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- CPMUG ABSTRACT.086:
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- CPMUG volumes 86-90 contain "BusinessMaster II", a comprehensive smallì
- business software package for CBASIC-II. There were seven singleì
- density disks originally contributed: five program disks, oneì
- documentation disk, and one sample file disk. I combined these sevenì
- disks to produce five CPMUG volumes. Thus not all references in theì
- various documentation will directly apply disk by disk, but all theì
- files submitted are included.
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- Only the files "CRJOSORT.BAS", "VPJOSORT.BAS", and the submit files forì
- copying, XREFing, pipping, and compiling with printing which are in theì
- documentation, were not included. The contributor felt the two missingì
- ".BAS" programs to be unnecessary. Also a minor bit of REMì
- documentation seems to be missing off of the front of GLJOSORT.BAS.
-
- I generated a compile submit file for each disk. The submit files haveì
- the form:
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- $1 $2filename.typ $3 $4
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- Thus to compile them from the A: disk to the B: disk, type:
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- submit compile CBASIC2 A: B: $B
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- There are six .BAS files which are on every disk: ALL, FORMAT, CONTROL,ì
- CHECK, READFILE, AND BIZMII.
-
- The reminder of this abstract is the press release officially releasingì
- BusinessMaster II into the public domain.
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- 09/21/82 Ward Christensen
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- PRESS RELEASE
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- BusinessMaster II Released into Public Domain
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- For the protection of those who have purchased a package of Generalì
- Business Software known as BusinessMaster II or Visaccount (which was,ì
- as of March 1982, at least 95% derivative of Business-Master II) fromì
- either OEM software (a Star Computer Systems company), Computer Servicesì
- Corporation of America, 800-Software or other dealers OEM Software hasì
- established we are hereby declaring this old version of BusinessMasterì
- II in Public Domain. The Copyright notices were removed by OEM Softwareì
- and the package was then sold to over 400 dealers for $375.
-
- One of many dealers purchasing the package was Computer Servicesì
- Corporation of America. Buck Lindsey CEO of Computer Servicesì
- Corporation of America advised me last year that he felt the package wasì
- in the public domain and whether it was then or not, it is now.
-
- Computer Services Corporation of America made some minor changes to theì
- package and renamed it VisAccount. Additionally they made 800-Softwareì
- a discount dealer.
-
- We are placing this package in [the] Public Domain to clear up a problemì
- that has been generated for literally thousands of people who purchasedì
- this package from one source or another and currently do not know whereì
- they stand.
-
- For those End-Users who are not satisfied with their Version ofì
- BusinessMaster II or Visaccount we will exchange your package for theì
- new and much improved BusinessMaster II+ for $100. Simply mail yourì
- original diskettes (OEM or Visaccount) and license to us. We will putì
- the new package on your diskettes with new labels, a new licensingì
- agreement and a new manual and return it to you.
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- For dealers who purchased BusinessMaster II from OEM software, you mayì
- continue to do as you wish with the package but we cannot upgrade yourì
- package to BusinessMaster II+. However we do offer dealer discounts onì
- our newer packages.
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- We have offered the package to the CP/M Users Group for inclusion inì
- their library on the understanding that it may be used in any way,ì
- either commercial or non-commercial by anyone who chooses to use itì
- provided credit is given for such use.
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- We will continue to supply BusinessMaster II+ to end-users for $159 andì
- Businessmaster Plus with fully-formatted fill in the blanks screen and Bì
- Tree Indexing for $289. These packages are compileable with minorì
- changes under CB-80.
-
- (signed)
-
- Bud Aaron
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- BusinessMaster
- 4317 Sea Bright Dr.
- Carlsbad, CA 92008
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