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| Latest news: What has been changed here
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| Overview: What this site is all about.
Objectives, Target audience, Privacy, legal matters, and some not-so-legal issues... |
| Old-Apps: Very many notes (and
maybe a few solutions!) on running older apps under newer Windows OSes. |
| Anti-Spyware: Many notes on Spyware;
recommended tools, procedures, websites, etc. |
| Downloads: Freeware and Shareware software
available for Downloading |
| Orders: Facility to place orders for
non-freeware products |
| Links: Some useful (?) links to other related
web sites. |
| Feedback: Complete a short form, and send
to us. |
| Referrals: Simple system to refer others
to this site. |
| E-Mail us: Compose an e-mail in your own
e-mail program, and send to us. |
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Solutions/Products . . .
| Lesspace: Utility to resolve
problems with very large Hard Drives (typically over 2 or 4GB), where some older
applications cannot handle these large sizes. |
| PatchCRT: Utility to resolve
problems with older apps, where they cannot run on very fast processors - eg, Pentiums
over 200MHz. |
| Time Dilation: Some commentary,
test-results, claims and counter-claims, etc, re TD. Includes TD report from Mr. Michael O'Connor. |
| Paradox-DOS (Y2K): Notes on Y2K
issues with Paradox-DOS, solutions, options, etc. |
| AwardMJK: An (other !) fix for
PCs which use some versions of AWARD BIOSes which are unable to handle 20xx dates
properly. |
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| Site Introduction, Privacy statement, Legalese . . . |
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| Welcome: |
Hi !. This site is devoted mainly to technical issues related to computers - including
Lesspace, Time-Dilation, PatchCRT, Award-BIOS-Y2K, PDoxDOS-Y2K. The main focus is
on software, and on PC-based systems. However, references to smaller microcomputer and
microprocessor-based systems may appear, as well as references to mid-range platforms such
as the IBM AS/400 and similar systems.
Thanks for getting this far !. The site has no elaborate Graphics, no Multimedia, no
Video, no Audio, no Java, etc. Just a tiny logo, a few colours, and a few Tables
and Forms. Generally, we've used default settings for colours, fonts, etc. Our
intention is to concentrate on a simple, fast, compatible site, containing data
on a few technical matters which we consider suitable for inclusion here - not on Web-Publishing
!. The site uses one of the simple standard MS formats - for now !!....
We prefer to include links to technical material that is covered elsewhere, rather than
repeating it here. In this regard, we have generally not sought permission to include such
links; we hope their inclusion is acceptable to their owners. If not, we'll gladly comply
with any special requests from any authors/owners of such data.
If you have any problems or suggestions related to finding, visiting, viewing, or
navigating this site, or if you have queries on any material here, please contact us. Support may be unavailable or limited during holiday
periods in mid to late August. Thank you.
This site is hosted at www.TRKHosting.com. I
highly recommend their facilities, support, courtesy, etc. |
| Michael Kennedy |
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| Mission?: |
| Must we have a mission statement ?. (Sure........where would we be
without one ?). OK...., it's to design, develop, and update computer systems to the
highest possible quality. |
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| Company Profile: |
Heck - not another mandatory item.....
The Company was formed in 1978 (in Ireland); the founder having already been employed at
IBM, in a variety of roles and in a number of countries - mainly in software development
(commercial apps, packages, bespoke, management, OS development, some international
assignments, etc, etc). Since 1978, a variety of assignments have been undertaken with
many clients in Ireland, and with some clients in various European countries, US, Japan,
etc. Through many special software (and some hardware) assignments, and through the
release of some freeware and shareware products, our full client list
runs into many hundreds, and spans about 30 countries. However, most of the big
projects continue to be undertaken for some long-standing clients in Ireland, and relate
mainly to the PC and IBM mid-range platforms.
Workwise, projects usually fall under these categories:
- Low-level Assembler work on PCs (Drivers, BIOS, I-O interfaces, Problem-Solving,
etc)
- Modifications to existing PC software (C, Pascal, Paradox, Delphi,
Cobol, ASM, BASIC, etc)
- Implementation of PC apps (Commercial, Industrial, Scientific)
- Implementation of Asm (and C, etc) apps on other microprocessor-based
systems
- Write / Update / Support commercial apps on IBM mid-range systems
(RPG - S/3x, AS/400).
Finally, the software products mentioned in this site (and even
the site design itself !) are samples of what we do and know (and don't know !) on
low-level PC-related matters. A quick browse of the site, and the products, might tell you
much more that any made-up copy in this section !... |
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| Downloading: |
To download any of the files on this site, you'll need to do one of the following:
Windows:
Left-click on the link to the file, to save it to the default location (Desktop
?). Or, Right-click on the link, and in the popup menu, select Save this link
as... (or similar prompt) and save it under the desired name, and to the required
location on your PC.
For ZIPped files (filename ends with ".zip"), you'll need to un-zip
them with some appropriate utility. Recommended tools include PKUNZIP (from PKWARE), or WINZIP (from Nico
Mak Computing), or ZipMagic (from Mijenix), or
TurboZip (from Pacific Gold Coast), or any compatible
decompressor.
MacOS:
It's most unlikely you'll be downloading anything from this site to a Mac! But... Click
and hold on the filename you require. On the popup menu, select Save this link as...
(or similar prompt) and save it under the desired name, and to the required location on
your computer. |
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| Privacy Statement: |
This privacy statement discloses our attitude and technical practices for this site.
We are not responsible for the Privacy practices or policies or contents of any associated
or referenced sites.
We recognise the importance of protecting the privacy of any information available about
you, or supplied by you, and are committed to using our best efforts to respect your
privacy.
We appreciate that some details about you are usually automatically revealed when you
visit web sites, but we do NOT collect nor use any such data. We do not investigate, nor
even know, what data is known about you by our ISP, nor by any entity in the chain linking
your browser to our site. We do not generate "cookies" (or other similar
techniques) on your system, and this site does not knowingly contain any advertisements,
spyware mechanisms, etc.
We collect and retain ONLY data voluntarily supplied directly by you, when you e-mail us,
and/or submit details in the site's order form(s) and inquiry form(s). Furthermore, with
sensitive details such as Credit-Card information, we use the services of a recognised
provider of secured server SSL encryption of data. We've seen claims that no breach of
confidentiality through SLL servers has been recorded.
Our Order and Inquiry forms request some general contact details about you, details to
process payments, and technical details about your computer systems, but only as relevant
to your Order or Inquiry. You may opt out of supplying any of this data. We use the
contact and technical details only to alert you to relevant product updates, etc, and then
only rarely, and, hopefully, non-intrusively.
We NEVER release your details to any other party.
If, at any time, you wish to query, revise or erase any details we retain about you, or if
you have any questions on this privacy policy, please contact us,
and we will endeavour to meet your requirements.
Though it operates in a different jurisdiction, and therefore under different privacy
laws, we recognise and agree with the overall principles of schemes such as that provided
by http://www.truste.org. It has a good charter for
both web publishers and web users, and is recommended. In general, the following issues
are identified:
- What information is collected,
- Who collects it,
- How is it used,
- With whom is it or may it be shared,
- What choices are available to the user re collection, use and distribution
of the information,
- What security procedures protect the loss, misuse or alteration of
information,
- How inaccuracies can be corrected. |
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| Miscellaneous: |
We hereby acknowledge all Patents, Trademarks, and Registered Trademarks
referenced on this site.
Content: Smelling errors excepted, we
try to use British English spellings here. So, if you use the American
release, please ignore typos such as colour, recognise, etc. Don't hesitate to let us
know of bad grammar, bad spelling, bad syntax, unclear constructs, improper
assumptions, boring... waffle......
Browsers: This site appears as intended (!) using the
IE4/IE5/IE6 browsers. When viewed with some versions of NS and Opera, some minor features
do not appear as intended. These differences usually relate to the handling
(especially the colouring) of Table Cells. One such example is the appearance of the logo
- it should appear with a diamond (decision box, or a pun on K and S O S) to the left,
with a short low horizontal bar extending from the top and left of the diamond to the left
edge, and a longer high horizontal bar extending from the bottom and right of the diamond
to the right edge. To avoid large logo files, I've just used table cells to generate most
of this stuff. Guess I might have to go back to a larger logo file <s>. I'd appreciate comments on any problems which present on your
browser....and any suggestions !. Thank you.
This site was last updated on: Sept, 2011.
This entire web site, including all pages, is Copyright © 1999-2011: Kennedy
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thereafter may not be recopied, reproduced or otherwise redistributed. All products
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correctness of the site contents and products. All users agree that all access to and use
of this site and all products available from this site, are at their own risk. Neither
Kennedy Software, nor any party involved in providing or delivering this site and all
products thereon, shall be liable for any direct, incidental, consequential, indirect or
punitive damages arising out of access to, use of or inability to use this site and
products, or any errors or omissions in the content thereof. |
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Many thanks to whoever penned this... Sorry, I don't know the author(s) - I saw it on
some NGs... Enjoy!...
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| Excuses for Late-Payment,
or Non-Payment!: |
Some idle moments..... The following are funny, if not also serious:
- probably funny - if you represent an organisation with overdue
creditors/payables,
- serious - if you represent the supplier/vendor.
Some are from web-searches - and credits to all who've contributed; some are not from web
searches!; I've categorised them; they're in no special order; and there's some slight
duplication. Additional entries welcome!
Supplier's fault!:
Your invoice didn't arrive on time.
You invoiced us in the wrong currency.
Your invoice is incorrect.
You missed the payments run – you're in the hat for
next month-end.
We didn’t send the cheque as we don’t know your
full address.
We didn't get a Statement.
The VAT was incorrectly calculated.
Payment WAS sent within the terms.
Charges are optional, you don't have to charge them!
Your Letter/Invoice was not dated.
We did not get the invoice.
You did not send a reminder.
We're good payers, why upset us?
If we had known you wanted payment in a certain time, we
would have hired someone else.
If you do not ask for your money, you won’t be paid.
You're on to the wrong person/dept.
We’re not paying you because you put a stop on our
account for being late payers.
Your charges were higher than we expected.
You have us mixed up with some other customer with a
similar name!
Who? You have the wrong number.
Uh.... was that a "BILL"? :-)
You continued to work for us even after some invoices were
past due. Therefore, since you traded with us while we were already past our terms, we
don't owe you for any work done after the original invoice was past due!
You want money? Yeah, and the people in hell want ice
water too.
Didn't we already pay it?
I'm positive I signed it!
You can't get blood from a turnip; you can't get blood
from a stone!
As one of our Russian clients said: "You have to meet
the requirements of a contract only if it is convenient for you!".
Your cheque went to the phone company envelope by mistake.
You must have their cheque. Sort it out with them.
Since you have already reported us to the credit agencies,
we may as well wait till that's processed.
You're looking for payment of a July invoice? (gails of
laughter) We're just starting to pay last December's invoices.
You spoke to us in a hateful manner, so we're not paying.
Your interest-rate is too high.
We're behind?!?! ..Well, why didn't you call us sooner?!?!
You should have sent us 14 copies of the invoice, a 21-day
reminder, a 30-day reminder, a 45-day reminder, a 60-day reminder, a 90-day reminder, a
statement, and 3 final reminders.
Dilbert is confronted with: "My tiny company cannot
survive if you delay paying our invoices". He replies: "You should have thought
of that before you decided to be a tiny company!".
Office/Staff issues:
I am not allowed to raise manual cheques.
We can’t pay – we’re in the middle of an
audit.
Person who writes cheques is on holiday/sick.
We’ve moved, and lost the box with the cheque book in
it.
We don't have any money!
We can't be overdrawn – we still have other invoices
to pay.
We pay bills only once per month.
Paying bills is against our religious beliefs.
We under bankruptcy, and are not allowed pay anyone.
We've filed for bankruptcy, and it hasn't been discharged
yet, so we'll just call our lawyers and have them add you to the list.
We have better things to do than pay our debts.
We forgot!
We would love to pay the bill, but we don't want to!
We never open any mail from anyone asking for money.
We pay only the "good" bills!
We don't deal in real money here any more; it's all in the
computer.
Our terms are 90 days, not 30!
There are no cheque signatories available.
I do not speak English.
Minor Office difficulties:
We dropped our cheque book in the rain.
We haven’t got a pen.
We've run out of cheques.
We're in the middle of an armed robbery!
We posted the cheque, but can’t remember if we
stamped it.
We're only a little late.
We processed the wrong invoice.
It was a genuine mistake!
It won't happen again.
We've lost your invoice, send a copy.
I can't talk to you about this now; I'm having a panic
attack.
We're waiting for the cheque to be signed.
We sent your payment to somebody else.
We misfiled your invoice.
The police took your invoice from our premises.
Bills?? Kids must have stolen it from the mailbox. We lose
a lot of bills that way.
We just sent that payment out with the morning mail.. Is
your address xxx, xxx? No? Sorry, we'll get you a new payment as soon as the other one is
returned.
I thought someone else here had paid it!
Our chopper crashed, and we lost our cheque-book.
Sorry, we have the cheque right here, 'cause we'd
forgotten to post it.
We've just been shot by intruders. We're losing blood
quickly. Can you call back later?
The bookkeeper had an accident, she was trying to put on a
sports bra, sprained her neck, and has to wear a cervical collar – so she can't look
down to fill out cheques.
Our bank was robbed.
We can't take a message, our secretary left, and took the
pencil.
We’re too busy to deal with this right now.
Contractual issues:
We did not agree to penalties & interest charges in
the contract.
We don't pay penalties & interest.
The penalties & interest are extortionate.
We did not agree to your invoicing terms.
We were not aware of the law!
Penalties are not legal!
We don't give a ____ about you. What can you do? Put us in
jail for not paying?
We didn't know we had a contract with your company... YES,
we requested services... YES, you performed those services... YES, we have your invoice,
but we're not going to pay it because we didn't know we contracted with you!
We've decided to not use the products/services you
supplied to us.
We had someone else re-do what you did.
When you do the other/remaining projects, we'll pay you
then.
Technology issues:
We can’t pay – we’re in the middle of the
payroll run.
Our systems can't cope.
We can't do a cheques run EVERY day!
We don’t have a payment run until next month.
A new computer system is being installed.
Our computer system has failed; our server is down.
External factors:
The cheque is in the post.
We posted the cheque, but a firework was put in the post
box.
It was someone else's fault.
Cashflow problems, waiting for debtors to pay us.
If we pay you, then we won't have money to pay others.
Its only money. The Tax-man gets most of it anyway.
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