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║ ║
║ Personal Calendar (PC) ║
║ for DOS ║
║ ║
║ EXECUTABLE PROGRAM ║
║ ║
║ (c) Copyright 1985-1990, Paul Muñoz-Colman. ║
║ All rights reserved. ║
║ ║
║ Shareware $25. ║
║ ║
╚═══════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
Introductory Information
Hello!
Introduction.
------------
Personal Calendar (PC) is a popular, and useful program which I have worked on
since early 1985. PC is a deluxe clock, calendar, appointment reminder, and
notepad. It runs as a normal DOS program or as a TSR (pop up / pop down
program under DOS 3.x or later); this is your choice. If you use it as a TSR,
it will shrink down to 6,000 bytes of DOS memory when it becomes resident if
either EMS memory or disk are used for swapping.
Packaging.
---------
The PC program on this diskette or Bulletin Board System (BBS) download is
contained on a compressed archive file. The file is in one of two forms:
either a self-extracting archive or a normal archive file. This archive was
created with PKWARE's shareware ZIP compression software, version 1.10. The
file is named as follows --
PCnnnn.EXE - Self-extracting ZIP file [diskette version]
or PCnnnn.ZIP - Normal ZIP file (you need PKUNZIP to extract) [BBS version]
"nnnn" is the version number (i.e. PC1410.EXE is the self-extracting archive
for Personal Calendar Version 14.10). There is no difference in the file
content of the two formats; just in the way you extract information from them.
Extract Process.
---------------
To extract this program (either new or as an update), just type the name of the
self-extracting .EXE file, including the correct version number. If you have
the .ZIP file, use PKUNZIP instead. Examples for the self-extracting .EXE
file:
PC1410 Extracts to your current directory
or PC1410 d:\path Extracts to drive and subdirectory "d:\path"
or a:PC1410 Extracts from a floppy to your current drive
or PC1410 /h Help with PKWARE's self-extracting file program
Examples for the .ZIP file (note that you must obtain your own version of
PKUNZIP from your favorite shareware supplier):
PKUNZIP PC1410 Extracts to your current directory
or PKUNZIP PC1410 d:\path Extracts to drive and subdirectory "d:\path"
or PKUNZIP a:PC1410 Extracts from a floppy to your current drive
or PKUNZIP /h Help with PKWARE's PKUNZIP program
Installation Files.
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When you extract Personal Calendar, the following files will be extracted and
written to the drive and directory you specified above:
WHATSNEW.CAL New features and corrections
REGISTER.CAL Registration form, information, license, and fees
README.DOC This information (a copy of READ.ME on the diskette)
CAL.EXE Personal Calendar Program
CALERROR.DAT Error Message Data File
CALHELP.DAT Help Text Data File
CALINIT.DAT Program Initialization Data File
CALPOPUP.COM Utility Program to Pop Up Personal Calendar if it is
Memory-Resident and Popped Down (may be used
from DOS or from a batch file)
CALREMOV.COM Utility Program to Remove Personal Calendar From Memory
if it is Memory-Resident and Popped Down
Registration File with Serial Number.
------------------------------------
* If you have mailed in your registration fee in accordance with the
instructions in file REGISTER.CAL, the following file has been supplied to you
on a diskette.
To enable the registered version of Personal Calendar, simply copy CALSER.DAT
from the diskette to the directory in which you have installed the program.
* CALSER.DAT * Your personal encoded registration information.
DO NOT modify the contents of this file !!
Update Procedure.
----------------
If you already have an older version of Personal Calendar in the directory to
which you are writing, you will receive messages from PKSFX or PKUNZIP of the
following type:
PKSFX (R) FAST! Self Extract Utility Version 1.1 03-15-90
Copr. 1989-1990 PKWARE Inc. All Rights Reserved. PKSFX/h for help
PKSFX Reg. U.S. Pat. and Tm. Off.
Searching EXE: C:/PC1410.EXE - Personal Calendar (Executable), Version 14.10
PKSFX: Warning! file: CAL.EXE already exists. Overwrite (y/n)?n
Just answer "y" for each file for which the message appears, and the old
version will be replaced by the new one.
If your copy of Personal Calendar has been registered, this update process will
not change that registration; make sure your CALSER.DAT file stays in PC's
directory.
Cleanup.
-------
After extracting the files, you may delete the PCnnnn.EXE or PCnnnn.ZIP file,
if you wish.
Program Operation.
-----------------
To run Personal Calendar, at the DOS prompt, type --
CAL
Documentation.
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For more information, consult the help text once you are within the program.
The help text may be printed from within the program. New features in recent
versions of Personal Calendar are documented in the WHATSNEW.CAL file, which
may be printed from DOS with the PRINT command.
Distribution Policy.
-------------------
You may distribute Personal Calendar in its original archive format (PCnnnn.EXE
or PCnnnn.ZIP) ONLY. If you a BBS operator, you are allowed to post PC for
download, whether or not your BBS is a for-fee service. If you are disk vendor
see file REGISTER.CAL for details.
You may not distribute the CALSER.DAT registration file to anyone not covered
by your software license.
Registration Payment and Evaluation Period.
------------------------------------------
You may try Personal Calendar for a 30-day period on an evaluation basis at no
charge. If you like the program and wish to keep it, you must pay the $25
registration fee plus shipping and applicable tax, returning the ORDER FORM and
SOFTWARE LICENSE according to the instructions in REGISTER.CAL. Note that the
source code is licensed for an additional $25.
Be sure to specify 5-1/4" or 3-1/2" diskettes. The program diskette which I
send you will contain your personal validation file CALSER.DAT to enable the
registered mode.
Implementation.
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PC is written in Microsoft Professional Development System (PDS) BASIC 7.10
(the BC command-line compiler, not the QuickBASIC Extended (QBX) environment),
and uses the following MicroHelp support packages:
. Stay-Res Plus (version 4.00),
. Mach2 (version 2.51),
. QB/Pro 1-4 (version 1.50), and
. QB/Pro 7 (version 1.10)
All of the MicroHelp libraries are BC 7-compatible. The program is bound by
segmented-executable LINK version 5.10.
In Closing.
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Enjoy Personal Calendar! I welcome discussion of my program design or any
related topic, if you are interested. If you wish the source code, you can
find it on your BBS as file PSnnnn.ZIP, or order it from me when you register.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Paul Muñoz-Colman Phone numbers:
11645 Charter Oak Ct., #201 (703) 435-1110 -- home
Reston, VA 22090-4526 (703) 487-8658 -- office
or 71141,1224 on CompuServe (IBMSYS and MSLANG forums)
on PCMagNet (UTILFORUM)
or on the following EXCELLENT bulletin boards --
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THE ELUSIVE DIAMOND THE VOR & MOTHERBOARD BBSs
(703) 323-6423 & -1782 (707) 778-8944 & -8841
Gregg Snyder, SysOp Vern & Julie Buerg, SysOps
THE BREAK EAST BBS (The phone number of the new
(703) 680-9269 BREAK WEST will be published when
Bruce Jackson, SysOp available, Jim Thompson, SysOp)
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Leave a message for me, if you wish. I make a point of placing recent and
major upgrades on these boards, and when released, they are available there for
download.
If you are looking for source code, and the BBS from which you obtained
Personal Calendar doesn't have it, you can get it from these boards!
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
With the exception of this README.DOC file (or READ.ME on the diskette), the
contents of this archive are:
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PKZIP (R) FAST! Create/Update Utility Version 1.1 03-15-90
Copr. 1989-1990 PKWARE Inc. All Rights Reserved. PKZIP/h for help
PKZIP Reg. U.S. Pat. and Tm. Off.
Searching ZIP: PC1410.ZIP - Personal Calendar (Executable), Version 14.10
Length Method Size Ratio Date Time CRC-32 Attr Name
------ ------ ----- ----- ---- ---- ------ ---- ----
187660 Implode 111404 41% 10-31-90 19:01 a0dc72da --w CAL.EXE
32960 Implode 4848 86% 10-31-90 19:01 9708a151 --w CALERROR.DAT
83040 Implode 21730 74% 10-31-90 19:01 33902970 --w CALHELP.DAT
4557 Implode 1795 61% 10-31-90 19:01 77ee7950 --w CALINIT.DAT
293 Shrunk 274 7% 10-31-90 19:01 e5c8706a --w CALREMOV.COM
12 Stored 12 0% 10-31-90 19:01 3560c47a --w CALPOPUP.COM
21391 Implode 8536 61% 10-31-90 19:01 b563e984 --w WHATSNEW.CAL
21940 Implode 8270 63% 10-31-90 19:01 62543c99 --w REGISTER.CAL
------ ------ --- -------
351853 156869 56% 8