07/17/95

 A personal letter from the author to all Users & Beta-Testers
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Any one using this program who will comment or  give  suggestions is
a beta tester!  This program has so many different functions  in  it
that it is continually being up-graded into a better program.

People all over the world are asking for new and different functions,
European conversions, different languages, etc.  It's hard to keep up
with all of the input.  At this time this version is called
2.00A-Beta.

Users  who  register the  Mr. Machinist  program will be sent version
2.00A  free  of charge as soon as it is released.   Upon registration
you will be  sent  the latest available version, whether it is a beta
version or not.

First I would like to  thank you all for taking the time out of your
day to make this Mr. Machinist program a better program continually!

The comments you have, the bugs you find, the text you see that could
be displayed in a  better  'mood',  all these things that you find in
this  program and then report to me will be taken to heart.

I try my best to take the users of this  program very seriously when
they comment on methods or bugs.   The comments and ideas  that  you
have are put into  effect as soon as possible.   The way you see the
program  now  is  the  result  of many comments and suggestions that
users have had.   This program is not just  my own ideas...it is the
your ideas too.

My main objective is to create a program, with your help, that the
manufacturing  community  throughout  the world will benefit from.
A  program that  can be  utilized in just about any  manufacturing
environment.  A program that is fun to use and easy for the  first
time computer user.  A program that speaks in plain every day talk
that a person can understand.   The very reason that I started the
program  was  because I was taking to long to  figure out a simple
trig problem.   If I had been a  gifted machinist that  rarely ran
into problems then this program would never have been created.

The  Mr. Machinist  program is the type of program that will never
really  come to  completion.   There will always be new ideas, new
formulas, and new tools to make the job  of  manufacturing better.
Since  these  new  ideas  come  so  often, the same goes with this
program.

What to test in this 2.00A Beta Version:

1) The way text is displayed.  (Spelling, grammer, mood, etc.)
2) The Help File. (Do you really get the help you need)
3) Functions, are they displaying the answers properly?
4) Is the printer working properly?
5) Do menus pop-up and go away when you want them to?
6) Are dialog boxes and input lines being displayed properly?
7) Do you see functions you think no one would ever really use?
8) What about a function that every one would use?
9) Are there any ugly default colors?



NOTES:

The manual has not been up-graded for this new version yet, most of
what you'll read in the older manual is valid for this version.
Always use the F1 Help key for functions that are included in the
program but not mentioned in the manual.  There is help for every
available function.

The 'Colors' option only saves the colors you choose each session.
( Color options will soon be able to be saved to disk )
A  Desk Top  file is saved to your drive each time the  program is
excecuted.  This file is called 'MRM.DSK'.   If this file does not
exist  then you will be  given an information box telling you just
that.

Thank you for taking the time to read this text file.  The quickest
way to contact me is to call F1 Computing.  The best way to get the
latest version is to call the Mr. Machinist BBS and download the
program.

Allan J. Bremer
F1 Computing
PO Box 2413
Williamsport, PA 17703-2413
(717)323-3363 Voice
(717)323-0033 Bulletin Board System, 24hr, 14400 max.