ANTHISTLE SYSTEMS & PROGRAMMING LTD. 563 Patricia Drive, Oakville, Ontario, CANADA L6K 1M4 - Phone 905-845-7959 --------------------------------------------------------- 1-Feb-1995 PAYROLL USA =========== This file is for BBS operators who want to post these PAYROLL USA V5.01 files on their board, and is also download information for their users. BBS Operators and ShareWare Disk Distributors who did not receive these files direct from us, and who are not on the JCS Marketing Inc. CD-ROM vendor distribution list, should mail their BBS Business Card or otherwise identify themselves to us so as to get on our mailing list for updates. Contact Christopher Anthistle, President, Anthistle Systems & Programming Ltd., 563 Patricia Drive, Oakville, Ontario, CANADA L6K 1M4 ( 40 cents Postage from U.S.A. ) Phone (Voice): 905-845-7959 ************************************ { Disk Distributors, please put this next paragraph in your Catalog } { there is also a shorter description in file FILE_ID.DIZ on Disk 1 } PAYROLL USA is probably the most comprehensive payroll system on the ShareWare market. It is also better than most commercial payrolls. Works in ANY State. and interfaces to ANY Accounting System (even manual bookkeeping). It does EVERYTHING, maintain employee info., calculates pay and taxes (yes, it can handle California SDI), prints checks or payslips (with option for direct bank transfers) check register, payroll register, summary journal, even does 941, 940, W-2, 1099-MISC, and Quarterly State Unemployment List. Handles taxes on Employee Benefit Plans. Can also export files to Lotus, Quattro, dBASE, etc. Also handles multiple pay frequencies, and Accountants doing client payroll will appreciate its ability to handle multiple employee files. Complete documentation on disk ready to print out. Needs minimum 640K installed RAM and a hard disk. Runs on IBM XT, AT, PS/2, and 286/386/486 compatibles. If you are looking for payroll you MUST try this one. Optional extra cost add ons are available for: Magnetic Media W-2, Check Reconciliation, and an interface to "The General Store" point of sale system. ************************************ We also have an equivalent Canadian Payroll System PAYROLL CANADA. Contact us if you have subsidiary companies in Canada, or otherwise have a need for it. FILE LIST --------- A complete set of files for PAYROLL USA Vers. 5.01 is listed below. IF ON 2 x 5 1/4 INCH 360K DISKS (OR IN 2 SMALLER ZIP FILES): ----------------------------------------------------------- 360K DISK 1 (or PAYUS501.ZIP) CONTAINS: INSTALL EXE 34352 01-29-95 Controls intallation & directories PKUNZIP EXE 29378 02-01-93 Used by install.exe to unpack files PAYUS50A ZIP 75664 01-11-94 Slide Show Part 1 of 2 PAYUS50B ZIP 83658 01-30-95 Slide Show Part 2 of 2 PAYUS50D ZIP 105569 01-29-95 Working programs part 2 of 3 2DISKSET BAT 1856 01-30-95 Distr. Split 1 disk into 2 x 360K DESC SDI 588 01-30-95 For BBS use - program description FILE_ID DIZ 588 01-30-95 For BBS use - program description PAYUS50 TXT 12526 01-30-95 Download & Install Information SYSOP DOC 684 01-30-95 Distributor Info. VENDOR DOC 6442 01-30-95 Distributor Info. 360K DISK 2 (or PAYUS502.ZIP) CONTAINS: PAYUS50C ZIP 294709 01-29-95 Working programs part 1 of 3 PAYUS50E ZIP 50398 01-30-95 Working programs part 2 of 3 TESTDATA ZIP 9115 01-11-94 10 Test Employees INSTALL2 BAT 897 01-30-95 Tells you to start install with disk 1 IF ALL ON ONE DISK (OR IN 1 LARGE ZIP FILE): ------------------------------------------- 720K, OR 1.2 MEG, OR 1.44 MEG DISK (or PAYUSA50.ZIP) CONTAINS: INSTALL EXE 34352 01-29-95 Controls intallation & directories PKUNZIP EXE 29378 02-01-93 Used by install.exe to unpack files PAYUS50A ZIP 75664 01-11-94 Slide Show Part 1 of 2 PAYUS50B ZIP 83658 01-30-95 Slide Show Part 2 of 2 PAYUS50C ZIP 294709 01-29-95 Working programs part 1 of 3 PAYUS50D ZIP 105569 01-29-95 Working programs part 2 of 3 PAYUS50E ZIP 50398 01-30-95 Working programs part 2 of 3 TESTDATA ZIP 9115 01-11-94 10 Test Employees 2DISKSET BAT 1856 01-30-95 Distr. Split 1 disk into 2 x 360K DESC SDI 588 01-30-95 For BBS use - program description FILE_ID DIZ 588 01-30-95 For BBS use - program description PAYUS50 TXT 12526 01-30-95 Download & Install Information SYSOP DOC 684 01-30-95 Distributor Info. VENDOR DOC 6442 01-30-95 Distributor Info. INSTALL2 BAT 897 01-30-95 Tells you to start install with disk 1 BBS SYSOPS ---------- How you post them on your board depends largely on personal preferences and how much time your users are allowed to download a file. They could be in one large ZIP file, PAYUSA50.ZIP, containing the entire contents of our distribution diskette zipped into one file, with the FILE_ID.DIZ description visible in your download directory, example: PAYUSA50.ZIP PAYROLL USA V5.01 Rel 1-Feb-95 1 x 720K DISK The best payroll system on the market for the IBM PC XT and 286/386/486 compatibles running DOS. Includes PIF and ICO files for start up from Windows 3.1 if you have it (but windows is not required). Very complete payroll for all sizes of company, lots of features, works in any State. Can handle multiple files (good for multi-client payroll prep. services). Calc. pay and taxes, prints checks (or pay slips), govt. forms & internal reports. Use with any accounting system. Requires hard drive and dot matrix or laser printer. or if you prefer to split it into 2 smaller ZIP files you might want to use our supplied 2DISKSET.BAT to create two 360K diskettes then zip each 360K diskette into PAYUS501.ZIP and PAYUS502.ZIP then post them with a modified FILE_ID.DIZ description for each, or with the PAYUS50.TXT information file and a one liner description such as: PAYUS50.TXT PAYROLL USA V5.01 DOWNLOAD INFO. AT 2/95 PAYUS501.ZIP PAYROLL USA V5.01 DISK 1 OF 2 RELEASED 2/95 PAYUS502.ZIP PAYROLL USA V5.01 DISK 2 OF 2 RELEASED 2/95 Either way please do not unzip our zips and repack them, just create a big zip with our zips, our install, and our other files inside of your zip. (If you wish to unzip our zips for testing or virus checking do not re-zip the unpacked files, just delete them when you are done testing and create your distribution zip(s) only from our supplied diskette). Our install.exe does not care if our zips are on one diskette or two, or even if they are on a hard drive, but we do require that the end user have access to our install so that our zips are finally unpacked onto our standard directory names for ease of telephone support and upgrades. It will take about one hour to download both disks at 2400 baud (half an hour each), or about 15 minutes total at 9600 baud. It is a big download but it will be worthwhile. DISKETTE VENDORS ---------------- If you received it direct from us Payroll USA will be on one 3 1/2 inch low density (720K) disk so it can be installed on older computers that have low density drives. The low density disk is also readable "as is" by high density 3 1/2 inch drives. It can also easily be copied to high density 5 1/4 inch 1.2 meg or 3 1/2 inch 1.44 meg disks with DOS COPY *.* or XCOPY *.* to a pre- formatted high density disk of the required size. Those vendors still selling low density 5 1/4 inch 360K disks can split our distribution disk using our supplied 2DISKSET.BAT file. If you add your own start up program it must start our INSTALL.EXE (which will be on disk 1 of a 2 disk set). If you need more space for your own vendor distribution files delete PAYUS50.TXT and if that does not give you enough space then also delete 2DISKSET.BAT, if still not enough then (reluctantly) VENDOR.DOC and SYSOP.DOC can also go. Do not delete anything else. As long as all files are present, our INSTALL.EXE does not care whether it is one or two diskettes or whether they are low or high density. DO NOT install or otherwise expand all the component zips (payus50a.zip, payus50b.zip payus50c.zip etc.) then re-pack them for distribution in some different order or with different names. Our install.exe depends on finding our file names in the original zip file names we gave them. It makes it simpler for the end user to install the registered user version and annual upgrades if the unzipped shareware version is on a known directory (which our install uses - \PAYPGMS for the working programs and \PAYSLIDE for the slide show). INSTALLATION FROM DISKETTES --------------------------- If you received the two diskettes, put disk 1 in drive A and type A: CD \ INSTALL then insert disk 2 when prompted. If using drive B to install then simply substitute B: for the A: in the above instructions. If install finds that all files are on one diskette you will not be prompted for a second diskette. INSTALLATION FROM MODEM DOWNLOADS --------------------------------- If you downloaded the disks over your modem as two large ZIP or ARC etc. files then they must be unpacked first onto whichever directory you use to test downloads, or onto diskettes. They can both be unpacked onto the same disk or directory. Once unpacked make that directory the active directory and run the INSTALL program, it will do the rest for you. (You will be unzipping the file(s) you downloaded to reconstitute what would have been on a distribution diskette, then INSTALL will be unzipping that onto the final working directories. You can delete the contents of the intermediate directory containing INSTALL.EXE after installation is complete) If you experience any difficulty with the INSTALL program you may install the files manually. The DOS commands to do this (assuming your hard disk is drive C and you unpacked the two large ZIP or ARC files onto a directory called \DOWNLOAD) would be: C: MD \PAYSLIDE CD \PAYSLIDE COPY \DOWNLOAD\PKUNZIP.EXE PKUNZIP \DOWNLOAD\PAYUS50A PKUNZIP \DOWNLOAD\PAYUS50B DELETE PKUNZIP.EXE MD \PAYPGMS CD \PAYPGMS COPY \DOWNLOAD\PKUNZIP.EXE PKUNZIP \DOWNLOAD\PAYUS50C PKUNZIP \DOWNLOAD\PAYUS50D PKUNZIP \DOWNLOAD\PAYUS50E PKUNZIP \DOWNLOAD\TESTDATA DELETE PKUNZIP.EXE RUNNING PAYROLL USA ------------------- Decompressing the ZIP files is a one time job. It need never be done a second time. Once decompressed, whether manually or by the INSTALL.EXE program, you can run the component programs as follows: To use the PAYROLL USA system: C: CD \PAYPGMS PAYUSA The Slide Show was last updated March, 1990. It is rather dated and in 1994 was replaced by the new 20 page Payroll USA instruction manual PAYUSA.DOC which can be displayed or printed from the PAYUSA.EXE start up menu choice "F3 READ OR PRINT DOCUMENTATION & REGISTRATION INFO". It contains all most users need to know in a much more compact and up to date form than the old slide show. We are, however, retaining the Slide Show for now as a reference source should you need it. To see the Slide Show C: CD \PAYSLIDE RUNSLIDE or select choice "F4 SEE OR PRINT THE PAYROLL USA SLIDE SHOW" from the PAYUSA.EXE start up menu DELETING THE INSTALLED PROGRAMS ------------------------------- If you decide PAYROLL USA is not for you and you wish to recover the disk space it occupies then (assuming it is installed on Drive C): C: { or whichever drive it was installed to } ERASE \PAYPGMS ERASE \PAYSLIDE ERASE \PAYIN { \PAYIN and \PAYOUT are default data directories, your } ERASE \PAYOUT { employee data is here, be certain you want to erase it } RD \PAYPGMS RD \PAYSLIDE RD \PAYIN RD \PAYOUT HAVE FUN !!! Don't forget to pay us your registration fee if you decide to continue usage of PAYROLL USA beyond the 60 day evaluation period.