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- █║ ZBEST - CHEKCBOOK PLUS ver 3.2 ║
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- █║ Copyright June 1990 ║
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- █║ Written by: Jim Grim ║
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- TABLE OF CONTENTS
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- I. Introduction
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- II. Program setup
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- III. File listing and definitions
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- IV. Acceleration methods
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- V. Options
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- I. INTRODUCTION
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- ZBEST - CHECKBOOK PLUS is a unique financial monitoring system. Ideally
- suited for small businesses and personal use. Like most checkbook
- systems ZBEST tracks checks and deposits for multiple checking, saving,
- credit card accounts, etc. Also there is easy handling of reoccurring
- expenses and receipts. Complete ON-LINE help screens are available
- throughout the program by pressing the F1 key.
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- THE BIG DIFFERENCE. ZBEST starts by tracking actual BILLS &
- RECEIPTS. Bills and receipts are entered into the system when you
- get them, even if they are not going to be paid immediately. Then the
- bills and receipts are posted to CHECKS & DEPOSIT TICKETS as they
- are paid. From then on when looking at a check or deposit ticket the
- supporting expenses can be viewed at the touch of a key.
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- WHY: For Business this is especially useful when operating on
- net 30 day terms, because many bills are paid with
- one check.
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- For PERSONAL users that buy many items using a credit card
- at one time, but would like to allocate the expenses differently.
- EXAMPLE: Shopping a Sears you might purchase items for the
- household (which affects the basis of your house.
- Very important for tax reasons.), and purchase
- items for personal use.
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- A BONUS is included by the way ZBEST tracks loans. Both loans given
- by you to someone else, and loans received by you from someone. ZBEST
- calculates loan payments based on standard amortization formulas.
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- GETTING STARTED - As you begin entering information pop-up windows
- will prompt for information like account numbers, bank account names,
- vendor names, etc. After they are in the system data entry will
- be much easier and smoother. Also it is a good idea to call up the
- help file from the main menu and read the SYSTEM OVERVIEW section.
- You do not need to study it, just read it once quickly to get an
- idea of what to expect. Remember help is always available by
- pressing the F1 Key.
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- IF YOU LIKE THIS PROGRAM - Remember this is not a free program.
- You are only being allowed to try-before-you-buy! So please, in
- the spirit of SHAREWARE become a registered user and send in the
- $25 registration fee. Registered users will receive free updates
- for 6 months following registration, and receive the REPORTS MODULE and
- PASSWORD PROTECTION.
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- █│ To register: Send $25 to │
- █│ Jim Grim │
- █│ 642 Danbury, Rd │
- █│ Ridgefield Ct 06877 │
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- █│ Include your name and address. │
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- II. Program setup
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- 1. Change CONFIG.SYS file to include
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- BUFFERS = 25
- FILES = 30
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- 2. There are two program files included:
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- ZCKBKC.EXE - Color version
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- ZCKBKM.EXE - Monochrome version
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- Either of these programs can be run depending on the
- system you have. They are totally compatible with
- each other. Depending what type of monitor you have
- you can delete the program you do not want.
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- 3. SUBDIRECTORY SETUP. You can load the data files in a
- different directory than the program files. You must
- be in the data subdirectory pathed to the program directory.
- This allows you to run the program on a RAM DISK and leave
- the data on the hard disk for power failure protection.
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- 4. HELP FILE - ZCHK.HLP is the help file. It should be located
- in the program subdirectory. The help file is not required
- for proper operation of the system and can be deleted if
- disk space is a problem.
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- III. FILE LISTING & DEFINITIONS
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- ZCKBKC.EXE - Main program file, color version. It is a large
- file but it is an overlay executable file, so it
- will operate on a 512k system. You only need
- either ZCKBKC.exe or ZCKBKM.exe depending if
- you have a color or monochrome monitor.
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- ZCKBKM.EXE - Same as ZCKBKC.EXE but for monochrome monitors.
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- ZCHK.HLP - Help file for both monochrome and color program.
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- TRANSACT.DAT- All bills and receipts.
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- TRANSHLD.DAT- Holds reoccurring bills and receipts.
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- BANKACC.DAT - Holds all checks and deposit tickets.
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- ACCOUNTS.DAT- Holds expense and income account numbers.
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- FILLINS.DAT - Holds miscellaneous information for pop-up
- lookup screens. VERY IMPORTANT FILE.
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- █ ***!!!!**** READ THIS ****!!!!**** █
- █ This file maintains the sequence number █
- █ linking checks to corresponding bills, and █
- █ deposits to corresponding receipts. This █
- █ file must be kept with data files and █
- █ cannot be interchanged with ZBEST █
- █ checkbook datafiles in other █
- █ subdirectories. █
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- FILLIN2.DAT - Holds other miscellaneous lookup information.
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- Files like FILLIN2.K01 are key files. If key files
- become corrupted (It has never happened to me!) the key
- files can be deleted. When the program starts it will
- rebuild any missing key file.
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- Files like TRANSACT.MEM are memo files.
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- IV. Acceleration Methods.
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- 1. Operate the programs for RAM DISK.
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- 2. USE FAST VIDEO.
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- Fast video disables waiting for video retrace prior to
- writes to the screen. It may cause "snow" on some
- monitors.
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- Add SET CLAVID='Y' to your AUTOEXEC.BAT file.
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- When starting program type ZCKBKC.EXE /F
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- V. Options.
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- ZBEST allows you some control over the environment when starting
- the program. You set options using "switches". Switches are used
- by placing the option after the command to start the program:
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- ZCKBKC /V=10 /F /B=NO /E
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- /V - Video timeout. This will blank the screen after
- 10 minutes of not touching the keyboard. To bring screen
- back just press any key. The default is 10 minutes, but
- can be changed.
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- /F - Fast video. Explained in acceleration methods previously.
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- /B - BEEP. Beep is normally on, to turn off use /B=NO.
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- /E - Enhanced keyboard. This will tell the system you are using
- an enhanced keyboard.
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