SPECIAL NOTES for WINTAPER users: --------------------------------- These files have been converted from Tbase (.tpf) to WinTaper format (.wtf) by Dan Tepper. They will perform correctly with versions 1.00 and higher of WinTaper. The documentation which follows is the documentation shipped with the .tpf (Tbase) versions of these data files. Some of the information mentioned may be out of date (for example, Tbase for Windows IS WinTaper - just an earlier version with a different name) For some reason, 72-79 and 80-89 have their "location" field truncated to 30 characters, WinTaper will allow 41 characters for this field. This truncation appeared in the original .tpf files and is not a product of the Tbase->WinTaper conversion. Due to Windows' restriction of 64K maximum data for a listbox, the main list box may not display the entire list at one time. I know this is true of the 80-89 file, the 72-79 file seems to be OK. If you limit the columns in the main display window to 3: Artist/Date/Location, 80-89 should fit in its entirety. I am working on this limitation. I would like to personally thank the creators of these data files for their hard work in bringing this information to the WinTaper & Tbase formats. Dan Tepper - programmer of WinTaper & Tbase --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- November 1993 Hi Folks, The files contained in this archive are the result of a group effort with the common goal of bringing as many folks into a better illuminated perspective regarding the Dead's past present and future (may it be long indeed) by making their setlists just a little more accessable. What we've got here is a compilation of setlists from 1972 to 1992. You may of course be grabbing just a portion or some extrapolation of the original file that was imported from Stack-O-Dead (the Hypercard Stack for MacIntosh Computers), in which case it's very likely a smaller file compiled in Tbase 2.3 format covering 1972 - 1979, 1980 - 1989, or 1990 - 1992. These were broken down for folks still only able to use Tbase 2.3 (because Tbase 2.3 won't handle a file in ram that's large enough to accomidate the size of the complete setlist index). You may also have grabbed the Tbase For Windows compilations of these files (which is also apparently incapable of holding the complete file in memory). Below you will find both the Tbase 2.3 and Tbase For Windows files files and sizes Arced and Zipped (files of any other size are likely to have been edited without verification of their authenticity at this distribution site): For Tbase 2.3 - Filename Size Arced Size Zipped Version / Date ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 7279TB.ZIP N/A 42,541 1.0a / 1/3/93 9092TB.ZIP N/A 32,125 1.0c / 1/3/93 7279TB.ARC 71,153 N/A 1.0a / 1/1/93 8089TB.ARC 115,142 N/A 1.0b / 1/1/93 9092TB.ARC 36,685 N/A 1.0c / 1/1/93 You may also have the complete 1972 - 1992 database file in the .DBF format this will read into any database program that can handle directly or filter to it's native format. This file is titled "DEDSET10.ZIP" which is sized at 249,857 bytes (File Date 12/30/92 zipped and requires 2,067,259 bytes of drive space when unzipped. This file is the latest extrapolation of the entire project, it will from here out be supported from this site (and I suspect, from Pat Eckman and the team of Jay & Mike from Terrapin Station BBS in Ct.). If you'd like to help us continue to bring this database up to date and upgraded please feel free to contact us and send your setlists and data contributions (please, only send files on 3/12" floppy disks and in the Tbase or .DBF format used in DEDSET10.DBF ... all others will be ignored for reasons of practicallity) to: Net Five Taper's Consortium Attention - Tom Denman P.O.B. 29522 Providence, R.I. 02909 All lists .DBFs, improvements and other commentary will be reviewed and implemented as deemed necessary or correct. History (Near As We Can Tell ... After all, We Are Deadheads) This project was first inspired by two factors. First I've been rather disappointed that the information in this group of files was largely only available to those who could shell out the $$$ to get the DeadBase publications. While these folks provide a valuable service and many of us have certainly gotten a kick out of the increasing "slickness" this publication has taken on ( and your continued support of their efforts will no doubt result in continued improvements and enhancements of these publications), there are many who can barely afford the luxury of being at the shows, never mind buying paraphenalia. Lack of dough should never shut anyone out of this scene (seems to go against our credo doesn't it?) and for that reason, it is urged that if you that are lucky enough should endeavor to make this information to whomever you can that doesn't have access and don't do it for money, but because your "job is to shed light and not to master". The other reason this project got undertaken was to a large degree undertaken because myself and several other people were frustrated with the fact that this information was as yet unavailable to IBM users. I began in 1990 to make inquiries into whether the Hypercard Stack for Macs really existed and why no one had done so even though the Mac program was public domain at the request of the author. Eventually, in 1990 I was able to get a copy of the Mac format disks from "Dougie" on Terrapin, though due to problems with logistics regarding the text transfer from Mac to IBM, we didn't get to use them for the conversion. Instead, Patrick Eckman came through with an flat .DBF file that ended up being the one we used. "Jay", from Terrapin Station, wrote a Microshare Basic Utility to convert the text from the flat file to the Tbase 2.3 format. Mike ("Mike & Laurie") From Terrapin went in with Paradox and corrected the minor errors in the song indexes (such as duplicity of spelliings) and began the corrections to the "Venues" fields. The venue corrections that remain are being processed by me and the database will be re-released with further improvements. Additional thanks should go to Klaus Bender, John Bishop, Doug Budzak, Jim Cronin, Brian Davidson and many others for keeping things moving in their own special way. Enjoy the files, get some use from them and help us with the continued improvement of this important and useful tool by send your updated files to the address listed above. Peace!