REMTEXT This text file contains the basic text for the "Help" command and the information page. Each section contains a few format statements. They are described below: In INFOTEXT: .P print a carriage return/linefeed .C center all text since the last .P .Btext insert Birth date followed by "text" .Stext insert Starting date followed by "text" .Etext insert Ending date followed by "text" .Ntext insert Name followed by "text" .#text insert number of days lived followed by "text" .40 indicates end of info for 40 column width output. .64 end of 64 column output .80 end of 80 column output .132 end of 132 column output .F the final paragraph of 64, 80, and 132 col. output. .Q quit all output and start on chart. Note: 1) These commands must either be the first data on the line, or they must be preceded by one or more blanks. 2) Not all of the above commands have been used in the present text. They are for your use should you decide to rewrite the text to better suit your needs. In HELPTEXT: ! indicates end of current command. !! indicates end of all commands. Note: No command must be more than 14 lines long otherwise it must be broken into parts with "!" separating those parts. ---------------------------------------------------------------- INFOTEXT .P .P .P .P .P .P B I O R H Y T H M S .C .P .P Plotted by .C .P Stephen Maguire .C .P .P .P The following biorhythm chart has been especially prepared for .N. It is based on the theory that each person has up days and down days. On the up days, you should function better and feel better than you do on the down days. These ups and downs occur in regular cycles which can be predicted in advance. .P .P The theory further states that during up peaks and down valleys, you compensate your actions according to the way you feel thus balancing the effects of the cycle. The danger period occurs during the cycle transition when your actions can be impaired but your physical and mental state is not yet on the alert to compensate for it. This is called the critical period. .P .P The theory continues that during critical periods you not engage in activities which demand physical or mental alertness. The cycles seem to indicate that performance will not be good on these days. .P .P Biorhythms actually have three main components or cycles which start together on your day of birth, in your case, .B, and continue through the rest of your life. These three components are: .P .P 23 day Physical cycle .C 28 day Emotional cycle .C 33 day Intellectual cycle .C .40 .P .64 The Physical cycle is associated with physical vitality, endurance and energy level. The Emotional cycle corresponds to sensitivity, intuition and cheerfulness. The Intellectual cycle is related to mental alertness, cognitive power and judgement ability. .P .P .80 As of .S, the first day of the following chart, you, .N, have lived for a total of .# days. When you are fifty-eight years and slightly over three months old, your cycles will again come together as they did on the day of your birth and cross the critical on an upswing. This means that anybody born on that day will go through life with biorhythmic cycles exactly corresponding to yours! .P .P It is important to remember that this psuedo-science, biorhythms, while having strong evidence supporting it, is still just a theory. According to the theory, the cycles start on the day of birth. Opponents to the theory claim that this day is a legal event -- not a biological one; it is just a further step in embrionic development. To the proponents, this is the day when the child ceases to be part of the mother and becomes independent. It is up to you to decide. .P .P .132 .F Your Comments on the accuracy of this chart are welcome. There is currently a great deal of interest in whether or not to use these charts as a basis for work schedules, particularly in airline operations. .P .P .Q ---------------------------------------------------------------- HELPTEXT H -- Help gives this explanation. The statement: "Help on which command? (return for entire description)" is printed when this command in invoked. If return is typed in response to this, the entire command description is displayed. If a letter is typed in response, and it is a legal command, the description for that command only will be displayed. If a non-command letter is typed, control will go back to the command mode. This allows "ESCAPE" to be used for aborting. ! N -- Change the current name. Use upper and lower case for best results. Also, try and keep the names short if the 64 column width is being used. Note that if the name is too long for the current width, (this should only happen with the 64 column width), it is replaced with the current month and year at the top of a paginated page. The name is not printed at all if the 40 column width is used. Note: names should be in the order of first name first, last name last for best results. ! B -- Change the current birthdate. Dates are entered in an extremely free format. That is, you may use uppercase, lowercase, or both simultaneously; all blanks are ignored; months may be referred to by number, name, or even partial names. For example, all of the following will enter correctly as January 1,1980. (When using abbreviations, be sure to give enough letters to distinguish between months.) j,1,1980 1,1,1980 Janu,1,80 1, 1, 1980 Ja nU aRy, 1, 1 98 0 1 , 1 , 8 0 Note: years between 1901 and 1999 may be entered as two digit numbers -- all other dates must be complete. ! S -- Change the current starting date. Enter this date in the same manner as for the birthdate. If a date chronologically earlier than the birth date or later than the termination date is entered, an error will result. If this should hap- pen, either enter a new birth date or termination date first, then re-enter the starting date. Note: when entering month names, the shortest abbreviations allowed are as follows: J anuary F ebruary M arch A pril MAY JU ne JUL y AU gust S eptember O ctober N ovember D ecember ! E -- Change the termination date. It is often desirable to have the computer print from one date to another date. This command allows the ending date to be entered. The chart will be printed until this date is reached or until it is aborted using the "D", "M", or "Y" keys described in the "C" command. If no termination date is wanted, "E" may be entered (standing for "Eternity"), and the printout will continue until it is aborted. Note: An error will occur if this date is entered and is chronologically earlier than the starting date or the birth date. If this happens, either enter a new termination date, or modify the other dates to allow the wanted termination date. ! O -- Change the output file. If "S" is typed in response to this, the chart will be printed on the video screen. If printer output is desired, type "O" and then the name of the print driver. Of course, output can be directed to a text file as well. ! W -- Change the current column width. Different printers have different columns widths. This command allows you to select which size is best for you. 64 should be used when printing to the screen. Note that the larger the width, the better the graph produced. At present, four widths are available: 40, 64, 80, and 132 column widths. If the information page (described under the "I" command) is to be printed, it will print with columns widths corre- sponding to this setting. Of course, this means that much less information will be printed with a setting of 40 as opposed to with a setting of 132. ! P -- Change the current paginating mode. If this is set to "Yes", pagination is performed at the end of each month. At the top of the next page, a title is printed giving various information. This gives the chart a professional look when filed in a binder. If pagination is set to "No", an unbroken chart is printed with a title printed only at the very beginning. This style is good for hang- ing on walls. ! I -- Change the current information page mode. If this is set to "Yes", the first page printed will give a brief, per- sonalized description of the biorhythm theory, otherwise, this page is not printed. If a professional appearance is wanted, this page is a must. Before printing this page, you are asked if the page is to be right-justified or not. Right-justification makes the page really look good, but it takes more time to print. Note: the larger the column setting, (the "W" command), the more information that is printed. Also, "ESCAPE" may be typed to abort the printing of this page and commence with the printing of the chart. ! A -- Change the current average plot status. If this is set to "Yes", the three regular cycles (I, E, and P) are averaged, and this average is plotted on the graph as well as the other three cycles. This average cycle is printed as a period (".") but as yet, this has no meaning in the biorhythm theory. This option is available for those who wish to see if this cycle does, in fact, have some worth to biorhythm watchers. ! C -- This command prints a biorhythm chart using the infor- mation supplied and sends the output to the current output file. Anytime during the printout, the spacebar will stop/start the listing. Also, the following keys affect the printout: "D" -- stops printing after the current day. "M" -- stops printing at the end of the current month. "Y" -- stops printing at the end of the current year. If none of the above keys are typed during the printout, printing will stop once the termination date has been reached. See NOTE #3 below on how to position the paper. ! M -- Change the current margin setting. When the "C" command is printing a chart, each line will be margined with the value set by this command. This allows charts to be printed in which holes can easily be punched for filing in folders. Legal settings are 0 to 92. Note that this value is never used when printing to the "Screen". Note: if when the "C" command is invoked, the command detects that the margin setting is too large (e.g. a margin of 92 for a 132 column printout) it reduces the margin to the largest legal value. ! Q -- Quit. This is the only way to "lose" control of the program. Before exiting, this restores the "CLEAR", "HOME", "MODE", underline ("_"), and control-X keys so that they function as they should. ! NOTES: 1) Most commands may be aborted by simply typing a carriage return immediately after typing the command character. For those few commands that say "type return...", the "ESCAPE" key may be used to abort the command. 2) Except in the "N" (name) command, all input is converted from lower case to upper case if necessary 3) When positioning the paper for a paginated listing, the paper should be set so that the first line will be printed 1/2 a line from the top. (i.e. so the crease will cut the letters in the middle.) !!