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- PERSONAL MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM
- INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
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- Shareware Version 1.2 November 1990
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- GENERAL INFORMATION
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- There are two versions of the PMIS ShareWare version
- being distributed. One has been archived with PKARC,
- creates .ARC files, and another that was archived with
- PKZIP, which creates .ZIP files. In the installation
- procedures below, the .ARC file is referenced. If you
- have the .ZIP version, just substitute .ZIP for .ARC.
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- You have just unarchived the main PMIS.ARC file.
- The first level reveals three files:
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- PROG.ARC
- DATA.ARC
- README.1ST (This file)
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- The purpose of the recursive archiving is to accommodate
- users that have only dual floppy drives. There
- are two different installation instructions included
- below: One for the HARD DRIVE user
- and one for the 720K, 1.44M or 1.2M floppy user. Note
- that due to the program's size dual 360K byte floppy
- disks cannot be used.
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- INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
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- HARD DRIVE USER
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- The hard drive user should place all data and program
- files in a single directory. The following procedure
- unarchives and places all files in a single user
- defined sub directory.
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- 1. Make a directory for the program to reside. For
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- MKDIR C:PMIS
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- 2. Unarchive the PROG.ARC file and place it in the
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- PKXARC PROG C:PMIS
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- 3. Unarchive the DATA.ARC file and place it in the
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- PKXARC DATA C:PMIS
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- Installation for the hard drive user is now complete. To
- execute the program, change to the directory created in
- step 1 and enter the command PMIS.
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- DUAL FLOPPY USER
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- To install PMIS on floppy disks, follow this installation
- procedure. You will need two formatted, blank disks.
- Only 1.2M 5.25 in. disks or any 3.5 in. disks may be used.
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- 1. Copy the PKXARC or PKZIP software needed to unarchive PMIS
- on to this disk, ie the disk that contains the 3 .ARC
- files unarchived earlier. Put this disk in drive A.
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- 2. Insert a formatted, blank disk into drive B.
- Unarchive the DATA.ARC file on to drive B. For
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- PKXARC DATA B:
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- Label this disk DATA and remove it from drive B.
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- 3. Insert a formatted, blank disk into drive B.
- Unarchive the PROGRAM.ARC file on to drive B. For
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- PKXARC PROG B:
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- Label this disk PROGRAM and remove it from drive B.
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- Installation of PMIS for the 720K, 1.44M or 1.2M dual floppy
- user is now complete. To execute the program, insert
- the PROGRAM disk in drive A, the DATA disk in drive B,
- change to drive A, and enter the command PMIS.
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- USER HINTS
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- The following is a listing of the files contained in
- each of the .ARC files required for executing the
- ShareWare version of PMIS:
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- DATA.ARC
- 1991dat.dbf - The checking database
- 1991sec.dbf - Program security database
- 1991bud.dbf - Budget item database
- 1991cal.dbf - Engagement calendar database
- 1991cctr.dbf - Credit card database
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- year.dbf - Multiple year database
- user.dbf - User environment database
- payeelst.dbf - Frequent payee database
- direct.dbf - Address book database
- cancom.dbf - Canned comment database
- pmis.exe - PMIS base program
- ogadd.ovl - Address book overlay
- ogbud.ovl - Budget overlay
- ogcc.ovl - Credit card overlay
- ogdat.ovl - Database overlay
- ogeng.ovl - Engagement overlay
- ogmis.ovl - Misc. overlay
- ogpay.ovl - Payee overlay
- ogque.ovl - Query overlay
- ogtra.ovl - Transaction overlay
- ogupd.ovl - Update overlay
- temp.bud - Budget template
- temp.cal - Calendar template
- temp.ctr - Credit card template
- temp.dat - Checking template
- temp.sec - Security template
- info.out - User information data file
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- All of these files, with the exception of the readme.1st
- file are required for executing PMIS. If any files are
- missing you have an altered version of the program; the
- author recommends you discard it to avoid any unpredictable
- or unwanted effects.
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- All of the files that have the .dbf suffix are data
- base files. 1991dat.dbf, 1991bud.dbf, 1991cctr.dbf and
- 1991cal.dbf are empty and contain no records. The account
- balance contained in 1991sec.dbf is initially set to zero.
- The user.dbf database has a predefined default user set
- up to provide a starting point. The year.dbf, direct.dbf,
- cancom.dbf and payeelst.dbf are likewise empty and contain
- no records.
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- It is recommended that the first action upon entry to the
- main menu screen is to select the set up screen. On the
- set up screen select the Disk Drives option. The current
- drives for the program, data, and backup are displayed. If
- these drive names are different than those in your machine,
- follow the set up instructions to change the drive names.
- Finally, save the new disk drive configuration to disk using
- the save option. This procedure should be done before using
- any of the PMIS main menu features.
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- It is highly recommended that back up copies of the disks
- created or files created in the hard drive directory be
- made as a back up of the PMIS program to fall back on.
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- You can then experiment with all the features of the program
- until you are familiar and comfortable with PMIS.
- You can then discard this trial flight and begin with a new,
- empty data base by copying the data files, that is files with
- the .DBF suffix, from the back up copies made previously.
- For the hard drive user, just copy all files with the .DBF
- suffix into the directory that was created during installation.
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- The dual floppy user should proceed as follows:
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- 1. Take the back up copy of the PROGRAM disk and copy the
- the following files onto the working PROGRAM disk:
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- year.dbf
- user.dbf
- payeelst.dbf
- cancom.dbf
- direct.dbf
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- 2. Take the back up copy of the DATA disk and copy the
- following files onto the the working DATA disk:
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- 1991dat.dbf
- 1991cal.dbf
- 1991bud.dbf
- 1991sec.dbf
- 1991cctr.dbf
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- If for some reason the back up disks are unavailable, you
- can re install PMIS using the above installation procedures,
- provided that the three original .ARC files are still available.
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- If you do not make back up disks, at least save the the
- original .ARC files used for installation along with a copy
- of the README.1ST file, so you can re install the program.
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- Spend some time with PMIS, and I think you will see that
- it is a program that you will want to keep and use.
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