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┌┬──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┬┐
││ Avocation Technologies, 2455 Laurel Lane, Sycamore, IL 60178 ││
││ ││
││ 'Go Beyond Best' with FitnessMate! ││
└┴──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴┘
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
. IBM PC/XT/AT or PS/2 or true IBM compatible computer.
. DOS versions greater than 2.0.
. At least one high capacity floppy disk drive (Hard Drive Usage is Highly
Recommended). You will need six hundred kilobytes of free disk space.
. 512K of available conventional RAM memory. FitnessMate will attempt to
run in borderline available memory situations by using fewer fonts and
reallocating font memory as the situation necessitates. Ultimately in
the most extreme borderline available memory situations, this results in
the program using 'Courier' font only, and in place of all others.
. VGA, EGA, or CGA video hardware.
FITNESSMATE QUIK START
1.) Use PKUNZIP.EXE to extract the FitnessMate archive onto a
floppy disk, any size will do. No special PKUNZIP 'switches'
are required.
2.) To set up the program on your HARD DISK... (you will need about
six hundred and fifty kilobytes of free space.)
TYPE 'INSTALL' followed by the letter designation of the floppy
drive your installing FROM and the letter designation of the hard
drive your installing TO. FOR EXAMPLE: INSTALL A C
(A being the floppy and C the hard drive.) That's all there is to it.
DEFAULT PROGRAM SETUP FOR REGISTERED USERS
3.) If you are a REGISTERED USER UPGRADING from a previous version and
you have used the default directory (FMATE) you will get a 'file
exists overwrite? Y/N' message for each file as the self extracting
archive executes. Answer YES (keep hitting the Y key) for all
of the files until the old have all been overwritten by the new.
Since upgrades have been made to the structure and method FitnessMate
uses to access it's data files, the data files you have allready
created will need to be changed to match the current configuration.
I cannot stress how important it is to make a backup copy (or two) of
these difficult to recreate data files. If you have not allready done
this STOP and do it now! The data files of course, are those files
with names and the extension '.DAT' for example 'WILJOHNS.DAT' is mine.
You have been provided a FitnessMate file conversion utility called
'UPDATE.EXE' to do the necessary conversion. Simply run it once by
typing 'update' from your FitnessMate directory and it automatically
upgrades all the data files that are present then it self destructs.
It is only meant to be run once and running it twice will ruin the
data files. That is the reason it deletes itself. Do not run it a
second time over your data files or they will be gone forever. BEFORE
running this conversion utility, make double sure that you have made
a backup copy of your data files. The data files of course, are those
files with names and the extension '.DAT' for example 'WILJOHNS.DAT'
is mine. AFTER running the utility start up the new version and do
a quick check to make sure everything is ok. View your averages and
the statistical mean to make sure things are ok and not coming up as
zero. Do a couple of graphs to see that the program is happy with
your new data files. I have checked this very thoroughly and verified
that it works. However, I am only human and that is why I am asking
you to make the quick double check!
See the 'What's new!' section in the program documentation file
'Fitness.doc' for more information. This FitnessMate file conversion
utility called 'UPDATE.EXE' is copyright 1992 by William Joseph Johnson
all rights reserved and is of course, only available to REGISTERED USERS.
This upgrade process WILL NOT HARM or do anything to your program
configuration or DATA files and is absolutely positively necessary
to use the outstanding new release!
FitnessMate will function normally and all of your DATA files etc;
will remain intact and will be modified to conform to the new format
which enhances performance. Otherwise everything will be as it was
prior to the upgrade only you will be using the new version.
DEFAULT PROGRAM SETUP FOR SHAREWARE VERSION
If you are evaluating the SHAREWARE VERSION and UPGRADING from a
previous version and you have used the default directory (FMATE) you
will get a 'file exists overwrite? Y/N' message for each file as the
self extracting archive executes. Answer YES (keep hitting the Y key)
for all (thirty) of the files until the old have all been overwritten
by the new.
Since upgrades have been made to the structure and method FitnessMate
uses to access it's data files, the data files you have allready
created will no longer work. The data files of course, are those files
with names and the extension '.DAT' for example 'WILJOHNS.DAT' is mine.
You may evaluate the new version for thirty days.
The FitnessMate file conversion utility called 'UPDATE.EXE' is copyright
1992 by William Joseph Johnson all rights reserved and is only available
to REGISTERED USERS. The only way to obtain this utility, which will
enable you to keep on going with your data files created with the
SHAREWARE version, is to purchase the program. Aren't you 'worth it?'
MANUAL PROGRAM SETUP
If you want to set the program up MANUALLY it has been compressed
using Haruyasu Yoshizaki's LHA v2.13 into a self extracting archive.
CREATE A DIRECTORY on your hard or floppy disk for FitnessMate.
Remember you must place FitnessMate in a sub-directory such as
'c:\sport\log,' The DEFAULT DIRECTORY for the program is 'FMATE.'
If you use the install program provided, it will place the program
in this directory. In addition, unless it is told differently
during the setup the program will assume that you have used the
install program provided and that it is located in the 'FMATE'
directory.
If you MANUALLY set it up you MUST enter the correct DIRECTORY NAME
during the setup or the program will not know where it is and you
will get the resulting error messages. FitnessMate IS MADE TO NOT
SETUP IN ANY ROOT DIRECTORY. If you must run the program from a
floppy disk then first make a directory on it! Of course you can
also use the INSTALL program provided to install it to a floppy
disk if you want to.
Copy the package into your directory, then run the FitnessMate self
extracting archive (the *.exe file). It will then extract itself
and will essentially be 'ready to go.' You should then delete the
self extracting archive as it will still be there in your directory
taking up valuable disk space.
REGISTERED USERS MANUAL PROGRAM SETUP
If you are REGISTERED USER UPGRADING from a previous version and you
have not used the default directory (FMATE). When you execute the self
extracting archive into your program directory you will get a 'file
exists overwrite? Y/N' message for each file as the self extracting
archive executes. Answer YES (keep hitting the Y key) for all of the
files until the old have all been overwritten by the new.
Since upgrades have been made to the structure and method FitnessMate
uses to access it's data files, the data files you have allready
created will need to be changed to match the current configuration.
I cannot stress how important it is to make a backup copy (or two) of
these difficult to recreate data files. If you have not allready done
this STOP and do it now! The data files of course, are those files
with names and the extension '.DAT' for example 'WILJOHNS.DAT' is mine.
You have been provided a FitnessMate file conversion utility called
'UPDATE.EXE' to do the necessary conversion. Simply run it once by
typing 'update' from your FitnessMate directory and it automatically
upgrades all the data files that are present then it self destructs.
It is only meant to be run once and running it twice will ruin the
data files. That is the reason it deletes itself. Do not run it a
second time over your data files or they will be gone forever. BEFORE
running this conversion utility, make double sure that you have made
a backup copy of your data files. The data files of course, are those
files with names and the extension '.DAT' for example 'WILJOHNS.DAT'
is mine. AFTER running the utility start up the new version and do
a quick check to make sure everything is ok. View your averages and
the statistical mean to make sure things are ok and not coming up as
zero. Do a couple of graphs to see that the program is happy with
your new data files. I have checked this very thoroughly and verified
that it works. However, I am only human and that is why I am asking
you to make the quick double check!
See the 'What's new!' section in the program documentation file
'Fitness.doc' for more information. This FitnessMate file conversion
utility called 'UPDATE.EXE' is copyright 1992 by William Joseph Johnson
all rights reserved and is of course, only available to REGISTERED USERS.
This upgrade process WILL NOT HARM or do anything to your program
configuration or DATA files and is absolutely positively necessary
to use the outstanding new release!
FitnessMate will function normally and all of your DATA files etc;
will remain intact and will be modified to conform to the new format
which enhances performance. Otherwise everything will be as it was
prior to the upgrade only you will be using the new version.
MANUAL PROGRAM SETUP FOR SHAREWARE VERSION
If you are evaluating the SHAREWARE VERSION and UPGRADING from a
previous version and you have not used the default directory (FMATE).
When you execute the self extracting archive into your program
directory you will get a 'file exists overwrite? Y/N' message for each
file as the self extracting archive executes. Answer YES (keep hitting
the Y key) for all of the files until the old have all been overwritten
by the new.
Since upgrades have been made to the structure and method FitnessMate
uses to access it's data files, the data files you have allready
created will no longer work. The data files of course, are those files
with names and the extension '.DAT' for example 'WILJOHNS.DAT' is mine.
You may evaluate the new version for thirty days.
The FitnessMate file conversion utility called 'UPDATE.EXE' is copyright
1992 by William Joseph Johnson all rights reserved and is only available
to REGISTERED USERS. The only way to obtain this utility, which will
enable you to keep on going with your data files created with the
SHAREWARE version, is to purchase the program. Aren't you 'worth it?'
4.) From your FitnessMate directory, type FM.EXE to run FitnessMate
for the first time and carefully answer the setup questions.
That is all there is to it!
5.) Type 'F'. Then type 'P' to OPEN a different FitnessMate account.
Choose number two for 'Sample O. Data' to select the example FitnessMate
account. Type 'S'. Type 'R' to select the SPORT 'running'. Now put
the program through it's paces...
Try FitnessMate'S many reporting and graphing functions, enter some
performance data, change colors, zoom, etc; experiment...
Active letters and numbers appear highlighted on the screen and access
the program function listed. You can type these active letters and
numbers to access the program functions if you like, or you can use the
cursor keypad (arrow keys) to navigate the menus. Of course, a
combination of these two methods will also work. The space bar as well
as the enter / return key can be used to select when the cursor mode has
been activated (in most cases)
CONFIGURING FITNESSMATE
Many features of FitnessMate will be permanently set from the moment
FitnessMate is run for the first time. When you start the program, you
will be asked for the drive and directory that FitnessMate will reside on
and be run from. IMPORTANT - if you choose to set up manually, you must
place FitnessMate in a sub-directory... IT IS MADE TO NOT SETUP IN ANY ROOT
DIRECTORY! If you must run the program from a floppy disk then first make
a directory on it, put FitnessMate in the directory, then run the program
for the first time to invoke the setup! Then you will be asked for your
name or the name of the first user account. From this moment on FitnessMate
will be 'set up' basically. It is important that the correct versions of
the program files are in the current drive and directory from this moment
on, otherwise you will get an error message.
┌┬──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┬┐
││ Avocation Technologies, 2455 Laurel Lane, Sycamore, IL 60178 ││
││ ││
││ 'Go Beyond Best' with FitnessMate! ││
└┴──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴┘