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* The Amiga Phone Book *
* w/Concert Dial *
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* written by: Jeff Hoag *
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* © 1990 Jeff Hoag All Rights Reserved WorldWide *
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OVERVIEW:
APB is a modem dialer and phone book. The program will work with
any modem as a modem configuration editing and re-initializing screen
is provided. The phone book is a handy way to store large amounts of
numbers and dial them individually or in succession. The phone book
also allows for manual entry of phone numbers to dial, it iconifies
yet allows you to control the modem while in shrunk mode as well as
monitoring the modem for any incoming signals (like a ring) when you
are not dialing a number. The Concert Dial feature re-dials a busy
number as fast as your modem allows, continuing to re-dial until a
busy signal is no longer recieved. APB also has a limited format
print-out capability to give you a paper printout of your phone
book.
SHAREWARE:
The Amiga Phone Book is Shareware. You may upload this software to
any bulletin board or electronic service provided:
1. That service does not claim copyright on uploaded software or
does not charge above it's normal access rates for download of this
software.
2. No organization may charge more than handling costs for this
software with out the express written permission of the author.
3. All files included in this archive remain intact inside the
archive, including this licensing notification.
The Amiga Phone Book is Shareware. This means that you may try the
software first and see if you like it or use it frequently. If you
do, shareware asks you to send $20.00 (Twenty dollars) as a
registration/usage fee to:
Jeff Hoag
615 10th Ave So.
Safety Harbor, FL 34695
Doing so will give you a warm feeling inside, knowing you have
helped support a starving Amiga developer. Also I plan on
releasing more titles in the future as shareware and as a
registered owner you will be entitled to two things:
1. A $5.00 rebate in the form of paying $5.00 less shareware fee's
on the next software program released (on a $10.00 piece this means
half off) and
2. Notification of upgrade availability or new title releases as
they occur.
If you enclose an extra $5.00 (twenty five dollars total) I will
send you the latest version of APB that has a much smaller information
window. This will cut almost 20k from the size of the program, for all
you memory concerned people out there. Please specify that this is
what you wish.
Why a Dialer???
I have always been interested in telecommunications and terminal
programs for using a modem. I wanted to teach myself how to access the
serial port and hence the modem on the Amiga. Enter a friend who was
asking for a phone book program and after roughly 5 months (full time
at college interupts this period), the Amiga Phone Book (APB for short)
was born. I never thought I would use a phone book like this personally
but after entering about 60 of my most often used numbers it has become
amazingly easy to use APB to make my calls. I have even found myself
firing up the Amiga to make a phone call because it was easier than
trying to look up the number. With the shrink mode I just allow APB to
start up in my startup-sequence. APB detaches as well so it doesn't
interfere with your other Amiga startup operations. A WorkBench Icon
is included for those who prefer point and click.
APB is also sort of a study in different methods of entering data into
the Amiga and in manipulating that data. While it is not my first
Amiga project it is one of my favorites. 2 sections of instructions
are provided, a Quick Start Guide for those who don't like to read
documentation files and a Complete Documentation file that describes
all the features of APB including command line arguements, keyboard
shortcuts and different techniques for using APB.
Anyways, take a look at the Amiga Phone Book. A lot of time and effort
went into making it a nice utility. Please if you use APB, or if
Concert Dial helps you win a contest on the radio, or get some great
seats at a concert or gets you into the financial aide line at school
consider sending in the shareware registration fee I ask for. It's
only twenty bucks and it will let me know that yes there are people
out there who are interested in low cost functional utilities for
your Amiga. If you have an idea for a 'killer' utility you'd really
like to have send it along as well, you never know what might be the
'next project'.
Thanks:
Special Thanks to Timm Martin. His C Toolkit, SID and all his advice
and testing and help really made APB. The main phone book screen is
my tribute to his SID. Thanks Timm. Oh yes I musn't forget the
lessons in humility he administers on the Raquette Ball court. You
ready to play Timm? :)
Colonel John Ruckart - for the original idea way back when.
To You - for using APB and for sending in the shareware fee. THANKS!!
Jeff
1/14/90