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SCION GENEALOGIST
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SPECIAL NOTE: This programme is supplied fully functional.
It is NOT disabled or "crippled" IN ANY WAY.
============================== THE LEGAL STUFF ================================
DISCLAIMER
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No guarantee of any kind is given that the programme(s) described in this
document are 100% reliable. You are using this material at your own risk.
The author is not responsible for any damage caused by the use or misuse of
this documentation and/or the programme(s) it describes. Any damage resulting
from the use or misuse of this documentation and/or the programme(s) it
describes is the sole responsibility of the user her/him self.
Even though the supplied sample database "Example" is based on a real family,
the names and events used are purely fictitious, and any resemblance to
actual events or persons (living or dead) is entirely coincidental.
COPYRIGHT
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Scion Genealogist © Copyright 1993-1995 Robbie J Akins, Wellington, NEW
ZEALAND. All rights reserved. This programme is FREEWARE (although any
donation would be gratefully received) and is NOT to be sold (although a
nominal charge may be made for copying). No commercial usage is permitted
without written permission from the author. Everything in this distribution
must be kept together in original unmodified form (including documentation
and copyright notices). The programme and related files may be included in
Public-Domain collections, including Fred Fish's Amiga Disk Library
(including CD-ROM versions of it).
The distribution file may be uploaded to Bulletin Board Systems or FTP
servers. If you want to distribute this programme you must use the original
distribution archive `Scion409.lha'.
If you have suggestions or remarks about this programme, or if you find any
bugs, please contact the author:
Robbie J Akins
5 Austin Street
Wellington 6001
NEW ZEALAND
EMAIL: (1) rakins@BCLEng.co.nz
(2) rakins@bclnz.co.nz
To assist me, it would be appreciated if you could tell me the model of
your Amiga, what operating system version you are using, and whether or not
you have a hard disk drive.
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Installer, amigaguide.library, © Copyright 1991-1993 Commodore-Amiga, |
| Inc. All Rights Reserved. Reproduced and distributed under license |
| from Commodore. |
| |
| COMMODORE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS-IS" AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE; |
| NO WARRANTIES ARE MADE. ALL USE IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. NO LIABILITY |
| OR RESPONSIBILITY IS ASSUMED. |
| |
| Installer and amigaguide.library distributed under the Electronic |
| Product License Agreement. They are not to be distributed further |
| except as part of Scion Genealogist. |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| LX Version 1.03, 27th November, 1993, by Jonathan Forbes |
| |
| Copyright © 1993, Xenomiga Technology, 1132 Bay Street, Toronto, |
| Ontario M5S 2Z4, Canada |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------+
=========================== END OF THE LEGAL STUFF ===========================
PROGRAMME DETAILS
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This is a specialised database for keeping track of genealogical information.
It features a full, easy to use, Intuition interface. Version 4.09 is a
substantial upgrade to the earlier Version 3.13. See the "Scion.guide" help
file for details on what's new.
The programme is totally non-sexist and secular in nature, and correctly
handles multiple marriages, "unconventional" marriages, adopted children, and
unmarried parents.
The printed reports include descendant and pedigree charts, personal details
reports, family group sheets, index lists of people and families, and many
others. See the "Scion.guide" help file for details on the new reports.
Free-form note files can be created using any editor, and IFF pictures can be
viewed using any IFF viewer, from within the programme.
Other features include dynamic on-screen ancestor and descendant charts,
extensive on-line context-sensitive help (using "AmigaGuide", © Commodore
Business Machines), flexible "regular expression" searching, and multiple
ARexx ports with extensive command set.
Locale support for alternative languages.
Can be used with PAL or NTSC. Works with floppy and/or hard disk drives,
although a hard disk drive is STRONGLY recommended.
Maximum number of people per database = 4999
Maximum number of marriages per person = 10
Maximum number of children per family group = 40
REQUIREMENTS
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A minimum of 1 Mbyte of RAM is required. This will allow for approximately
800 people. 4 Mbytes of RAM is required for the full 4999 people.
Scion will use any "virtual" memory allocated by virtual memory managers
such as GigaMem (© Copyright 1991,1992 Christian A Schnedier, F Burgel,
Relog AG) and VMM (© Copyright 1994 Martin Apel).
Kickstart/Workbench v2.04 (or later) required. Version 2.10 (or later)
required for locale support (alternative languages).
Any preferences supported printer capable of printing 80 columns in normal
mode, and 130 columns in condensed (fine) mode. Back-spacing capability
required for printing pedigree charts.
ON-LINE HELP
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On-line help is available from within Scion Genealogist by pressing the
"HELP" key.
If the mouse pointer is positioned over a gadget when the "HELP" key is
pressed, help on that particular gadget will be displayed.
If a menu item is being selected when the "HELP" key is pressed, help on that
particular menu item will be displayed.
If the mouse is NOT positioned over a gadget when the "HELP" key is pressed,
the main help contents screen for the programme will be displayed.
CREDITS
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Particular thanks go to Freddy Ariës of the Netherlands for his enthusiastic
support, testing, suggestions, translations, and major ARexx support
programmes which have helped to make Scion the success it has been.
Many thanks, Freddy.
Thanks also to all those people who have taken the time to make suggestions.
It is only through such feedback that I can try to make Scion the sort of
programme that users want.
TRANSLATIONS
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Dutch: Freddy Ariës
German: Ralf Schulz & Freddy Ariës
Norwegian: Tor Willy Austerslatt
French: Alain Bourgery
Italian: Andrea Mansella
Swedish: Ulf Andersson
Finnish: Manu Pärssinen