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Peter Campbell Software,
PO box 54-180 Mana,
NEW ZEALAND. Phone (04) 399 721.
Hello,
you now have 3 new programs, FAST, a new PC specific language, SOFA, a
very quick Chasm 4.0 compatible assembler and FFD, a new free flow text
database program for fast information retrieval and updates.
Please print this file (copy readme prn) and then continue reading...
Installing FAST
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Create a new sub-directory on your hard disk or create a clean (format) floppy
disk. From the new sub-directory or clean floppy type 'A:UNFAST' with this
disk in drive A:
About 40 files will be unzipped (uncompressed), the file FAST.COM is the
compiler, files ending with .F are source files, files ending with .FI are
fast include source files.
There are help files for fast, they contain the .HLP extension. Each help file
has page breaks throughout it, this is because the help is designed for
importing into the Free Flow Database program provided, FFD.
See Installing FFD (below) for instructions on importing the help into FFD.
The files DOS.ERR, WT.ERR and WT.HLP should be copied to the root directory
(unless using a floppy disk).
A batch file will also be in the new sub-directory, COMPILE.BAT, type COMPILE
and watch all source files be automatically compiled.
Once compilations are complete you can run the demo - type DEMO.
To view files you can use the FAST written editor - WT, type WT and the
file name to view - the .F extension does not need to be included, eg typing
WT DEMO will load and edit the file DEMO.F
Installing SOFA
---------------
Create a new sub-directory on your hard disk or create a clean (format) floppy
disk. From the new sub-directory or clean floppy type 'A:UNSOFA' with this
disk in drive A:
The SOFA.COM file created is the compiler and the files ending with .ASM
are example files.
The example files only show the features in SOFA which aren't in CHASM,
CHASM is available in the PC-SIG public domain among others and if you're
not familar with it then get a copy - SOFA was inspired by it - SOFA is now
100 times faster (approximately)... that is more a statement of evolution
rather than comparison.
Installing FFD
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Create a new sub-directory on your hard disk or create a clean (format) floppy
disk. From the new sub-directory or clean floppy type 'A:UNFFD' with this
disk in drive A:
The unzipped files include FFD.COM, the database program, FFD.HLP, the help,
FFD.EDT, the on-line help, TUTOR.FFT, a small semi-tutorial database and
DOS.ERR. The DOS.ERR file must be copied to the root directory.
Please print the file FFD.HLP for more information about FFD and setting up.
Note: The FAST help files can be imported into FFD and then searched on for
quicker and easier access to help. Once you have become more familiar
with FFD then the following steps should be straight forward to you:
1) Create a new database by typing FAST for the database name.
2) Use the Import option from the Options menu to import.
3) Enter the directory name where the fast *.HLP files are.
4) Enter *.HLP for the files to import.
5) Select P for importing by page, when asked for the page break
character press enter.
6) When finished try searching... eg: 'command' or 'function'
Registering for FAST, SOFA and/or FFD?
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Send cheques, master card details, visa card details & bankcard details with
expiry date to me.
Recommended amount: FAST = $30 ($45 = two upgrades)
SOFA = $20 ($30 = two upgrades)
FFD = $30 ($45 = two upgrades)
$80+ = two upgrades of everything.
Note: If you purchase FAST then SOFA comes free.
Note: If you pay for two upgrades then you receive the current version(s) now
and six months later you receive the latest version(s).
Note: All costs include gst, tax, air mail and everything (rare huh).
Note: If you register for FAST then you recieve also a terminal emulator with
ANSI scroll back support and a One Fingered Typing program.
Note: If you register for FFD you receive a memory resident (32K) version for
making database enquiries, FDR.COM.
Hope to read one of your cheques (I mean letters) soon...
Almost any cheque, any currency will be accepted; also visa, mastercard
and bank card can be accepted.
Remember you may find one or more of the programs that comes with FAST to be
useful - make any suitable donation and you will receive the latest version
of any files (compiled and source) you wish ($10 approx).
** Latest news **
Peter Campbell Software NOW HAS a new 4th Generation Computer Language!!!
FASTBASE
FASTBASE is designed for writing database applications of all sizes using an
english like language for data definition and procedures.
FASTBASE is written using my FAST language and contains nearly 9,000 lines.
FASTBASE supports character, date, time, yesno and numeric field types; many
functions are available for each type including a full set of date and time
functions.
FASTBASE is a relational database, up to 200 different record types can be
used at once, each record can contain up to 64 indexes, each index can contain
up to 8 fields.
Read the NEWS file for more info and an example FASTBASE program...
Peter Campbell Software has over 35,000 lines of source code in FAST and is
continuing to write many programs using FAST. This means that FAST will always
continue to be made faster and faster while simultaneously using less memory.
Read the FAST_FIX.HLP file for a list of the changes made to FAST over the last
year or so.
Yours sincerely,
Peter Campbell a.k.a Pfast a.k.a I'm learning the Guitar.
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