This program is written for those individuals who have kitchen
scales and need to send packages which require more than one
stamp yet will fit through the hole in the pillar box.
It was really written to make my mail order business a little
more efficient. I use a digital kitchen scale and this program to
determine my postage. It will emulate these £350 postal scales you
find in business supply places.
Customising Your Program:
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As a matter of course I find I normally mail second class and
within England using grams, so by using a program !FormEd by
Simon Huntington or a secondary template editor, say you could
alter it to be first class. Just tick 'first' in the 'main' window and
save it back. You could also alter the standard weight. !Post
Calc will read the data as the program runs.
Beeping Nuisance
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Since the release of this program I have found that items which are
greater than 1300g mailed within the UK are more often better
sent by courier. Mainly, it may be cheaper and you get a singature
back. The beep is telling you to investigate. My copy comes up and
says, "This package is to go by courier (I use 'Business Post') and
it will cost you £3.20"
My Logic
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There are two little confusing bits and these are the "Stamps" and
"Remaining" bit. This means that if you have an item which
costs 39p to mail you must apply 2 x 18p worth of stamps and
3p to make the required 39p. While this may be obvious to
some, I had a number of complaints during the beta test stage.
The Zone 1 and Zone 2 is a bit confusing. Basically, zone 1 and
zone 2 is for every country not in Europe. The closer countries
to England are zone 1. Far away countries like New Zealand are
zone 2.
The zoning is as follows:
Afganistan..............................1
Albania.................................NON-EEC
Algeria.................................1
Andorra.................................EEC
Angola..................................1
Anguilla................................1
Antigua & Barbuda.......................1
Antarctica Aust. Territory..............2
Argentina...............................1
Aruba-Ascension Is......................1
Australia...............................2
Austria.................................NON-EEC
Bahamas.................................1
Bahrain.................................1
Bangladesh..............................1
Barbados................................1
Belgium.................................EEC
Belize..................................1
Benin...................................1
Bermuda.................................1
Bhutan..................................1
Bolivia.................................1
Botswana................................1
Brazil..................................1
Brunei..................................1
Bulgaria................................NON-EEC
Burkina Faso............................1
Burma...................................1
Burundi.................................1
Cambodia................................1
Cameroon................................1
Canada..................................1
Cayman Islands..........................1
Central African Rep.....................1
Chad....................................1
Chile...................................1
China...................................2
Christmas Island........................1
Cocos (Keeling) Island..................1
Colombia................................1
Comoros.................................1
Congo...................................1
Costa Rica..............................1
Cote d'Ivoire...........................1
Cuba....................................1
Cyprus..................................NON-EEC
Czechoslovakia..........................NON-EEC
Denmark.................................EEC
Djibouti................................1
Dominican Republic......................1
Ecuador.................................1
Egypt...................................1
El Salvador.............................1
Equatorial Guinea.......................1
Estonia - Tallinn.......................1
Ethiopia................................1
Falkland Islands........................1
Faroe Islands...........................1
Fiji....................................2
Finland.................................NON-EEC
France..................................EEC
French Guiana...........................1
French Polynesia........................2
Gabon...................................1
Gambia..................................1
Germany.................................EEC
Ghana...................................1
Gibralter...............................EEC
Greece..................................EEC
Greenland...............................NON-EEC
Grenada.................................1
Guatemala...............................1
Guinea..................................1
Guinea - Bissau.........................1
Guyana..................................1
Haiti...................................1
Honduras................................1
Hong Kong...............................1
Hungary.................................NON-EEC
Iceland.................................NON-EEC
India...................................1
Indonesia...............................1
Iran....................................1
Iraq....................................1
Israel..................................1
Italy...................................EEC
Jamaica.................................1
Japan...................................2
Jordan..................................1
Kenya...................................1
Kiribati................................2
Korea...................................2
Kuwait..................................1
Laos....................................1
Lebanon.................................1
Lesotho.................................1
Liberia.................................1
Libya...................................1
Liechtenstein...........................NON-EEC
Luxembourg..............................EEC
Macao...................................1
Madagascar..............................1
Malawi..................................1
Malaysia................................1
Maldives................................1
Mali....................................1
Malta...................................NON-EEC
Marshall Islands........................2
Mauritania..............................1
Mauritus................................1
Mexico..................................1
Micronesia..............................2
Monaco..................................EEC
Mongolia................................2
Montserrat..............................1
Morocco.................................1
Mozambique..............................1
Namibia.................................1
Nauru...................................2
Nepal...................................1
Netherlands.............................EEC
New Caledonia...........................2
New Zealand.............................2
Nicaragua...............................1
Niger...................................1
Nigeria.................................1
Norfolk Island..........................2
North Mariana Islands...................2
Norway..................................NON-EEC
Oman....................................1
Pakistan................................1
Panama..................................1
Papua New Guinea........................2
Paraguay................................1
Peru....................................1
Phillipines.............................2
Pitcairn Island.........................2
Poland..................................NON-EEC
Portugal................................EEC
Puerto Rico.............................1
Qatar...................................1
Reunion Island..........................1
Rwanda..................................1
St Helena...............................1
St Lucia................................1
St Pierre & Miquelon....................1
St. Vincent & the Grenadines............1
Samoa...................................2
San Marino..............................EEC
Sao Tome & Principe.....................1
Saudi Arabia............................1
Senegal.................................1
Seychelle Islands.......................1
Sierra Leone............................1
Singapore...............................1
Solomon Islands.........................2
Somalia.................................1
South Africa............................1
Spain...................................EEC
Sri Lanka...............................1
Sudan...................................1
Surinam.................................1
Swaziland...............................1
Sweden..................................NON-EEC
Switzerland.............................NON-EEC
Syria...................................1
Taiwan..................................2
Tanzania................................1
Thailand................................1
Togo....................................1
Tonga...................................2
Trinidad & Tobago.......................1
Tristan de Cunha........................1
Tunisia.................................1
Turkey..................................NON-EEC
Turks & Caicos Islands..................1
Tuvalu..................................2
Uganda..................................1
United Arab Emirates....................1
Uruguay.................................1
USA.....................................1
Vanuatu.................................2
Vatican City............................NON-EEC
Venezuela...............................1
Vietnam.................................1
Virgin Islands..........................1
Wake Island.............................2
Yemen...................................1
Yugoslavia..............................NON-EEC
Zaire...................................1
Zambia..................................1
Zimbabwe................................1
Tested
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I have tested this program on A3000, A310, A400, and an
A5000, and a Risc PC with great success and no pitfalls. It has also been tested with Econet and in varying screen modes.
17-Sep-1994:
Notice Regarding New Template Policy
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After getting my new Risc PC I have adopted a new policy regarding windows and the use of anti-aliased fonts.
Prior to the introduction of Risc OS 3 my feelings were that you could not ensure that a user would have specific font types to include them in a window. Therefore I simply used System Font.
With the introduction of Risc OS 3 my feelings were that I could now rely on either Corpus, Homerton, or Trinity, being present, and started trying to give my windows a 'cleaner' look by using one or a combination of the above. Sadly, this meant having having two template/window files for each program.
With the introduction of Risc OS 3.5 on my Risc PC, Acorn have now made it so that ALL windows use anti-alias fonts and the user now chooses which he/she prefers. Since this simplifies the creation of a template and hence the program giving the user what they want rather than what I want ALL programs of mine are reverting back to System Font. I ASSUME that one day soon a similar feature will be available for all Arc users, and am starting to become prepared for that day. So in the meantime, all users with Risc-OS 3.0, 3.1, sorry you're back to the Lego/Duplo-look. And my programs will refuse to support anti-aliased fonts in templates.
Upgrading
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Lastly, if you have any problems, write to me, and I will help
you sort them out. If the rates change or you want an upgrade of
this program, send a formatted disc and a self-addressed
stamped envelope and I will happily send it to anyone no charge.
Bits 'n' Bytes
MD Smith
26 Grenville Road
Saint Judes
Plymouth
PL4 9PX
0752-667599
The cost of registration is £2.00
Absolutely no one may sell this for profit or gain other than myself
PD Libraries may distribute it, but if it is worth listing you MUST
purchase one copy.
You may freely distribute it to friends and acquaintances.
