Organize
Note: I wrote this page in the old 1995, and left it alone for years. When I re-discovered my old personal website I decided to keep it also on the new one. The program was a little Ti-basic script for the Texas Instrument TI-92 calculator.
What follows is exactly what I wrote several years ago.

[Click here to download version 1.0 in .92@ format (zipped)]
In order to transfer the group file you need the Link92xp utility, which can be obtained at the following address: ftp://ftp.digex.net/pub/access/mouse/link92xp.zip.

Overview
Organize is the first phonebook for the TI92 that is worth the name. It is written in TI-Basic which makes it highly configurable but a bit slow when manipulating 'big' databases.

Features

The program is very self-explainatory: there is a 'wallpaper' that appears like a page of a cardfile and every card has six fields:
  • Name
  • Street
  • City
  • Phone Number
  • E-mail
  • Notes
There aren't options to change the headers or the order of the fields but if you want you can modify the 'wallpaper' (that is to say the picture with the lines as a card) simply editing the 'paper' PIC-type variable.
A menu bar at the top of the screen enumerates all the available options:
  • the first 'File' gives access to an only item: quit. In future I'll add here the possibility to make backup of the phonebook.
  • the second and the third menu go back and forward one card in the database
  • the 'New' menu allows putting a new card in the database. It's better described forward.
  • the 'List' menu displays a list of all the cards in the database. With this list you can browse all the cards and jump directly to the one you select pressing ENTER.
  • the 'Delete' menu removes permanently the current card from the database.
  • the 'Edit' menu allows you to modify the content of the current card.

Adding a new name
Simply press F4 and fill in the shown fields.

Note that there are no limits in the dimension of a single field: simply the strings longer than 27/28 characters won't fit in the display and will be truncated. In order to see them in their complete length you'll have to edit the card. In every case you had better not to waste TI92's memory !

The 'Edit' window is exactly the same except for the fields which already have a value.

Listing the content of the database
To list the names of all the card simply press F5. You obtain something like the following:

naturally except for the names, which are your friends' ones. Organize hasn't been exhaustivelly tested. Use it at your risk !

If you want to make a backup copy of your data or to store you phonebook on your PC hard disk or other safe support you'll have to copy the 'phone' LIST-type variable, that contains all the inserted data.

Notice
Organize is shareware.
  • You can use it freely but if you find it useful and want to continue using it you have to send me a postcard with your greetings and a view of your country (the address is below) ;-)
  • You can modify it freely but if you make it too beautiful please send me a copy ! Remember that the program is near to the critical point: a couple of other features would make it slower !
  • You can copy it freely at the condition that no modifications are made to the file name and content.
  • The copyright notice is at the end of this document.
[Click here to download version 1.0 in .92@ format zipped]
I collect postcards from all the world so if you find my program useful please send me a greeting postcard to the following address:

Copyright Notice
This License Agreement permits you to make and use an unlimited number of copies of Organize for your use provided that:
  • the Organize program is not modified in any way and
  • you maintain the copyright notice on all copies of the Organize
Organize is owned by Daniele Paolo Scarpazza and is protected by United States copyright laws and international treaty provisions. You may not rent, lease, or sell Organize, but you may give away the Organize.

NO WARRANTIES. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, DANIELE PAOLO SCARPAZZA DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. DANIELE PAOLO SCARPAZZA SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER, INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, LOST PROFITS OR INFORMATION, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, OR OTHER PECUNIARY LOSS, EVEN IF HE HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.