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- EVENTMAN Version 2.00
- Simian Id Software
- Copyright (c) 1988-1992 by Don Branson
- Mailing address:
- Simian Id Software
- P.O. Box 430011
- St. Louis, Mo. 63143
-
- EVENTMAN is an event and process manager which will run any programs in
- real-time. This means you can run unattended backups or other process at any
- time of the day or night just by setting the date and time, and the programs
- to be run. Programs can be run once, daily, weekly, monthly, yearly, or at a
- time interval you set! Use EVENTMAN to create processes, use the PROCESS
- program to run them.
-
- This is Shareware software. If you try this package and decide you like it,
- then please support shareware and pay the requested registration fee. Please
- make copies of this package for your friends and associates. You may not sell
- this software, or charge more than what it costs for you to copy it.
-
- The registration requirements are given in the file EVENTMAN.REG.
- Registration fees are due after an evaluation period not greater than 30 days.
- Please feel free to distribute COMPLETE, UNMODIFIED copies of this entire
- package to your friends and associates. Please use EVENTMAN.ZIP, provided on
- the disk, to distribute this package to bulletin boards and networks.
- Thank you.
-
- Simian Id Software
- P.O. Box 430011
- St. Louis, MO. 63143
-
- Users registering at the $20 level are entitled to continue to use this package
- beyond the 30-day evaluation period.
-
- Users registering at the $50 level receive the program TSRPROC, which is a TSR
- version of PROCESS. It runs in the background and allows you to use your
- computer while it is waiting for the next time to initiate a process.
- Registrations at this level also include a full-screen editor for editing files.
-
- All registered users are entitled to free upgrades for minor versions, low-cost
- upgrades on major versions.
-
- Please include comments and suggestions for improvements.
- Thank you for supporting shareware!
-
- Files on this disk:
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- README This file
- EVENTMAN REG The registration form. This should printed out, filled out,
- and sent in with your registration.
- EVENTMAN EXE The program used to edit events and processes
- PROCESS EXE The program used to invoke processes
- DOW COM A program which returns the day of the week
- DTIME COM A program to display the current date and time
- CDAYBACK BAT A batch file which demonstrates the use of the DOW program
- to determine the day of the week
- AUTOLOG BAT A batch file which demonstrates how to invoke Kermit
- (not included) and automatically sign on to a BBS and
- retrieve messages
- AUTOLOG KRM The Kermit script used by AUTOLOG.BAT
- EVENT LST A list of events and descriptions maintained by EVENTMAN
- PROCESS LST A list of processes and attributes maintained by EVENTMAN
- * EVT Various event files
- * HLP Various help files
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-
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- Files not included:
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-
- All the files associated with Kermit. Kermit is a public domain terminal
- emulation program which is widely available. It is used in one example to
- demonstrate how to automatically sign on to a BBS and retrieve messages
- without human intervention. Other terminal programs which have script languages
- may be used. If you cannot obtain Kermit, mention that you need it when you
- register, and it will be included at no charge.
-
- TSRPROC.EXE is a TSR version of the program PROCESS.EXE. It is NOT shareware
- and is available only to registered users of EVENTMAN.
-
- SBE.COM and related files. SBE is a full-screen editor sold separately by
- Simian Id Software, and is included for registered users.
-
-
- Installation:
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-
- 1) Create a directory named EVENTMAN
-
- 2) Copy all files from this disk into the directory
-
- 3) Add the new directory to your path, and re-boot your machine.
-
-
- EVENTMAN should always be run while the EVENTMAN directory is the current
- directory.
-
-
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- Technical assistance:
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-
- Registered users may write to Simian Id Software at the address given.
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