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- * The Amiga Phone Book *
- * w/Concert Dial *
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- * written by: Jeff Hoag *
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- * © 1990 Jeff Hoag All Rights Reserved WorldWide *
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-
- OVERVIEW:
-
- APB is a modem dialer and phone book. The program will work with
- any modem as a modem configuration editing and re-initializing screen
- is provided. The phone book is a handy way to store large amounts of
- numbers and dial them individually or in succession. The phone book
- also allows for manual entry of phone numbers to dial, it iconifies
- yet allows you to control the modem while in shrunk mode as well as
- monitoring the modem for any incoming signals (like a ring) when you
- are not dialing a number. The Concert Dial feature re-dials a busy
- number as fast as your modem allows, continuing to re-dial until a
- busy signal is no longer recieved. APB also has a limited format
- print-out capability to give you a paper printout of your phone
- book.
-
-
- SHAREWARE:
-
- The Amiga Phone Book is Shareware. You may upload this software to
- any bulletin board or electronic service provided:
-
- 1. That service does not claim copyright on uploaded software or
- does not charge above it's normal access rates for download of this
- software.
-
- 2. No organization may charge more than handling costs for this
- software with out the express written permission of the author.
-
- 3. All files included in this archive remain intact inside the
- archive, including this licensing notification.
-
- The Amiga Phone Book is Shareware. This means that you may try the
- software first and see if you like it or use it frequently. If you
- do, shareware asks you to send $20.00 (Twenty dollars) as a
- registration/usage fee to:
- Jeff Hoag
- 615 10th Ave So.
- Safety Harbor, FL 34695
-
- Doing so will give you a warm feeling inside, knowing you have
- helped support a starving Amiga developer. Also I plan on
- releasing more titles in the future as shareware and as a
- registered owner you will be entitled to two things:
-
- 1. A $5.00 rebate in the form of paying $5.00 less shareware fee's
- on the next software program released (on a $10.00 piece this means
- half off) and
-
- 2. Notification of upgrade availability or new title releases as
- they occur.
-
- If you enclose an extra $5.00 (twenty five dollars total) I will
- send you the latest version of APB that has a much smaller information
- window. This will cut almost 20k from the size of the program, for all
- you memory concerned people out there. Please specify that this is
- what you wish.
-
-
- Why a Dialer???
-
- I have always been interested in telecommunications and terminal
- programs for using a modem. I wanted to teach myself how to access the
- serial port and hence the modem on the Amiga. Enter a friend who was
- asking for a phone book program and after roughly 5 months (full time
- at college interupts this period), the Amiga Phone Book (APB for short)
- was born. I never thought I would use a phone book like this personally
- but after entering about 60 of my most often used numbers it has become
- amazingly easy to use APB to make my calls. I have even found myself
- firing up the Amiga to make a phone call because it was easier than
- trying to look up the number. With the shrink mode I just allow APB to
- start up in my startup-sequence. APB detaches as well so it doesn't
- interfere with your other Amiga startup operations. A WorkBench Icon
- is included for those who prefer point and click.
-
- APB is also sort of a study in different methods of entering data into
- the Amiga and in manipulating that data. While it is not my first
- Amiga project it is one of my favorites. 2 sections of instructions
- are provided, a Quick Start Guide for those who don't like to read
- documentation files and a Complete Documentation file that describes
- all the features of APB including command line arguements, keyboard
- shortcuts and different techniques for using APB.
-
- Anyways, take a look at the Amiga Phone Book. A lot of time and effort
- went into making it a nice utility. Please if you use APB, or if
- Concert Dial helps you win a contest on the radio, or get some great
- seats at a concert or gets you into the financial aide line at school
- consider sending in the shareware registration fee I ask for. It's
- only twenty bucks and it will let me know that yes there are people
- out there who are interested in low cost functional utilities for
- your Amiga. If you have an idea for a 'killer' utility you'd really
- like to have send it along as well, you never know what might be the
- 'next project'.
-
-
- Thanks:
-
- Special Thanks to Timm Martin. His C Toolkit, SID and all his advice
- and testing and help really made APB. The main phone book screen is
- my tribute to his SID. Thanks Timm. Oh yes I musn't forget the
- lessons in humility he administers on the Raquette Ball court. You
- ready to play Timm? :)
-
- Colonel John Ruckart - for the original idea way back when.
-
- To You - for using APB and for sending in the shareware fee. THANKS!!
-
- Jeff
- 1/14/90
-