VERSION 5.45C p.1 of 7 05/15/1996 ****** Full Operating Version ******* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ **** INTRODUCTION **** This is the information & registration file on the program CJPOS. CJPOS was created by Christopher J. Ryba to provide an EXTREMELY user friendly point-of-sale program for my friend Christopher Kilcoyne ; owner of Brookpark Certified Automotive Service in Parma, Ohio. He wanted a program to print receipts and save estimates at his shop. What evolved from simple beginnings in August of 1992 is rather complete package for any small business who can dedicate a CGA or VGA IBM compatible computer with DOS 3.3 or higher to point of sale operation. Default printer drivers include the EPSON character set and the HP command set. These printers have been tested. A printer driver creator is available to registered users. Print receipts and reports from any port - LPT1 thru LPT4; COM1 thru COM4. Additional default printers are being added to PRINTERS.DRV in future editions to assure compatiblity. IF TODAY IS PAST 09/01/1996 THEN YOUR COPY IS PROBABLY FAIRLY OUTDATED. CONTACT CUYAHOGA COMPUTING TO OBTAIN A MORE RECENT VERSION. THIS PROGRAM NOT ONLY FOR AUTOMOTIVE USE - BIKE SHOPS, GUITAR SHOPS, COMPUTER VENDORS, GUN SHOPS & PHOTOGRAPHERS ARE ALSO USING IT ! ********** INSTALLATION ********** 1.) Unzip all files & start program. 2.) Type CJPOS to start. Employee #1 is the default employee. Put in your company specific information using 'System Setup. (Main) ********** HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS ********** * The program needs an MINIMUM of 3 Meg hard disk space to run. Naturally as more receipts are written, the program will grow over 3 Meg in size ( I hope your business is selling something ! ). At BCAS Automotive one full year required 4 Meg of HD space for his Fiscal 1994. * 640 K of RAM is required. 520 K free RAM when starting program is recommended. The FILES= in your CONFIG.SYS should be at least 30. * DOS 3.30 or higher for the operating system. * 80286 or later micropressor. * Will run in a DOS window in Windows (R) without any problems. If you have received the automotive demo version a blank set of databases can be obtained if you would like to start building your data into the system. (C) Copyright 1996, Cuyahoga Computing, All Rights Reserved. p.2 of 7 ***************************** OPERATION ******************************** This page is a quick rundown of operation. See MANUAL.TXT for more information. The list box on the left contains different departments. For BCAS of Parma these departments are Services , Exhaust, Emmisions, Brakes, Shocks & Struts, Springs, and so on till Miscellaneous. After selecting one of these a window pops up with various categories. For example, select the Exhaust Department with parts such as mufflers, pipes, hangers, clamps, etc. Using the cursor keys moves a selection box to a part category. Say we chose Mufflers, now striking the Enter key replaces the first window with a second window listing the part numbers under that category. For our example, we choose #1811G of Mufflers by using the cursor keys again to move the selection box. This exact part number for Mufflers has the price to go with it. Finally the quantity is prompted at the bottom of the window; the default value is 1. If the SKU Number representing the part is known that SKU can be scanned using barcodes or typed. To switch to that mode of entry select "Toggle SKU / Menu Entry" from the 'Main' menu. For the Services department, canned descriptions of labor are loaded in with their hour quantity. These descriptions can be added to. The appropiate labor rate is then selected. The Labor/Services department is not required to be part of the system however. The beauty of CJPOS is that it is a "build on the fly" program in which a user can add part, part number, & labor descriptions as they're needed. When a receipt is ready, it can be saved as an estimate, or finalized as TENDERING to Cash, Check, Visa/MC, Discover, American Express. More tender types are optional. Line items can be deleted or changed if an incorrect entry occured. Customer names & information are prompted before the end of a sale. This information can retrieved if a sale re-occurs to the same customer at a later date by providing several letters of the last name, the last 4 digits of their phone, or by their customer number. Your present customers can be added if you desire. The 'Customer' screen provides an opurtunity to review previous sales history for customers as well. Back to the main menu, several other choices are presented. Daily sales (F8) can be viewed. A daily printout sheet of these items is provided. Also the products sold for the day, week or any variable period (2 days to ?) can be tallied, viewed, printed, or output to a ASCII space delimited, tab, or comma delimited text file for a spreedsheet program. ( Select export mode in 'System Setup') Inventory of part numbers is tracked and quantities altered in the Inventory Menu. A printout of loaded part numbers can done for every department; a cost sum of positive inventory counts is included. The program saves all information in an DBF format that can be viewed with a dBASE browse or other capable program (Excel, Quattro). See the PACKING.LST for explanation of each file. (C) Copyright 1996, Cuyahoga Computing, All Rights Reserved. p.3 of 7 ***** QUESTIONS & REGISTRATION ***** This program may be used and reproduced without charge. However, it MAY NOT be sold, and may only be distributed intact. This program and its documentation are provided as is, without warranty of any kind. The author assumes no liability for damages from which may result from the missuse of CJPOS. See warranty on page 5. This fully functional evaulation version allows for a trial period of 30 sales days. Failure register will cause a past due tag to be printed on your receipts or estimates with a severe warning. You are encouraged to pass this copy of CJPOS along to your friends for evaluation. Please encourage them to get the registered version if they find that they can use it. All registered users will receive a copy of the latest version of CJPOS and registered serial number. Price of CJPOS is subject to change at any time, so act NOW !. Those desiring a full ($ 199 including manual and latest update) or custom modified version should contact me at this address: MAIL TO: CUYAHOGA COMPUTING CO. 5413 E. 131st St. CLEVELAND, OH 44125-3246 BUSINESS PHONE : 216-587-1590 Available from 9 AM to 10 PM Eastern 6 AM to 7 PM Pacific INTERNET EMAIL : christopher.ryba@pcohio.com WWW SITE : http://cjpos.com/ FTP SITES : ftp://cjpos.com/pub/cjpos/ ftp://oak.oakland.edu//SimTel/msdos/database/ ftp://wuarchive.wustl.edu/pub/MSDOS_UPLOADS/cjpos/ Look for cjpos???.zip Alternatively if you would like to download the latest version directly feel free to call me and I will set my system to act as a BBS. Those wishing to talk to Chris Kilcoyne about the use of this program at Brookpark Certified Automotive Service can contact him or Jan Balsor at 216-749-2080 for their input on the success of this program. Computer Dealers/VAR's are encouraged to distribute this POS system. Volume discounts are available. See the MANUAL.TXT 'System Setup' for details on inserting your contact information upon exit of the POS. NOTE: More features will be added in near future such as Layaway capability, accounts receivable and more. See the HISTORY.TXT for a list of planned additions. Call or email for the latest version ! (C) Copyright 1996, Cuyahoga Computing, All Rights Reserved. p.4 of 7 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CJPOS POINT-OF-SALE REGISTRATION CJPOS SYSTEM (incl. manual & 1 free upgrade) : $ 199.00 U.S. VISA or MASTERCARD ACCEPTED (3% or $ 5.97 Surcharge). COD's will be charged an extra $10. MAKE CHECKS OR MONEY ORDERS PAYABLE TO: CUYAHOGA COMPUTING CO. Your Mailing address: ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ****-->IMPORTANT !!!!!!<--*************-->IMPORTANT<--******************* Company Phone - EXACTLY AS IT APPEARS ON RECEIPTS, INCLUDING ANY SPACES ____________________ Disk type: [ ] 720K [ ] 1.2M [ ] 1.44M The above information is critical for a proper registration file. The REGISTER.POS file is updated by Cuyahoga Computing to give your company an unique serial number for your copy of CJPOS. ************************************************************************* Please list any suggestions or comments on the back of this page. Your suggestions are most welcome and I do pay attention to them. ************************************************************************* Anyone distributing CJPOS for any kind of renumeration must first contact Cuyahoga Computing at the address above for authorization. This authorization will be automatically granted to distributors recognized by the Association of Shareware Professionals (ASP) as adhering to its guidelines for shareware distributors, and such distributors may begin offering CJPOS immediately. Dealers interested in resale of CJPOS will be given volume discounts. Registration MUST be done through Cuyahoga Computing or its dealers so that a registration file can be sent to the owner. (C) Copyright 1996, Cuyahoga Computing, All Rights Reserved. p.5 of 7 DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY AND LIMITED WARRANTY THIS SOFTWARE AND ACCOMPANYING WRITTEN MATERIALS (INCLUDING INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE) ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. FURTHER, CUYAHOGA COMPUTING CO. DOES NOT WARRANT, GUARANTEE, OR MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS REGARDING THE USE, OR THE RESULTS OF THE USE, OF THE SOFTWARE OR WRITTEN MATERIALS IN TERMS OF CORRECTNESS, ACCURACY, RELIABILITY, CURRENTNESS, OR OTHERWISE. THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE RESULTS AND PERFORMANCE OF THE SOFTWARE IS ASSUMED BY YOU. IF THE SOFTWARE OR WRITTEN MATERIALS ARE DEFECTIVE, YOU AND NOT CUYAHOGA COMPUTING CO. OR ITS DEALERS, DISTRIBUTORS, AGENTS, OR EMPLOYEES, ASSUME THE ENTIRE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR, OR CORRECTION. THE ABOVE ARE THE ONLY WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE THAT ARE MADE BY CUYAHOGA COMPUTING CO. ON THIS SOFTWARE PRODUCT. NO ORAL OR WRITTEN ADVICE GIVEN BY CUYAHOGA COMPUTING CO., ITS DEALERS, DISTRIBUTORS, AGENTS, OR EMPLOYEES SHALL CREATE A WARRANTY OR IN ANYWAY INCREASE THE SCOPE OF THIS WARRANTY, AND YOU MAY NOT RELY ON ANY SUCH INFORMATION OR ADVICE. THIS WARRANTY GIVES YOU SPECIFIC LEGAL RIGHTS. YOU MAY HAVE OTHER RIGHTS WHICH VARY FROM STATE TO STATE. **** LIMITATIONS OF REMEDIES **** NEITHER CUYAHOGA COMPUTING CO. NOR ANYONE ELSE WHO HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN THE CREATION, PRODUCTION, OR DELIVERY OF THIS PRODUCT SHALL BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFIT, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, LOSS OF BUSINESS INFORMATION, AND THE LIKE) ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THIS SOFTWARE PRODUCT, EVEN IF CUYAHOGA COMPUTING CO. HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. BECAUSE SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, THE ABOVE LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. **** CJPOS SUPPORT POLICY **** All ASSOCIATION OF SHAREWARE PROFESSIONALS members' shareware products include support in the purchase price for a minimum of three months from the date of registration. This support can be by telephone, mail or e-mail. At least 30 minutes free support, without additional cost, is provided during the first three months. If additional support is required, a fee may be charged at the option of Cuyahoga Computing Co. after this initial 3 month period has elapsed. The level of support involves answering questions and fixing serious bugs during the minimum three month period. Any incompatibilities with other software or hardware and major or unusual program limitations are noted in the CJPOS Manual. **> If a software bug or hardware incompatibility problem arises that cannot be resolved to the satisfaction of the CJPOS owner, then the $ 199 purchase price will be REFUNDED. This refund policy is valid for 2 years from date of purchase. <** (C) Copyright 1996, Cuyahoga Computing, All Rights Reserved. p.6 of 7 DEFINITION OF SHAREWARE Shareware distribution gives users a chance to try software before buying it. If you try a Shareware program and continue using it, you are expected to register. Individual programs differ on details -- some request registration while others require it, some specify a maximum trial period. With registration, you get anything from the simple right to continue using the software to an updated program with printed manual. Copyright laws apply to both Shareware and commercial software, and the copyright holder retains all rights, with a few specific exceptions as stated below. For example, CJPOS is registered with the U.S Copyright Office, Registration Number TX 3750659. Shareware authors are accomplished programmers, just like commercial authors, and the programs are of comparable quality. (In both cases, there are good programs and bad ones!) The main difference is in the method of distribution. The author specifically grants the right to copy and distribute the software, either to all and sundry or to a specific group. For example, some authors require written permission before a commercial disk vendor may copy their Shareware. Shareware is a distribution method, not a type of software. You should find software that suits your needs and pocketbook, whether it's commercial or Shareware. The Shareware system makes fitting your needs easier, because you can try before you buy. And because the overhead is low, prices are low also. Shareware has the ultimate money-back guarantee -- if you don't use the product, you don't pay for it. CJPOS is a "shareware program" and is provided at no charge to the user for evaluation. Feel free to share it with your friends, but please do not give it away altered or as part of another system. The essence of "user-supported" software is to provide personal computer users with quality software without high prices, and yet to provide incentive for programmers to continue to develop new products. If you find this program useful and find that you are using CJPOS and continue to use CJPOS after a reasonable trial period, you must make a reg- istration payment of $199 to Cuyahoga Computing. The $ 199 registration fee will license one copy for use on any one computer at any one time. You must treat this software just like a book. An example is that this software may be used by any number of people and may be freely moved from one computer location to another, so long as there is no possibility of it being used at one location while it's being used at another. Just as a book cannot be read by two different persons at the same time. (C) Copyright 1996, Cuyahoga Computing, All Rights Reserved. p.7 of 7 _______ ____|__ | (R) --| | |------------------- | ____|__ | Association of | | |_| Shareware |__| o | Professionals -----| | |--------------------- |___|___| MEMBER OMBUDSMAN STATEMENT ************************************************************************* This program is produced by a member of the Association of Shareware Professionals (ASP). ASP wants to make sure that the shareware principle works for you. If you are unable to resolve a shareware-related problem with an ASP member by contacting the member directly, ASP may be able to help. The ASP Ombudsman can help you resolve a dispute or problem with an ASP member, but does not provide technical support for members' products. Please write to the ASP Ombudsman at 545 Grover Road, Muskegon, MI 49442 or send a CompuServe message via CompuServe Mail to ASP Ombudsman 70007,3536. (C) Copyright 1996, Cuyahoga Computing, All Rights Reserved.