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- Jot·It!
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- Installation and Registration Instructions.
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- Copyright (c) 1991 FGB Systems
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- I. What is Jot·It!?
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- Jot·It! is an electronic replacement for all those "WHILE YOU WERE OUT"
- notes that you find in many offices today. Jot·It! allows you to use
- your network to jot down telephone messages and instantaneously send
- them to another user on the network. There are many advantages to using
- Jot·It! instead of the paper messages.
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- ■ Unlike paper, Jot·It! has only a one-time cost. The
- savings will add up quickly and help to reduce paper.
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- ■ Jot·It! messages never get lost.
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- ■ Jot·It! automatically alerts users when new messages
- arrive.
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- ■ Jot·It! automatically places a date and time stamp
- on each message.
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- Jot·It! also has an important advantage over conventional E-Mail systems.
- Jot·It! is memory resident. It is available any time at the touch of a
- key and it is very small. Jot·It! only takes up 8K of RAM and is
- considerably less expensive!
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- II. Distribution
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- You may distribute the shareware version of Jot·It! freely with the
- following constraint: The distributed copy must contain all the
- original files which you received unchanged. You may not, under any
- circumstances, distribute a registered version of Jot·It!
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- Although the shareware version of Jot·It! limits an installation to
- five users, it is not disabled or crippled in any manner. It is
- a complete, working version of the software.
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- The shareware version is differentiated from the registered version
- of Jot·It! by the introductory screen. The shareware version displays
- a screenful of information about Jot·It! everytime that is is run.
- The registered version does not display this screen.
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- III. Installation
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- Please note that this is file is a highly abbreviated version
- of the Jot·It! documentation that is designed to allow you to
- quickly install and use Jot·It! A comprehensive, printed manual
- will be included with your registered version.
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- The shareware version of Jot·It! contains the following files:
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- JOTIT.COM - Jot·It! software
- JCONFIG.EXE - configuration program
- JPRINT.EXE - message printing utility
- JUNLOAD.EXE - unload utility
- README.DOC - this document
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- To install Jot·It! create a directory for it (such as C:\JOTIT) and copy
- these four files into that directory. Note that for Jot·It! to be useful
- it should be installed on a network drive.
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- Create a directory for the message files (such as C:\JOTIT\MESSAGES).
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- Set your current DOS path to the Jot·It directory and run the JCONFIG
- program. This is a menu driven program which will allow you to set
- various options such as which hot-key to use to pop-up Jot·It! and
- what colors to use for the on screen clock.
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- Press [F1] to select which hot-key you want to use.
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- After you have selected a hot key, press [F4] to create a user list.
- For each user that you want to add to the user list, press [F1] and
- enter the user's name.
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- Press [F4] to select a message directory.
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- Enter the name of the message directory that you created previously
- (such as C:\JOTIT\MESSAGES)
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- Press [Esc] to return to the main menu.
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- Press [Esc] to finish configuring Jot·It!
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- IV. Running Jot·It!
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- After you have configured Jot·It! you may run it with the following
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- JOTIT username
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- where username is your username.
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- If Jot·It! was properly configured, it will indicate that it has been
- installed. It will place a time-of-day clock at the top right-hand
- corner of the screen. When a message arrives the clock will flash on
- and off and a beep will sound once a minute.
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- To activate Jot·It! (to either send or receive a message) press the
- selected hot-key twice in a row.
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- V. Sending Messages
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- Press the hot-key twice to activate Jot·It!
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- Use the up and down arrow keys to place the highlight bar
- over the desired username.
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- Press [Enter] to send the message or [Esc] to cancel the message.
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- Fill in the message form.
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- Press [F10].
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- VI. Reading Messages
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- Press the hot-key twice to activate Jot·It!
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- Press [F10].
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- Use [PgUp] and [PgDn] to scroll through your messages.
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- Press [Del] to delete a message. You will be asked to confirm
- the deletion.
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- Press [Esc].
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- note: Jot·It! tells you when a new message has arrived by changing the
- color of the on-screen clock display and by making a two-tone beep once
- per minute until the message is read. Either of these alarms may be
- turned off.
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- VII. Printing Messages
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- The JPRINT utility will print all messages which you have received.
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- Jot·It! must be resident in memory for JPRINT to work.
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- VIII. Unloading Jot·It! from memory
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- The JUNLOAD utility will remove Jot·It! from memory.
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- Jot·It! must be resident in memory for JPRINT to work.
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- IX. Passwords
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- There are two levels of password protection available in Jot·It!
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- You may set a system password from the configuration menu. Once a system
- password has been set, no-one will be able to reconfigure Jot·It! without
- knowing the system password.
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- Each user may also assign a password to their username. If a username is
- password protected then you cannot access that user's messages without
- the password.
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- To assign a password to a username type the following command at the
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- JCONFIG PASSWORD
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- You will be then prompted to enter a username, a password and a
- verification of that password. When you type a password, what you
- type will not be echoed to the screen.
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- X. Requirements
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- ■ MS/PC-DOS 3.0 or higher.
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- ■ 8K RAM.
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- ■ A network which supports DOS workstations.
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- XI. Features
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- ■ Jot·It! is extremely easy to learn and use.
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- ■ Jot·It! is small! it loads into only 8K of RAM.
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- ■ Password protection is available as an option.
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- ■ Available in 10, 25, 50 or 100 user versions.
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- ■ Supports MDA, CGA, EGA, MCGA, VGA and Hercules graphics cards.
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- XII. Beeps
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- In order to keep memory requirements low. Jot·It! does not display an error
- message when an unexpected event occurs. Instead it issues a short beep.
- The conditions which will cause a beep are as follows:
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- ■ You press [F10] to read your messages, but there are no
- messages for you.
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- ■ You press [F10] to send a message, but the network server is
- not responding.
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- ■ You press [Del] to delete a message and you delete the last
- message that you had.
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- XIII. Registration
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- To obtain a registered copy of Jot·It!, you may use the following order form.
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- Jot It! Order Form
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- Check the box next to the license agreement (number of users)
- that you wish to order.
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- Number of Users Price
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- 10 $20 [ ]
- 25 $25 [ ]
- 50 $35 [ ]
- 100 $50 [ ]
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- Cost of license..............$_______
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- MA customers 5% sales tax....$_______
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- Total enclosed...............$_______
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- Ship Jot It! to:
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- Company Name ___________________________________________
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- Name ___________________________________________________
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- Address ________________________________________________
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- City __________________________ State _____ Zip ________
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- Telephone (_____) ______________________________________
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- Send this order form with your check or money order to:
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- FGB Systems
- 269 Willow Street
- Boston, MA 02132
- USA
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