The Family Edge -- DOS

[singhals]

Does anyone here still remember using a DOS program called Family Edge
(by Carl York)?

If so, did you ever use the macro feature? Does it work in the
shareware vers? If so would you share instructions?

Thanks.

Cheryl

[f/fgeorge]

Here is my Family Edge directory...Carl is no longer supporting the
program so I hope this is okay. I have deleted my data from it and
then compressed the files, I JUST ran it from my harddrive and it ran
fine, created all the files and History folder and everything.
I LOVED that program!!! I still ALOT of data in my History files and
AM NOT going to type them into TMG! I still have not decided what to
do with the data. TMG does NOT import the data correctly and when they
contacted Carl for me, years ago, he refused to cooperate.

On Mon, 19 Jun 2006 11:08:50 -0400, singhals <[email protected]>
wrote:

Does anyone here still remember using a DOS program called Family Edge
(by Carl York)?

If so, did you ever use the macro feature? Does it work in the
shareware vers? If so would you share instructions?

Thanks.

Cheryl

[f/fgeorge]

I forgot, I OWN the program and still have the disk too, although it
is on a 5 1/4" floppy. I do not have one of those anymore on any of my
22 machines here at the house.

On Mon, 19 Jun 2006 11:08:50 -0400, singhals <[email protected]>
wrote:

Does anyone here still remember using a DOS program called Family Edge
(by Carl York)?

If so, did you ever use the macro feature? Does it work in the
shareware vers? If so would you share instructions?

Thanks.

Cheryl

[Steve Hayes]

On Mon, 19 Jun 2006 11:08:50 -0400, singhals <[email protected]> wrote:

Does anyone here still remember using a DOS program called Family Edge
(by Carl York)?

If so, did you ever use the macro feature? Does it work in the
shareware vers? If so would you share instructions?

Yes, I have it, but I don't remember using a macro feature. I could try to
look it up, though.


--
Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/7734/stevesig.htm
E-mail - see web page, or parse: shayes at dunelm full stop org full stop uk

[Steve Hayes]

On Mon, 19 Jun 2006 16:24:24 GMT, f/fgeorge <[email protected]> wrote:

Here is my Family Edge directory...Carl is no longer supporting the
program so I hope this is okay. I have deleted my data from it and
then compressed the files, I JUST ran it from my harddrive and it ran
fine, created all the files and History folder and everything.
I LOVED that program!!! I still ALOT of data in my History files and
AM NOT going to type them into TMG! I still have not decided what to
do with the data. TMG does NOT import the data correctly and when they
contacted Carl for me, years ago, he refused to cooperate.

The Family Edge Files import quite correctly into Legacy notes, and since my
TFE and Legacy files have the same RINs, it's quite easy, as the file to
import is ERIN.DGE.


--
Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/7734/stevesig.htm
E-mail - see web page, or parse: shayes at dunelm full stop org full stop uk

[Steve Hayes]

On Mon, 19 Jun 2006 16:24:24 GMT, f/fgeorge <[email protected]> wrote:

Here is my Family Edge directory...Carl is no longer supporting the
program so I hope this is okay. I have deleted my data from it and
then compressed the files, I JUST ran it from my harddrive and it ran
fine, created all the files and History folder and everything.
I LOVED that program!!! I still ALOT of data in my History files and
AM NOT going to type them into TMG! I still have not decided what to
do with the data. TMG does NOT import the data correctly and when they
contacted Carl for me, years ago, he refused to cooperate.

Do you know where Carl is?

He produced a Tiny Tafel editor, which no longer appears to work under Windows
XP.

I found it a very useful program, as Tiny Tafels are still one of the best
ways to find who is working on the same surnames in the same area at the same
period.

I'm not sure why it doesn't work under XP, and it will be a schlep to
reinstall Win98 just to be able to use one program.


--
Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/7734/stevesig.htm
E-mail - see web page, or parse: shayes at dunelm full stop org full stop uk

[singhals]

singhals wrote:

Does anyone here still remember using a DOS program called Family Edge
(by Carl York)?

If so, did you ever use the macro feature? Does it work in the
shareware vers? If so would you share instructions?

Thanks.

Cheryl

Thanks, guys. I've got a perfectly legal copy of the shareware (g), and
accidentally found the Macros the other day. I tried to get it to work
and was mostly wondering whether it was supposed to work in the
share-ware vers. As it turns out, I can do what I need to do with the
ditto function, anyway.

Cheryl

[John]

On Tue, 20 Jun 2006 08:25:13 +0200, Steve Hayes
<[email protected]> wrote:

On Mon, 19 Jun 2006 16:24:24 GMT, f/fgeorge <[email protected]> wrote:

Here is my Family Edge directory...Carl is no longer supporting the
program so I hope this is okay. I have deleted my data from it and
then compressed the files, I JUST ran it from my harddrive and it ran
fine, created all the files and History folder and everything.
I LOVED that program!!! I still ALOT of data in my History files and
AM NOT going to type them into TMG! I still have not decided what to
do with the data. TMG does NOT import the data correctly and when they
contacted Carl for me, years ago, he refused to cooperate.

Do you know where Carl is?

He produced a Tiny Tafel editor, which no longer appears to work under Windows
XP.

I found it a very useful program, as Tiny Tafels are still one of the best
ways to find who is working on the same surnames in the same area at the same
period.

I'm not sure why it doesn't work under XP, and it will be a schlep to
reinstall Win98 just to be able to use one program.

Can you use the "Run As" feature in XP to tell it to act like 98 for
this program?

John

[Steve Hayes]

On Wed, 21 Jun 2006 18:38:55 -0400, John <[email protected]> wrote:

On Tue, 20 Jun 2006 08:25:13 +0200, Steve Hayes
[email protected]> wrote:

On Mon, 19 Jun 2006 16:24:24 GMT, f/fgeorge <[email protected]> wrote:

Here is my Family Edge directory...Carl is no longer supporting the
program so I hope this is okay. I have deleted my data from it and
then compressed the files, I JUST ran it from my harddrive and it ran
fine, created all the files and History folder and everything.
I LOVED that program!!! I still ALOT of data in my History files and
AM NOT going to type them into TMG! I still have not decided what to
do with the data. TMG does NOT import the data correctly and when they
contacted Carl for me, years ago, he refused to cooperate.

Do you know where Carl is?

He produced a Tiny Tafel editor, which no longer appears to work under Windows
XP.

I found it a very useful program, as Tiny Tafels are still one of the best
ways to find who is working on the same surnames in the same area at the same
period.

I'm not sure why it doesn't work under XP, and it will be a schlep to
reinstall Win98 just to be able to use one program.

Can you use the "Run As" feature in XP to tell it to act like 98 for
this program?

I'd not heard of that (the documentation that comes with Windows XP is
practically non-existent).

How does it work, so I can try it?


--
Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/7734/stevesig.htm
E-mail - see web page, or parse: shayes at dunelm full stop org full stop uk

[Paul Blair]

Steve Hayes wrote:

On Wed, 21 Jun 2006 18:38:55 -0400, John <[email protected]> wrote:

On Tue, 20 Jun 2006 08:25:13 +0200, Steve Hayes
[email protected]> wrote:

On Mon, 19 Jun 2006 16:24:24 GMT, f/fgeorge <[email protected]> wrote:

Here is my Family Edge directory...Carl is no longer supporting the
program so I hope this is okay. I have deleted my data from it and
then compressed the files, I JUST ran it from my harddrive and it ran
fine, created all the files and History folder and everything.
I LOVED that program!!! I still ALOT of data in my History files and
AM NOT going to type them into TMG! I still have not decided what to
do with the data. TMG does NOT import the data correctly and when they
contacted Carl for me, years ago, he refused to cooperate.
Do you know where Carl is?

He produced a Tiny Tafel editor, which no longer appears to work under Windows
XP.

I found it a very useful program, as Tiny Tafels are still one of the best
ways to find who is working on the same surnames in the same area at the same
period.

I'm not sure why it doesn't work under XP, and it will be a schlep to
reinstall Win98 just to be able to use one program.
Can you use the "Run As" feature in XP to tell it to act like 98 for
this program?

I'd not heard of that (the documentation that comes with Windows XP is
practically non-existent).

How does it work, so I can try it?


Right-click on a desktop icon or a file name in the Explorer of an

executable. Select Properties, then the Compatibility tag. Follow your
nose...

Paul

[Steve Hayes]

On Thu, 22 Jun 2006 21:00:55 +1000, Paul Blair <[email protected]> wrote:

Steve Hayes wrote:
On Wed, 21 Jun 2006 18:38:55 -0400, John <[email protected]> wrote:

On Tue, 20 Jun 2006 08:25:13 +0200, Steve Hayes
[email protected]> wrote:

On Mon, 19 Jun 2006 16:24:24 GMT, f/fgeorge <[email protected]> wrote:

Here is my Family Edge directory...Carl is no longer supporting the
program so I hope this is okay. I have deleted my data from it and
then compressed the files, I JUST ran it from my harddrive and it ran
fine, created all the files and History folder and everything.
I LOVED that program!!! I still ALOT of data in my History files and
AM NOT going to type them into TMG! I still have not decided what to
do with the data. TMG does NOT import the data correctly and when they
contacted Carl for me, years ago, he refused to cooperate.
Do you know where Carl is?

He produced a Tiny Tafel editor, which no longer appears to work under Windows
XP.

I found it a very useful program, as Tiny Tafels are still one of the best
ways to find who is working on the same surnames in the same area at the same
period.

I'm not sure why it doesn't work under XP, and it will be a schlep to
reinstall Win98 just to be able to use one program.
Can you use the "Run As" feature in XP to tell it to act like 98 for
this program?

I'd not heard of that (the documentation that comes with Windows XP is
practically non-existent).

How does it work, so I can try it?


Right-click on a desktop icon or a file name in the Explorer of an
executable. Select Properties, then the Compatibility tag. Follow your
nose...

Right, my nose led me to click on it. Brief flash of black as DOS Window opens
and closes.

Go to C: prompt and type the program name:

Runtime error 200 at 2B65:0091


--
Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/7734/stevesig.htm
E-mail - see web page, or parse: shayes at dunelm full stop org full stop uk

[Don Kirkman]

It seems to me I heard somewhere that Steve Hayes wrote in article
<[email protected]>:

On Thu, 22 Jun 2006 21:00:55 +1000, Paul Blair <[email protected]> wrote:

Steve Hayes wrote:
On Wed, 21 Jun 2006 18:38:55 -0400, John <[email protected]> wrote:

On Tue, 20 Jun 2006 08:25:13 +0200, Steve Hayes
[email protected]> wrote:

[Re Tiny Tafel]

I'm not sure why it doesn't work under XP, and it will be a schlep to
reinstall Win98 just to be able to use one program.
Can you use the "Run As" feature in XP to tell it to act like 98 for
this program?

I'd not heard of that (the documentation that comes with Windows XP is
practically non-existent).

How does it work, so I can try it?

Right-click on a desktop icon or a file name in the Explorer of an
executable. Select Properties, then the Compatibility tag. Follow your
nose...

Right, my nose led me to click on it. Brief flash of black as DOS Window opens
and closes.

I think the icon you right click on has to be an executable program. I
don't know quite what you've missed, but you should see a
"Compatibility" tab on the Properties dialog, with "[ ] Run this
program in compatibility mode for:" - when this is checked you'll see a
drop-down where you can choose from four versions of Windows.
--
Don Kirkman

[John]

On Thu, 22 Jun 2006 07:56:58 +0200, Steve Hayes
<[email protected]> wrote:

On Wed, 21 Jun 2006 18:38:55 -0400, John <[email protected]> wrote:

On Tue, 20 Jun 2006 08:25:13 +0200, Steve Hayes
[email protected]> wrote:
snip
He produced a Tiny Tafel editor, which no longer appears to work under Windows
XP.

I found it a very useful program, as Tiny Tafels are still one of the best
ways to find who is working on the same surnames in the same area at the same
period.

I'm not sure why it doesn't work under XP, and it will be a schlep to
reinstall Win98 just to be able to use one program.

Can you use the "Run As" feature in XP to tell it to act like 98 for
this program?

I'd not heard of that (the documentation that comes with Windows XP is
practically non-existent).

How does it work, so I can try it?

If the program does not have a shortcut icon on the Desktop, create
one for it.

Right-click on the icon, select Properties, click on the Compatibility
tab, select the configuration you need.

John

[Steve Hayes]

On Thu, 22 Jun 2006 11:52:32 -0700, Don Kirkman <[email protected]> wrote:

It seems to me I heard somewhere that Steve Hayes wrote in article
[email protected]>:

On Thu, 22 Jun 2006 21:00:55 +1000, Paul Blair <[email protected]> wrote:

Steve Hayes wrote:
On Wed, 21 Jun 2006 18:38:55 -0400, John <[email protected]> wrote:

On Tue, 20 Jun 2006 08:25:13 +0200, Steve Hayes
[email protected]> wrote:

[Re Tiny Tafel]

I'm not sure why it doesn't work under XP, and it will be a schlep to
reinstall Win98 just to be able to use one program.
Can you use the "Run As" feature in XP to tell it to act like 98 for
this program?

I'd not heard of that (the documentation that comes with Windows XP is
practically non-existent).

How does it work, so I can try it?

Right-click on a desktop icon or a file name in the Explorer of an
executable. Select Properties, then the Compatibility tag. Follow your
nose...

Right, my nose led me to click on it. Brief flash of black as DOS Window opens
and closes.

I think the icon you right click on has to be an executable program. I
don't know quite what you've missed, but you should see a
"Compatibility" tab on the Properties dialog, with "[ ] Run this
program in compatibility mode for:" - when this is checked you'll see a
drop-down where you can choose from four versions of Windows.

Yes, I did that, set it to Win 98 (the last version I had which it worked
under), and, having done that, when I clicked on it got the brief flash of
black and a return to the directory with the program in it.

If anyone is in contact with Chris Long, perhaps they could try persuading him
to make his program open source, so that others could try updating them.




--
Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/7734/stevesig.htm
E-mail - see web page, or parse: shayes at dunelm full stop org full stop uk

[Steve Hayes]

On Thu, 22 Jun 2006 17:47:14 -0400, John <[email protected]> wrote:

On Thu, 22 Jun 2006 07:56:58 +0200, Steve Hayes
[email protected]> wrote:

On Wed, 21 Jun 2006 18:38:55 -0400, John <[email protected]> wrote:

On Tue, 20 Jun 2006 08:25:13 +0200, Steve Hayes
[email protected]> wrote:
snip
He produced a Tiny Tafel editor, which no longer appears to work under Windows
XP.

I found it a very useful program, as Tiny Tafels are still one of the best
ways to find who is working on the same surnames in the same area at the same
period.

I'm not sure why it doesn't work under XP, and it will be a schlep to
reinstall Win98 just to be able to use one program.

Can you use the "Run As" feature in XP to tell it to act like 98 for
this program?

I'd not heard of that (the documentation that comes with Windows XP is
practically non-existent).

How does it work, so I can try it?

If the program does not have a shortcut icon on the Desktop, create
one for it.

Right-click on the icon, select Properties, click on the Compatibility
tab, select the configuration you need.

Tried that too -- same result.

Brief flash of black scrreen, then back to the desktop.

For what it's wotrth, this is the FILE_ID.DIZ

Tiny Tafel Editor v2.2 <ASP> program for
genealogy researchers, allows you to quickly
and easily create, edit, and run matching
reports and keyword searches on Tiny Tafel
files, it has lots of info about how and
where to use your TT (TMS, GenData, TTCS).
No tafel editor does more than TTEDIT.
Shareware. ($15)


--
Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/7734/stevesig.htm
E-mail - see web page, or parse: shayes at dunelm full stop org full stop uk

[Paul Blair]

Steve Hayes wrote:

On Thu, 22 Jun 2006 17:47:14 -0400, John <[email protected]> wrote:

On Thu, 22 Jun 2006 07:56:58 +0200, Steve Hayes
[email protected]> wrote:

On Wed, 21 Jun 2006 18:38:55 -0400, John <[email protected]> wrote:

On Tue, 20 Jun 2006 08:25:13 +0200, Steve Hayes
[email protected]> wrote:
snip
He produced a Tiny Tafel editor, which no longer appears to work under Windows
XP.

I found it a very useful program, as Tiny Tafels are still one of the best
ways to find who is working on the same surnames in the same area at the same
period.

I'm not sure why it doesn't work under XP, and it will be a schlep to
reinstall Win98 just to be able to use one program.
Can you use the "Run As" feature in XP to tell it to act like 98 for
this program?
I'd not heard of that (the documentation that comes with Windows XP is
practically non-existent).

How does it work, so I can try it?
If the program does not have a shortcut icon on the Desktop, create
one for it.

Right-click on the icon, select Properties, click on the Compatibility
tab, select the configuration you need.

Tried that too -- same result.

Brief flash of black scrreen, then back to the desktop.

For what it's wotrth, this is the FILE_ID.DIZ

Tiny Tafel Editor v2.2 <ASP> program for
genealogy researchers, allows you to quickly
and easily create, edit, and run matching
reports and keyword searches on Tiny Tafel
files, it has lots of info about how and
where to use your TT (TMS, GenData, TTCS).
No tafel editor does more than TTEDIT.
Shareware. ($15)

The 1994 software won't run on anything faster than a 200MHz machine.
There were patches put out by various companies (mainly for gamers
trying to extend the life of their favourite shootemup) but once
computers got beyond about 1GHz, the older DOS stuff wasn't up to it.

Maybe find an old machine somewhere?

Paul

[Steve Hayes]

On Fri, 23 Jun 2006 14:59:36 +1000, Paul Blair <[email protected]> wrote:

The 1994 software won't run on anything faster than a 200MHz machine.
There were patches put out by various companies (mainly for gamers
trying to extend the life of their favourite shootemup) but once
computers got beyond about 1GHz, the older DOS stuff wasn't up to it.

That could explain it, then.

It ran happily on my 450 MHz one under Win 98, but my son bought a new
computer and gave me his old one with a faster mother board and Win XP Pro,
and then it didn't run any more.

But my other old DOS proggies seem to run.

Maybe find an old machine somewhere?

Perhaps my old BBS one, but the disk controller is dead, and I closed the BBS
because replacing a SCSI disk controller is probably too much of a schlep.


--
Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/7734/stevesig.htm
E-mail - see web page, or parse: shayes at dunelm full stop org full stop uk

[Gene]

Steve Hayes wrote:

For what it's wotrth, this is the FILE_ID.DIZ

Basically, the FILE_ID.DIZ file is a straight text file. There is no
compatibility involved. You can open it in any text editor. You need
to select the .EXE program that uses FILE_ID.DIZ and do the right click
thing there.

Gene

[Gene]

Gene wrote:

Steve Hayes wrote:


For what it's wotrth, this is the FILE_ID.DIZ




Basically, the FILE_ID.DIZ file is a straight text file. There is no
compatibility involved. You can open it in any text editor. You need
to select the .EXE program that uses FILE_ID.DIZ and do the right click
thing there.

Gene
Disregard previous. I just read it over again and see where I mis-read

it at first.
Gene

[Hugh Watkins]

Steve Hayes wrote:

On Fri, 23 Jun 2006 14:59:36 +1000, Paul Blair <[email protected]> wrote:


The 1994 software won't run on anything faster than a 200MHz machine.
There were patches put out by various companies (mainly for gamers
trying to extend the life of their favourite shootemup) but once
computers got beyond about 1GHz, the older DOS stuff wasn't up to it.


That could explain it, then.

It ran happily on my 450 MHz one under Win 98, but my son bought a new
computer and gave me his old one with a faster mother board and Win XP Pro,
and then it didn't run any more.

But my other old DOS proggies seem to run.


Maybe find an old machine somewhere?


Perhaps my old BBS one, but the disk controller is dead, and I closed the BBS
because replacing a SCSI disk controller is probably too much of a schlep.

time for someone to make a java AJAX app


Hugh W

[Dennis Lee Bieber]

On Fri, 23 Jun 2006 12:53:31 +0200, Steve Hayes <[email protected]>
declaimed the following in soc.genealogy.computing:

It ran happily on my 450 MHz one under Win 98, but my son bought a new
computer and gave me his old one with a faster mother board and Win XP Pro,
and then it didn't run any more.

But my other old DOS proggies seem to run.

Can't explain the 450MHz... The initial problem was programs that

used a short, tight, loop to compute processor speed for timing
purposes. The common algorithm would crash on 266MHz machines -- I think
it ran okay on my old 233MHz W95osr2 machine. I don't recall if this was
a generic problem, or one specific to applications written using
TurboPascal.

Unfortunately, if this is a true MS-DOS (text) program, it needs to
run within a command line shell. The WinXP cmd.exe shell /cannot/ be run
in compatibility mode. The 16-bit/W9x compatible shell is command.com --
but it doesn't have compatibility mode options either.

However... Try a command line shell rather than double clicking on
your program. That flash of black is probably a command shell opening,
and then closing when the program fails. Manually opening a command
shell (start/run => enter "cmd" for WinXP version, or "command.com" for
old version), navigating to the directory of your program (CD
c:\where\ever\you\put\it), and then typing the name of the program
should let you see what the error message is.
--
bieber.genealogy Dennis Lee Bieber
HTTP://home.earthlink.net/~bieber.genealogy/

[Don Kirkman]

It seems to me I heard somewhere that Steve Hayes wrote in article
<[email protected]>:

On Thu, 22 Jun 2006 11:52:32 -0700, Don Kirkman <[email protected]> wrote:

On Thu, 22 Jun 2006 21:00:55 +1000, Paul Blair <[email protected]> wrote:

[Re Tiny Tafel and WinXP compatibility feature (sic!)]

Right-click on a desktop icon or a file name in the Explorer of an
executable. Select Properties, then the Compatibility tag. Follow your
nose...

Right, my nose led me to click on it. Brief flash of black as DOS Window opens
and closes.

I think the icon you right click on has to be an executable program. I
don't know quite what you've missed, but you should see a
"Compatibility" tab on the Properties dialog, with "[ ] Run this
program in compatibility mode for:" - when this is checked you'll see a
drop-down where you can choose from four versions of Windows.

Yes, I did that, set it to Win 98 (the last version I had which it worked
under), and, having done that, when I clicked on it got the brief flash of
black and a return to the directory with the program in it.

Sorry to hear that; I've never had a similar problem with the
"Compatibility" thingy with WinXP Pro SP2--though I haven't need to use
it much.

If anyone is in contact with Chris Long, perhaps they could try persuading him
to make his program open source, so that others could try updating them.

That seems to be a common problem with the made-for-the-purpose
utilities for the Windows family.
--
Don Kirkman

[Paul Blair]

Dennis Lee Bieber wrote:

On Fri, 23 Jun 2006 12:53:31 +0200, Steve Hayes <[email protected]
declaimed the following in soc.genealogy.computing:


It ran happily on my 450 MHz one under Win 98, but my son bought a new
computer and gave me his old one with a faster mother board and Win XP Pro,
and then it didn't run any more.

But my other old DOS proggies seem to run.

Can't explain the 450MHz... The initial problem was programs that
used a short, tight, loop to compute processor speed for timing
purposes. The common algorithm would crash on 266MHz machines -- I think
it ran okay on my old 233MHz W95osr2 machine. I don't recall if this was
a generic problem, or one specific to applications written using
TurboPascal.

Unfortunately, if this is a true MS-DOS (text) program, it needs to
run within a command line shell. The WinXP cmd.exe shell /cannot/ be run
in compatibility mode. The 16-bit/W9x compatible shell is command.com --
but it doesn't have compatibility mode options either.

However... Try a command line shell rather than double clicking on
your program. That flash of black is probably a command shell opening,
and then closing when the program fails. Manually opening a command
shell (start/run => enter "cmd" for WinXP version, or "command.com" for
old version), navigating to the directory of your program (CD
c:\where\ever\you\put\it), and then typing the name of the program
should let you see what the error message is.

Sorry, Dennis, should have said I tried that way in the first place.
Runtime error 200.....

Paul

[Dennis Lee Bieber]

On Sat, 24 Jun 2006 07:29:01 +1000, Paul Blair <[email protected]>
declaimed the following in soc.genealogy.computing:

Runtime error 200.....

First thing on Google:

http://www.brain.uni-freiburg.de/~klaus ... runerr200/

Yep... Borland Turbo Pascal. Do a google for "runtime error 200" and
get a whole page of discussions on it.

Says 233MHz Pentium-II had the problem; I seem to recall my W95
machine was a 233MHz MMX Pentium-I, and that worked okay. Must have been
just on the fringe with the instructions used in the timing loop.

--
bieber.genealogy Dennis Lee Bieber
HTTP://home.earthlink.net/~bieber.genealogy/

[Steve Hayes]

On Sat, 24 Jun 2006 06:43:43 GMT, Dennis Lee Bieber
<[email protected]> wrote:

On Sat, 24 Jun 2006 07:29:01 +1000, Paul Blair <[email protected]
declaimed the following in soc.genealogy.computing:

Runtime error 200.....


First thing on Google:

http://www.brain.uni-freiburg.de/~klaus ... runerr200/

Yep... Borland Turbo Pascal. Do a google for "runtime error 200" and
get a whole page of discussions on it.

Says 233MHz Pentium-II had the problem; I seem to recall my W95
machine was a 233MHz MMX Pentium-I, and that worked okay. Must have been
just on the fringe with the instructions used in the timing loop.

So if Chris Long isn't willing to update it, it would be nice if he could
release the source code for someone else to tweak.


--
Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa
http://people.tribe.net/hayesstw
E-mail - see web page, or parse: shayes at dunelm full stop org full stop uk

[Leif B. Kristensen]

Dennis Lee Bieber skrev:

On Sat, 24 Jun 2006 07:29:01 +1000, Paul Blair <[email protected]
declaimed the following in soc.genealogy.computing:

Runtime error 200.....


First thing on Google:

http://www.brain.uni-freiburg.de/~klaus ... runerr200/

Yep... Borland Turbo Pascal. Do a google for "runtime error 200" and
get a whole page of discussions on it.

Says 233MHz Pentium-II had the problem; I seem to recall my W95
machine was a 233MHz MMX Pentium-I, and that worked okay. Must have
been just on the fringe with the instructions used in the timing loop.

The strangest thing about it, is that FoxPro (v 2.5?) had exactly the
same problem with the "fast" ~300MHz computers. It must have been a
common source for the timing loop algorithms used by both Turbo Pascal
and FoxPro.
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Leif Biberg Kristensen | Registered Linux User #338009
http://solumslekt.org/ | Cruising with Gentoo/KDE

[Steve Hayes]

On Sat, 24 Jun 2006 12:01:00 +0200, "Leif B. Kristensen"
<[email protected]> wrote:

Dennis Lee Bieber skrev:

On Sat, 24 Jun 2006 07:29:01 +1000, Paul Blair <[email protected]
declaimed the following in soc.genealogy.computing:

Runtime error 200.....


First thing on Google:

http://www.brain.uni-freiburg.de/~klaus ... runerr200/

Yep... Borland Turbo Pascal. Do a google for "runtime error 200" and
get a whole page of discussions on it.

Says 233MHz Pentium-II had the problem; I seem to recall my W95
machine was a 233MHz MMX Pentium-I, and that worked okay. Must have
been just on the fringe with the instructions used in the timing loop.

The strangest thing about it, is that FoxPro (v 2.5?) had exactly the
same problem with the "fast" ~300MHz computers. It must have been a
common source for the timing loop algorithms used by both Turbo Pascal
and FoxPro.

Perhaps that's why I could never get The Master Genealogist to work.


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Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa
http://people.tribe.net/hayesstw
E-mail - see web page, or parse: shayes at dunelm full stop org full stop uk

[Dennis Lee Bieber]

On Sat, 24 Jun 2006 13:11:30 +0200, Steve Hayes <[email protected]>
declaimed the following in soc.genealogy.computing:

On Sat, 24 Jun 2006 12:01:00 +0200, "Leif B. Kristensen"
[email protected]> wrote:

<snip>

The strangest thing about it, is that FoxPro (v 2.5?) had exactly the
same problem with the "fast" ~300MHz computers. It must have been a
common source for the timing loop algorithms used by both Turbo Pascal
and FoxPro.

Perhaps that's why I could never get The Master Genealogist to work.

Hadn't encountered any of those... UFT and TMG 4 would run on all of
my machines -- as long as they were the first program loaded after a
reboot; otherwise the memory seems to have gotten too fragmented for the
16-bit VFP library to handle on a 32-bit OS.

The MS-DOS Aladdin program (GEnie's store&forward offline client) is
the only application I recall that needed a patch release for faster
machines.
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bieber.genealogy Dennis Lee Bieber
HTTP://home.earthlink.net/~bieber.genealogy/