Conference noted::bicycle

Got information on how others can get the software.  If its not too expensive
I may just buy it out right.

Tom

    Fred,
    
    Shouldn't you be out there fixing something?
    
    I'd be interested, I'll share with Tom in the previous Note
    too if we can work something out...
    
    Robert-In-Dispatch
    
    P.S.-I'll go back to my cube now...

Greetings,

r.2 As a matter of fact Robert I just might be too busy 
sending calls back to you all to have someone else cover them:-}

I'll get the address of the shareware people and put it in here.
They said it was okay to put the software on the net however. 
The Demo cost $3.00 for them to cover mailing and the floppy
and the full version is $15.00. 

Fred

    Hi All!
    I've been looking for a piece of software that would track mileage,
    pulse, weather etc, and also be able to produce some reports.  
    Is this the unit??
    How flexible is it?  Is it just DOS or is also Windows?  How can I get
    a copy?
    Thanks,
    Jeff
    (Jersey Rock 'N' Road Cling Club)

    How do I get this Software?  Is there an address or phone number
    available that I can order through?
    
    Thanks again,
    Jeff (Jersey Rock n Road Cycling (not Cling) Club)

Greetings friends,

Sorry for not getting back to you all. In an attempt to fully cover
all the excuses for why I haven't done anything I'll list those
excuses:

1. I've been very busy (you know the tip of the Spear).

2. I have .zipped the files into a zip file. This file I was able to
get on a local VMS system that has a world readable directory. Tragically
the fellow who donated the dir can't get the danged protection right. 

So in a word, though I have the and the author says its okay to distribute
that demo freely...I can't seem to get it going! In an attempt to do 
"the right thing" (hahahahaah isn't that an old-fashioned way of thinking!
I'll give you what I have so you can order the stuff yourself. Meanwhile
I'll send it to anyone who has a directory that is open to a write...

		Bragg Computer Services
		317-998-1504
		P.O.Box 656
		Upland Ind. 46989

They want $3.00 for the demo version or $15.00 for the production? version
of the suff. 

	Your dutiful servant,

	Fred Mudgett

Greetings all,

Well I guess all my whining has done some good! I have a address for the
ride-log.zip. EOT::AMIGA:[UPLOAD] remember to use spool copy to get it
over and it was built with PKZIP. And all the usual goofy PC-related 
problem apply. Send me mail if you have problems.

Fred 

    
    
    re: .7
    
    The file name in question has no hyphen.   Use:
    
    EOT::AMIGA:[UPLOAD]RIDELOG.ZIP
    
    George
    

	Someone may want to move this to an MS-DOS archive site.  EOT:: is for
Amiga software, and people will expect that it would run on an Amiga (which is
not MS-DOS based).

Mark

    But Amiga's can also run MSdog software with any number of emulators
    (hardware or software).  ;')     
    
    I added a RIDELOG.TXT file to EOT:: explaining it is an MSDog program.
    
    
    Cheers,
    
    ...Ed

    
    
    	I spoke to the author of Ride-Log last night on the telephone.
    	Dave is very personable and quite interested in pleasing everyone.
    	He works as a VAX and microVAX system manager for Caterpillar
    	so really perked up when he heard I was from DEC.
    
    	He told me the "phone had been ringing off the hook" in the
    	last day and I explained that perhaps the DEC Bicycle NOTES
    	file was the reason.  He was VERY happy to hear about that.  As
    	I described the content of this string, he offered the following
    	that he wanted me to share with you NOTErs.
    
    	The Bicycle Magazine article mentioned in .0 was written by
    	an author familiar with the folks at Bragg Computer Services
    	mentioned in .6.   Dave was somewhat miffed that HIS name and
    	company (DWS Software) was never mentioned.  Bragg can only
    	supply the demo disk.  You  have to go to Dave for working copy
    	as he puts personal data into each copy to prevent someone from
    	uploading the program to a BBS.  He says this strategy has worked.
    
    	If you want the working copy, send your check for $15 to:

    	David W. Stambaugh    
    	DWS Software
    	1510 Sunset
    	Washington, ILL 61571
                 
    	With your order you need to supply the following information:
    
    	Name
    	Address
    	Phone number
    	Type of diskette you desire
    	
    	Along with the above you can mention any features you would like
    	him to consider for the next revision based on what you saw
    	with the demo.  He is working on V3 which he is targeting for 
    	release in Dec/Jan.  His upgrade policy is that you send him your 
    	"original" diskette with a return mailer and he will send the 
    	upgrade.  It will cost approximately $6 (never more than HALF 
    	the original, he says).
    
    	If you have further questions feel free to call him at:
    
    	309-444-2497  between 5 and 10PM Central Time
    
    
    	George
    
                                     

I copied the file mentioned in .8 or whatever onto local VMS and thence to
my PC. However I couldn't unzip the zip file. PKUNZIP could see three files
in the zip file but "didn't know how to handle" them. I have V1.1 of PKUNZIP
dating from 3/90 - do I need a later version or is something else wrong?
I am not a PC guru...


Rod

Rod,

I ran into the same problem you did because I was using the same older version
of PKUNZIP as you were.  Once I got the latest version of PKUNZIP, it ran fine.

I'm sorry I can't help you get the software - someone in my group  copied
it from their system onto a diskette and then onto my system from there.

-Buddy

Greetings,

How to get the PKUNZIP cooking. This is pretty much a essay in what a 
pain the keester PC stuff can be and why some people NEVER upgrade 
anything on PC's. I love the old addage that goes "in the computer 
buisness you can have, cheap, fast, or easy, pick two."

1. PKZIP2*.EXE is the magic file that you will need to get from 
somewhere but is available on the net.

2, The home of most shareware is MORTAL::IBMPC_SHAREWARE. This 
file in particular is mentioned in 1631.48. 

3. The best repositories of shareware for some odd reason are always
on ULTRIX systems and this is just a little peculiar to get copied over.
The PKZIP.exe  for example has to be gotten thusly...

MY VAX> spool copy sttng::"/pub/msdos/pkz204g.exe" pkz204g.exe

Then you need to kermit this .exe file over to your PC. Once  you 
run it it creates PKZIP, PKUNZIP and Documentation.

4. Then you have to similarly copy the .zip file over to your PC
and run PKUNZIP on it. After working with robust, well thoughtout and
EXPENSIVE systems all day this seems like a real mess but tragically 
its the way cheap (and in alot of cases good) software can get moved
around. If its any consolation to you there are two people in my office
who I look up to. Both of these guys weaseled out of getting the software
off the net. "Ahhhhh common Fred," they said,"just get me the disk."

Fred Mudgett