********************************************************************* * * * The Amiga Phone Book * * w/Concert Dial * * * * written by: Jeff Hoag * * * * © 1990 Jeff Hoag All Rights Reserved WorldWide * * * ********************************************************************* OVERVIEW: APB is a modem dialer and phone book. The program will work with any modem as a modem configuration editing and re-initializing screen is provided. The phone book is a handy way to store large amounts of numbers and dial them individually or in succession. The phone book also allows for manual entry of phone numbers to dial, it iconifies yet allows you to control the modem while in shrunk mode as well as monitoring the modem for any incoming signals (like a ring) when you are not dialing a number. The Concert Dial feature re-dials a busy number as fast as your modem allows, continuing to re-dial until a busy signal is no longer recieved. APB also has a limited format print-out capability to give you a paper printout of your phone book. SHAREWARE: The Amiga Phone Book is Shareware. You may upload this software to any bulletin board or electronic service provided: 1. That service does not claim copyright on uploaded software or does not charge above it's normal access rates for download of this software. 2. No organization may charge more than handling costs for this software with out the express written permission of the author. 3. All files included in this archive remain intact inside the archive, including this licensing notification. The Amiga Phone Book is Shareware. This means that you may try the software first and see if you like it or use it frequently. If you do, shareware asks you to send $20.00 (Twenty dollars) as a registration/usage fee to: Jeff Hoag 615 10th Ave So. Safety Harbor, FL 34695 Doing so will give you a warm feeling inside, knowing you have helped support a starving Amiga developer. Also I plan on releasing more titles in the future as shareware and as a registered owner you will be entitled to two things: 1. A $5.00 rebate in the form of paying $5.00 less shareware fee's on the next software program released (on a $10.00 piece this means half off) and 2. Notification of upgrade availability or new title releases as they occur. If you enclose an extra $5.00 (twenty five dollars total) I will send you the latest version of APB that has a much smaller information window. This will cut almost 20k from the size of the program, for all you memory concerned people out there. Please specify that this is what you wish. Why a Dialer??? I have always been interested in telecommunications and terminal programs for using a modem. I wanted to teach myself how to access the serial port and hence the modem on the Amiga. Enter a friend who was asking for a phone book program and after roughly 5 months (full time at college interupts this period), the Amiga Phone Book (APB for short) was born. I never thought I would use a phone book like this personally but after entering about 60 of my most often used numbers it has become amazingly easy to use APB to make my calls. I have even found myself firing up the Amiga to make a phone call because it was easier than trying to look up the number. With the shrink mode I just allow APB to start up in my startup-sequence. APB detaches as well so it doesn't interfere with your other Amiga startup operations. A WorkBench Icon is included for those who prefer point and click. APB is also sort of a study in different methods of entering data into the Amiga and in manipulating that data. While it is not my first Amiga project it is one of my favorites. 2 sections of instructions are provided, a Quick Start Guide for those who don't like to read documentation files and a Complete Documentation file that describes all the features of APB including command line arguements, keyboard shortcuts and different techniques for using APB. Anyways, take a look at the Amiga Phone Book. A lot of time and effort went into making it a nice utility. Please if you use APB, or if Concert Dial helps you win a contest on the radio, or get some great seats at a concert or gets you into the financial aide line at school consider sending in the shareware registration fee I ask for. It's only twenty bucks and it will let me know that yes there are people out there who are interested in low cost functional utilities for your Amiga. If you have an idea for a 'killer' utility you'd really like to have send it along as well, you never know what might be the 'next project'. Thanks: Special Thanks to Timm Martin. His C Toolkit, SID and all his advice and testing and help really made APB. The main phone book screen is my tribute to his SID. Thanks Timm. Oh yes I musn't forget the lessons in humility he administers on the Raquette Ball court. You ready to play Timm? :) Colonel John Ruckart - for the original idea way back when. To You - for using APB and for sending in the shareware fee. THANKS!! Jeff 1/14/90