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- Quick notes on GENEALOGY ON DISPLAY
-
- This was a fairly easy port from the MS-DOS version of the program.
- It was ported because there was nothing for the Amiga that handled
- such a specialized database and at the request of friends and family.
-
- There are very few changes to the program and no changes to the docs.
- (So as to get this to you ASAP).
-
- You should ignore all references to a file called "verifile" as it is
- not needed. You should also ignore the startup procedure in regards
- to starting BASIC with the /s:256 option as this too is only for
- MS-DOS.
-
- I have tested this program from the CLI and the Workbench (please
- make a better icon, I am no artist!). There are a couple
- of things that you have to do before you can run the program:
-
- from CLI:
-
- stack 10000
- assign a: <disk with program>
- assign b: <disk with datafiles>
-
- you can then start the program from either CLI or WORKBENCH by entering
- Amigabasic and typing "run a:menu"
-
- The programs needs the file "dos.bmap" which will be found in the
- provided arc file. Put it into your current directory or LIBS:
-
- The only changes I have made to the program are to adapt it to use the
- Amiga line drawing commands for boxes and such. In addition, the "ps"
- command in the "display" program that would normally print a screendump
- was disabled because I cannot figure out how to pick graphics characters
- off a screen and print them as text. If you must have a raw screendump,
- use the GraphicDump utility on Workbench.
-
- The program uses a LARGE amount of disk space ie. 128000 bytes for
- the "persfile" and another 128000 for the "ordfile". I would use
- a blank disk for data if at all possible. AmigaDOS is not known for
- speed, so putting the datafiles in RAM: if you have the memory is the
- best way to go.
-
- If you like the program, send the money to the original author. If
- you REALLY want to pay me, buy a copy of DirUtil III Plus, my top
- rated diskfile utility, available on a BBS near you.
-
- History:
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-
- This program is in compiled AmigaBasic. If no bugs are found in this
- release in a reasonable period of time, I will gladly release the
- source code.
-