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- THIS IS A BETA VERSION. THERE HAVE BEEN PROBLEMS REPORTED
- ON SOME MACHINES. IF YOU HAVE PROBLEMS, PLEASE CONTACT THE AUTHOR
- AT HINES_J@WVLINK.MPL.COM AND GIVE INFO ON WHAT COMPUTER USED, WHAT
- VERSION OF THE OS, AND HOW MUCH RAM YOU HAVE. ALSO, A LISTING FROM
- SNOOPDOS WOULD BE HELPFUL TOO.
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- T R E K - T H E G U I D E
-
- v 1.6 DEMO
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- Released 11-09-95
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- SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
-
-
- - Any Amiga computer with 1mb of ram and a hard drive with a least
- 6 mb free space and AmigaDos v2.04 or later.
-
- - AmigaGuide (v40.4 of AmigaGuide library preferred. Included with OS3.1)
-
- - ARexx by William Hawes (Included with Workbench 2.04 and later.
- rexxmast MUST be running).
-
- - RexxArpLib.library v3.3 or later (included)
-
- - RexxReqTools.library 37.71 or later (included)
-
- - iff.library (included)
-
- - Commodore Installer program somewhere in your path.
-
- - If you are using KS/WB 3.1, there appears to be a bug in the
- amigaguide.datatype (v40.12). It still works fine, but one button
- is always blue on any given page. I find it annoying, so I use the
- WB3.0 version (v39.15).
-
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- _____________________________________________________________________
-
- INTRODUCTION
-
-
- This project was started because I had recorded all the Star Trek
- episodes over the last several years, and needed a way to catalog
- them. A simple database with episode titles was simply not enough.
- That would rely heavily on my memory as to what the episode was
- about. So, here it is, a complete Star Trek Database with episode
- synopsis, original airdates, pics and a complete guest cast listing.
- The pics are scans of very rare episodical photos that were supplied
- to television stations that carried the series. Unfortunately, most
- TV stations trashed the photos whenever they were finished with them,
- so the originals are hard to come by.
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-
- GETTING UP AND RUNNING
-
-
- This package contains AmigaGuide documents written for v40.4, and
- severial ARexx programs to suppliment it.
-
- AMIGAGUIDE MUST BE IN YOUR SYS:UTILITIES DIRECTORY for Trek-The Guide
- to function. Normally this would be found by your path statement, but
- I have found several systems that STILL cannot find it even though the
- paths have been set. (including one of my own) So, until I can figure
- out a better method, this rule MUST apply. Sorry.
-
- The installation process will copy a file called trekguide.prefs to
- your envarc: directory. As of yet, the ONLY thing that this prefs
- file contains is the actual screen size. eg. 640x400. The Trekguide
- will not run at all without this file as it is parsed everytime
- Trek-The.Guide runs. There is a very small rexx script included called
- TG-Screen that will allow you to change ONLY the screen resolution.
- The screenmode is ALWAYS high-res laced and cannot be changed with
- the supplied TG-Screen script.
- You may also change the prefs file with any text editor. The prefs
- file is written in the form: 640|400. For best results, change these
- numbers to the same as your Workbench screen. I prefer 672|452 myself.
-
- Trek-The.Guide v1.6 has been greatly enhanced via ARexx, so ARexx must
- be installed and running for it to function properly. When ran, it
- first calls the RexxArpLib.library and opens a public custom screen
- named TREKGUIDE in 4 bit resolution (16 colours). It then runs AmigaGuide
- and places it on the newly created public screen. Most of the TNG
- pages contain 1 or more buttons that will display rare promotional
- photos. The photos will open in a window in front of the AmigaGuide
- screen, hence the 16 colour palette. Multiple pics can also be opened
- at once.
-
- If you have any other AmigaGuide databases open at the time the
- TrekGuide is opened, you will probably experience problems becauce
- of ARexx addressing. Just close all amigaguides you have open and
- then run Trek-The.guide. You can reopen them once the trekguide is
- running.
-
- There are nearly 200 pics included in the full ShareWare version
- and more may be added as time permits.
-
- I would also like to add full motion clips from various episodes. I
- have several of them already captured, but the size of them does not
- permit easy distribution via floppy disks. Plus, I believe Paramount
- would require a licence fee to use them as well. Stay tuned on this
- subject.
-
- There are several ways to find or access a particular episode, the
- easiest is to go to the index and click on it (they are listed by
- series and alphabetically). Another way is to decide which series
- (i.e. Next Generation or Originals), pick the season which it aired,
- and then click on the episode title.
-
- There are four buttons (not including the pic or soundFX buttons) below
- each synopsis labeled 'MARK' 'UNMARK' 'VIEW' and 'WIPE'. These were
- actually added for my own use when trying to decide which episode
- to watch. When Trek-The.Guide is launched, it will create a directory
- in your ram:env directory called TrekGuide. This directory is used for
- the above listed functions.
-
- MARK Adds the current episode to the marked list.
- UNMARK Unmarks the current episode from the marked list.
- VIEW Allows you to view the marked episodes and select any one
- of them for instant access to that particular episode.
- WIPE Deletes the entire marked list so that you may start over
- fresh if you wish.
-
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- INSTALLATION
-
-
-
- The installation is totally automatic.
- Simply double click the Trek-Install Icon
-
-
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- COPYRIGHT
-
-
- * All Photos (c)copyright 1966-1995 Paramount Pictures.
- All Rights Reserved.
-
- * Sound Clips (c)copyright 1966-1995 Paramount Pictures.
- All Rights Reserved.
-
- * Star Trek is a registered trademark of Paramount Pictures.
- All Rights Reserved.
-
- * Compilition in AmigaGuide Format ©1995 Jim Hines and may not be
- used in anyway whatsoever in part or whole without written permission.
-
- * Some information and synopsis' supplied by Paramount Pictures.
-
- * Viewtek © 1992-1994 Thomas Krehbiel, All Rights Reserved
-
- * The rexxarplib is © someone, but I've been unable to find out who.
-
- * reqtools.library ©1992-1994 Nico Francios
-
- * rexxreqtools.library ©1992-1994 Rafael D'Halleweyn
-
- _____________________________________________________________________
-
- DISCLAIMER
-
-
- Most material included in Trek-The Guide was gathered by me and friends
- through various sources.
-
- Any copyrighted material that may be used is purely unintentional and
- will be removed via request of the copyright owner(s).
-
- Permission was granted by Paramount to release this compilition as long
- as it remains shareware and NOT commercial software. Commercial software
- must be licensed through Paramount.
-
- No pirated software was used to develop Trek-The Guide. I know you've
- heard it before, but here it is again:
- PLEASE, SPREAD THE WORD, NOT THE DISKS!
-
- AND MOST IMPORTANTLY. . .
- Not responsible for any damage to your Amiga or to your health from
- being a Trek addict. If addiction occurs, take 2 aspirin and don't
- call me. I'm a programmer dammit! Not a doctor!
-
-
- _____________________________________________________________________
-
- HONORABLE MENTION
-
-
-
- Special Thanks Must Go To:
-
- - Paramount Pictures for the TNG and DS9 synopsis'
-
- - Gene Roddenberry for such a great creation!
-
- - My wife for helping me type and retype some of this stuff.
-
- - Jay Miner for such a great machine.
-
- - Many unknown sources for a lot of the information.
-
- - Gene Heskett for being a very pickey beta tester.
-
- - Karl Swisher for some neat ideas.
-
- - and everyone else who has supported me in this project.
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- _____________________________________________________________________
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- ADDRESS
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- AUTHOR
- Jim Hines
- Rt.1 Box 26
- Jane Lew, WV 26378
- tel: 304.884.7001
- email: hines_j@wvlink.mpl.com
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