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REMIND Release 5.0
The program that lets you "forget about forgetting"
Copyright (C) 1988
Robert M. W. Tsou
28441 Cedarbluff Drive
Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90274
Registration and Licensing Agreement:
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REMIND is a user supported software product. It is not in
any way free software. You are granted the right to use
REMIND for a limited evaluation period. If you find REMIND to
be useful and would like to continue to use it, a
contribution of $10 in U.S. funds sent to the address below
would be greatly appreciated. Your registration will legally
entitle you to continue using REMIND. Your support will help
us make REMIND an even better product and make possible other
low-cost, high-quality programs.
When you register, you will receive a free disk through the
mail containing the latest version of the program if what you
have is not already the latest version. Please specify the
type of disk that you use (either 5.25 inch or 3.5 inch disks.)
You may give REMIND to others so that they may try it out as
well; however, you may not modify or remove ANY of the
program or documentation files in the package. No
compensation may be received for distributing REMIND without
the author's written approval.
To register as a licensed user, send your name, address, and
any comment you may have regarding the program, along with
$10 to the following address:
Robert M. W. Tsou
28441 Cedarbluff Drive
Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90274
Thank you for using REMIND.
_____________________________________________________________
What The Critics Are Saying About REMIND:
"This is the computer equivalent of a 'things to Do Today'
pad. Unlike the pad, though, it will remember forever that
your rich Aunt Nellie's birthday is on April 3, and it will
remind you of it for as many days before Auntie's birthday
as you wish. It keeps track of your dinner, concert and
movie dates, of club meetings, of wedding anniversaries,
of dates bills are due.... "
"Instructions are unusually thorough and clear. They're
almost unnecessary in this easy-to-use program..."
Noah Matthews, Knight-Ridder Newspapers,
as published in The San Antonio Light,
Oct 9, 1989
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"The calendar that can be accessed from ENTERDAY is
fabulous... If you are looking for a program to help you
organize your time, this is it."
Patrick Grote, REMIND45.RVW, 7-27-89
distributed nation-wide through
electronic bulletin boards
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REMIND, version 5.0
A Brief Summary Of Features
The idea behind REMIND is very simple: you enter the
important dates that you need to be reminded of, such as your
anniversary, your mother's birthday, your doctor's appointment
date, etc., into the program along with the numbers of days
that you would like REMIND to start reminding you ahead of
the event, the program will then store the information in a
data file. When you run the program using your AUTOEXEC.BAT,
each morning as you turn on your computer, the program will
automatically execute to compare the current date obtained
from your computer's internal clock/calendar to the entries
in the data file. If a date matches, a window will pop out,
giving you the important reminder. If no date matches,
the program will simply end inconspicuously, allowing you to
proceed with your daily work. You may have multiple entries
for each date if desired and you may enter the dates to be
reminded up to one year in advance of the current date.
Of course, for the program to work correctly, your computer's
internal clock/calendar must be set to the right current
date. Please consult your DOS manual on how to do so if you
do not already know how.
Please note that REMIND is NOT a memory-resident program and
will not take up RAM when not active.
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The following is a list of features of REMIND:
(1). Automatically remind you of important dates and things
to do for the day as the date approaches or arrives.
(2). User-determinable advanced reminding (however many days
of advanced notice for a date/event.)
(3). Recurrent (monthly) reminding for any day of the month.
(4). Perpetually-accurate built-in reminders for most of our
major holidays.
(5). Simple view/editing capabilities built-in for the data
file so one may easily delete outdated entries.
(6). Celebrate important holidays and birthdays with music.
(7). Includes handy perpetual calendar (with accurate
holidays) for quick referencing.
(8). Interesting historical chronicle included with calendar.
(9). Leap years taken into consideration by programming
logic.
(10). Handy "preview" feature of upcoming reminders
(accessible through the calendar.)
(11). Colorful and intuitively simple to run.
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How To Use REMIND
Installing REMIND;
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REMIND, version 5.0, is a package consisting of five files:
ENTERDAY.EXE : for entering dates to be reminded,
viewing/editing the entries, and
consulting the handy calendar.
REMIND.EXE : for displaying the reminders. You
should run this with your AUTOEXEC.BAT
or any batch file that you use daily.
REMIND.DOC : this documentation.
REGISTER.FRM : registration form.
WHATS.NEW : lists new features of current
version.
After the program has been run for the first time, a data file,
REMIND.DTA, will be created automatically to store the data.
If you are already using a previous version of REMIND, it is
advisable that you back up your existing REMIND.DTA before
proceeding with the installation.
REMIND is best run from a hard disk using your AUTOEXEC.BAT.
This way, whenever you turn on your computer, the program
will automatically execute to check if you have any reminders
for the given day. One may also run the program with any
other batch file that you use daily.
The way I set up my program is as follows