freuden@gryphon.CTS.COM (Ralph Freudenberger) (02/05/88)
Has anyone figured out how to make a 'to-do list' for a certain day in the calendar program provided by AT&T? It seems that when one creates a 'to-do list' it stays around indefinitely no matter what day, month, or year is currently being displayed. The documentation makes no mention of these lists either. Ralph Freudenberger
thad@cup.portal.com (02/06/88)
SPeaking of which: I've had my system since mid-November 1987, mailed in the warranty and registrations cards (and checked the box to receive the free calendar) and have NOT yet received the calender. Other people at my company (over 10% of us have bought 3B1 systems during the past 90 days) have ALSO not received the calendar. To whom should one complain, call or write to get the calendar program?
don@novavax.UUCP (Don Joslyn) (02/07/88)
I'm running 3.51 on my 3B1 and to my surprise I found a copy of pcal (The
Calendar program) in /etc/fixes. I installed it in /usr/bin, suid to root, and
it works just fine. I also added an entry in the ua menu so I could get to it
easier.
Take a look in /etc/fixes, you may be lucky too. :-)
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...{ihnp4!codas,ucf-cs,allegra}!novavax!dons3b1!don (Private)lenny@icus.UUCP (Lenny Tropiano) (02/08/88)
In article <2985@cup.portal.com> thad@cup.portal.com writes: |>Speaking of which: I've had my system since mid-November 1987, mailed in |>the warranty and registrations cards (and checked the box to receive the |>free calendar) and have NOT yet received the calender. |> |>Other people at my company (over 10% of us have bought 3B1 systems during |>the past 90 days) have ALSO not received the calendar. |> |>To whom should one complain, call or write to get the calendar program? I don't want to start this whole discussion again, this was brought up in October, 1987 (I think)... If you have 3.5 or 3.51 operating system, there is a directory /etc/fixes that includes: # ls -l /etc/fixes total 207 -rw-r--r-- 1 root other 0 Oct 16 21:33 .fixedlist -rwxr-xr-x 1 bin bin 83924 Jan 1 1970 pcal -rw-r--r-- 1 bin bin 21894 Jan 1 1970 pcal.hlp There's the program, why it was put there is beyond me, but this is what you have to do: # mv /etc/fixes/pcal /usr/bin # strip /usr/bin/pcal NOTE: You can leave this step out if you don't have the Development Set or like symbols ;-) # mv /etc/fixes/pcal.hlp /usr/lib/ua # vi /usr/lib/ua/Office [add this to the Office] Name=Calendar Default = Open Open=EXEC -d /usr/bin/pcal -c Help=EXEC -d /usr/bin/uahelp -h /usr/lib/ua/ua.hlp -t Calendar Now you have the Calendar program that you'll wait a *LONG* time for from AT&T ... -Lenny -- ============================ US MAIL: Lenny Tropiano, ICUS Computer Group IIIII CCC U U SSSS PO Box 1 I C C U U S Islip Terrace, New York 11752 I C U U SSS PHONE: (516) 968-8576 [H] (516) 582-5525 [W] I C C U U S AT&T MAIL: ...attmail!icus!lenny TELEX: 154232428 IIIII CCC UUU SSSS UUCP: ============================ ...{uunet!godfre, harvard!talcott}!\ ...{ihnp4, boulder, mtune, bc-cis, ptsfa, sbcs}! >icus!lenny "Usenet the final frontier" ...{cmcl2!phri, hoptoad}!dasys1!/
david@ms.uky.edu (David Herron -- Resident E-mail Hack) (02/08/88)
FYI, I've had my 3b1 since august and JUST LAST THURSDAY received
my copy of the personal calendar. You get a disk and a little
manual and a folder to keep it all in. I've heard one story
of it taking something on the order of a year for one person
to receive theirs...
a 6 month wait is better'n 18 months :-)
If you're impatient, the program is already on your disk in
/etc/fixes (or maybe it's /etc/.fixes?). You can easily copy
or link the file into /usr/bin. From there it's a fairly
easy matter to come up with the couple of lines to stick
into /usr/lib/ua/Office which you need in order to run
the program. I leave those couple of lines as an excercise
to the reader :-).
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<---- It takes more than a good memory to have good memories.wtm@neoucom.UUCP (Bill Mayhew) (02/08/88)
I activated the calendar on my 3b1 in approximately the same manner as described by Lenny. I found that everything except for the alarm function seems to work correctly. I discovered that if the alarm goes off and you don't answer it when the requester comes up, that the control file in your $HOME gets munged-up. So, if you use the /etc/fixes version, its best not to use the alarm function. Otherwise, it is a pretty nifty program. I hope the officially sanctioned AT&T version arrives one of these days. One guy here at work received four copies of the calendar, I guess one for each revision of the O/S he bought :-). I don't know if the alarm works on the official version; I don't think he ever installed it. --Bill
emigh@ncsugn.ncsu.edu (Ted H. Emigh) (02/08/88)
In article <8260@g.ms.uky.edu> david@ms.uky.edu (David Herron) writes: >FYI, I've had my 3b1 since august and JUST LAST THURSDAY received >my copy of the personal calendar. You get a disk and a little >manual and a folder to keep it all in. I've heard one story >of it taking something on the order of a year for one person >to receive theirs... >a 6 month wait is better'n 18 months :-) Here at NCSU, we have had our 7300's (15 of them) since December 1986 -- now going on 14 months and haven't gotten the personal calendar yet!! We haven't been pushing for it since some version of it is on the machines already, but STILL .... -- Ted H. Emigh, Dept. Genetics and Statistics, NCSU, Raleigh, NC uucp: mcnc!ncsuvx!ncsugn!emigh internet: emigh%ncsugn.ncsu.edu BITNET: NEMIGH@TUCC @ncsuvx.ncsu.edu:emigh@ncsugn.ncsu.edu
mark@cogent.UUCP (Captain Neptune) (02/09/88)
In article <2985@cup.portal.com> thad@cup.portal.com writes: >SPeaking of which: I've had my system since mid-November 1987, mailed in >the warranty and registrations cards (and checked the box to receive the >free calendar) and have NOT yet received the calender. > >Other people at my company (over 10% of us have bought 3B1 systems during >the past 90 days) have ALSO not received the calendar. I sent my registration in last August. I just got my calendar on Saturday. That'd put you at around May for getting yours.... -- # Mark ###################### Ernie: Gee, Bert! Where'd all your files go ? # # Steven #################### Bert: My files! Er-r-r-r-r-r-rnie-e-e-e-e !! # # Jeghers ############ {ihnp4,cbosgd,lll-lcc}!ptsfa!cogent!{mark,shawn!mark} # # Standard Disclaimer: Don't sue me. Sue my company. They have more money. #
phantom@wolf.UUCP (Dina Kurktchi) (02/10/88)
Sure... you can find the calendar in /etc/fixes, but forgive me... if you've really got your heart set on getting the calendar and dox from ATT, why not just call the hotline and "where's that free calendar you offered me??" You should get 4 days thereafter. The Phantom ...!sdcsvax!jack!wolf!phantom
jbm@uncle.UUCP (John B. Milton) (02/10/88)
In article <997@neoucom.UUCP> wtm@neoucom.UUCP (Bill Mayhew) writes: ... >Otherwise, it is a pretty nifty program. I hope the officially >sanctioned AT&T version arrives one of these days... >--Bill Well guess what? When you do the install, the version in /etc/fixes supercedes the one on the floppy. As a matter of fact that's why it's there! John -- John Bly Milton IV, jbm@uncle.UUCP, {ihnp4|cbosgd}!n8emr!uncle!jbm home: (614) 294-4823, work: (614) 459-7641, FLAME via email :)
freuden@gryphon.CTS.COM (Ralph Freudenberger) (02/10/88)
In article <2985@cup.portal.com> thad@cup.portal.com writes: >SPeaking of which: I've had my system since mid-November 1987, mailed in >the warranty and registrations cards (and checked the box to receive the >free calendar) and have NOT yet received the calender. > >Other people at my company (over 10% of us have bought 3B1 systems during >the past 90 days) have ALSO not received the calendar. > >To whom should one complain, call or write to get the calendar program? I only got my calendar program after calling several 1-800 numbers starting with the 'hotline' number. I did this twice.
rich@bergy.UUCP (Bergstedt) (02/14/88)
In article <2985@cup.portal.com>, thad@cup.portal.com writes: > SPeaking of which: I've had my system since mid-November 1987, mailed in > the warranty and registrations cards (and checked the box to receive the > free calendar) and have NOT yet received the calender. > > Other people at my company (over 10% of us have bought 3B1 systems during > the past 90 days) have ALSO not received the calendar. > > To whom should one complain, call or write to get the calendar program? Since you have to fill out the registration card - I would try the hotline. 1-800-922-0354 -- +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Rich Bergstedt AT&T Data Systems Group | | voice: 714-855-5570 23421 S. Pointe Dr. #100 | | fax: 714-855-5690 Laguna Hills, CA 92653 | | uucp: ...uunet!ccicpg!arnold!bergy!rich -or- attmail!rbergstedt | | DISCLAIMER: These are my opinions, definitely not AT&T's. | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+