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Dr. Bob's
BIORHYTHMICATOR
Version 1.01
10/10/90
Dr. Bob's Biorhythmicator is a program designed for IBM PC's
and compatibles which allows the user to look at his/her Biorhythm
for any specified month and year. The charts drawn on the user's
screen show the three standard biorhythm cycles including the 33
day intellectual cycle, the 28 day emotional cycle, and the 23 day
physical cycle. In addition to plotting the cycles, the software
also labels critical days. Critical days are those days in which
one or more of the biological cycles crosses the neutral line. At
that time, one's system is said to be in a state of flux and it may
be desirable to exhibit caution. The Biorhythmicator also includes
a feature which allows the user to search for the next double or
triple critical day, where 2 or 3 of the biological cycles cross
the neutral line.
It is up to the user to interpret the Biorhythm charts. Some
people don't care if the biological curves are above or below the
horizontal neutral line and look solely at the points where the
curves cross the neutral axis (critical days). Others put the major
emphasis on the fact that the curve is in the positive or negative
region above or below the neutral line. The research done by the
author of Dr. Bob's Biorhythmicator shows that the critical days are
the most discussed. Nearly every famous person who died and got
their biorhythm chart printed in a book, died on a double or triple
critical day. But not to worry, I'm sure a lot of people die on
good days, too.
The software has a built in help screen which defines the
following active keys on the keyboard:
'D' - search for next double critical day
'T' - search for next triple critical day
'H','F1','?' - displays the help screen
'R' - restart the Biorhythmicator
'X','Q','ESC' - exit to DOS
right arrow - look at next month's biorhythm
left arrow - look at last month's biorhythm
down arrow - look at next year's biorhythm
up arrow - look at last year's biorhythm
In an effort to make Dr. Bob's Biorhythmicator available to as
many people as possible, the following graphics modes are supported:
VGA 640 x 480 16 color
VGA 640 x 480 monochrome
EGA 640 x 350 16 color
EGAMONO 640 x 350 monochrome
CGA 640 x 200 monochrome
MCGA 640 x 480 monochrome
AT&T 640 x 400 monochrome
HERCULES 720 x 348 monochrome
PC3270 720 x 350 monochrome
To start the program, you just need to type 'bio' and the bio.exe
program will be executed. The software will auto-detect the graphics
card which is installed in your machine. If the detected graphics
mode is not supported, the program will exit, and the usage screen
will be displayed. It may be possible that the Biorhythmicator will
still work even if a supported graphics card is not detected. It may
also be possible that the graphics mode detected by the software isn't
the best graphics mode available to you. A good example is the AT&T
PC6300 which reports as a CGA card. By adding a command line argument
along with the 'bio', you can force the Biorhythmicator to attempt to
use a specific graphics mode. For instance, if you typed 'bio att'
at the command line, you would execute the Biorhythmicator and tell
it to use the AT&T 640 x 400 monochrome graphics mode. The following
list describes the command line arguments associated with 'bio' and
the corresponding graphics modes:
'vga' VGA 640 x 480 16 color
'mvga' VGA 640 x 480 monochrome
'ega' EGA 640 x 350 16 color
'egamono' EGAMONO 640 x 350 monochrome
'cga' CGA 640 x 200 monochrome
'mcga' MCGA 640 x 480 monochrome
'att' AT&T 640 x 400 monochrome
'herc' HERCULES 720 x 348 monochrome
'pc3270' PC3270 720 x 350 monochrome
As another example, typing 'bio vga' would force the Biorhythmicator
to attempt to use the VGA 640 x 480 16 color graphics mode.
I'm presently adding some new features to the software including
a screen dump utility which will allow the user to make hard copies of
their biorhythm charts. I'm looking forward to receiving any comments
or suggestions on how to improve The Biorhythmicator. If you'd like to
send a contribution of $15 and register for the next release or simply
send some suggestions, please write to:
Robert Salter
P.O. Box 192
Essex Junction, Vermont 05453
Thanks for using Dr. Bob's Biorhythmicator, and don't forget to pass it
along to a friend.