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- On This Day for Windows, Version 1.5 - DESCRIBE.DOC -
O N T H I S D A Y F O R W I N D O W S
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Version 1.5
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D E S C R I P T I O N A N D
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A U T H O R I N F O R M A T I O N
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Last updated: May, 1993
This file includes sample descriptions which you may use to describe
On This Day for Windows.
Disk Vendors and Distributors please refer to the VENDOR.DOC text
file.
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Program Information:
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File Name(s) for BBSs:
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For consistency and to help users locate the files, please use the
following file name:
WOTD_15.ZIP On This Day for Windows version 1.5
If the program is compressed using some other file compression
method, then please use the name "WOTD_15" with the appropriate
extension (PAK, ARC, LZH, ZOO, etc.).
Keywords:
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history, trivia, education, birthday, event, calendar, Windows
Category:
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education
Short Description:
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On This Day for Windows is a program and collection of databases
to answer the question "What Happened On This Day In History?"
The databases contain thousands of birthdays, events, religious
holidays, etc. The program supports dates in the Gregorian,
Hebrew, Islamic, and Julian calendars and calculates a limited
number of astronomical events. Requires Microsoft Windows 3.0 or
better.
Long Description:
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Did you know that Children's Day is the second Sunday in June? Or
that November is Aviation History Month? How about that Willard
Scott (NBC's "birthday boy") was born on March 7th 1934?
Confuscious was born August 27th, 551 BC? On This Day can tell
you all this and much more.
On This Day for Windows is an event database printing program.
Click on the date in which you are interested (keyboard commands
also work) and the program will do the rest. It will search a
group of databases (supplied) and print the data for the date
you specified. On This Day for Windows will search an extra,
personal, file so all your personal events need not be mixed with
the data in the provided files.
Since the databases are ordinary text files and the format is
completely documented, you can make changes and additions using
your favorite text editor or word processor.
On This Day for Windows supports dates in the Gregorian (the one
many of us use daily), Hebrew, Islamic, and Julian calendars. On
This Day for Windows can also determine the day of the week on
which a requested date falls. Thus, you can specify dates like
Memorial Day (the last Monday in May).
On This Day for Windows calculates the date of Easter in the
requested year, allowing specification of all Christian holidays.
On This Day for Windows also calculates the phases of the moon
(flagging eclipses), solstices, and equinoxes.
Possibly best of all, On This Day for Windows comes with a
collection of databases ready to use with the program.
Registered users are provided with databases containing roughly
15,000 events, holidays, and birthdays! Registered users are
also supplied with a few other utilities that we've found useful
in maintaining changes in the larger databases and a database of
quotations that is ONLY available to registered users.
Note that we also have a version which will run outside the
Windows environment. See PRODUCTS.DOC for descriptions of all
our offerings.
Registration Information:
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Registration costs $25 (US funds). Massachusetts residents please
include 5% sales tax.
Registered users get:
o Latest version of On This Day for Windows.
o A collection of HUGE databases ready to use.
o A few utilities useful to maintaining such large databases.
o A database of quotations.
o Notification of future updates (via our quarterly
newsletter).
For complete user registration information please refer to the
REGISTER.DOC text file.
You can order by sending check, cash, or money order to
The Software Construction Co.
PO Box 160
North Billerica, MA 01862-0160
or with MC, Visa, Amex, or Discover from
Public (software) Library
PO Box 35705
Houston, TX 77235-5705
(800) 242-4775
(713) 524-6394
(713) 524-6398 FAX
71355,470 CIS email
These numbers are for orders only. To insure that you get the
latest version, PsL will notify us the day of your order and we
will ship the product directly to you. Any questions about the
status of the shipment of the order, refunds, registration
options, product details, technical support, volume discounts,
dealer pricing, site licenses, etc, must be directed to The
Software Construction Co. at the address previously given.
Australian users can order in Australian dollars ($49) by Cheque,
Money Order, Bankcard, Mastercard, or Visacard from:
BUDGETWARE
PO Box 496
Newtown NSW 2042
AUSTRALIA
Phone (02) 519-4233 Intl +61 2 5194233
FAX (02) 516-4236 Intl +61 2 5164236
Author/Publisher Information:
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The Software Construction Co. is a small software company owned and
operated by Wayne Geiser.
At The Software Construction Co. we believe that the PRIMARY purpose of
business is service, not profit. This concept is fundamental to our
approach to product development, production and marketing.
The Software Construction Co. has been producing top quality computer
software at reasonable prices, continuously, since 1989.
Please feel free to contact me (Wayne Geiser) at any time if you have any
questions, comments or suggestions. I can be reached by mail at the
following address:
Wayne Geiser
The Software Construction Co.
PO Box 160
North Billerica, MA 01862-0160
USA
I can also be reached electronically as follows:
CompuServe: 70313,3615
GEnie: W.GEISER
Internet: softcons@world.std.com