Simtel MSDOS 1992 June/SIMTEL_0692.cdr/msdos/deskaces/desk130.arc/DESK130.DOC

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DESK COMMANDO 1.30 Release Notes -- 28 April 1987


Overview:

        Desk Commando is a memory resident utility that replaces several utilities.
Some of its features include:

-User defineable program menuing

-A virtual memory text editor

-A PC-SWEEP style DOS shell with graphic tree support for all hard disks on
 the computer system.

-Three calculators:
  (1) a scientific RPN calculator with HP-12 business, statistical, and
      computer science functions.
  (2) a formula calculator,
  (3) a tape calculator.

-Disk utilities including a:
  (1) Disk Optimizer
  (2) File Unerase
  (3) Disk Sort
  (4) Disk Repair

-Calendar / Appointment book,

-User settable alarms (up to 15)

-An unlimited rolodex with 4 indexes (name,city,state,zip code). Rolodex can
 print address labels and handle bulk mail outs.

-An autodialer (which can also be used from rolodex) which works with Hayes
 compatible modems.

-Screen blank


Documentation:
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     Because of the size of the documentation, documentation is only available
in printed format to registered users. We have provided some instructions
to get you started.


Availability & Pricing:
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    Desk Commando is available for $50.00 with printed documentation.

        Your copy of Desk Commando may be registered by sending a check or
        money order to:

    Sandi & Shane Stump
    Box 13719
    College Station, Tx 77841

    or by calling 1-(409)-776-1911 for Visa, MC, and COD orders.

    If you have not registered your copy, please do not call us for
    support.

    When registering, if in the continental United States, please
    provide a street address, rather than post office box, if possible.
    We normally ship orders via UPS.

    If you are a Texas resident, please add 6.25% sales tax ($3.13) per
    Desk Commando ordered.

    For orders outside North America, please add $10 for shipping per
    order.

    We do have a version for the Texas Instruments computer.

    Registration is on a single user basis.  What this means is that the
    $50 fee does not register an entire user group, business, company,
    corporation, government office, school district or any other
    multiple-user/computer organization.  In these cases, we have
    quantity pricing as follows:

              Number of machines/users         Price per unit
                      2 - 10                         $45
                     11 - 25                         $40
                     26 - 50                         $35
                     51 - 100                        $30
                    101 -                            $20

    Site licensing is available for larger companies.  Please call for
    more information.


Conditions for Use:


    All new users are entitled to try this program out for a period of
    two weeks.  After this period of time, to continue using this
    program legally, please send the required registration fee or
    remove all copies of the software from your machine(s).

    This program may be distributed by anyone, as long as our copyright
    is not violated and the users agree to our conditions of use as
    described above.  A distribution fee of no more than $10 may be
    charged for this program.  It is up to the distributor to inform the
    user that this fee does not entitle him/her to any privileges of
    registration.


Benefits of Registration:


    When you register as a user of our software, you will receive the
    latest version of the program along with printed documentation,
    phone support, and notification of new programs and versions.  You
    will be given a discount on subsequent purchases of our other
    programs.  Later updates will be reasonable, based primarily on
    their cost.


Getting Started:


    We first recommend that you create a new directory for this program
    and place all of Desk Commando's files here.

    To execute the program, type DESK at the DOS prompt.  If you cannot
    read the screen clearly at this point, press ESCAPE to exit.  In
    this case, try again by typing: DESK -c
    at the DOS prompt.  This turns off color support.

    We currently support two different modes of operation, menu-driven
    and memory resident.  Under either mode, another program can be run
    while Desk Commando is in memory.  To "pop-back" to Desk Commando
    from either mode, press the ALT-SHIFT-D keys simultaneously.

    The menu-driven mode is the mode available when run normally.  In
    this mode, programs may be executed from the defined menu or through
    th DOS shell interface.  The memory resident option is available by
    typing: DESK -r
    at the DOS prompt.  This then displays the customary DOS prompt,
    from which you can run any command you normally do from this point.
    To "pop back" to Desk Commando, press the ALT-SHIFT-D keys.  When run
    in this mode, the user-defined menus are not available.  To remove
    Desk Commando completely from memory, press CTRL-U while at the Desk
    Commando main menu.


    An important note:  If you intend to use the Disk features,
    available under F4-Disk Services, we recommend that you take normal
    precautions.  The most important one is to make sure that you have
    backed up all material that you can't afford to lose.  If you intend
    to use the disk optimization feature, you must first uninstall all
    copy-protected software on the disk.  This is due to the varying
    methods used by various companies in protecting their software.
    Another important point to remember is that we provide 3 different
    speeds of optimization.  SAFE is extremely slow, possibly taking all
    night, but if a power surge or outage occurs while optimizing, only a
    minimal amount of damage will occur, at most one file can be lost.
    FAST, on the other hand, is much faster, but if a power fluctuation
    occurs, much more damage can be sustained, possibly resulting in the
    loss of the disk's contents.  So I say again, PLEASE back-up your
    disk before using this.  This program has been tested on many
    different machines and configurations with no problems whatsoever.

    Another hint: When unerasing a file, if at first you don't succeed,
    delete the file and try to put it together by hand (if it was a text
    file).  If you are attempting to unerase a file on a floppy disk, it
    probably would also be smart to use the DOS DISKCOPY command to make
    an exact copy of the disk where the lost file was located before
    trying to resurrect it, so if you make a mistake you have another
    copy to try again with.

    When your disk has been used a lot, it becomes fragmented, which
    means the contents of your files is strewn out all over the disk.
    This makes unerasing a file very difficult.  If you optimize your
    disk regularly, this process unfragments your files and makes it
    much easier to recover them if something happens.  DO NOT optimize
    your disk before recovering a deleted file, however.  The
    optimization process removes all deleted files from the directory,
    so once a disk has been optimized, all deleted files are gone and
    cannot be unerased.

    The Patch editor will modify either a file or the disk unit.  This
    can be a very dangerous utility if you do not know what you are
    doing.


Disclaimer:
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        Sandi & Shane Stump make no warranty to the use of this program;
        that is, this program is distributed (sold) as is, and the user
        accepts all responsibility for consequences of use.


Happy Computing,


Sandi & Shane Stump