FastTools Version 2:07 for the FTF61.DAT funds database. 6/3/2009

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FastTools is no longer available but will be supported until the next database conversion in July 2013.

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FastTools WILL NOT RUN ON 64 BIT VERSIONS OF WINDOWS.

TO ORDER AN UP-TO-DATE CD-R OF FASTTOOLS FOR THE CURRENT FTF61.DAT DATABASE FOR $15 (checks only, made out to Brian Stocks)
An up-to-date installation CD that runs on all 32 bit Windows O/S will bring all of your FastTools files completely up-to-date but will NOT overwrite any of your customized files such as your .INI, .ABC or .CMB files unless you specify that you want the default copies.

I now only check my P.O. Box ONCE per week at the maximum which is why you should request your CD by e-mail which I check many times per day.
Please include your address so that I won't need to wait until your check arrives in the mail before mailing back the CD.

Mail to:
Brian B. Stocks,
PO Box 3587,
Santa Clara,
CA 95055-3587

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The consequences to FastTools users of the 7/11/2008 database conversion are as follows:

The current FTF15.DAT database has been replaced by four databases, (Funds for Retail investors, Funds for Advisers, Indexes, and ETF's). Since FastTools is now a very old DOS program that is only able to access 640K of the memory on your computer it has far too little memory to work with multiple databases, and even that memory is insufficient for many modules that require a lot of data arrays that contain thousands of market days of data for dozens of calculated quantities for a very large number of symbols. FastTools will now access only the FTF61.DAT, the one that contains the 4789 funds primarily used by Retail investors like myself and the majority of users, plus only the market indexes used by some of the FastTools modules. FTF61.DAT also contains only 152 ETF funds and none of the CLOSED funds.

With the addition of 5 more years to the database and the near doubling of the memory required for holding dividends and other distributions, many FastTools modules will no longer compile in the outdated Microsoft QBasic language environment and cannot be made into .EXE files.

My only solution has been to remove all modules that will not compile and strive to keep the remaining ones working until 9/1/2013 when the database will undergo further expansion. At that time FastTools will be retired. I have also given ALL of the FastTools source code to FastTrack, free of charge, to use in any way they see fit.

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Receiving award from Admiral Mitchell for 32 year's service on US Navy's Fleet Ballistic Missile System 4/22/1992
and for helping to develop the Polaris, Poseidon, Trident 1, and Trident 2 Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles

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Last Updated: 6/3/2009