In June, 1995 I wrote a small monitor to keep track of time that I spent on the Internet. I gave copies to a few people, and the next thing I knew it had grown into something very popular. During the period June, 1995 through January, 1997 I received nearly 10,000 E-mail messages from users, most complimentary but some not. The bulk seemed pretty happy with it though.
In May, 1996 the distribution rights were purchased by NEOCOM Microspecialists, Inc and it became NEOCOM Online Timer Pro. The Freeware version is still available on many Shareware/Freeware sites on the Internet however, and there are no plans to try and remove them from circulation. There will not be any further development of the freeware code however, Version 3.0.3 of the 32-bit code and 2.8.6 of the 16-bit code were the last freeware releases.
It also appears that NEOCOM Microspecialists is no longer in the software business. I checked their web site in October, 2001 and it appears that they are now in the ISP business and have gotten away from software entirely. Please understand that I have nothing whatsoever to do with Online Timer Pro, that was their software and they modified the source code for their own use. If you have support issues with that software, I cannot help you.
The Freeware version was at one time available on many sites, but seems to be disappearing now. If you would like to download it there is a link below that should be OK since it is on my office's web server.
To all those who have used
it and enjoyed it my thanks. To those who didn't like it, sorry about that.
To those who got angry when my E-mail address changed, I'm sorry but what
else can you do when the service gets unreliable?
| NOTE: | This
software was designed and written when Windows 95 was new, and has not
been updated or revised since mid 1996. This was long before Windows
98, Windows ME or Windows 2000 were ever released. It has NOT been
tested with these operating systems, and I have no idea how it will work
with them.
Also note that it is not compatible with most newer modems. The newer generation of modems do not have the UART devices of older modems, and the automatic carrier detection functions will NOT work properly with newer modems. |
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