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- F r e e B a s e I I
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- BUGS !!!
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- These programs contain several significant bugs:
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- First, files made with ENTER are NOT compatible with any
- other files. That goes for WordStar files, Vedit files, BASIC or
- those created by using the optional [Sstring^Z] or [Qstring^Z]
- parameter of PIP. This probably has something to do with the end
- of file marker...
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- Furthermore, the SEARCH program often breaks records for no
- apparent reason. For example, if you run SEARCH on the enclosed
- LIBRARY.DAT, and search for the word "I", you will see that the
- program will read out something like this:
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- 6 "Birth of the
- 7 killer Robots.......................
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- Now, if you TYPE LIBRARY.DAT, you will see that " "Birth of the
- Killer Robots," by Michael Rogers, NEWSWEEK, June 25, 1984,
- Computers, Technology, weapons, Prowler " was entered as one
- record.
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- Unfortunately, this bug defeats the real purpose of FREEBASE
- II which is to bring up all records containing the key word upon
- which you are searching. (I have a feeling this is a buffer
- size problem... I thought I made the necessary changes, but
- perhaps someone should check after me)
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- Rather than searching the default file LIBRARY.DAT, as the
- default, it would be much better to search *.* as the default. I
- could not get this to work, however.
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- It might also be nice to be able to put the results of
- SEARCH into a file... perhaps with the switch -F added to the
- command line... but this isn't necessary for the success of this
- project.
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- Also could use a CHANGE.COM to alter records. I have a
- random access program which should work, but....
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- So, those of you who wish to use this program in the manner
- described in the DOC file, perhaps better wait until someone with
- better 8080 sense than me has a chance to work these programs
- over.
- Thanks,
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- David Brown
- Studio City, CA
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