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The HOME MECHANIC
Introduction:
The Home Mechanic is a SHAREWARE program that I've
wanted to write for the past six or seven years. It is a micro-expert
system, designed to assist the average car owner in diagnosing
and understanding his or her car problems. I think that it can also
be an invaluable tool for the Saturday mechanic as well.
The Home Mechanic also contains an extensive glossary of
the terms used in the expert system. Included as well is a series
of charts which show when general auto maintenance tasks should
be performed.
About the expert system:
The micro-expert system contained in the Home Mechanic,
uses a moderately sized knowledge base. It took many months
of hard work, to add and modify all of the knowledge that it
contains.
As hard as I have worked to ensure the accuracy and
completeness of this expert system, it is important to remember
that it is impossible for any expert system to know everything.
So if you happen to have a car problem that is beyond the
expertise of this program, I would recommend that you consult
with a mechanic who is familiar with your car's make and model.
Or you may also want to obtain a specific reference manual for
your car, as well.
Installing to hard drive
To install the Home Mechanic to your hard drive, simply
type the following at the DOS prompt:
install c:\hm <enter>
This will install the Home Mechanic and it's files from the source
drive to your hard drive in a new directory "hm", if it is drive c.
To run the program, type:
cd hm <enter>
hm <enter>
The program should then run.
About registration:
As stated above, this program is being issued to the world
as SHAREWARE. This means that if you find this program useful
and decide to keep it, then you will need to send us a small
registration fee of $5 (U.S. funds) to:
REEVE PUBLICATIONS
P.O. Box 65752
SLC, UT 84165-0752
Utah residents, please add 6.125% sales tax.
NOTICE TO SHAREWARE DEALERS OR VENDORS:
You may distribute this program freely as long as you do not
charge more than $5 (preferably less) for your service, unless
you are including other shareware programs on the same diskette.
Also you are prohibited from altering this program and/or any of
it's accompanying files in any way. Any further questions about
this policy can be answered simply by writing us.