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- TROUBLE SHOOTING GUIDE
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- Check Your CONFIG.SYS File:
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-
- If you are having trouble with the program, make sure that these statements
- are in your CONFIG.SYS file: FILES=30 and BUFFERS=15
-
- If the number in the FILES= or BUFFERS= statements is greater than those
- illustrated, then do not change them. The CONFIG.SYS file is found on the
- C: drive in the ROOT directory. You can edit the CONFIG.SYS file with
- any text editor or wordprocessor. Make sure that when you save your changes,
- you save the CONFIG.SYS file in an ASCII, TEXT, or DOS format.
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-
- Check Your Available Memory:
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-
- If you have less than 500k of available RAM, you may experience a
- problem when using The Graph Tracker as a program shell. If you are running
- The Wall Street Tracker or The Mutual Fund Tracker without The Graph Tracker,
- you should have at lease 350k of available RAM. To check this with DOS 4.x
- or earlier, you will need to run a DOS program named CHKDSK.EXE to find
- the amount of available RAM. When using DOS 5.x or later, type MEM at the
- DOS prompt and press [ENTER].
-
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- I Don't Get Online Help:
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-
- Start The Wall Street Tracker by typing WST at the DOS prompt and press
- [ENTER]. Start The Mutual Fund Tracker by typing MFT at the DOS prompt
- and press [ENTER]. Online help is not available while viewing graphs.
-
-
- The Programs Won't Install or Run After Installation:
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-
- If you have a PC-Kwik cache on your system and you can't run the program,
- do one of the following:
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- * Use the LOADFIX command, supplied with DOS 5, to start the program.
- * Run MS-DOS 5.0 in conventional memory.
- * Disable asynchronous reads on the PC-Kwik cache.
-
- For information about the LOADFIX command, see Chapter 4 of the Microsoft
- MS-DOS Getting Started guide.
-
- Another reason may be that you got a corrupted archive or the download may
- have had errors. Call Keith's Little Software Shop, The Tracker Support BBS,
- to download error free archives. The phone numbers are (512) 894-0383 with a
- HST 16.8 / V.32bis modem and (512) 858-7564 with a ZyXEL 16.8 / V.32bis modem.
- The file names to download are:
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- WALST71D.EXE (352k) - MFTRA36E.EXE (412k) - TRACUT26.EXE (581k)
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- These files are self-extracting archives. If you would like to receive
- these programs by mail, then send $5 to: Tracker Disk, P.O. Box 33280,
- Suite 195, Austin, Texas, 78764-0280. Be sure to indicate what type of
- disks you use.
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- If you are sure that the disk or archive are not the problem, change to the
- proper directory and type WALLSTRT at the DOS prompt and press [ENTER] to
- run The Wall Street Tracker. Likewise, type MFTRACK at the DOS prompt and
- press [ENTER] to run The Mutual Fund Tracker.
-
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- I Cannot Connect to The Tracker Support BBS at High Speed:
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- If you have a USRobotics Dual Standard (HST 16.8) or V.32bis modem, you can
- connect at High Speed by calling (512) 894-0383. If you have a ZyXEL (16.8)
- or V.32bis type modem (most High Speed modems are in the V.32 category), you
- can connect at High Speed by calling (512) 858-7564. If you don't have a High
- Speed modem, you may call either number to log-on to The Tracker Support BBS.
- Also see the next suggestion.
-
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- I Cannot Connect to The Tracker Support BBS:
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-
- Run your communications software program. The communications program should
- place you in Terminal Mode where you can enter AT commands. If you are not in
- Terminal Mode then consult your communications software manual to find out how
- to enter AT commands.
-
- If you have a Data/Fax modem, make sure you are in Data Mode. Also make sure
- that your modem is set in Auto-Reliable Link Mode. This mode will allow the
- modem to fall back to Normal Mode and stay connected if an error correction
- connection fails. Otherwise the modem may just hang up leaving you wondering
- why. Consult your modems manual for the AT command(s) to issue.
-
- Before calling, enter this command:
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- AT&F and press [ENTER]
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- Now call The Tracker Support BBS. If you still cannot connect, enter this
- command:
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- ATZ and press [ENTER]
-
- Now call The Tracker Support BBS again. If you still cannot connect, turn
- off your modems data compression. Some modems are different in this area so
- please read your modems manual to find out which AT command(s) to issue.
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- If you have a problem to report, or a fix to a problem, please call Keith
- at (512) 858-5206 or write to:
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- Watkins Enterprises
- Tech Support Department
- P.O. Box 33280, Suite 195
- Austin, Texas 78764-0280
-
-
- Online E-Mail Addresses:
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- Prodigy ID: [ HFNT20A ]
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- CompuServe ID: [ 70412,2701 ]
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- Internet Address: [ watkins@eden.com ]
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- KLSS, The Tracker Support BBS: [ SYSOP ]
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- Send Us a Fax:
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- Fax Number: (512) 858-7564 - 24 Hours, 7 Days a Week
-
-
- As an incentive, if you report a valid problem or a way to fix a problem,
- you will be sent a $5 discount certificate. If you are a registered user,
- you will receive a certificate entitling you to a free copy of the next
- version release.
-
- Please give the name and version number of the program you are having
- trouble with. Also list the key strokes you press to get to the area of the
- program where you are experiencing the problem. Along the way explain what
- happens on the screen with each key stroke. When you get to the problem area,
- explain it. For example:
-
-
- Dear Tech Support:
-
- I am using The Mutual Fund Tracker, Version 3.6e.
-
- I type MFT at the DOS prompt and then press [ENTER]. I get to the main
- menu, then I type 2 and then press [ENTER]. The Load or Edit Data menu
- comes up. I then type 1 and press [ENTER]. The data set loading menu is
- then displayed on the screen. When I press the arrow keys to select a data
- set to load, the highlight bar does not move. I am unable to load a data set
- to work with.