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<font size=3>They gave bonzi buddy free to me yesterday for downloading
IntruderAlert 99 (and paying for it).  -uf<br>
<br>
<br>
At 04:06 PM 7/14/99 -0700, you wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite cite>Lionel<br>
<br>
Here is the IA99 site:<br>
<br>
http://www.bonzi.com/intruderalert/ia99.asp<br>
<br>
I don't think they're giving Bonzi Buddy away anymore, but you'll have to
go<br>
there to see.<br>
<br>
Guy<br>
<br>
<br>
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On Behalf Of Lionel&nbsp; Issen<br>
Sent:<x-tab>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</x-tab>Wednesday, July 14, 1999 2:14
PM<br>
To:<x-tab>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</x-tab>metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<br>
Subject:<x-tab>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</x-tab>Re:
track down intruders<br>
<br>
Please send me&nbsp; or post the addresse to download these 
programs<br>
<br>
Lionel Issen<br>
----- Original Message -----<br>
From: Stewart Taylor &lt;staylor@xxxxxxx&gt;<br>
To: &lt;metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx&gt;<br>
Sent: Sunday, July 11, 1999 8:15 PM<br>
Subject: Re: track down intruders<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
Hi Walter;<br>
<br>
Just curious, what led you to believe that some one was entering
your<br>
system?&nbsp;&nbsp; Are they doing it through your internet
connection?<br>
<br>
Stewart.<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
At 08:09 PM 7/11/99 -0400, you wrote:<br>
&gt;Hi Guy, Chip and all the others who helped<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;My copy of Intruder Alert 99 is already installed and running, thanks
to a<br>
&gt;nice person who sent me a copy.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;20 to 30 minutes after installation the firewall shut the door
on<br>
somebody.<br>
&gt;So who knows how many times I've been &quot;examined&quot;.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;Enclosed are other fun &quot;search and destroy&quot; tools from the
&quot;ethical&quot;<br>
hacker<br>
&gt;group.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;Best regards<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;Walter<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;==============================<br>
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The<br>
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&gt;<br>
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&gt;<br>
&gt;<br>
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&gt;The rest of this page is still being compiled<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;Copyright (c) 1996-99 E.H.A.P. Corporation<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;==================================<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;----- Original Message -----<br>
&gt;From: nicholasjr &lt;nicholasjr@xxxxxxxxxxx&gt;<br>
&gt;To: &lt;metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx&gt;<br>
&gt;Sent: Sunday, July 11, 1999 9:28 AM<br>
&gt;Subject: Re: track down intruders<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; Hello Walter,<br>
&gt;&gt; There is a program named &quot; Intruder Alert &quot;, search
for it or tell me<br>
how<br>
&gt;to<br>
&gt;&gt; attach it to<br>
&gt;&gt; an email.<br>
&gt;&gt; nc<br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;<br>
Stewart Taylor<br>
Taylor Fixed Income Outlook<br>
Voice: 501-219-9774<br>
Fax: 501-228-0963<br>
E-Mail: staylor@xxxxxxx<br>
Web Site:
http://www.cei.net/~staylor/<br>
<br>
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Hi.
<br>You don&acute;t need the "D" I use this for my daily updating and it
works fine.
<br>&lt;TICKER>,&lt;DTYYMMDD>,&lt;HIGH>,&lt;LOW>,&lt;CLOSE>,&lt;VOL>
<br>GENERAL,990618,3813.02,3752.81,3813.02,10449000
<br>SX16,990618,4802.98,4705.58,4800.79,0
<br>VERKS,990618,5341.76,5226.89,5333.34,0
<br>SKOGS,990618,1953.6,1927.44,1949.96,0
<br>KEMI,990618,10625.31,10484.26,10577.83,0
<p>Yours sincerely.
<br>Lars Andersson
<p>"A.J. Maas" wrote:
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<b><font color="#800000"><font size=-1>First</font></font></b><font size=-1>The
file is incomplete, eg the columns do not match up. In the file's contents:</font><font size=-1>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
-the daily dates in the "date column" are plain missing</font><font size=-1>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
-the "D" for Periodicity-column is entirely missing (and in the header
as well)</font>&nbsp;<font size=-1>Otherwise, the columns contents seem
ok. Now by using the best proper header for an Asci file is your ticket
out.</font><font size=-1>Either have Convert to convert a MetaStock file
to an ASCII for File Type(TXT)-file or (as I have made it a bit easier</font><font size=-1>for
you, eg and as this is also from earlier mails) this is what the proper
(for use in Downloader) ASCII-file's header</font><font size=-1>must look
like:</font>&nbsp;<font size=-1>&lt;TICKER>,&lt;PER>,&lt;DTYYMMDD>,&lt;OPEN>,&lt;HIGH>,&lt;LOW>,&lt;CLOSE>,&lt;VOL>,&lt;OPENINT></font><font size=-1>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Note1: without a separating comma at the line's end.</font>&nbsp;<font size=-1>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Note2: to use CAPITOL letters only (this stems from the ol' DOS-days)</font><font size=-1>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Note3: to always delete the last blank empty line(s) that are sometimes
left behind in an ASCII text-file</font><font size=-1>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
(eg when Opening the ASCII-TXT-file using NotePad/WordPad/Word/Excel).</font>&nbsp;<font size=-1>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Note4: that the above header is totaly different from the &lt;not ever
working> example that is provided in</font><font size=-1>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
the DL-manual (p.70). (See also further below). Otherwise, most instructions
on that page and the following</font><font size=-1>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
2x pages are most of the time correct.</font>&nbsp;<b><font color="#800000"><font size=-1>Example:</font></font></b>&nbsp;<font size=-1>&lt;TICKER>,&lt;PER>,&lt;DTYYMMDD>,&lt;OPEN>,&lt;HIGH>,&lt;LOW>,&lt;CLOSE>,&lt;VOL>,&lt;OPENINT></font>
<br><font size=-1>MYTICKER,D,19990714,1500,2000,1400,1650,555656,0</font><font size=-1>MYTICKER,D,990714,1500,2000,1400,1650,555656,0</font><font size=-1>MYTICKER,D,1999/07/14,1500.00,2000.00,1400.00,1650.00,555656,0</font>&nbsp;<font size=-1>Use
NotePad (minor) or Excel (large) or even Word (minor+large), to make the
desired changes to a ASCII-TXT file.</font><font size=-1>On Saving (Excel/Word)
the file in one of these programs try to choose the "Text (TAB-delimited)
(*.txt)"-option for File Type.</font><font size=-1>Then, in Word(WordPad)
Open the file to "Edit|Replace" the not visable TABs by blanks (eg leave
the tiny window for</font><font size=-1>the "replacement" plain empty).</font>&nbsp;<b><font color="#800000"><font size=-1>Another
example:</font></font></b><font size=-1>This ASCII-TXT file (eg its contents)
can be directly Pasted into an already Open-ed Downloader's Datafile sheet</font>&nbsp;<font size=-1>07/06/1999&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
35.50&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 36.45&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 35.40&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
36.00&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 8036736&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1</font><font size=-1>07/07/1999&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
36.65&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 37.40&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 34.20&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
35.00&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 6540326&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1</font>
<br><font size=-1>07/08/1999&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 35.40&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
35.75&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 32.55&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 33.10&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
5821690&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1</font>
<br><font size=-1>07/09/1999&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 33.70&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
34.40&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 33.20&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 33.55&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
5271435&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1</font>
<br><font size=-1>07/12/1999&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 33.80&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
33.85&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 32.95&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 33.30&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
2921341&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1</font>
<br><font size=-1>07/13/1999&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 33.20&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
34.80&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 33.00&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 34.70&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
4662857&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1</font>
<br><font size=-1>07/14/1999&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 35.25&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
36.90&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 34.75&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 36.25&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
5673425&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1</font>&nbsp;<font size=-1>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Note5: the columns here (have to be) are also TAB-delimited (eg for this,
the "html mail"-editor does not seem to be</font><font size=-1>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
able to pick up the TAB's, but they were there when I Pasted them in this
mail).</font>&nbsp;<b><font color="#800000"><font size=-1>Second</font></font></b><font size=-1>Read
on up on the Convert-Tool and its sometimes parculiar Options, this as
you will also have to get aquinted.</font><font size=-1>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Eg., with the program's handles for the:</font><font size=-1>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
-Convert dialog window (p.65-67)</font><font size=-1>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
-Options|Source TAB (p.67-68)</font><font size=-1>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
-Options|Destination TAB (p.68-69)</font>&nbsp;<b><font color="#800000"><font size=-1>Third</font></font></b><font size=-1>See
the new DL page 70-72 &lt;now revisioned&nbsp; -but with the still incorrect
ASCII headers- version> below.</font><font size=-1>This was taken from
the build-in DL Help-file (DL6.52a) and note that the headers here given
are for Excel-files only.</font><font size=-1>The parts that are correct
only, are the ASCII's "&lt;" and ">"&nbsp; characters, eg the ones hugging
the Excel headers.</font>&nbsp;<font size=-1>Also quickly noticed that
there were a few new features added:</font><font size=-1>- new - new is
the &lt;name> for the "name field" that was added for header's+column's
option</font><font size=-1>- new - if all the data in the ASCII file is
for one security only, then only one column could be used (also in the
header),</font><font size=-1>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
eg this is done so by omitting any of the other available columns (fields).</font>&nbsp;<font size=-1>Regards,</font>
<br><font size=-1>Ton Maas</font>
<br><font size=-1>ms-irb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx</font>
<br><font size=-1>Dismiss the ".nospam" bit (including the dot) when replying.</font>&nbsp;<font size=-1>===========================================</font>&nbsp;<b><font size=-1>ASCII
Source File Layout</font></b>&nbsp;<font size=-1>In order for an ASCII
source file to convert properly, the file must be arranged correctly.&nbsp;
This section explains the proper alignment.</font>
<br><font size=-1>The data in the ASCII file should be arranged as shown
below.</font>&nbsp;
<br><font size=-1>&lt;ticker>, &lt;per>, &lt;date>, &lt;time>, &lt;open>,
&lt;high>, &lt;low>, &lt;close>, &lt;vol>, &lt;o/i></font>&nbsp;
<br><font size=-1>&lt;<b>ticker</b>>&nbsp; The ticker symbol of the security.&nbsp;
The ticker symbol is used to determine which MetaStock data file to post
the data to.</font><font size=-1>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The ticker symbol (if you choose to specify it in the ASCII file) must
be included on every line of data.</font><font size=-1>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
-If the ticker symbol in the ASCII file does not match a ticker symbol
in the MetaStock data files, you will be asked</font><font size=-1>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
if you want to create a new MetaStock data file.</font>
<br><font size=-1>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
-If the ticker symbol in the ASCII file includes a space, a comma-delimited
header line must be created at the top</font><font size=-1>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
of the ASCII file (see <u><font color="#008000">ASCII Source File Layout
</font></u>on how to create a header line).&nbsp; The header line allows
the file to</font><font size=-1>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
be processed using only commas as delimiter characters.</font><font size=-1>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
-The ticker field can be omitted, but only if the &lt;per> field is also
omitted.&nbsp; If the ticker symbol is omitted, you are</font><font size=-1>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
prompted to supply the ticker symbol (see <u><font color="#008000">Ticker
Symbol Dialog</font></u>).</font>
<br><font size=-1>&lt;<b>per</b>>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The periodicity
of the data (e.g., Intraday, Daily, Weekly, Monthly, or Yearly).</font>
<br><font size=-1>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
-If this field is omitted, the periodicity selected in the Conversion Options
dialog is used (see</font><font size=-1>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<u><font color="#008000">Conversion Options Dialog</font></u>).</font>
<br><font size=-1>&lt;<b>date</b>>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The date of the data
contained on the line of the ASCII file. Each line of the ASCII file must
have a date.</font><font size=-1>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The date can be in either the yymmdd or mm/dd/yy formats (e.g., 891222
or 12/22/89).</font><font size=-1>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The dates must be in ascending order (i.e., most recent date is listed
on the last line).</font><font size=-1>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
-If the dates in the ASCII file precede the dates in the existing MetaStock
file (i.e., the file you are appending to),</font><font size=-1>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
the data will be ignored.</font>
<br><font size=-1>&lt;<b>time</b>>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The time of the data
contained on the line of the ASCII file.</font><font size=-1>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
This field should only be used if the ASCII file contains intraday price
data (i.e., the periodicity is intraday).</font><font size=-1>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The time should be entered using a 24 hour clock (e.g., 3:30 PM = 15:30).</font>
<br><font size=-1>&lt;<b>open</b>>&nbsp;&nbsp; The opening price of the
security.&nbsp; The open field can be omitted if the open interest (&lt;o/i>)
field is also omitted.</font><font size=-1>&lt;<b>high</b>>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The high price for this date.</font>
<br><font size=-1>&lt;<b>low</b>>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The low price
for this date.</font>
<br><font size=-1>&lt;<b>close</b>>&nbsp;&nbsp; The closing (last) price
for this date.</font>
<br><font size=-1>&lt;<b>vol</b>>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The volume
for this date.</font>
<br><font size=-1>&lt;<b>o/i</b>>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The
open interest for this date.&nbsp; The open interest field can be omitted
if the open (&lt;open>) field is also omitted.</font>&nbsp;<b><font size=-1>EXAMPLE
INPUT:</font></b>
<br><font size=-1>IBM,D,7/29/86,121,122.375,120.500,121.75,624589,0</font><font size=-1>IBM,D,7/30/86,123.375,123.125,122.5,122.75,431234,0</font>
<br><font size=-1>MOB,D,7/29/86,28.25,29.5,27.125,28,12627,0</font>
<br><font size=-1>MOB,D,7/30/86,30,30.625,29.875,30.375,7588,0</font>&nbsp;<font size=-1>Because
the &lt;open> and &lt;o/i> fields are optional, this data also could be
arranged as shown below.</font>&nbsp;
<br><font size=-1>IBM,D,7/29/86,122.375,120.500,121.75,624589</font>
<br><font size=-1>IBM,D,7/30/86,123.125,122.5,122.75,431234</font>
<br><font size=-1>MOB,D,7/29/86,29.5,27.125,28,12627</font>
<br><font size=-1>MOB,D,7/30/86,30.625,29.875,30.375,7588</font>&nbsp;
<br><font size=-1>If all the data in the ASCII file is for one security
only, then the &lt;ticker> and &lt;per> fields can be omitted.</font><font size=-1>The
data can be arranged as shown below.&nbsp; You will be prompted for the
ticker symbol.</font>&nbsp;<font size=-1>7/27/96,41.375,40.5,40.75,524589</font>
<br><font size=-1>7/38/96,42.5,40.5,41.75,345679</font>
<br><font size=-1>7/29/96,42.375,41.125,41.75,678967</font>
<br><font size=-1>7/30/96,43.625,42.500,43.125,564479</font>&nbsp;
<br><font size=-1>If all the data in the ASCII file is for one security
only, then the &lt;ticker> ,&lt;per>,&lt;high>,&lt;low>, and &lt;vol>&nbsp;
fields</font><font size=-1>can be omitted. The data can be arranged as
shown below.&nbsp; You will be prompted for the ticker symbol.</font>&nbsp;
<br><font size=-1>7/27/96,40.75</font>
<br><font size=-1>7/38/96,41.75</font>
<br><font size=-1>7/29/96,41.75</font>
<br><font size=-1>7/30/96,43.125</font>&nbsp;
<br><font size=-1>In the resulting MetaStock files, the other price fields
will be automatically filled with the close values.</font><font size=-1>The
volume fields will be filled with zeros.</font>&nbsp;<font size=-1>A header
line can be placed at the top of the ASCII file to specify the arrangement
of the data. This allows you to</font><font size=-1>arrange the data in
any order you wish.</font><font size=-1>The line below shows volume appearing
before the price fields.</font>&nbsp;
<br><font size=-1>&lt;date>,&lt;vol>,&lt;high>,&lt;low>,&lt;close></font>
<br><font size=-1>7/29/86,624589,122.375,120.500,121.75</font>
<br><font size=-1>7/30/86,431234,123.125,122.5,122.75</font>
<br><font size=-1>7/29/86,12627,29.5,27.125,28</font>
<br><font size=-1>7/30/86,7588,30.625,29.875,30.375</font>&nbsp;
<br><font size=-1>An ASCII source file can also contain a &lt;name> field.&nbsp;
This is helpful if your destination file is in the MetaStock format</font><font size=-1>and
you want the name of MetaStock file to be different than the ticker symbol.</font><font size=-1>If
you choose to include a &lt;name> field in your ASCII file, you must define
a header line, otherwise the conversion will fail.</font><font size=-1>The
following header line is an example.</font>&nbsp;<font size=-1>&lt;ticker>,
&lt;name>, &lt;per>, &lt;date>, &lt;close>, &lt;vol></font>&nbsp;<font size=-1>========================================================</font>&nbsp;<font size=-1>-----
Original Message -----</font><font size=-1>From: Raidak &lt;raidak@xxxxxxxxx></font><font size=-1>To:
Metastock List &lt;metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx></font><font size=-1>Sent:
woensdag 14 juli 1999 4:15</font><font size=-1>Subject: converting ascii
file</font>&nbsp;<font size=-1>> i have an eod ASCII file which contains
the following fields for 250 stocks:</font>
<br><font size=-1>> symbol, date, high, low close, vol.</font>
<br><font size=-1>> AA,00,00,00,00</font>
<br><font size=-1>> BB,00,00,00,00</font>
<br><font size=-1>></font>
<br><font size=-1>> I have tried with the downloader but i couldn't get
good results.</font>
<br><font size=-1>></font>
<br><font size=-1>> Thanks</font>
<br><font size=-1>></font>
<br><font size=-1>> raidak</font>
<br><font size=-1>></font>
<br><font size=-1>></font>
<br><font size=-1>></font></blockquote>
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On Wed, 14 Jul 1999, Lionel Issen wrote:

> Some chapters in the book are worth reading.  This one is not.  A book for
> traders should not require a ph.d. (piled higher and deeper) in statistics
> and data mining.

Is this the ignorance is bliss approach, or a variation on Mo Tzu's 
theory of opposites - The less you know, the more you know?
Don't you think that those who do understand these things might have a 
slight advantage over those who don't? 

Cheers,

Jim