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F r e e B a s e I I
BUGS !!!
These programs contain several significant bugs:
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...
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:
6 "Birth of the
7 killer Robots.......................
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.
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)
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.
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.
Also could use a CHANGE.COM to alter records. I have a
random access program which should work, but....
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,
David Brown
Studio City, CA