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FROM: DOUGLAS STANDING
943 ASTER CT Version 2.0
SUNNYVALE, CA 94086
Enclosed:
1. About 150 K Pascal Source Code used to build
the files LABCOAT.PAS
EVALUATE.PAS
LIPID.PAS
2. The bootable, executable COM files of each of
the above, which are linked together by the
main program LABCOAT.COM, and are easily
accessed through it via a menu, and thus act
like one program.
3. The file README which serves to introduce the
programs and my feelings about their potential
to the user.
LABCOAT was written as a Clinical Laboratory Helper,
combining routine statistics, computation of moving averages, an
employee evaluation program that's fun , a comprehensive test
cost analysis and break-even analyser, an instrument depreciation
routine, a very complete program to assess cardiovascular risk
status via blood lipid values, and, finally, a little moving art.
The program is not just intended for Laboratory managers;
a lot of it is broadly applicable to many business and scientific
applications. And, to the point, the entire source code is right
on the disk, and anyone using it can boot Turbo Pascal and change
the program and pass it on, I don't care - as long as the stuff
gets out to people with a use for it. I'm encouraging any users
to alter the source as they see fit.
The code, as mentioned, was written in Turbo Pascal 3.0 .
I wrote on an IBM PC using PC DOS 2.1, testing report printing on
Okidata 182 (IBM) and Epson FX-85 (Epson). The programs are heavy
on color and should be run that way, but, other than the short
Art routine, a color-graphics card is not required.
I suppose 256K RAM is best for headroom, and 1 5 1/4" floppy
drive is enough. There are no "machine hooks", no DOS calls, no I/O
tricks, no files - I do toggle on Caps Lock and Num Lock though.
Thus, my guess is that MS DOS and other IBM DOS compatable operating
systems will boot the programs.
Aside from interactive screen displays, the programs do
produce a fair amount of printed material; 11+ pages of various
reports can be generated. For that reason I must say that the
user should have a printer, preferably dot-matrix, to really get
the maximum output. The output was set up using the Epson and
Okidata printers, with a few printer codes called: emphasized
pitch, form feed and a line character for report borders. What
a daisy wheel printer would do with that I don't know. If the
user has a Turbo Compiler, the calls can easily be removed from
the source code (they're flagged), and re-compilation can be done.
Why don't You look at it and tell me what You think?
If you want to realease it, that's fine.
Boot DOS, insert disk, type LABCOAT, and hit Return.
SINCERELY
DOUGLAS STANDING