, SysOp Jay Caplan, SysOp Jim Thompson, SysOp
("PC" Conference) (Main Conference) ("Pers Calendar" Conference)
and to contact me by Internet: 71141.1224@CompuServe.Com
or: Paul.Munoz-Colman@Consultant.Com
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┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ │
│ PLEASE NOTE! You can be SURE you have received an authentic copy │
│ of Personal Calendar ONLY if the following message appears after │
│ extracting any, every, and all files from this archive. Please contact │
│ us if the exact authentication signature does not appear! Version 2.04g │
│ of PKUNZIP is required to reveal the authentication data; this is │
│ automatic for a self-extracting archive.) │
│ │
│ ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── │
│ │
│ Inflating: CAL.EXE -AV <-- "-AV" appears on EVERY file │
│ │
│ Authentic files Verified! # NPU161 <-- this is the signature │
│ Paul Munoz-Colman ~~~~~~ │
│ (the number must show exactly as above) │
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The contents of this archive are as follows (note the size and CRC-32 value on
file README.DOC will not be correct):
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PKZIP (R) FAST! Create/Update Utility Version 2.04g 02-01-93
Copr. 1989-1993 PKWARE Inc. All Rights Reserved. Registered Version
PKZIP Reg. U.S. Pat. and Tm. Off. Patent No. 5,051,745
■ 80486 CPU detected.
■ EMS version 4.00 detected.
■ XMS version 3.00 detected.
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