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- PHONE PROGRAM
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- Copyright (c) 1988 - 1992 by VISION COMPUTING INC.
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- Author: Jeff Morris
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- Welcome to PHONE Version 3.01
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- *****************************************************************
- * PHONE IS A SHAREWARE PROGRAM *
- * PLEASE SEE THE REGISTER.ME FILE FOR REGISTRATION INFORMATION. *
- *****************************************************************
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-
- Simply put, PHONE is a program that can be used by anyone with a
- personal computer to keep track of names, addresses, and phone
- numbers.
-
- However, it is much more than that.
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- PHONE can be used by business for a sales tool and mailing list
- manager. For personal use, PHONE can be used to keep track of
- directions, spouse and children names, birthdays, etc.
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- PHONE can print labels, and you can select which records you
- want labels for. Certain zip codes, only one state, only records
- tagged by you, or even label codes which can, for example, be a
- sales representative's number.
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- PHONE will dial your phone for you.
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- PHONE is programmed with special network awareness, allowing
- multiple users to access the records at the same time. It can
- run on a network, or an individual PC.
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- PHONE can be customized for your own choice of screen colors,
- your printer, and your name on reports. It is programmed to run
- on computers with mono or color monitors.
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- PHONE will give you help when needed. What is the abbreviation
- for Arizona? Press F9 and PHONE will tell you.
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- PHONE can export your records to a SDF file so the Post Office
- can update your address and zip code information for you. It will
- also print out a zip code summary of all your records, to help
- business mailers with bulk rate mailings. The bar code printing
- feature can help save you postage, and speed mail delivery.
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- PHONE can be used for sales and marketing, to keep track of the
- last contact with a customer or prospect, and print out a list
- of records who are due to be contacted.
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- PHONE will Pop-up a calendar on screen to help you look up a date.
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- PHONE will back up your records for you, and will even tell you
- information about your computer system.
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- But enough advertising, let's get started......
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- Installing PHONE is easy. Just type INSTALL from the DOS Prompt
- where your PHONE files are. The only thing you have to decide
- is the drive and directory where you want PHONE installed to,
- and PHONE even gives you a default suggestion you can use.
- PHONE will create the directory for you if it doesn't exist.
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- The install program will automatically upgrade your files from a
- previous version. Just type INSTALL and use the upgrade option.
- See PHONE.DOC for more information on upgrading.
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- | NOTE: If you do not have a C: or D: drive with at about 1 meg free |
- | space (a hard drive, or a large RAM drive) or if you have |
- | any trouble with the first part of the install program, |
- | you need to start the installation manually. |
- | Follow these instructions: |
- | |
- | NOTE: If you are going to use a network drive to hold |
- | temporary files, or to install PHONE to, be sure you |
- | have proper rights to create new directories and |
- | delete files. |
- | |
- | To install to F: drive, and use F: drive to hold temporary |
- | files, follow these steps. |
- | ------------------------------------------------------------ |
- | 1) Create a directory called F:\PHONE.INS |
- | ------------------------------------------------------------ |
- | TYPE ACTION |
- | ÕÕÕÕ ÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕ |
- | F: puts you in you F: drive |
- | CD\ takes you to root directory |
- | MD PHONE.INS creates new directory |
- | |
- | To use another drive, just type that instead of F: |
- | |
- | ------------------------------------------------------------ |
- | 2) copy necessary files to the new directory |
- | ------------------------------------------------------------ |
- | COPY A:phone301.exe copies phone301.exe to F:\phone.ins |
- | COPY A:readme copies readme to F:\phone.ins |
- | COPY A:install.bat copies install.bat to F:\phone.ins |
- | |
- | If your compressed PHONE files are on a different drive, |
- | substitute that for A: (For example COPY B:phone301.exe) |
- | |
- | ------------------------------------------------------------ |
- | 3) Expand compressed files |
- | ------------------------------------------------------------ |
- | PHONE301 expands self extracting files |
- | |
- | ------------------------------------------------------------ |
- | 4) Run the PHONE install program |
- | ------------------------------------------------------------ |
- | PHONE INSTALL starts PHONE in install mode |
- | |
- | Follow instructions to install or to upgrade. |
- | |
- | When you leave the install program, you may want to delete |
- | the temporary files and directory. If so, follow these steps. |
- | ------------------------------------------------------------ |
- | 5) Delete temporary files and directory |
- | ------------------------------------------------------------ |
- | CD\PHONE.INS puts you in the phone.ins directory |
- | DEL *.* deletes all files |
- | CD\ takes you to root directory |
- | RD phone.ins deletes phone.ins directory |
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- PHONE DOES NOT alter your computer set-up in any way. You should
- have a CONFIG.SYS file in your root directory which has, as a
- minimum, the following 2 lines:
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- FILES=39 (or a higher odd number)
- BUFFERS=8 (or a higher number)
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- IF that file doesn't exist, or the 2 lines are not in it, you
- should use a text editor to create the file and/or add the 2
- lines.
-
- Before using PHONE, it is highly recommended that you read the
- manual, which is in the file called PHONE.DOC. You can print
- the manual by typing the following from the DOS prompt in the
- directory where your PHONE files are located:
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- COPY PHONE.DOC PRN
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- Be sure your printer is ready before typing the command. The
- PHONE.DOC file contains additional information about installing
- PHONE, using it, and possible errors you may encounter.
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- NOTE: A printed manual will be supplied when you register PHONE.
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- To use PHONE, just type: PHONE from the DOS prompt.
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- THANK YOU for trying out our SHAREWARE product. We hope you find
- it a helpful addition to your software library, and will send in
- your registration. We appreciate any feedback you may have for
- us on the PHONE program, both from registered and unregistered
- users.
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- Jeff Morris, President
- Vision Computing, Inc.
-