THE WELCH COMPANY
440 Davis Court #1602
San Francisco, CA 94111-2496
415 781 5700


S U M M A R Y


DIARY: October 10, 1992 05:45 PM Saturday; Rod Welch

Visited Morris to install updated SDS program and sample data.

1...Summary/Objective
2...Mouse
3...Password

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1...Did not discuss this. Need to follow up on getting this for Morri.

CONTACTS 
0201 - Chips & Tech.                      408 434 0600
020101 - Mr. Morris E. Jones
020102 - Vice President =Ext. 4283  car: 408 398 6004 Prodigy TBDG68A
020103 - Advanced Products =fax 434 0765

SUBJECTS
SDS; Installation

0403 -    ..
0404 - Summary/Objective
0405 -
040501 - Installed SDS program on Morris' computer at home, per ref SDS 2 line
040502 - 121090.  This will enable me to work with him through SDS, explained
040503 - at ref SDS 2 line 121109.
040504 -
040505 -
0406 -
0407 -
0408 - Installation
0409 -
040901 - Used laplink to move program files from CPU #7 which I configured
040902 - before I left SF.  The make program routine did not handle the
040903 - following correctly:
040904 -
040905 -    1.  A lot of d:, e: entries were changed to c:.  Need to fix it.
040906 -    2.  The program date was correctly entered.
040907 -
040908 -
0410 -
0411 -
0412 - Development Macros
0413 -
041301 - Installed the User version of SDS, which runs on c:.  Also installed
041302 - the following development macros.
041303 -
041304 -                        C: 01 02
041305 -                        C: 01 04
041306 -                        C: RW 03            same as c: sd 03
041307 -
041308 - RW is an alternate directory for SD, which has the compiled macros,
041309 - and the other macros for sds that run on d:.
041310 -
041311 -
0414 -
0415 -
0416 - Set-Up
0417 -
041701 - Moved following to his DOS directory:
041702 -
041703 -                     sds.bat
041704 -                     s.com
041705 -                     z.exe
041706 -                     zu.exe
041707 -
041708 -     This enable me to avoid changing his path.
041709 -
041710 - I renamed c: sd 01 sds.bat, to sds.org.
041711 -
041712 -
041713 -
041714 -
041715 -
0418 -
0419 -
0420 - Profile
0421 -
042101 - Morris is using his original "Profile" system, which is being called
042102 - everytime we use the e command.  It am not sure it is causing a
042103 - problem, since it only sets up functions.
042104 -
042105 - He will consider disconnecting profile, when SDS is opened.
042106 -
042107 -     We could rename it in the batch file that calls SDS, and name it
042108 -     back when SDS is closed.  This requires using a batch file to
042109 -     call SDS in Windows, which he is not doing (see below), but which
042110 -     is easy enough to do.
042111 -
042112 -
042113 -
0422 -
0423 -
0424 - Windows 3.1
0425 -
042501 - We set up a Windows pif.  Configured it to run in a window, and set
042502 - up a font end so it has a good size.
042503 -
042504 -     Assigned memory to use the maximum available, with -1 param.
042505 -
042506 -     We call SDS without sds.bat, as follows:
042507 -
042508 -                    c:\sd\01\e.exe
042509 -
042510 -                    messages c:\sd\03\04702
042511 -
042512 -
042513 -
042514 - Mouse
042515 -
042516 - The mouse does not work in SDS under Windows.  This is the same
042517 - problem he had at work, see ref SDS 2 line 189.  He will change the
042518 - configuration, to clear this problem.
042519 -
042520 -
042521 -
0426 -
0427 -
0428 - Transfer Welch Data
0429 -
042901 - Transferred 2 months of Welch data.
042902 -
042903 - The transfer "Install" feature failed initially, becasue z.exe and
042904 - zu.exe were not in the path statement.  After I moved these programs
042905 - into the DOS directory, Installed worked correctly.
042906 -
042907 -
042908 -
0430 -

SUBJECTS
Chips & Tech; SDS Support
Initialization
SDS; Evaluation, Initialization, Using Set-Up

0706 - Summary/Objective
0707 -
070701 - Demonstrated the new installation features.  A problem arose in
070702 - entering the password.  I even got confused, because I think, unlike a
070703 - new User who would concnetrate on following the procedures, I jumped
070704 - ahead.
070705 -
070706 -     When I enter too many characters for password, it gives a
070707 -     message, but when the next character is hit which is still too
070708 -     many, it is entered, and so is entered across the screen.
070709 -
070710 -
070711 - Password
070712 -
070713 - Explained how he can select POIMS for a default password, that will
070714 - permit him to avoid having to enter it each time.  He decided to use
070715 - a password.
070716 -
070717 - Set up following:
070718 -
070719 -                     Password:  morris1
070720 -                     User ID:   jones
070721 -
070722 -
070723 - Morris seemd to like the ability to preview the password field,
070724 - during setup.
070725 -
070726 -
070727 - Configured his system so SDS initialization begins with Start Up
070728 - screen.
070729 -
070730 - Showed how to open the SDS Group Manager with Executive Services.
070731 -
070732 -
070733 -
070734 -
0708 -

SUBJECTS
SDS Improvements to Medit
Insert Key, make it wrap within margins
Mouse Support

0906 - Summary/Objective
0907 -
090701 - Did not discuss following pending items.
090702 -
090703 -   1.  Main thing I need now is "Insert" fixed so it does not crash
090704 -       when text reaches command window or screen column 80.  Maybe
090705 -       he can give us a macro like we do with wordwrap.
090706 -
090707 -   2.  Seems to be a problem with the mouse closing down everything
090708 -       after awhile when we are trying to close just one file.
090709 -
090710 -
090711 -
090712 -
0908 -

SUBJECTS
SDS Business Development
Morri Smyth Contract
Assembly Language Support, Morris

1006 - Summary/Objective
1007 -
100701 - Did not discuss this.  Need to follow up on getting this for Morri.
100702 -
100703 -
100704 -
1008 -
Distribution. . . . See "CONTACTS"