-= Psych0Day documentation =- Psych0Day version 1.15 (k) by Andrew Ziem 1997, 1998, 1999 Released: 1999-03-18 (Gregorian) /"With Psych0Day, your days are numbered!"/ [ Psych0Soft online | Psych0Day online ] Contents * Introduction * License Agreement * Command Line Arguments * Included Files * Redirection * Common Problems: "Load error: no DPMI" * Common Problems: not enough memory using PAT386.EXE under OS/2 * Common Problems: "emx not found" * References and Recommended Reading * Distribution * Acknowledgments and Credits Introduction Psych0Day is a combination of programs dealing with time. It can report what happened in history, whose birthday it is, astronomical events, religious happenings and the phase of the moon as well as display the date in a variety of calender systems. Psych0Day came from from inspiration of several programs and an article by Robert Anton Wilson (included in this archive). TODAY has many incarnations. The original was written by Mike Butler in PL/1 on an IBM VM/CMS system. This, in turn, inspired Patrick Kincaid to write TODAY/PC in Datalight C in July of 1986. OS2DAY, authored by Oleg Titov, is the OS/2 incarnation that I had been using until I wrote Psych0Day. License Agreement Psych0Day is hereby released to the public domain. Portions, however, were not written by me and belong to their respect authors. I believe what's what is cleary marked. If you make any neat improvements or modifications, send them to me. At least drop me a note: I'd like to see how this thing gets around. Psych0Day is provided `as is.' There is no warranty of any kind-- expresed, implied or otherwise. If it breaks, you keep both pieces. Furthermore, the accuracy of this program is not guaranteed. Command Line Arguments These can also be listed by running *PDAY ?*. The command line is case insensitive. Usage: PDAY [{-|+}c[x]] [-Fdd[mm[yyyy]]] [-i] [{-|+}l[x]] [-dir=drive:\\dir\\] or PDAY Switches: c: toggle display of calendars (all on by default) cd: toggle Discordian cf: toggle French Republican cg: toggle Gregorian ci: toggle Illuminati cj: toggle Julian cl: toggle Goddess Lunar ct: toggle Thelemic (disabled) f: force date in the format dd[mm[yyyy]] i: display program information l: toggle library support (all on by default) lb: toggle birthdays le: toggle events lr: toggle reminders lib: specify library directory Examples: ex1: PDAY Run with all defaults and search current directory for library files. ex2: PDAY -f09101981 The date October 9th, E.V. 1981 is used. ex3: PDAY -f0910 The date October 9th of the current year is used. ex4: PDAY -libdir=c:\apps\pday\ The directory `c:\apps\pday\' is searched for the library files. Notice that the trailing backslash is required! ex5: PDAY -cj -cf The Julian and French Republican calendars are disabled. ex6: PDAY -c +cd The calendar displayed is the Discordian. (This neat little trick is possible because the command line is parsed from left to right.) ex7: PDAY -l Same as ex1 except all no database libraries are displayed. ex8: PDAY -le -lb Same as ex1 except library events and birthdays are disabled. Included Files If any of these are missing or damaged, see the end of this document for information on how to get a fresh copy of Psych0Day. PDAY .EXE DOS 16-bit executable PDAY2 .EXE OS/2 32-bit executable (requires EMXRT) PDAY386 .EXE DOS 32-bit executlabe (requires DPMI server) PDAY95 .EXE Windows 95 32-bit executable (requires RSXNT.DLL) PDAY_DOC.HTM HTML documentation PDAY_DOC.TXT text documentation README .xxx important notes for version xxx, changes, etc. RAWTIME .TXT R.A.W.'s "How to Live Eleven Days in 24 Hours" CHURCH .ALL religious happenings MUSIC .ALL happenings related to music PSYCH0 .ALL my own general additions TODAY .ZIP Patrick Kincaid's original TODAY.??? files SRC .ZIP source code; only needed pieces of the packages used have been included as not to waste space ** contains nested subdirectories: use _PKUNZIP -D_ FILE_ID .DIZ BBS-compatible description Redirection Psych0Day's output can be redirected (piped) to a file or a device. Below are several examples of how this done. You may wish to see your system manuals for more information. Note: error messages are not piped but instead always sent to the console. *PDAY > COM1* Sends the output to the first communications port. *PDAY > PRN* Data is sent to the default printer. *PDAY > NUL* This is useless considering Psych0Day's function, but the data is sent to the null device (i.e., oblivion). *PDAY > c:\bbs\texts\today.asc* The file /c:\bbs\texts\today.asc/ is overwritten, if it exists. If it doesn't, it is created. *PDAY >> c:\bbs\logs\today.log* The file /c:\bbs\logs\today.log/ is appended with Psych0Day's output. If it doesn't, it is created. *PDAY | MORE* Output is sent to the program /MORE/, which included with many operating systems. /MORE/ pauses and waits for your input when the page is full. Common Problems: "Load error: no DPMI" (DOS) The PAT386.EXE requires /DPMI/ (DOS Protected Mode Interface) to access extended memory. You must either install a DPMI host or use another version. Available hosts include Windows v3.1, '95 and '98 (in a box running DOS); OS/2 (in the DOS box a.k.a. VDM); QEMM; and CWSDPMI. CWSDPMI is available for free and works very well. CWSDPMI from ftp.cdrom.com via FTP CWSDPMI from members.xoom.com via HTTP Common Problems: not enough memory using PAT386.EXE under OS/2 In the DOS Settings, set your DPMI_DOS_API to ENABLED (instead of AUTO) and increase the DPMI_MEMORY_LIMIT to atleast 16 megabytes. Common Problems: "emx not found" (OS/2) PAT2.EXE requires /the EMX runtime library/ to access certain functions. You must install the /emxrt/ or use another version. emxrt from hobbes.nmsu.edu via HTTP emxrt from members.xoom.com via HTTP Common Problems: "rsxnt.dll not found" (Win32) PAT95.EXE requires the RSX runtime library (RSXNT.DLL). rsxnt.dll from members.xoom.com via HTTP References and Recommended Reading Title: Calendar Information Page Author: Will Linden (wlinden@panix.com) URL: http://www.panix.com/~wlinden/calendar.shtml Today's date in various calendars and eras, celestial and astronomical information, and many good links. Title: Calendar Studies Author: Peter Meyer (serendipity@magnet.ch) URL: http://www.magnet.ch/serendipity/cal_stud.html Information covering the Mayan, Goddess Lunar, Gregorian, Julian and other lunar calendars. Title: Celestial Delight: The Best Astronomical Events through 2001 Authors: Francis Reddy and Greg Walz-Chojnacki Publisher: (?) Berkeley California: CelestialArts Great for novice astronomers. Has history, planet data, and a table of events (visable planets, full moons, asteriod showers, etc.) from about 1990 to 2001 (like the name implies). Title: Frequently Asked Questions About Calendars Author: Claus Tondering (c-t@pip.dknet.dk) Included as: CALENDAR.FAQ WWW: www.pip.dknet.dk/~pip10160/calendar.html Contains answers to frequently asked questions about the Christian, Hebrew, Islamic, and various historical calendars. Title: How to Live Eleven Days in 24 Hours Author: Robert Anton Wilson Included as: RAWTIME.TXT This is the article inspired me to write Psych0Day. Robert Anton Wilson writes of using a "no-bias multi-cultural" calendar. Explained herein are 11 systems. I'd like to know where this was originally published. Title: Illuminatus! Trilogy Authors: Bob Shea and Robert Anton Wilson Publisher: Dell Publishing URL: http://www.rawilsom.com (R.A. Wilson's web page) I've finally found one of the books, the third, at a used book store, but I haven't started reading because I want it in order. I haven't bought the trilogy as one book because it is much abridged. Title: Principia Discordia Author: Malaclypse the Younger Publisher: Loompanics Unlimited, Port Townsend, Washington Publisher: (or) IllumiNet Press, P.O. Box 2808, Libum, Georgia 30226 ISBN: 0-9626534-2-X (4th/5th edition) WWW: www.informatik.hu-berlin.de/~bach/gwd/principia/body.html The Discordian Bible wherein is explained absolutely everything worth knowing about absolutely anything. There are many versions floating around. The one I've seen in print is a combination of the 4th and 5th editions; the one I have in ASCII is the 5th edition; I don't know about the scanned (.GIF) and HTML versions. Title: SNIPPETS F'REQ: *SNIPPETS* from 1:106/2000 or 1:2320/38 FTP: snippets.org/pub/snippets WWW: www.snippets.org SNIPPETS is a huge collection of C source snippets where I have found many a useful thing. I've included the pieces used in this program. Title: Thelemic Calendar and Holidays WWW: http://www5.crl.com/~thelema/calendar.html Maintained by: Vere Chappell (thelema@crl.com) Title: Yahoo! - Reference:Calendars URL: http://www.yahoo.com/Reference/Calendars/ A good starting point for research on the WWW. Title: Psych0's Bookmark URL: http://www.angelfire.com/co/psych0o/links.html#astrology Where in the World is Psych0? Andrew Ziem is Psych0 and Psych0Soft. *E-mail* psych0o@juno.com ziem@iex.net *Snail* 3080 Woodview Ct. Colorado Springs, CO 80918-4635 Colorado Springs, CO 80918-4635 Distribution Look for the latest updates directly from the Psych0Day website. *File Naming Conventions* Where xxx signifies the version release: all: PDAYxxx.ZIP (DOS, OS/2 and Windows) DOS: PDAYxxxD.ZIP (16-bit and 32-bit) OS2: PDAYxxxO.ZIP W95: PDAYxxxW.ZIP *WWW* http://www.members.xoom.com/sdexter/psoft/ http://www.members.xoom.com/sdexter/psoft/pday.html *Sites* Simtel archive Hobbes archive Acknowledgments and Credits (in no particular order) Public domain code from * Bob Stout and Mark Kamradt: COMMAFMT.C; * Bob Stout: DAYNUM.C; * Scott E. Lee: FRENCH.C and JULIAN.C calendars; * Paul Schlyter, Raymond Gardner and Tom Van Flandern: JDN_L.C; * Jim Walsh, Dann Corbit, Bob Stout, and others: L2ROMAN.C; * Peter Meyer: LUNCONV.C; * M. Kimes, Lynn Nash, BSD Unix; * Robert B.Stout: ORD_TEXT.C; * and Ray Gardner: SCALDATE.C. Portions copyright 1993-1995, Scott E. Lee, all rights reserved. DJGPP DJ Delorie EMX Eberhart Mattes MS-DOS Microsoft Corp. OS2DAY Oleg Titov OS/2 International Business Machines Corp. TODAY Michael W. Butler TODAY/PC Patrick Kincaid Windows 95 Microsoft Corp. All other programs are copyright and/or trademarked by their respective author unless otherwise noted.