Whereabouts of SteveMcClintock

[David ilvedson]

Greg,

How many hours have you put into this quest?  The Holy Grail 
of piano service software doesn't exist.  Even with an Office 
Suite you would still be switching between programs.  PSM is 
everything I need for a piano service database.  It certainly 
isn't perfect and has drawbacks such as DOS, can't use a 
mouse, can't click on a vast number of windows to do a vast 
number of useless tasks.  "Keep it simple stupid" works 
pretty well here. I believe Dean is working towards a PSM for 
Windows and that is when I'll make the change...maybe!  I 
keep the books separate in Quickbooks Pro which is an 
example of a bloated program with a plethora of hardly used 
options.  It only takes a few seconds to switch between the 
programs.  Lets see I paid $300.00 for PSM about 7 years 
ago...I think that is money well spent!  

David Ilvedson, RPT

Date sent:      	Wed, 05 Jan 2000 23:06:49 -0500
From:           	Greg Newell <gnewell@EN.COM>
To:             	pianotech@ptg.org
Subject:        	Re: Whereabouts of SteveMcClintock
Send reply to:  	pianotech@ptg.org

> Chris,
>     I wish I had the same success you did. Ed transferred my data from PSM to
> PTBiz and all my old invoice history is filled with zero's. The customer fields
> have some bungled up info as well. I'm trying to enter all the data by hand but
> that takes forever if you've been in business long enough to have a substantial
> client base. I wish I could get into the program in a pure data base format so
> that I can do some bulk editing. That would speed things up a whole lot. As it is
> I have to go through each customer one screen at a time.
>     I'm also worried that Ed will not be making any updates. It seems as though he
> hasn't sold very many copies and he might be losing interest. I don't know for
> sure. I wish I had the time to figure out how to use the office suites to do this
> stuff. I'm afraid it would simply take too much time to build.
>     I've looked at all the other programs for piano tech's out there and all have
> some serious shortcomings. Most of them don't have integrated finical stuff like
> invoices and payment dating and the like. I really don't wish to bounce from one
> program to another to accomplish tasks that should be grouped together. So far
> PTBiz is the closest thing to what I want. I do all this on the road including
> printing invoices from this program right before the customers eyes. Ooooo they
> like that!  I've sent a couple of pages of a wish list to Ed (creator of PTBiz)
> and let just say, I'm not holding my breath.
>     Anyone out there in cyberland have any ideas? It seems to me that our
> businesses aren't that unique. I'm thinking that the automotive business is
> similar. Owners info, car's info, service history, invoice and payment tracking,
> multiple cars for clients. Surely there are other examples. Anyone know of
> possible compatible industry programs suitable for our use?  Perhaps they'd even
> be cheaper because they have more possible customers for their software. I'm all
> ears!
> 
>     Greg Newell
> 
> Chris Gregg wrote:
> 
> > Dale,
> >         Steve disappeared off the face of the planet a couple of years ago.  I
> > managed to get a trace on him through the net, and when I called him he
> > hung up.  Guess I was not the only one trying to find him.   PTH does not
> > work in Y2K.  I found that out long before Y2K happened.  I checked with
> > all sorts of folk and it is not viable to fix the Y2K bug in this program.
> > Best solution I found was PTBiz. Ed does a great job of transferring the
> > data.  Costs a bit, but well worth the money.
> >
> > Chris
> >
> > t 07:24 PM 1/4/2000 -0800, you wrote:
> > >
> > >List,
> > >       does anyone have an address or #for Steve McClintock,  former marketer
> > >of Piano Technicians Helper and other assorted software? Freind of mine
> > >needs a Y2K patch if it's available for PTH.
> > >
> > >Thanks,
> > >
> > >Dale Fox
> > >________________________________________________________________
> > >YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET!
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> > >
> > >
> >  http://www.cadvision.com/cgregg
> 
> 


David Ilvedson, RPT
Pacifica, CA
ilvey@jps.net