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EVENTMAN Version 2.00
Simian Id Software
Copyright (c) 1988-1992 by Don Branson
Mailing address:
Simian Id Software
P.O. Box 430011
St. Louis, Mo. 63143
EVENTMAN is an event and process manager which will run any programs in
real-time. This means you can run unattended backups or other process at any
time of the day or night just by setting the date and time, and the programs
to be run. Programs can be run once, daily, weekly, monthly, yearly, or at a
time interval you set! Use EVENTMAN to create processes, use the PROCESS
program to run them.
This is Shareware software. If you try this package and decide you like it,
then please support shareware and pay the requested registration fee. Please
make copies of this package for your friends and associates. You may not sell
this software, or charge more than what it costs for you to copy it.
The registration requirements are given in the file EVENTMAN.REG.
Registration fees are due after an evaluation period not greater than 30 days.
Please feel free to distribute COMPLETE, UNMODIFIED copies of this entire
package to your friends and associates. Please use EVENTMAN.ZIP, provided on
the disk, to distribute this package to bulletin boards and networks.
Thank you.
Simian Id Software
P.O. Box 430011
St. Louis, MO. 63143
Users registering at the $20 level are entitled to continue to use this package
beyond the 30-day evaluation period.
Users registering at the $50 level receive the program TSRPROC, which is a TSR
version of PROCESS. It runs in the background and allows you to use your
computer while it is waiting for the next time to initiate a process.
Registrations at this level also include a full-screen editor for editing files.
All registered users are entitled to free upgrades for minor versions, low-cost
upgrades on major versions.
Please include comments and suggestions for improvements.
Thank you for supporting shareware!
Files on this disk:
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README This file
EVENTMAN REG The registration form. This should printed out, filled out,
and sent in with your registration.
EVENTMAN EXE The program used to edit events and processes
PROCESS EXE The program used to invoke processes
DOW COM A program which returns the day of the week
DTIME COM A program to display the current date and time
CDAYBACK BAT A batch file which demonstrates the use of the DOW program
to determine the day of the week
AUTOLOG BAT A batch file which demonstrates how to invoke Kermit
(not included) and automatically sign on to a BBS and
retrieve messages
AUTOLOG KRM The Kermit script used by AUTOLOG.BAT
EVENT LST A list of events and descriptions maintained by EVENTMAN
PROCESS LST A list of processes and attributes maintained by EVENTMAN
* EVT Various event files
* HLP Various help files
Files not included:
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All the files associated with Kermit. Kermit is a public domain terminal
emulation program which is widely available. It is used in one example to
demonstrate how to automatically sign on to a BBS and retrieve messages
without human intervention. Other terminal programs which have script languages
may be used. If you cannot obtain Kermit, mention that you need it when you
register, and it will be included at no charge.
TSRPROC.EXE is a TSR version of the program PROCESS.EXE. It is NOT shareware
and is available only to registered users of EVENTMAN.
SBE.COM and related files. SBE is a full-screen editor sold separately by
Simian Id Software, and is included for registered users.
Installation:
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1) Create a directory named EVENTMAN
2) Copy all files from this disk into the directory
3) Add the new directory to your path, and re-boot your machine.
EVENTMAN should always be run while the EVENTMAN directory is the current
directory.
Technical assistance:
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Registered users may write to Simian Id Software at the address given.