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By Bruce T. Goldman
2180 Bolton St.
Bronx, NY 10462-1332
(718) 823-9873
May 1, 1996
Internet Address = Twostate@intercom.com
One of my pet peeves, when looking at software, is trying to identify
what it is. Usually I have to scan through a ton of documentation to
find out what the program is and what it does. So ...
WHAT IS DAY 9.10?
DAY 9.10 is a set of 12 data bases covering each month of the year.
It is a storehouse of birthdates, events, holidays, and obituaries.
HOW DO I RUN DAY 9.10?
There are two excellent programs to run DAY 9.10 on a DOS based
system. The best is NEWDAYPC in that it implements all of the features
of my data. NEWDAYPC has recently been updated after 5 years (Version
4.9 in March, 1995). TODAY is the original program by Patrick Kincaid
and although has been update in July, 1994, it still doesn't support
the features I desire (certain colors keys, randomness or limit of
events, not allowing for certain groupings (!,D,H,I,Y). Therefore
unless you are prepared to edit my files you may get some strange
results. With 9.10 I have bundled the latest version of Newdaypc in
DAY910-1, and the latest version of Today in DAY910-2.
OKAY, B-U-T HOW DO I RUN DAY 9.10?
You need DAY910-1.ZIP through DAY910-6.ZIP. You also need an unzipper
which is available on just about every DOS BBS. Unzip all the files
in a directory named TODAY. Unzip NEWDAYPC in the same directory.
Just type NEWDAYPC and you will get the days events (based on the date
set on your computer). IF you want a specific date type NEWDAYPC MMDD
(MMDD is the month and day (ie NEWDAYPC 0101 is for January 1).
HOW IS THE DATA STORED IN DAY 9.10?
The data is in pure ASCII and probably can be transported to any
computer. Each data item is one line long and follows a specified
format. The first character is either !,B,D,H,I,R,S or Y. (!-Printable
information, B-Birth Date, D-Death Date, H-Holiday, I-
Interfaith/Religious Day of Observance, R-Reminder, S-Special Event,
Y-Your Reminders). The next 8 characters (2-9) is a date (MMDDYYYY,
MMDD____ or MMDDMMDD (for scanning dates) The 10th character is either
"C" for continuation (2nd line of data) or a number (1-7) for a day of
week (1 being Sunday through 7-Saturday) The 11th-79th is the
information for that date.
HOW MUCH IS DAY 9.10?
As in the past DAY 9.10 is offered ABSOLUTELY FREE (no-guilt).
NEWDAYPC and TODAY are not my products and there is a shareware fee to
use either, this is left to the users discretion. However, if you
really have to register DAY 9.10 you can send $18.18 or 1¢ or
whatever to the above address or to any charity. It's not that I
don't need the money, and I am certainly a capitalist but this is a
hobby.
WHAT ARE THE LATEST VERSIONS OF NEWDAYPC/TODAY?
The last version of NEWDAYPC is 4.50c (Feb 3, 1989). I spoke to the
author Mike Ratledge on July 23, 1994 and he confirmed that to be the
last version. He is planning to re-write a new NEWDAYPC in C. His BBS
is permanently down and there is no date as to when this Newdaypc
version will be real. As to TODAY the original DOS shell, the latest
version is 3.7 on June 24, 1994.
ARE THERE ANY FREE USAGE LIMITATIONS?
Yes, DAY 9.10 is the property of Bruce T. Goldman. It can not be
used for any gains without written permission from Bruce T. Goldman.
Also when used a credit line for Bruce T. Goldman must be given.
(Gee, I like typing my name).
HOW CAN I GET UPDATES?
Or better yet when is this thing updated? Being that this is a hobby,
I do not pressure myself to get this out on a deadline. As can be
seen by the history below. Although I am constantly working on this
project, the officially released updates are about a year apart.
Updates will be posted on many NYC BBSes and some good outer of NY BBS
sites. If you wish to get the updates by mail, you must send me (3)
1.44 3½" DOS formatted disks and a SASE. I will hold on to them until
I am ready to release my next update. That can be a wait of many
months, but you will get it.
HOW CAN I HELP?
Send me more dates, corrections, etc. Spread the software and ENJOY!
Adopt a day or a month and error check it.
THE HISTORY OF DAY
May-1-1996 Version 9.10
Thanks to more access on Internet, I was able to add a lot of new
entries. Updated the Dutch data to 5265, although I have data through
7314. There are well over 25,000 changes from version 9.09a. The
database contains over 120,000 items and is more then 7.6 megs!
Aug-8-1994 Version 9.09a
Basically this was a clean up project. I corrected many typos. I
eliminated a number of duplicates and corrected some errounous
information. Despite the files being slightly smaller I added about
100 new lines and of course updated until today. There are over 2,000
changes from 9.09.
July-24-1994 Version 9.09
First some statistics. The update took about a year. There are over
29,000 changes (additions, modifications and deletions). The database
has swelled to nearly 105,000 items and over 6.5 megs.
. Obvious update of Aug, 1993 - present
. Added a couple of hundred country music stars.
. Worked around a flaw in the program by rewriting "Y" headers
. Updated through DATA4124 by John de Brouwer Koning (July, 1994)
. Added and corrected 100s of Playboy Playmates
. Birth & Death dates for about 6,000 composers
. Wrestlers (including championships)
. Celebrity birthdates/obituaries by Mark Harding on Internet
. Zen calendar on WAIS
. Added credits to most actress/actors/directors
. Started spelling corrections (using a spell checker on events)
. Bundled latest known versions of Today and Newdaypc
Aug-21-1993 Version 9.08
Released on Aug 21, 1993, it adds or corrects over 15,600 items. The
data has increased to over 5 megs. Again special thanks to our
correspondent in Amsterdam, John Brouwer de Koning. Also thanks to
a program called BABYLON 3.0, which does a pretty good job of
translating Dutch to English. There are now more than 78,000 items
in the database. See you in 9.09!
Nov-05-1992 Version 9.07b
Well, I did a check and noticed I screwed up TODAY.APR the same way
I screwed up TODAY.MAY (see Next paragraph). So I needed to update
DAY907-2.ZIP to DAY907a2.ZIP. So besides getting a fixed and updated
TODAY.APR you also get as a bonus updated TODAY.MAR. Hopefully these
are all the fixes till the next major release.
Oct-31-1992 Version 9.07a
Version 9.07a updates only DAY907-3.ZIP to DAY907a3.ZIP. It seems
that I sent out TODAY.MAY with all th