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Information about “TELISOLAR”
The Teli/Solar package is a program which provides the user with an
easy, quick method of evaluating energy-saving alternatives in the
areas of hot water usage, building heating/cooling load, and solar
collector design. Teli/Solar enables the average homeowner to make
intelligent decisions about energy-related home improvements and/or
investments.
Features:
~ 1 Disk storage of building design for later use
~ 2 Menu driven (with ability to bypass menus)
~ 3 Accepts American or metric units
~ 4 Provides interactive response
~ 5 Runs on IBM-PCs and compatibles
System Requirements: 64K, one disk drive and monochrome display
How to Start: Consult TELISOL,DOC and READ.ME fiiles to review program
documentation (strongly urged). Type TELISOL to enter the main
program. To run the BASIC program consult the directions in GETTING
STARTED for your configuration.
Suggested Registration: $50.00 registration provides technical
support, one version upgrade and a letter-quality printed manual.
File Descriptions:
TELISOL DOC - An 80 page document for TELISOL.
TELISOL EXE - The actual energy analysis program.
READ ME - A brief description of how to use the program.
HOUSE DAT - A sample definition of a house.
INITVAL SOL - A sample installation file generated with SOLSTALL.
SOLSTALL EXE - A compiled version of the above.
SINSTALL BAS - A BASICA version of the installation program.
FILES486.TXT
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Disk N0 486 TELISOLAR v1 DS2
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This set of programs helps the average homeowner evaluate the amount
of energy used in his home, how much it will cost, and allow the user to
see what areas of energy use need to be improved upon.
TELISOL EXE - The actual energy analysis program.
TELISOL DOC - An 80 page document for TELISOL.
SINSTALL BAS - A BASICA version of the installation program.
SOLSTALL EXE - A compiled version of the above.
INITVAL SOL - A sample installation file generated with SOLSTALL.
HOUSE DAT - A sample definition of a house.
READ ME - A brief description of how to use the program.
NOTES486.TXT
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Disk No 486 PROBLEMS and/or COMMENTS v1 DS2
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TELISOLAR
The Telisolar package is a program which provides the user with an easy,
and fast method of evaluating energy-saving in the areas of hot water
usage, building heating/cooling load, and solar collector design. It
enables the average homeowner to make intelligent decisions about
energy-related home improvements and/or investments. If you are using this
program and find it to be of value, your contribution of $50 will be
appreciated. Your donation entitles you to the following:
1. A letter quality printed manual with accompanying illustrations in
a 3-ring binder.
2. Telephone support.
3. Inclusion on our mailing list for notification of bug fixes and new
releases.
4. One free version upgrade.
Send to:
Tesseract Enterprises Limited
PO Box 25966
Colorado Springs, Co 80936
(303) 594-6199
SINSTALL.BAS
10 '
20 ' TeliSolar Installation Program
30 ' ------------------------------
40 '
50 ' by
60 '
70 ' Tesseract Enterprises Limited.
80 '
90 ' Builds the "INITVAL.SOL" file needed by the TeliSolar program.
100 '
110 '
120 '
130 DIM SAVEVALUE(50),INSTRING$(50)
140 '
150 '
160 DATA 0 ,"0=GRAPHICS or 1=MONOCHROME"
170 DATA 2233 ,"HEATING DEGREE-DAYS"
180 DATA 1657 ,"COOLING DEGREE-DAYS"
190 DATA 25 ,"Jan. sunny days"
200 DATA 25 ,"Feb. sunny days"
210 DATA 25 ,"Mar. sunny days"
220 DATA 25 ,"Apr. sunny days"
230 DATA 25 ,"May sunny days"
240 DATA 25 ,"Jun. sunny days"
250 DATA 25 ,"Jul. sunny days"
260 DATA 25 ,"Aug. sunny days"
270 DATA 25 ,"Sep. sunny days"
280 DATA 25 ,"Oct. sunny days"
290 DATA 25 ,"Nov. sunny days"
300 DATA 25 ,"Dec. sunny days"
310 DATA 39 ,"Latitude of your location"
320 DATA 104.5,"Longitude of your location"
330 DATA 15 ,"Gal./bath or shower"
340 DATA 25 ,"Gal./laundry(hot)"
350 DATA 15 ,"Gal./laundry(warm)"
360 DATA 15 ,"Gal./dishwasher"
370 DATA 4 ,"Gal./washing dishes"
380 DATA 2 ,"Gal./h & f washing"
390 DATA 3 ,"Gal./food prep."
400 DATA 6 ,"Annual inflation rate"
410 DATA 9 ,"Average investment return"
420 DATA 11 ,"Annual fuel escalation rate"
430 DATA 7.5 ,"Cost of heating"
435 DATA 6.0 ,"Cost of cooling"
440 READ DUM,INSTRING$(1)
450 '
460 ' ----- OPEN NECESSARY FILES
470 '
480 OPEN "INITVAL.SOL" FOR OUTPUT AS 1
490 '
500 ' ----- REQUEST NECESSARY DATA
510 '
520 CLS
530 GOSUB 890
540 LOCATE 17,12
550 PRINT"This program generates the INITVAL.SOL file needed by the ";
560 LOCATE 18,12
570 PRINT "TeliSolar program by Tesseract Enterprises Limited.";
580 LOCATE 19,12 : PRINT " ";
590 LOCATE 20,12
600 PRINT "To accept the current default value, simple press the ENTER key";
610 LOCATE 21,12 : PRINT "when prompted for the new value.";
620 LOCATE 8,12 : INPUT "Monochrome or Color Adapter Board (M or C)";BOARD$
630 BOARD$ = LEFT$(BOARD$,1)
640 BOARD = -1
650 IF BOARD$ = "M" THEN BOARD = 1
660 IF BOARD$ = "C" THEN BOARD = 0
670 IF BOARD = -1 THEN 620
680 FOR I = 2 TO 29
690 READ VALUE,INSTRING$(I)
700 LOCATE 6,12 : PRINT SPACE$(60)
710 LOCATE 6,12 : PRINT "The current value for ";INSTRING$(I);" is ";VALUE
720 LOCATE 8,12 : PRINT SPACE$(60)
730 LOCATE 8,12 : PRINT "Enter your new value for ";INSTRING$(I);
740 INPUT NEWVALUE
750 IF NEWVALUE = 0 THEN USEVALUE = VALUE ELSE USEVALUE = NEWVALUE
760 SAVEVALUE(I) = USEVALUE
770 NEXT I
780 '
790 ' ----- WRITE NEW FILE
800 '
810 CLS
820 SAVEVALUE(1) = BOARD
830 FOR I = 1 TO 29
840 PRINT#1, SAVEVALUE(I)," '";INSTRING$(I)
850 PRINT SAVEVALUE(I),INSTRING$(I)
860 NEXT I
870 CLOSE
880 SYSTEM
890 '
900 ' ----- SUBROUTINE TO DRAW A BOX
910 '
920 ROW = 5
930 LOCATE ROW,8
940 PRINT CHR$(201);STRING$(69,205);CHR$(187)
950 FOR J = 1 TO 10
960 LOCATE ROW+J,8
970 PRINT CHR$(186);SPACE$(69);CHR$(186)
980 NEXT J
990 LOCATE ROW+11,8
1000 PRINT CHR$(199);STRING$(69,196);CHR$(182)
1010 FOR J = 1 TO 8
1020 LOCATE ROW+11+J,8
1030 PRINT CHR$(186);SPACE$(69);CHR$(186)
1040 NEXT J
1050 LOCATE ROW+19,8
1060 PRINT CHR$(200);STRING$(69,205);CHR$(188)
1070 RETURN
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FILES486 TXT 867 4-02-86 11:53a
HOUSE DAT 568 6-14-85 3:32p
INITVAL SOL 1280 1-01-80 12:14a
NOTES486 TXT 1233 4-02-86 11:56a
READ ME 2857 10-28-85 7:51p
SINSTALL BAS 3072 3-10-84 10:27a
SOLSTALL EXE 23794 10-28-85 7:18p
TELISOL DOC 182784 10-28-85 6:01p
TELISOL EXE 89075 10-28-85 10:01p
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