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- Ample Notice V 2.0
- Released October 6, 1990
- (c) Copyright 1987 - 1990 by Mark Harris
- All rights reserved.
-
- The main programs on this disk are:
-
- AN.EXE - the appointments calendar program,
- ALARM.COM - the pop-up alarm clock,
- OUTSIDE.COM - an evelope addresser which takes addresses from
- screen or file.
-
- To get started using AN and ALARM first make a backup copy of this
- disk, then print the AN manual. The manual has about 30 pages and
- can be printed in its entirety by entering
- PRINTMAN AN.DOC
- To skip the first 4 pages and print the rest of the manual, type
- PRINTMAN AN.DOC 4
- To view the manual on the screen use the /S option; e.g.
- PRINTMAN/S AN.DOC 2
-
- The documentation for OUTSIDE is in the file OUTSIDE.DOC. You can
- print or view this file in a similar way:
- PRINTMAN OUTSIDE.DOC
- PRINTMAN/S OUTSIDE.DOC
-
- Ample Notice installation is described in AN.DOC. The basic idea
- is to put the Ample Notice disk in the default drive, then type
- ANSETUP. If you are updating an earlier version of Ample Notice,
- see AN13TO20.DOC. You can use PRINTMAN as with the other DOC
- files described above.
-
- If you are not a registered user of Ample Notice, we encourage
- your registration. Granny's Old-Fashioned Software is a member
- organization of the Association of Shareware Professionals and
- endorses its high standards for Shareware distribution and
- support. If you obtained Ample Notice from a disk catalog or
- bulletin board, Granny's does not receive a cent from the amount
- you paid. We rely on your registrations to keep going - please
- see details below.
-
- If you are a registered user of a previous version of Ample Notice
- you may obtain the new printed manual for $3 (foreign: $5) from
- Granny's. Changes from version 1.31 include:
-
- The primary screen has been improved and now shows the
- appointments list, a calendar window, a date/time field and an
- edit window simultaneously.
-
- Appointments can be as long as you like and can be edited in a
- scrollable window rather than a single line.
-
- Appointments can be edited directly in the appointments screen
- rather than requiring a separate file-edit mode.
-
- Appointments and notes can be marked as done.
-
- Categories have been extended: any grouping of owners or
- subjects can be viewed/printed.
-
-
- Still more flexible date patterns are supported.
-
- Printouts have been improved; any number of columns is
- can be used, and IBM graphics characters are supported.
-
- European date format is supported.
-
- Printer control sequences can now be as long as you like.
-
- These changes and many more are described in the manual (printed
- or disk version).
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- Ample Notice is Shareware. You can order the current Ample Notice
- disk from Granny's Old-Fashioned Software for $10 or a registered
- package for $30. Registration provides the following benefits:
-
- 1. A current version of the Ample Notice disk.
- 2. A printed manual.
- 3. A mail-in card for a future version of Ample Notice.
- 4. Telephone support for your technical questions.
- 5. A reasonable likelihood that features you request will be added
- to the package if such features are deemed practical and of
- sufficiently general interest.
- 6. Inexpensive future updates after your free update. You can
- order new disks for $5, new manuals for $3. (These prices
- may change.)
-
- Registrations keep us in business - please consider this option.
- To register, phone (with MC or VISA) (704) 264-6906 or mail
- payment to:
-
- Granny's Old-Fashioned Software
- Rt 4, Box 216
- Boone, NC 28607
-
- North Carolina residents please add 5%; foreign orders add $3.
- Foreign: MC, VISA or U.S. funds drawn on U.S. bank, please.
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- SITE LICENSING
-
- For five or more users at a single site the following
- licensing arrangements are available:
-
- Registration only: $15/user for first five, $10 each additional.
- Manual and disk: add $5.
-
-
- For example, if you want to register 20 users and need only 4
- disk/manual packages the amount would be 5 x $15 + 15 x $10 +
- 4 x $5 = $245.
-
- For large sites licensing costs are lower; call us to negotiate.
-
- Also available from Granny's is LQ, a program for the IBM PC
- and compatible computers which will allow you to produce high-
- quality text in a variety of fonts and modes on 9-pin dot matrix
- printers. LQ can be 'locked' into memory to function
- inconspicuously with your favorite word processor or other
- program. The program includes a print spooler which can be set to
- any length from 1 - 400K characters. The spooler has been
- customized to work with LQ's long graphics sequences very
- efficiently (using about 1/40 the space required by a conventional
- spooler); you can continue using your computer for other tasks
- while documents print in the background.
-
- LQ is available from Granny's Old-Fashioned Software at $35
- for the registered package or $10 for the distribution disk.
- North Carolina residents please add 5%, foreign orders $3.
- Foreign: MC, VISA or U.S. funds drawn on U.S. bank, please.
-
- Granny's reserves the right to change the above prices in the
- future.
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-
- This information is in the manual, but it bears repeating: if your
- computer hangs when running AN, put the line
- !K
- in your CONFIG.CAL file.
-
- If you have a laser printer (HP compatible) and enjoy REALLY
- compressing your appointments, we have a font that will let you
- print 25 characters per inch; with it, you can pack 176 lines by
- 200 columns onto a page. If you would like to obtain this font
- and the directions for using it, please send your request with $3
- to Granny.
-
- If your computer shows the wrong time on the alarm clock but the
- correct time when you type TIME at the DOS prompt then you should
- try running the utility TIMER (a public domain program by David
- Macchiarolo and Jim Seley) or FIXCLOCK before running ALARM
- (preferably in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file). In particular, AT&T 6300
- users should run the sequence
- TIMER
- ALARM
- FIXCLOCK
-
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