Category : Science and Education
Archive   : WORLD297.ZIP
Filename : WORLD.INF

Program Info
for WORLD29 V2.9x

System requirements:Graphics board (CGA/EGA) and lots of memory.

This program was written and compiled using Microsoft QUICK Basic
ver 3.00 under DOS 3.3 as an exercise in what can be done with BASIC.


It was written on a ARC 286 with 40meg hard disk, 1meg memory, and
EGA. It has been tested on a Columbia MPC-IV and an AMIGA with Bridge-
Card.

I guarantee nothing!! This project was started many months ago to see
what could be done in BASIC (the only language I know much about). I
soon found that basic is just too slow to handle the data required.
Out of the hundreds of people who have downloaded the program around
the world a few have provided financial encouragement and suggestions
which are implemented in version 2.x. The only thingI haven't done is
provided the program without my database.( I worked too hard to have
that cut out). Most of the Database is avialble on COMPUSERVE as my file
WORLDDB.ARC in Lib 7 of IBMAPP forum.

The list of capitals is as accurate as I can get from a standard
atlas. Some errors have been generated by eyeball interpolation and
weariness. If you don't like something don't send money or stew about
it, send me a letter of complaint!! I will correct as much as possible.

If I feel good and get some complaints I can handle I will put an update
on COMPUSERVE at some time in the future. My updates are a function of
how my MS is affecting me.

To start a new year's 'traks' simply rename traks to traksyy where yy
is the year.

send comments to:
Robert Lloyd
191 Via De La Reina
Merritt Island, FL 32953

COMPUSERVE 70635,266
A.S.P. member

I would like to thank those who have sent comments (and especially those
who sent money) based on earlier versions of WORLD. Many of the changes
are a result of suggestions from users. Some suggestions (such as adding
color) were not practical. My Data Base is too crude.

No the Data points were not generated by THE FORCE I strained my eyeballs
to create it. It is not available as a separate file and not available for
commercial use.