BobScan version 1.0

From:          lestat@datashopper.dk (Marc de Oliveira)
Subject:       BobScan version 1.0 for Expecting Rain
To:            karl.erik.andersen@nbr.no
Date:          Sun, 16 Apr 1995 10:55:53 -0400 (EDT)

 Hi Karl Erik,
 
 I have just finished a little Windows application that makes it
 possible to search through the lyrics of the HW61 Interactive
 CD-ROM for the songs that contain specific lyrics.
 
 If you find it interesting I would be glad to send you a copy for
 your Expecting Rain home page (as I have not got an Internet
 server). The program can be copied by anyone free of charge.
 
 I have, however, added a short add for the version 2 of the
 program on the screen which I will sell for DKK 50 a copy (in
 case that the program becomes popular).
 
 There is no termination date on the version 1 of the program.
 My idea is simply to add functionality (scanning album notes
 etc).
 
 The program can be zip'ed to a size of less than 20 Kb.
 

 Sincerely,
 
 Marc
 e-mail: lestat@datashopper.dk

Date:          Mon, 24 Apr 95 09:12:30 +0200
From:          mdo@dde.dk (Marc de Oliveira)
To:            Karl.Erik.Andersen@nbr.no
Subject:       About missing DLL file to BobScan 1

Hi Karl Erik,

Thank you for presenting the BobScan program! But as far as I can see
you do not offer the BITBTN.DLL file that is needed for running the
program. For ease of administration I have uploeaded a packed file
named BOBSCAN1.ARJ containing both files (EXE and DLL). If you put
that on the page then people will be able to run the program.

I have placed the bobscan1.arj in pub/uploads.

Sincerely,

Marc.

Date:          Mon, 24 Apr 95 09:49:27 +0200
From:          mdo@dde.dk (Marc de Oliveira)
To:            Karl.Erik.Andersen@nbr.no
Subject:       Re:       Re: About missing DLL file to BobScan 1

Hi Karl Erik,

My impression was that unhandled file types make Netscape pop up
with an option to just save the file (which is what we want).

....

I hope this is helpful.

Sincerely,

Marc.

Date:          Mon, 24 Apr 1995 22:48:16 -0400
To:            karl.erik.andersen@nbr.no
From:          mmg19@inetdirect.net (Mitch Grunat)
Subject:       arj files

Save the files to disk and uncompress with Winzip.  That should do the trick.

Mitch
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Mitch Grunat
mmg19@inetdirect.net

Date:          Tue, 25 Apr 1995 07:39:25 -0400
To:            karl.erik.andersen@nbr.no
From:          mmg19@inetdirect.net (Mitch Grunat)
Subject:       Bobscan

My compliments to Marc.  Bobscan looks like it will be an excellent tool.
Works great too!  I would suggest for a possible future version that it not
only show the title of the song with the lyric in question, but also show a
few lines of the song putting the lyric in context.

Mitch
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Mitch Grunat
mmg19@inetdirect.net

Date:          Fri, 28 Apr 95 09:56:44 +0200
From:          mdo@dde.dk (Marc de Oliveira)
To:            karl.erik.andersen@nbr.no
Subject:       Unpacking BobScan
Importance:    normal
Priority       normal

Hi Karl Erik,

I just received a mail from someone who did not know what to do with
an ARJ file. If this is a general problem some info should be put on
the page.

Maybe it would be an idea to put the ARJ.EXE on the page as well. I have
uploaded an ARJ.EXE to your pub/uploads if you don't have one yourself
(I got the impression you are using a Mac).

To whom it may concern:

BOBSCAN1.ARJ is a packed file that needs to be unpacked with ARJ.EXE. After
copying BOBSCAN1.ARJ to your pc type:

  ARJ X BOBSCAN1 

If you do not have ARJ.EXE download it too.

Sincerely,

Marc.

Date:          Mon, 1 May 95 16:22:32 +0200
From:          mdo@dde.dk (Marc de Oliveira)
To:            \ karl.erik.andersen@nbr.no
Subject:       ARJ.EXE should be lower case.
Importance:    normal
Priority       normal

Hi Karl Erik,

The hyperlink to ARJ.EXE that you have placed on the cd-rom 
resource page should be in lower case (arj.exe). I get a "file 
not found" error when trying to access it.

By the way I will have a demo version of BobScan 2.0 ready in
a couple of days. BobScan 2.0 includes scanning of lyrics, album 
notes (including musicians etc), cover artists (and years) and
song titles (much faster than scanning entire lyrics if you
know that it is a song title you are looking for). BobScan 2.0
also offers a multi media player for viewing the movie clips
sound clips, album covers etc directly from the cd-rom.

As suggested on the cd-rom resource page not only the maching
title is displayed but also the paragraph in wich the search
string was found (to give an idea of the context).

If you want to put the BobScan 2.0 demo on your page let me
know and I will upload a copy within this week.

Sincerely,

Marc.

Date:          Thu, 4 May 95 16:11:24 +0200
From:          mdo@dde.dk (Marc de Oliveira)
To:            karl.erik.andersen@nbr.no
Subject:       BobScan 2.0 demo
Importance:    normal
Priority       normal

Hi Karl Erik

I have uploaded bobdemo2.arj to your pub/uploads directory (demo
version of BobScan 2.0). 

There is also a bobdemo2.exe but it does not run (I had to kill
the job before the entire file was uploaded.

As with bobscan1.arj you will need arj.exe to unpack the file.

I managed to add functionality to BobScan 2.0 for retreiving the 
lyrics for an entire song and a save function for saving the 
retreived output to a file.

Sincerely,

Marc

Date:          Fri, 5 May 95 10:03:12 +0200
From:          mdo@dde.dk (Marc de Oliveira)
To:            Karl.Erik.Andersen@nbr.no
Subject:       BobScan demo is missing dll file
Importance:    normal
Priority       normal

Hi Karl Erik,

I am very sorry, but it seams that I have forgot a DLL file again...

After trying to download bobdemo2.arj from Expecting Rain on a new
machine the program could not find bivbx11.dll. I will get it to
you when I get home from work (around 17.00 CET).

I should have detected this problem before mailing you that it was
ready but... I am sorry.

Sincerely,

Marc

 
Wed, 10 May 95 09:39:43 +0200
Hi Karl Erik,

One last update for the BobScan 2.0 demo...

I have placed the missing DLL file on:

   ftp://rosa.nbr.no/pub/uploads/bivbx11.arj

It is a packed dll file that has to be unpacked with arj.exe
(same as bobdemo2.arj).

I think it is a general dll file, so most people will have it
already, but at work I did not have it so it is not a windows
standard dll. If the program asks for bivbx11.dll then you
will need to download it. If not you have the dll file already
on your computer.

Sincerely,

Marc.