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- This archive is freely distributable. Give it (do NOT sell it)
- to someone you like.
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- This is version 1 of Gypsy. It was the first program I wrote on
- the AMIGA and, through lack of any free time on my part, has been sitting
- on the shelf for over a year now.
-
- Even though the archive is humongous, it is worth the time and
- effort to download. (My family and friends have practically worn out the
- floppy, even though none of them will do anything else on a computer.)
-
- If you use this program, I'd like you to send a donation of
- $20 to (me):
-
- JL Williams
- 3347 Mandevill Canyon Road
- Los Angeles, CA. 90049
-
- Sending the donation renders you a registered user and entitles you to
- future updates of the program. If you want me to send the latest
- version, or anything else that requires mailing you a disk, please
- send an additional $5.
-
-
- Sincerely,
- JL Williams 8/29/87
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- This archive contains the following files:
-
- Gypsy The executable
- Gypsy.info The custom Icon
- Gypsy.scp A script file to help set-up Gypsy
- readme Documentation
- gftci1 - gftci78 Gypsy Fortune Teller Card Images
- gftcn Gypsy Fortune Teller Card Names
- gftcm Gypsy Fortune Teller Card Meanings
- gftcl Gypsy Fortune Teller Card Locations
-
- There are several steps in setting up Gypsy to run on your system:
-
- 1. The program was written in AmigaBASIC, and you must put
- "Gypsy" in the directory with AmigaBASIC in it.
- (ie; df0:Basic/Gypsy, where AmigaBASIC is in the
- "Basic" directory.)
- 2. You must create a subdirectory called "Cards" in the
- directory containing Gypsy. (This is to help keep the
- clutter of over 80 uninteresting files from bogging you
- down when you list the directory.)
- 3. The program can be run by going through the normal, CLI
- AmigaBASIC routine, or double clicking on the Gypsy Icon
- at the workbench level.
- 4. A script file has been provided to ease your set-up.
- ("Execute Gypsy.scp" at the CLI prompt.)
- 5. ALL of the files, including this one, are required in
- order to run Gypsy.
-
- Points of interest:
-
- 1. The card images were created with a modified version of
- the ObjEdit demo which was included on the AmigaBASIC
- disk. (If you want to change them, they are separate from
- the code, and easily, but tediously modified.)
- 2. Ditto for the card meanings and locations, although I
- would not recommend playing with the text files since
- their corruption will cause significant problems with the
- program.
- 3. Gypsy stores the last "card reading" for each person who
- uses it (in a file named by their name).
- 4. There is a bootable version of Gypsy which reduces the
- time and effort necessary to start the program.
-
- Technical details for Gypsy:
-
- 1. Gypsy uses a standard 78 card TAROT deck
- 2. Gypsy uses the Ancient Celtic Method for laying out the
- cards. (After all, I am of Celtic extraction!)
- 3. Reversed cards show as images with black borders. (White
- borders indicate non-reversed cards.)
- 4. This version of Gypsy does not put together a complete
- reading from the cards. It requires that the subject be
- able to gather the information into a unified whole.
-
-
-