Short: Cli/shell Doctor Who database v2.1 Author: Thomas Williams (Asimov) Uploader: asimov btinternet com Type: util/shell Version: 2.1 Architecture: m68k-amigaos Replace: util/shell/DWhodatabase21.lha *********************************************** *********** THE DOCTOR WHO DATABASE *********** *********************************************** V 2.1 The Cli Or Shell Version *********************************************** ********** Written by T.R Williams ************ ********** Helped An Awful lot by ************ ********** Mr Jay Cornwall ************ *********************************************** For updates http://www.btinternet.com/~asimov This program is based on a book called "Doctor Who - The Universal Databank", by Jean-Marc Lofficier. The information is also stored on Jean-Marc's webpage for all to see. I asked him for permission to use the info in my program and he wished me good luck. INTRODUCTION. Hello to all you Doctor Who fans out there, or even non-Doctor Who fans as well (I'll talk to you whether you're a fan or not). This as the title suggests is a Doctor Who Database. Almost all the characters from the first Doctor to the Seventh are included. I've always loved the idea of having a massive database of my favourite all time program, with all the information I ever need about it. This original project took about a year to complete. There have been many changes since the original 1.2 version. In fact it seems like I have taken a step backwards, as the original version had a nice gui, graphics and pictures. The problem was that the original program was written in Amospro which is a nice language but has the problem of not working too well with graphics cards and interacting with other software. If you would like to try out the original with the graphics it will remain on my webpage until I sort out the new gui for my new `Doctor Who` database. So now I have started to learn C. The rewrite in C has taken me about 2 months to complete, and even though it works perfectly, it desperately needs a nice gui and graphics again. This will be my next project to come. I haven't even learnt how to do a gui yet so this could be interesting. Anyway here is the cli release of my program and I hope it will be of use. Right run the program and type help. That is all you need to do. ************************************************************* ****** IMPORTANT! : MAKE SURE YOU RUN THE PROGRAM INSIDE **** ****** THE CURRENT DIRECTORY OR IT WON'T BE ABLE TO FIND **** ****** IT'S DATA, ALTHOUGH THIS HAS NOT BEEN TOTALLY **** ****** TESTED YET HEE HEE. **** ************************************************************* THE TECHNICAL BIT (Or the Boring bit nobody reads, I don't know why I bother). The actual text data for this program originally took a whole 880k. Obviously this is quite a lot, and wouldn't leave much room on the disk for the program. It took me about 3 months to work out a way of actually compressing the text down so that I could fit the program and data onto one disk. I think the whole project took me about a year to complete, and by the end I was desperate to get it finished. It took so long that I've probably memorised half the information it displays and I don't really need the program. I'm sorry if this history is quite short, as I'm not the sort of person to write down every date I did a new modification. And I suppose you couldn't careless as long as the program actually works. Note for the non Doctor Who Fans : I suppose you think that I'm really sad, but I don't really care. Anyway enjoy my Doctor Who Database. Any comments, please feel free to email me at asimov@btinternet.com