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- PERSONAL CALENDAR (PC) FOR DOS Version 14.71
- FILE README.DOC 18 Nov 1994
-
- Introductory Information
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Copyright 1985-1994 by Paul Munoz-Colman. All rights reserved.
-
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- INTRODUCTORY INFORMATION
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Hello!
-
- Personal Calendar (PC) is a Personal Information Manager (PIM) that contains a
- full-featured appointment reminder and a notepad. PC displays a three-month
- scrollable calendar, a running analog and digital clock, and a time-oriented
- event (to-do) list and a text note list. A historical tracking (a diary) is
- made of events and notes, which can all be printed. Warnings and alarms
- (ticklers) tell when something is pending or overdue.
-
- Driven by a simple flexible menu interface, Personal Calendar can be a normal
- or a TSR (pop up) program. TSR use interrupts you at the earliest event. As a
- TSR, an extremely small 6K byte kernel remains in conventional memory, with the
- balance swapped to expanded memory or disk. TSR programming is extremely
- stable and environment-sensitive. Personal Calendar also runs as a WinApp, in
- DOS Merge under UNIX, in a DESQview window, on a Mac under SoftPC, or in a DOS
- window under OS/2.
-
- A longer description and additional information on Personal Calendar are
- contained in file DESCRIBE.DOC, and within the Users Manual when the program is
- in operation.
-
-
- PACKAGING
- ~~~~~~~~~
- Personal Calendar is distributed on diskette and CD-ROM by vendors, and on
- Bulletin Board Systems (BBSs) for downloading. Personal Calendar is packaged
- in a PKZIP "authenticated" compressed archive file.
-
- The file has one of two forms: a self extracting archive (EXE) or a normal
- archive file (ZIP), named as follows --
-
- PCAL1471.EXE Self-extracting ZIP file [diskette version]
- or PCAL1471.ZIP Normal ZIP file [BBS version]
-
- The number within the archive filename corresponds to the version number, in
- this case 14.71. (On CompuServe and ZiffNet, the file is named PERCAL.ZIP,
- with no version number.) You need PKWARE's PKUNZIP program (version 2.04g or
- later) to extract the product from the ZIP file. You need nothing extra to
- extract from the EXE file. There is no difference in the contents of either
- file.
-
-
- SIMPLE INSTALLATION
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Here's a simple example of installation from the archive to a directory on your
- disk drive. The installation process is the same whether the product is
- installed as shareware or registered, and wither a new installation or an
- upgrade.
-
- ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗
- ║ If you already have an older version in the destination directory, ║
- ║ you will update PC, and preserve all of your appointments and options. ║
- ║ Updates are always automatically "upward-compatible"! ║
- ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
-
- In the following example, from a diskette, A: is the floppy drive. For the BBS
- download example, E:\ZIP is the directory to where you downloaded. In both
- cases, D: is the destination drive, and \CALENDAR is the subdirectory to which
- Personal Calendar is to be installed. Put in the values for your system.
-
- Either copy the BBS ZIP file from your download directory, or insert the
- distribution diskette in your floppy drive and enter the following commands
- from the DOS prompt (-O is the letter "o" to overwrite existing files of the
- same name):
-
- DOS Command What it does
- ~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- D: Change to the target drive
- MD \CALENDAR If needed, make Personal Calendar's directory
- CD \CALENDAR Change to Personal Calendar's directory
-
- / COPY A:*.* Copy all files from the diskette and
- \ PCAL1471 -O install from PCAL1471.EXE
- or or
- / COPY E:\ZIP\PCAL1471.ZIP Copy ZIP file from download directory and
- \ PKUNZIP PCAL1471 -O install from PCAL1471.ZIP
-
- CAL Run the program
-
- After installation, when you're satisfied PC is working, be sure to ALWAYS
- store a copy of the PCAL1471.EXE or .ZIP archive file, just in case anything
- happens to your disk. If you give PC to someone or upload it to a BBS, the
- distribution license permits you to give the original PCAL1471.EXE or .ZIP file
- only.
-
-
- PROGRAM OPERATION
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- To run PC, at the DOS prompt, type --
-
- CAL
-
- If under DOS 2.x, your current directory must be Personal Calendar's directory.
-
- If under DOS 3 or later, you can run PC from any directory, either
- by including the directory in your DOS PATH statement, or by including the
- drive and directory name in front of the CAL command. For example:
-
- D:\CALENDAR\CAL
- or
- PATH {your other directories ...} ;D:\CALENDAR;
- CAL
-
- If you have a laptop, you may see a better presentation with PC's monochrome
- option:
-
- CAL MONO
-
- If you have a monochrome computer and find the presentation unsuitable, you can
- adjust the default presentation choices by choosing:
-
- CAL COLOR
-
- In a DOS window under OS/2, use the following option:
-
- CAL OS2
-
-
- USERS MANUAL
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~
- To see the User's Manual for Personal Calendar while it is running, press F1
- (function key 1), or select "Help" from the Main Menu. When in the manual, you
- can print it by pressing the * or PRINT key on your keyboard. You can also
- press F9 to copy the manual to a text file.
-
-
- CHANGES
- ~~~~~~~
- Check the HISTORY.DOC file to see new features in recent versions of Personal
- Calendar.
-
-
- TSR MODE (POP UP/DOWN)
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- To install Personal Calendar in its memory resident (TSR) mode, place the CAL
- command in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file. Position the "CAL" command as follows:
-
- AFTER a disk cache,
- mouse driver, and
- LAN workstation services software, *
-
- and BEFORE a permanent menu system or shell (such as DOSSHELL)
-
- * Note to LANTASTIC users: Lantastic 5.0 is compatible
- with this product only if you obtain and apply the SERVTSR.EXE correction,
- available from Artisoft.
-
- If you want to run PC from your menu or shell, set your menu to run program
- CALPOPUP.COM. Set PC's Memory-Resident Options to enable Automatic Pop Down,
- and set Automatic Startup with the name of your appointment file.
-
-
- WINDOWS 3 USERS
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Loading Under Windows: PC runs under Microsoft Windows 3 as a DOS task,
- but TSR features are disabled. Windows PIF and ICO files are furnished for
- your convenience. PC will not automatically task-switch on an alarm. In
- enhanced mode, the supplied PIF file assigns Shift-Ctl-F10 as a default
- short-cut key to switch to PC (similar to the TSR mode's default hot key).
-
- Loading Before Windows: PC may also be loaded before Windows 3 as a TSR,
- but like any TSR, will not pop up over Windows.
-
-
- DESQVIEW USERS
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- DESQVIEW (DV) OPERATION. Although PC will run under DV as a TSR, it doesn't
- really make much sense to do so, thus it's recommended to run it normally. In
- the background, alarms and warnings "sound through" to the foreground window,
- slowed by multitasking. No automatic window switching takes place. File
- PC-PIF.DVP is provided for you to use as a DESQview Program Information File
- (PIF), with some included key parameters:
-
- Memory Size (in K): 295
- Max Memory Size (in K): 640
-
- Max Expanded Memory Size (in K): 640 (if using EMS swapping as a TSR)
- Text Pages: 1
- Graphics Pages: 0
- Writes text directly to screen: Y
- Displays graphics information: N
- Virtualize text/graphics (Y,N,T): T
- Close on exit (Y,N,blank): N (if using DOS shell or TSR mode)
- Uses its own colors: Y
-
-
- INSTALLATION FILES
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- See file PACKING.LST for a description and purpose of each installation file.
-
-
- EVALUATING THE PROGRAM AND ORDERING A REGISTERED COPY
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- You may try Personal Calendar for a 30-day period on an evaluation basis at no
- charge.
-
- If you continue to use the program after the evaluation period, please purchase
- the product and pay the $39 license fee ($43 outside of US/Canada). Upgrades
- to existing registrations are $19 ($23 outside of US/Canada), plus applicable
- sales tax (VA only). Shipping is included. For credit card orders, call
- 800-242-4775 (Australian customers, call (02) 519-4233), from CompuServe's
- Shareware Registration Service (!GO SWREG, item #280), or online through the
- VOR or MB BBSs (see below). For site license information and quantity
- discounts, see file REGISTER.DOC.
-
- To order by mail, fill out the ORDER FORM and mail it with your payment to the
- address shown (include tax if applicable). You can print the ORDER FORM (file
- ORDER.FRM) from Personal Calendar at any time by pressing F8. Specify 3½" or
- 5¼" diskettes, and spell your name for your license.
-
-
- BENEFITS OF REGISTERING
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- When we receive your registration order and payment, we'll send you a diskette
- with your personal registration file CALSER.DAT, the latest copy of the
- program, and a printed copy of the users manual. As a bonus, we'll also send
- you information on various special offers, and selected utilities.
-
- The registered version suppresses all registration reminders and order prompts,
- and lets you optionally suppress the startup screen. To enable the registered
- mode, simply copy file CALSER.DAT from the diskette to the directory in which
- you have installed the program file CAL.EXE.
-
- If you're updating from an earlier version of Personal Calendar, make sure your
- CALSER.DAT file stays in the installation directory. If we've supplied you
- with a newer CALSER.DAT file, make sure you use the latest one.
-
- Please DO NOT modify the contents of CALSER.DAT, as doing so will invalidate
- the registration data it contains.
-
-
- DISTRIBUTION POLICY
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Personal Calendar may be distributed under the terms of the LIMITED
- DISTRIBUTION LICENSE contained in file LICENSE.DOC. BBS SysOps please consult
- file SYSOP.DOC for our policy on distribution of Personal Calendar by BBS.
- Disk Vendors and user groups please consult file VENDOR.DOC.
-
- You may not distribute the CALSER.DAT registration file to anyone not covered
- by your software license.
-
-
- IN CLOSING
- ~~~~~~~~~~
- Enjoy Personal Calendar! We welcome discussion of this product or any related
- topic, if you are interested. Contact us by mail, CompuServe mail, or phone as
- shown at the top of this file. The latest version of Personal Calendar may be
- obtained from your favorite disk vendor, or on the BBSs shown below. We make a
- point of placing recent and major upgrades on these boards, and when released,
- they are available there for download:
-
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- On CompuServe IBMSYS, MSDOS, and ZENITH
-
- On ZiffNet TIPS, PBSAPPS
-
- or on the following EXCELLENT support bulletin boards --
-
- THE ELUSIVE DIAMOND THE VOR & MOTHERBOARD BBSs
- (703) 323-6423 & -1782 (707) 778-8944 & -8841
- Gregg Snyder, SysOp Vern & Julie Buerg, SysOps
- Userid "PC CAL", ("OPEN ORDER" to Register)
- Password "FUNSTUFF"
-
- THE BREAK EAST BBS THE CONSULTANT BBS THE BREAK WEST BBS
- (703) 680-9269 (718) 837-3236 (916) 727-3007
- Bruce Jackson, SysOp Jay Caplan, SysOp Jim Thompson, SysOp
- ("PC" Conference) (Main Conference) ("Pers Calendar" Conference)
-
- and to contact me by Internet: 71141.1224@CompuServe.Com
- or: Paul.Munoz-Colman@Consultant.Com
-
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- ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
- │ │
- │ PLEASE NOTE! You can be SURE you have received an authentic copy │
- │ of Personal Calendar ONLY if the following message appears after │
- │ extracting any, every, and all files from this archive. Please contact │
- │ us if the exact authentication signature does not appear! Version 2.04g │
- │ of PKUNZIP is required to reveal the authentication data; this is │
- │ automatic for a self-extracting archive.) │
- │ │
- │ ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── │
- │ │
- │ Inflating: CAL.EXE -AV <-- "-AV" appears on EVERY file │
- │ │
- │ Authentic files Verified! # NPU161 <-- this is the signature │
- │ Paul Munoz-Colman ~~~~~~ │
- │ (the number must show exactly as above) │
- └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
-
- The contents of this archive are as follows (note the size and CRC-32 value on
- file README.DOC will not be correct):
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- PKZIP (R) FAST! Create/Update Utility Version 2.04g 02-01-93
- Copr. 1989-1993 PKWARE Inc. All Rights Reserved. Registered Version
- PKZIP Reg. U.S. Pat. and Tm. Off. Patent No. 5,051,745
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- ■ 80486 CPU detected.
- ■ EMS version 4.00 detected.
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