*********************************************************** WELCOME TO ToQuicken *********************************************************** ToQuicken is a simple utility that converts files of downloaded stock or mutual fund prices into a format that Quicken is capable of importing. The whole purpose of ToQuicken is to allow America Online, CompuServe, or Dow Jones members to be able to use their on-line service to obtain price information and easily update their Quicken files. If you have any comments, suggestions, or questions they are welcomed by the author. See below for information on how to contact the author. *********************************************************** REGISTRATION INSTRUCTIONS *********************************************************** ToQuicken (copyright 1993 by Mark Beiley) is a shareware application. If, after a reasonable period, you decide that you find ToQuicken useful and plan to continue to use it, please send $5 to the author: Mark Beiley P.O. Box 3311 Burlington, VT 05401 USA How to contact the author: Internet: beiley@moose.uvm.edu America Online: beiley CompuServe: 72643,3041 Telephone: (802)864-7463 Evenings or weekends before 10pm EST The most efficient way to contact the author is through electronic mail. Questions are normally addressed within 1 or 2 days. To keep costs and registration fees down, long distance phone calls can not be returned. *********************************************************** WHAT YOU GET WHEN YOU REGISTER *********************************************************** You will be sent a registration serial number and password. This password will enable the registered version of ToQuicken. Registered users are guaranteed free upgrades for life! As a registered user you will always be able to able to use the latest version of ToQuicken. Your same serial number and password will continue to enable future versions. All registered users are entitled to 3 years of free technical support from the author. Mark Beiley may be reached by either US mail, telephone, or electronic mail at the addresses and number listed above. You will have the author's gratitude. You may print out the file register.txt to fill out and return when registering. Please include any electronic mail addresses that you may be reached at, in order to make it easier for the author to notify you of updates. *********************************************************** DEFINITION OF SHAREWARE *********************************************************** Shareware distribution gives users a chance to try software before buying it. If you try a Shareware program and continue using it, you are expected to register. Individual programs differ on details -- some request registration while others require it, some specify a maximum trial period. With registration, you get anything from the simple right to continue using the software to an updated program with printed manual. Copyright laws apply to both Shareware and commercial software, and the copyright holder retains all rights, with a few specific exceptions as stated below. Shareware authors are accomplished programmers, just like commercial authors, and the programs are of comparable quality. (In both cases, there are good programs and bad ones!) The main difference is in the method of distribution. The author specifically grants the right to copy and distribute the software, either to all and sundry or to a specific group. For example, some authors require written permission before a commercial disk vendor may copy their Shareware. Shareware is a distribution method, not a type of software. You should find software that suits your needs and pocketbook, whether it's commercial or Shareware. The Shareware system makes fitting your needs easier, because you can try before you buy. And because the overhead is low, prices are low also. Shareware has the ultimate money- back guarantee -- if you don't use the product, you don't pay for it. *********************************************************** DISCLAIMER - AGREEMENT *********************************************************** Users of ToQuicken(copyright 1993 by Mark Beiley) must accept this disclaimer of warranty: "ToQuicken is supplied as is. The author disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, including, without limitation, the warranties of merchantability and of fitness for any purpose. The author assumes no liability for damages, direct or consequential, which may result from the use of ToQuicken." ToQuicken is a "shareware program" and is provided at no charge to the user for evaluation. Feel free to share it with your friends, but please do not give it away altered or as part of another system. The essence of "user- supported" software is to provide personal computer users with quality software without high prices, and yet to provide incentive for programmers to continue to develop new products. If you find this program useful and find that you are using ToQuicken and continue to use ToQuicken after a reasonable trial period, you must make a registration payment of $5 to Mark Beiley. The registration fee will license one copy for use on any one computer at any one time. You must treat this software just like a book. An example is that this software may be used by any number of people and may be freely moved from one computer location to another, so long as there is no possibility of it being used at one location while it's being used at another. Just as a book cannot be read by two different persons at the same time. Commercial users of ToQuicken must register and pay for their copies of ToQuicken within 30 days of first use or their license is withdrawn. Site-License arrangements may be made by contacting Mark Beiley. Anyone distributing ToQuicken for any kind of remunera- tion must first contact Mark Beiley at the address above for authorization. You are encouraged to pass a copy of ToQuicken along to your friends for evaluation. Please encourage them to reg- ister their copy if they find that they can use it. All registered users will receive a registered version of ToQuicken *********************************************************** HISTORY OF CHANGES *********************************************************** original version 1.0 Converted AOL and CompuServe files to CSV 3/4/94 version 1.1: Added Dow Jones conversion