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PostCalc the Book About This ========== This program is written for those individuals who have kitchen scales and need to send packages which require more than one stamp yet will fit through the hole in the pillar box. It was really written to make my mail order business a little more efficient. I use a digital kitchen scale and this program to determine my postage. It will emulate these £350 postal scales you find in Business supply places. Customising Your Program: ========================= As a matter of course I find I normally mail second class and within England using grams, so by using a program !FormEd by Simon Huntington or a secondary template editor, say you could alter it to be first class. Just tick 'first' in the 'main' window and save it back. You could also alter the standard weight. !Post Calc will read the data as the program runs. Beeping Nuisance ================ Since the release of this program I have found that items which are greater than 1300g mailed within the UK are more often better sent by courier. Mainly, it may be cheaper and you get a singature back. The beep is telling you to investigate. My copy comes up and says, "This package is to go by courier (I use 'Business Post') and it will cost you £3.20" My Logic ======== There are two little confusing bits and these are the "Stamps" and "Remaining" bit. This means that if you have an item which costs 39p to mail you must apply 2 x 18p worth of stamps and 3p to make the required 39p. While this may be obvious to some, I had a number of complaints during the beta test stage. The Zone 1 and Zone 2 is a bit confusing. Basically, zone 1 and zone 2 is for every country not in Europe. The closer countries to England are zone 1. Far away countries like New Zealand are zone 2. The zoning is as follows: Afganistan..............................1 Albania.................................NON-EEC Algeria.................................1 Andorra.................................EEC Angola..................................1 Anguilla................................1 Antigua & Barbuda.......................1 Antarctica Aust. Territory..............2 Argentina...............................1 Aruba-Ascension Is......................1 Australia...............................2 Austria.................................NON-EEC Bahamas.................................1 Bahrain.................................1 Bangladesh..............................1 Barbados................................1 Belgium.................................EEC Belize..................................1 Benin...................................1 Bermuda.................................1 Bhutan..................................1 Bolivia.................................1 Botswana................................1 Brazil..................................1 Brunei..................................1 Bulgaria................................NON-EEC Burkina Faso............................1 Burma...................................1 Burundi.................................1 Cambodia................................1 Cameroon................................1 Canada..................................1 Cayman Islands..........................1 Central African Rep.....................1 Chad....................................1 Chile...................................1 China...................................2 Christmas Island........................1 Cocos (Keeling) Island..................1 Colombia................................1 Comoros.................................1 Congo...................................1 Costa Rica..............................1 Cote d'Ivoire...........................1 Cuba....................................1 Cyprus..................................NON-EEC Czechoslovakia..........................NON-EEC Denmark.................................EEC Djibouti................................1 Dominican Republic......................1 Ecuador.................................1 Egypt...................................1 El Salvador.............................1 Equatorial Guinea.......................1 Estonia - Tallinn.......................1 Ethiopia................................1 Falkland Islands........................1 Faroe Islands...........................1 Fiji....................................2 Finland.................................NON-EEC France..................................EEC French Guiana...........................1 French Polynesia........................2 Gabon...................................1 Gambia..................................1 Germany.................................EEC Ghana...................................1 Gibralter...............................EEC Greece..................................EEC Greenland...............................NON-EEC Grenada.................................1 Guatemala...............................1 Guinea..................................1 Guinea - Bissau.........................1 Guyana..................................1 Haiti...................................1 Honduras................................1 Hong Kong...............................1 Hungary.................................NON-EEC Iceland.................................NON-EEC India...................................1 Indonesia...............................1 Iran....................................1 Iraq....................................1 Israel..................................1 Italy...................................EEC Jamaica.................................1 Japan...................................2 Jordan..................................1 Kenya...................................1 Kiribati................................2 Korea...................................2 Kuwait..................................1 Laos....................................1 Lebanon.................................1 Lesotho.................................1 Liberia.................................1 Libya...................................1 Liechtenstein...........................NON-EEC Luxembourg..............................EEC Macao...................................1 Madagascar..............................1 Malawi..................................1 Malaysia................................1 Maldives................................1 Mali....................................1 Malta...................................NON-EEC Marshall Islands........................2 Mauritania..............................1 Mauritus................................1 Mexico..................................1 Micronesia..............................2 Monaco..................................EEC Mongolia................................2 Montserrat..............................1 Morocco.................................1 Mozambique..............................1 Namibia.................................1 Nauru...................................2 Nepal...................................1 Netherlands.............................EEC New Caledonia...........................2 New Zealand.............................2 Nicaragua...............................1 Niger...................................1 Nigeria.................................1 Norfolk Island..........................2 North Mariana Islands...................2 Norway..................................NON-EEC Oman....................................1 Pakistan................................1 Panama..................................1 Papua New Guinea........................2 Paraguay................................1 Peru....................................1 Phillipines.............................2 Pitcairn Island.........................2 Poland..................................NON-EEC Portugal................................EEC Puerto Rico.............................1 Qatar...................................1 Reunion Island..........................1 Rwanda..................................1 St Helena...............................1 St Lucia................................1 St Pierre & Miquelon....................1 St. Vincent & the Grenadines............1 Samoa...................................2 San Marino..............................EEC Sao Tome & Principe.....................1 Saudi Arabia............................1 Senegal.................................1 Seychelle Islands.......................1 Sierra Leone............................1 Singapore...............................1 Solomon Islands.........................2 Somalia.................................1 South Africa............................1 Spain...................................EEC Sri Lanka...............................1 Sudan...................................1 Surinam.................................1 Swaziland...............................1 Sweden..................................NON-EEC Switzerland.............................NON-EEC Syria...................................1 Taiwan..................................2 Tanzania................................1 Thailand................................1 Togo....................................1 Tonga...................................2 Trinidad & Tobago.......................1 Tristan de Cunha........................1 Tunisia.................................1 Turkey..................................NON-EEC Turks & Caicos Islands..................1 Tuvalu..................................2 Uganda..................................1 United Arab Emirates....................1 Uruguay.................................1 USA.....................................1 Vanuatu.................................2 Vatican City............................NON-EEC Venezuela...............................1 Vietnam.................................1 Virgin Islands..........................1 Wake Island.............................2 Yemen...................................1 Yugoslavia..............................NON-EEC Zaire...................................1 Zambia..................................1 Zimbabwe................................1 Tested ====== I have tested this program on A3000, A310, A400, and an A5000 with great success and no pitfalls. It has also been tested with Econet and in varying screen modes. Upgrading ========= Lastly, if you have any problems, write to me, and I will help you sort them out. If the rates change or you want an upgrade of this program, send a formatted disc and a self-addressed stamped envelope and I will happily send it to anyone no charge. Bits 'n' Bytes MD Smith 26 Grenville Road Saint Judes Plymouth PL4 9PX 0752-667599 The cost of registration is £2.00 Absolutely no one may sell this for profit or gain other than myself PD Libraries may distribute it, but if it is worth listing you MUST purchase one copy. You may freely distribute it to friends and acquaintances. This program was reviewed in Acorn Computing Feb '93.