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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.