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Ray It's good. We don't have any problems with it.
08 9242 2317
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Greg at Horizons West
It's worth two buses in the yard.
Alex at Horizons West
Couldn't run the business without it.
08 93518980
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Charlie at National
It's good.
08 9414 1177
Garry at National
It's the best invention.
08 9414 1177
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Julie at van Kuyl
Wouldn't work without it.
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We find it very good. Ray CityBus 13 Feb 04
No. We dont get any problems with it. Ray CityBus 13 Feb 04
It runs well. Ray CityBus. 13 Feb 04
Life has got a lot easier. GS June 2004
It's brilliant. JB May 2004
It's really fantastic. I swear by it. Charlie Marks. May 2004
It's 100%. CM May 2004
Best Invention. GO 2004
Bloody Marvelous. CM 2004
Bloody Fantastic. GO 2004
Worth a bus in the yard. GB 2004
Couldn't run with out it. AB 2004
He wouldn't be where he is today without it. JB June 2004
This system is so great. CM June04
It's a good system. PS Sept04
We're wrapped. KU Sept04
We should have bought it four years ago. GS Aug 04
We've got more time at the weekend GS Aug 04
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Other Information
Reliability
BusDiary has been used continuously day in day out for more than ten years.
New companies tend to have significant dramas during the first month.
Then another couple of dramas in the next two months.
After this initial stage they generally run unassisted.
Tables have been setup with minimum internal restrictions so to minimise chance of damage and to make repair is easy.
Known Problems
After system or machine crashes:
Unwanted and stray lock files may need deleting using Repair.exe which searches and deletes unnecessary lock files.
Tables may need a rebuild after a system crash.
This can be done in house by some-one of moderate computer literacy.
After an upgrade there is often a minor issue or two to be fixed.
Previous Problems
I think in ten years I have had one table that would not rebuild.
I lost one or two records which were easily reentered.
And one set of invoices was issued twice because data was incorrectly transfered from a home computer to a work computer.
We have met all manner of users and have protected against all manner of madness.
Database Maintenance
Yesco strongly recommends Terminal Services or VNC access through an adsl connection for database maintenance.
On older machines it is useful to archive old bookings to keep the database snappy.
The Author
Andy Chalkley. Trained in Engineering in the Imperial College, University of London.
This included computing modules.
He taught Maths Physics and Computing at various high schools in Western Australia.
Owned and operated 'Down Under Bus and Coach Service Pty Ltd' in Perth Western Australia from 1989 to 1999.
The business was sold in 1999.
Down Under had a busy fleet of charter buses close to Perth centre.
Developed BusDiary in 1993.
Down Under had a contract to supply buses to WestRail in the event of disruption of service.
Up to 75 buses were co-ordinated using BusDiary sometimes reaching 750 movements in a day.
BusDiary scheduled this without problem.
Andy Chalkley now runs a computer company that covers sales, service, website and database.
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1993 BusDiary developed.
1994 BusDiary first used.
1995-97 Emailed confirmations. Auto faxing of confirmations and invoices
1997 Networked.
1999 modified to suit different bus companies.
2000 Special Splash added.
2000 Database linked to Quickbooks.
2003 Booking Copy (Splosh) added.
2004 Booking Copy (Splat) added.
2005 Heavily modified to schedule helicopters, planes and work rosters for offshore oil platforms.
2005 Modified to suit Limousine operations.
2006 Fast Booking (Red Hot Fill) entry added.
2006 Send as pdf added.
2006 Editable signatures and emails.
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Yesco IT is a small computer company based in Perth Western Australia.
BusDiary is a database system designed for use by small and medium bus companies. The program covers almost all of the tasks needed by a charter bus company. The program is also suitable for other industries including Limousine business.
Features:
Booking entry.
Confirmations.
Scheduling.
Schedule checking.
Jobsheets.
Sub-contractors.
Quotes.
Invoicing.
Emailed Confirmations, Quotes, Invoices, Jobsheets.
Vehicles.
Driver Licence checking.
Vehicle Licences.
Safety Certificates.
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Andy Chalkley
Happy Pty Ltd
55 Roberts Street
Osborne Park WA 6017
abn 36 068 405 621
acn 068 405 621
info@busdiary
:com:au
08 9444 8855
Mobile 0400287287
Happy Pty Ltd trading as Yesco IT
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Blank Data Set YescoDataBlank.zip
Change Log changelog.txt
BusDiaryManual.pdf
Downloads Directory
