ESI 3/6/8000 (DOS) V8.0
With the completion of V8.0, we are now focused on V9.0, the installation of mouse functions on all the screens. Although this sounds very simple, one does not realize how many choices a person has on the various screens until he has to have a mouse function for each one.

Dr. John is about a third of the way through and we hope to have it available for review at this years’ conference. With this completed and the addition of the Menus, (V8.0) the DOS product is getting much easier to get around in.

WIN Scale
On November 16, McCormick announced the delivery of PC Scale for Windows. Patterned after McCormick’s popular DOS PC Scale, this new product has added features that are bound to please the Contractor whose needs are less than the larger products.

PC Scale for Windows is complete in every detail, designed to be used in the office or on a job site, and will take you through the entire estimate. In addition to being in a true 32bit WINDOWS format, we have added many asked for features including assemblies. A partial listing of features in PC Scale for Windows are:

McCormick will be doing a mailing to all PC Scale users within the next several months to make them aware of this new product. If you would like more information on this new product, contact the Arizona Sales office.

See McCormick
At this time, McCormick is scheduled for the following trade shows:

February 9, Las Vegas
Electric West

April 27, Chandler
Users Conference

May 27, New York
Electric East

September 27, Baca Raton Fl
IEC

October 18, Las Vegas
NECA

In addition, we will be participating at other regional trade shows and meetings.

WIN3000
Rounding out our full line of estimating products, work has been completed on the WIN3000. This estimating software product has many of the features found in both the 6000 and 8000 however, it does not contain many of the more sophisticated parts of the program. It has been determined that not all need to the ability to edit specifications, security, keyboard mapping, reports, etc. Although the 3000 does not include these features found in the larger product, it does have an item and assembly data base with job costing, label breakout, multi-window takeoff, count & length probes, plus much more that you have come to expect from McCormick. For more information on the 3000, contact the Arizona sales office.

McCormick Web Site
Recently completed and updated weekly, McCormick Systems invites you to spend some time browsing our website. This highly informative site contains information on:

In addition, if you are current on support, you can download the latest releases from the site. Our home page can be reached simply by typing WWW.McCormickSys.Com.

Silver State Classic
Well, you can’t win them all, even with a new car, but, to be disqualified for going too slow and then too fast is crazy.

Our downhill slide started with a phone call about a week before the race. The producers of both Hard Copy (TV Show) and Speed Vision (Cable network) asked us if we would be one of the two featured cars in their road racing sequences. Little did we know that when we said yes, it would lead to a big disqualification. To make a long story short, because of the limited speed of the camera car, we got caught going too slow and, in an attempt to catch up to our correct speed, got caught going too fast.

Yes, we did have our moment in the sun as we all sat around the TV a month later and saw us racing however, we did not bring home the gold.

Now for the fun part. Todd (McCormick) did buy a new (different) car. Now, remember our first race was in a rental car and our second in Mike McKittrick’s new Mitsubishi Eclipse Spider Convertible. Now, Todd felt that it was time for his own. He started by getting into the web and looking for fast cars. This research lead to a Corvette. Not just any old Corvette but a ZR1 Corvette (you know, the one with one key for normal and a second key for full power)

If that was not enough, he had roll bars, five point seat belts, special suspension work, and a built in Halon fire suppression system installed.

Then, as the car was getting more comfortable running on a closed course versus normal highway, the next thing that he bought was a trailer to haul it on. (And I thought boats and aircraft were expensive)

It looks as if we will be racing about three times a year, twice in the US and once in Mexico. We will keep you informed. (No more TV, we are serious racers)

Conference ‘98
Well, Conference ‘98 is set. To be held at the Sheraton San Marcos, we will be concentrating on Version 4.3 of the WINDOWS product, Version 9.0 of DOS, and introducing PC Scale for Windows.

As normal, the conference will open with a reception on Wednesday evening, however, rather than holding the reception at the hotel, we will be holding it at Jack and Karaen McCormick’s home which is located on the 14th fairway of the hotel’s golf course.

The opening program will be a little different. Instead of going through the product, as in the past, we will be looking at estimating as a whole.

In addition to the above, we will be featuring third party people as well as in-depth breakouts of the product. Not to be forgotten, the computer lab will be open for the three day period as well as McCormick will be hosting the McCormick Masters golf tournament and fun night out.

So, mark down April 29 for day one of Conference ‘98. More will follow in the next several weeks.

Class Schedule
The schedule for training for the last of this year as well as for next year is as follows.

January ‘98
   WIN, January 28
February ‘98
    DOS, February 18
WIN, February 25
    March ‘98
    WIN, March 25
April ‘98
    DOS April 27
    WIN, April 27
May ‘98
    WIN, May 27
June ‘98
    DOS, June 17
    WIN, June 24
July ‘98
    WIN, July 29
August ‘98
    DOS, August 19
    WIN, August 26
September ‘98
    WIN, September 30
October ‘98
    DOS, October 7
    WIN, October 28
November ‘98
    WIN, November 9
December ‘98
    DOS, December 9
    WIN, December 16

The above dates are tentative and additional classes will be added based on demand. Check with the Arizona office for availability

In addition, McCormick is offering in-house training and in-house customizing of both specifications and reports. We presently have two persons that know both the McCormick product as well as estimating. We also have additional people that, in addition to estimating, can set up virtually any specification or report that you might need. These people are available to come into your office and work with you. Again, call the Arizona office for more information.

Top 300
According to a survey that was generated from EN&R Magazine, McCormick Systems provides and supports their estimating software to over 47% of the nations electrical contractors. This number is up from the 1996 survey by about 7% and up almost 12% from the 1995 survey.

McCormick is very proud of this relationship and has and will continue to work hard to continue to excel in the construction market place.

Mechanical Contractors
Courtney Stearns, a longtime McCormick sales representative as well as instrumental in the marketing and supporting of accounting software has created a mechanical data base and has now targeted the mechanical industry with the McCormick Windows products.

If your interest is in mechanical estimating, you can call Courtney at 800/775-6721

NECA Presidents
With the election of Rod Borden as NECA’s President, McCormick now is in the unique position of providing estimating software to the current President of NECA as well as the previous four NECA Presidents. This impressive list includes:

Buck Autrey (1980-1985)
Miller Electric

Emerson Hamilton (1986-1989)
Hamilton Electric

Leo Webber (1990-1993)
Webber Electric

Bob Doran (1994-1997)
Capital Electric

Rod Borden (Current)
Tri-City Electric

In addition, McCormick provides estimating software to about 50% of NECA’s Vice Presidents.

One would almost think that using McCormick software is a requirement for being president of NECA.

WIN 6/8000 Tricks
Building Assemblies:
When building assemblies, open up two or more assembly forms. Now, use the left form for the assembly that you want to build and the center and right form to build from. (You could have a center form for assemblies and right form for items) Building is now very easy as you just pick from the one of the two forms on the right what you want to build or copy from. Most people set up one of the user definable tool bar for this function.

Tool Bar:
The user definable tool bar comes set up, however, it can be changed to fit your need. One use is for building assemblies as previously indicated, however, another use is to name one of the button "close" or something that you relate to. Then, whenever you quit the program for whatever reason, just right click on the "close" button, left click on the "snapshot" choice, and close down the application. Then, when coming back into the program, just left click on the "quit" button and the program will load all of the forms just as you left them.

Macros:
Most people do not know that the tool bar not only is a "form saver" but also can function as a Macro driver. To make a Macro, right click on the tool bar that you wish to use and then click on Macro. The product will then allow you to build the key strokes that you need to do the Macro. (Note, the way the program comes loaded, the tool bar "Jobs" is a form saver however, the tool bar "Workspaces" is a Macro)

Temp’s: (Job Specific)
There is a tab on the bottom of the takeoff form to go between permanent and temporary items or assemblies in your data base but did you know that you can use your mouse to do the same function. To go to Temp’s with your mouse, just right click your mouse anywhere in the data base and you will be there. To get back, click again in the Temp data base and you will be back in the Perms. If you are in Temps, the outline of the screen around the form will be green.

Computers for Sale
McCormick has four IBM Thinkpad computers for sale. Used less than four months, they have a 1+gig hard disk, 32 MB of memory, one floppy drive, and are ready to go to work. These will be bundled with a "second" kit for greater savings.

In addition to the Thinkpad notebooks, we have several used desktop computers for sale as well as one of the most interesting computers we have seen for a long time.