MPG 1.1 ========= For the Palm Computing Platform See for more information. MPG Quick Info** ====================== 1. What does MPG do? 2. Documentation 3. FAQ 4. Foreign Language Support - French, German, Italian, others 5. Cost & Registering 6. Contact Information 7. Other Programs By Me ----------------------------------------------------- 1. What does MPG do? ----------------------------------------------------- MPG is a log book for your car. It lets you keeps track of fuel, oil changes, tune-ups, inspections, tire rotations, windshield wipers, car washes trips, and other miscellaneous expenses for your car. It gives status such as average miles per gallons, total cost of gas, and average price of gas. Fuel economy is calculated for the fuel entries. Time, distance and time per distance are calculated for trips. Trip reports can be generate for tax or business reimbursment purposes. MPG 1.0 requires Palm OS 2.0 or greater. Some features require Palm OS 3.0. ----------------------------------------------------- 2. Documentation ----------------------------------------------------- Documentation will be available with the full release of 1.0 of MPG. The MPG manual is an Adobe Acrobat document. You can download the free Adobe Acrobat Reader from http://www.adobe.com/ ----------------------------------------------------- 3. FAQ ----------------------------------------------------- Q: How do I import my old MPG data from the Newton? A: You need to install the current version of the MPG Uploader on the Newton to export your Newton MPG data in a tab delimited file to the desktop and then you can import that data into MPG on the Palm OS. A: See the conduit.txt file for directions on uploading and downloading. Q: I want to import other data. A: Here are the columns of data the MPG Conduit is expecting: Date (Type) Vehicle Folder Payment Location Odometer Cost Description Fuel Gallons FullTank Octane Trip Trip Point Purpose Repair/Service Category It might be easiest to export data from MPG on the Palm and then just match up the columns. Contact me if you need additional help. ----------------------------------------------------- 4. Foreign Language Support - French, German, Italian, others ----------------------------------------------------- MPG supports several countries ways of tracking fuel economy. If you language is not available and you would like to work with me to make it available then please contact me about it. ----------------------------------------------------- 5. Cost & Registering ----------------------------------------------------- Shareware $20.00 Please specify your EMAIL ADDRESS!!! and HotSync user name. * Pay by check, cash, international postal order, or money order to the address below (preferred) * You can pay via my web site. I have a secure page set up for credit card transactions. * You can pay with e-gold. My e-gold account # is 103988. ----------------------------------------------------- 6. Contact Information ----------------------------------------------------- Hardy Macia Catamount Software P.O. Box 8276 Essex VT 05451, USA email: mpg-palm@catamount.com URL: http://www.catamount.com ----------------------------------------------------- 7. Other Programs By Me ----------------------------------------------------- For Catamount Software's current list of programs visit our web site: http://www.catamount.com