ARCHIVIST V2.0

A few questions and answers:

What is it?
            It`s a simple databas system, allowing you to store data 
quickly and easily, but not very tidily I`m afraid.


Why`s that?
            Because this program wasn`t designed to be accessed by the
general public, I just programed it as it came to me,and storing every
record as a different file happened to be the first idea that came 
into my head. It`ll clutter up your disk, I`m afraid.


OK but how friendly is it?
                    Don`t you just hate unfriendly programs? This is 
very friendly. An easy to use front end, and simple submenus. A lot of
the inputs require a filename (usually from a file selector) or are 
one letter responses (Y or N). There is also a demo file on disk so 
you can play around with it.


What about the Bugs:
         I hoped that you wouldn`t ask that. Two really:
1) The music command does not work. Well it does, but its not music, 
more like a funny, buzzing sound.
2) The program looks as if it crashes from time to time. It does this 
because a large amount of the program is PROCEDUREs. Calling these too
many times causes a crash, and it returns to DOS. Sorry.


Can I copy Archivist onto another disk?
                                        Yes but make a directory 
called "Archivist_System" on your new disk, and copy "LOGO.abk" and 
"TITLE.ILBM" into that directory. You`ll need a copy of AMOS or RAMOS 
for it to run, of course. If you are going to redistribute the 
program, then leave the demo file and this .DOC file.


How long have you been doing this?
                                  I bought AMOS before the school 
holidays in 1990, and I wrote the original Archivist (then called 
Archive) in the holidays. I used it to store some math data. At the 
end,  I thought why not make it PD? I changed the name and mailed it 
off. I`ve been doing this for about a year, on and off.


Why did you change the name?
                            Because there is a perfectly good 
comunications package called Archive, and I didn`t want to run into 
copyrighting difficulties like SEGA of late, OK.


OK, anything else I should know?
                                Not really. Send comments, complaints,
20 pound notes, 100 dollar bills, spare CRAY X-MP`s you have lying 
around, A3500`s, A3000, Kickstart V2.04 chips, Workbench V2.1 disks, 
Fatter Agnus chips, A5000 motherbords, Harlequin 24bit color boards, 
spare IBM 486 machine with 2.3Gb winchester, Amiga Hard disk drives, 
VGA/multisynch monitor with flicker fixer cards, hand scanners, CDTV`s
A690 CD-ROM drives, Super Famicom`s, Handheld PC Engine`s, PC Engine 
game cards, FM Towns (with twin floppy drives), VHS VCR, CD-I 
machines, a lifetimes supply of coffee (white, no sugar), any PPC or 
laptop, UNIX machines, Freddy Fish Disks, RAM chips, IBM emulators, 
floppy disks, copies of Dpaint 4 , Digiview Gold, Laser printers etc 
etc to:

Steven Harrison,
62 Vyner Street,
Haxby Road,
York,
YORKSHIRE.
YO3 7HS


Can I go and use it now? 
                         Yes I won`t stop you.



AMOS and RAMOS (C)1990 Mandarin/Jawx.
SEGA is a trademark of SEGA ENTERPRISES.
Kickstart and Workbench (C) 1990 Commodore Business Machines.
Harlequin (C)1990 Amiga Centre Scotland (I think).
Super Famicom (C) and TM 1990 Nintendo.
PC Engine (C) 1989 NEC Corporation, Japan.
CDTV and A690 (C)1991 CBM
CD-I (C) 1991 Phillips Corporation
Dpaint 4 (C) 1991 Electronic Arts
Digiview Gold (C) 1990 and TM NewTek Incorporated.
Archivist (C)1990 Steven Harrison.