Short:  Biorhythm calculator, V2.1
Author: Richard Smedley <rsmedley@cix.co.uk>
Type:   Utility - S3a, S3c, Siena

                                   Bio  2.1

                               S3a, S3c & Siena

                           (C) Richard Smedley 1998
                              rsmedley@cix.co.uk

INTRODUCTION
------------

From time to time, we all experience feeling tired or depressed without any
apparent reason when, just the day before, everything had been alright.

A number of Swiss scientists decided to look into this problem, and after
studying medical files and a huge amount of statistical analysis, they
discovered that people tend to experience these ill-fated days at regular
intervals.

In their scientific analysis, they divided human feelings into three basic
categories:

    PHYSICAL        Concerning stamina, vitality, energy, vigour, and
                    physical strength.

    EMOTIONAL       The nervous system, our emotions, sensitivity,
                    optimism, self assurance, moods, creativity, and
                    intuition.

    INTELLECTUAL    Our judgement, perception, concentration, and
                    powers of reason.

Their findings indicated that our abilities in each of these categories are
subject to regular cycles which are thought to start at birth and continue
throughout our entire life. The physical cycle is thought to last 23 days,
emotional 28 days, and intellectual 33 days.

This program will plot your biorhythms onto a chart, allowing you to
instantly see your physical, emotional and intellectual states. You can
produce biorhythm charts for anybody you want (all you need is their date
of birth), and for any date in the past, present or future. The program
features in internal database to store all your friends birthdays, and can
even interpret biorhythm charts for you, telling you what they mean in real
terms.


INSTALLATION
------------

This program is compatible with the S3a, S3c and Siena.

To install Bio, copy the files into these directories on the Psion:

    BIO.OPA   -> \APP\
    BIO.HLP   -> \HLP\
    SYS$HELP  -> \OPO\

Press Psion-I to install it onto the System screen. A config file (BIO.CFG)
will be created in your OPD dir.


USING THE PROGRAM
-----------------

The first time you run Bio, a window will appear on the screen asking you
to enter your birthday and the date of the plot. Just enter the two dates,
and then press the return key. Your biorhythm chart will be displayed for
that date, with your age in days displayed at the bottom of the screen.

You'll see that your chart consists of three lines:

    P -> Physical
    E -> Emotional
    I -> Intellectual

Each time you use the program, it remembers the last birthday that you
entered and automatically displays a chart for that person the next time
that you run it.

While the chart is displayed, pressing the cursor keys will let you scroll
the chart to look at other dates - pressing the left & right keys will move
you one day at a time, and the up & down keys move you by the width of the
chart.

Pressing Psion-I at any time will display a brief message interpretting the
current chart for you, to tell you what it means in real terms.

Pressing Psion-N will let you type in either a new birthday or a new plot 
date.

Full help support is available by pressing the Help key.


BIRTHDAYS
---------

Bio has got an internal database which lets you store up to 20 people's
details, enabling you to display their biorhythm chart by simply selecting
their name from the list. No need to remember peoples birthdays any more!

Press Psion-B to access the Birthday database, and a window will appear
listing all the people who are currently stored in the program. There are
three functions available to you:

  ADD A NEW PERSON TO THE DATABASE
    Press "N" to add a new person to the database. A window will appear
    for you to enter their name & birthday. Just enter the details, and
    then press the return key.

  EDIT/ERASE SOMEONE'S ENTRY IN THE DATABASE
    Press "E" to edit the current persons entry. A window will appear
    where you can change their name and/or birthday details. Useful if
    you made a mistake when you originally entered them. Pressing the "D"
    key in this window will delete that person from the database.

  DRAW A PLOT
    Pressing the Return key will draw a biorhythm chart for the currently
    selected person.


MENU FUNCTIONS
--------------

If you press the MENU key, you'll see that the following menu functions are
available:

    CHART menu
    ----------
      New chart (Psion-N)
        Calculate a new biorhythm chart. A dialog will appear for you to
        enter the new birthday and/or plot date.

      Birthdays (Psion-B)
        Access the birthdays database. See above!

      Interpret (Psion-I)
        Display a brief message interpretting your biorhythm chart for the
        current day.

    SPECIAL menu
    ------------
      About Bio (Psion-A)
        Display a brief message about the program.

      Exit (Psion-X)
        Exit the program.


DISTRIBUTION
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This program is freeware, but remains copyright (C) Richard Smedley 1998.
It may be freely distributed for non-commercial purposes providing all the
original files remain fully intact and unmodified. Standard disclaimer
applies; you use this program at your own risk.


CONTACTING THE AUTHOR
---------------------

If you have any comments about Bio, or if you want to contact me for any
reason, here is my address:

    Richard Smedley
    PO Box 59
    SUTTON-IN-ASHFIELD
    Notts
    NG17 3HP
    England

    rsmedley@cix.co.uk
    http://www.cix.co.uk/~rsmedley/psion.html

If you *really* like Bio then small gifts of appreciation can also be sent
to me at that address... :-)

You'll find a complete collection of all my Psion programs on my home page
at the above URL.


CREDITS
-------

Special thanks to Tom Dolbilin, author of OPL Help System.


VERSION HISTORY
---------------

V1.0 (23.05.97)

  - The first release.

V1.1 (03.06.97)

  - Created a proper (and rather nice!) icon for the System screen.

  - Redesigned the "Interpretation" dialogs, so the program should now be
    compatible with the Siena.

V2.0 (07.02.98)

  - Added an internal birthday database, for storing all your friends
    details. You can now display someone's biorhythm chart by simply
    selecting their name from the list!

  - Whenever you use the program, it automatically displays todays chart
    for whoever's biorhythm chart was currently displayed when you last
    used the program.

  - Minor redesign of the screen layout, for better Siena compatibility.

V2.1 (02.04.98)

  - Added proper Help support to the program; just press the Help key!
