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Information about “MAPTAB WORLD CULTURE DATABASE”
MAPTAB is a menu-driven data-management program that lets you search for
data on different cultures -- their beliefs, practices, and religions
across the world.
This version of MAPTAB has a partial but useful sample of the
ethnographic data on 186 societies worldwide. 177 variables pertaining
to these cultures are provided, including kinship, social structure,
incidence of aggression, climatic information, and types of marriage
customs. In addition to these items, the documented societies range in
time from 1750 B.C. to the present.
FILES920.TXT
Disk No: 920
Program Title: MAPTAB WORLD CULTURE DATABASE DEMO
PC-SIG version: 1.3
MAPTAB is a complex data-management program which allows you to search
for data concerning different cultures, their beliefs, practices, and
their region across the world.
This version of MAPTAB is a partial but useful sample of the program
that contains ethnographic data on 186 societies worldwide. 177
variables pertaining to these cultures are provided, including kinship
relations, social stratification, incidence of aggression, climactic
information, and types of marriage customs. In addition to these items,
the documented societies range in time from 1750 B.C. to present.
In order to use the program, the codes for ethnographic variables and
societies must be printed out. Then they can be entered to get
correlational data for a particular variable between any number of the
given societies. In addition, two variables can be cross-tabulated.
For example, one could find the degree of aggression associated with
monogamous vs. polygamous societies. The program can generate a world
map that presents the code for a particular variable in its appropriate
geographic location.
Usage: Research Database.
Special Requirements: None.
How to Start: Type GO (press enter).
Suggested Registration: $25.00
File Descriptions:
3#2 Data file.
AGREMTPC SIG Text file.
BROWSE COM File viewing utility.
BROWSE INS Data file for BROWSE.COM.
C1 Data files.
C2 Data files.
C3 Data files.
C4 Data files.
C5 Data files.
C6 Data files.
C7 Data files.
C8 Data files.
C9 Data files.
CDIV???? ??? Data files (7 files).
COORD DAT Data file.
GETYN ASM Source code for GETYN.COM.
GETYN COM Program accessed by batch files.
GETYN DOC Manual for GETYN.COM.
GO BAT Batch file to start program.
KEY-FAKE COM Sub-program.
LOGO3 Data file.
MAP117 Data file.
MAP177 Data file.
MAPBASE Data file.
MAPTAB DIR Data file.
MAPTAB EXE Main program.
MAPTAB INS Instructions for using MAPTAB.
PATCHES CRD Data file.
READ BAT Documentation screen presentation file.
READER EXE Sub-program.
SN Data file.
STDSAMP? ??? Data files (11 files).
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(c) Copyright 1988,89 PC-SIG, Inc.
GETYN.ASM
;Get y/n response, return as errorlevel 0 (n), 1 (y)
;Released to public domain by Bob Wallace, Quicksoft. No rights reserved.
locode segment public 'CODE'
assume cs:locode,ds:locode,es:locode,ss:locode
org 100h ;for com file
getgo: mov bl,128 ;param loc
xor bh,bh ;index
mov bl,0[bx] ;param len
mov word ptr 129[bx],'( ' ;terminate
mov word ptr 131[bx],'/y' ;terminate
mov word ptr 133[bx],')n' ;terminate
mov word ptr 135[bx],'$ ' ;terminate
mov dx,130 ;point to parm
mov ah,9 ;print string
int 33 ;give prompt
mov ah,0Dh ;disk reset
int 33 ;dos
getyn: mov ah,1 ;get a key
int 33 ;dos
xor ah,ah ;return for 'n'
cmp al,'n' ;'n'?
je getok ;yes
cmp al,'N' ;'N'?
je getok ;yes
inc ah ;return for 'y'
cmp al,'y' ;'y'?
je getok ;yes
cmp al,'Y' ;'Y'?
je getok ;yes
cmp al,13 ;enter?
je getgo ;yes
mov dl,8 ;backspace
mov ah,2 ;put a char
int 33 ;dos
jmp getyn ;no
getok: push ax ;save
mov dl,13 ;carriage return
mov ah,2 ;put a char
int 33 ;dos
mov dl,10 ;line feed
mov ah,2 ;put a char
int 33 ;dos
pop ax ;back
mov al,4Ch ;terminate
xchg ah,al ;setup
int 33 ;dos
locode ends
end getgo
GETYN.DOC
GETYN
GETYN can be used in a batch file to get a yes/no response. It echoes its
command line to the screen, followed by "(y/n)", then waits for a keystroke.
A response of N or n sets ERRORLEVEL to 0, a response of Y or y sets it to 1.
No other response is accepted.
For example, the batch file sequence:
GETYN Do you have a color monitor? Press N if unsure
IF ERRORLEVEL 1 ECHO %%C >> %1ed.def
will prompt the user as follows:
Do you have a color monitor? Press N if unsure (y/n)
and if the user presses Y or y, appends the line "%C" to the end of the file
named ED.DEF. Note by the way that:
1. ECHO's output can be re-directed.
2. The >> redirection appends the line to the end of the file.
3. The % must be doubled to %%, to get a single % to echo.
I wrote GETYN, and hereby release it into the public domain.
Bob Wallace, Quicksoft.
STDSAMPL.TXT
The Standard Sample: Introduction
The Standard Cross-Cultural Sample (Murdock and White 1969, ETHNOLOGY 8:
329-369) consists of 186 societies, each pinpointed to a particular time and
place for purposes of coding. By society we mean a specific local population
which reproduces a way of life, the description of which may vary depending on
which of many possible foci is chosen for study, within some larger unit. No
attempt is made to generalize the descriptions of these individualized ways of
life to an entire "society" in terms of the largest groups that might be
included under the ethnic or national designations of the particular units.
This sample is designed for testing propositions about human societies,
cultures, and behaviors. The order in which the societies are listed below
corresponds to the order of the records in the datafiles with descriptive
variables on these societies. The numbers running from 1 to 186 traverse the
societies from the southern tip of Africa up through Europe, on through Asia
and the Pacific, into North America and down to the tip of South America. The
dates are the focal date, which is often the earliest reliable ethnographic
description. The sample will be listed under the following headings:
No. Societal Name Date
Directory of PC-SIG Library Disk #0920
Volume in drive A has no label
Directory of A:\
3#2 338 2-19-89 8:23a
AGREMTPC SIG 2957 4-22-88 6:52p
BROWSE COM 960 4-16-86 6:48a
BROWSE INS 814 8-13-87 12:21p
C1 9302 6-11-87 11:38a
C2 9302 6-11-87 11:39a
C3 5166 8-11-87 7:05p
C4 8930 6-11-87 11:39a
C5 5166 8-11-87 7:06p
C6 5166 8-11-87 7:07p
C7 5166 8-11-87 7:08p
C8 5166 8-11-87 7:09p
C9 2234 6-11-87 11:41a
CDIVBIBL 120 9-18-88 8:49a
CDIVCDBK 52 4-17-88 7:58a
CDIVERS1 COD 51640 2-19-89 6:16p
CDIVERS2 COD 28968 8-20-88 11:05p
CDIVERSE 511 2-15-89 9:38a
CDIVERSE C 511 2-19-89 9:15a
CDIVVARS 629 2-19-89 9:37a
COORD DAT 3348 4-19-87 9:18a
GETYN ASM 2050 10-26-88 4:52a
GETYN COM 97 10-02-86 9:47p
GETYN DOC 928 10-21-88 5:50a
GO BAT 419 2-19-89 2:47p
KEY-FAKE COM 536 4-06-86 3:25p
LOGO3 1264 10-03-88 5:22a
MAP117 7928 2-19-89 7:53a
MAP177 3405 2-19-89 12:43p
MAPBASE 2073 4-15-88 4:51p
MAPTAB DIR 643 2-19-89 9:18a
MAPTAB EXE 114223 2-19-89 10:49a
MAPTAB INS 1222 2-19-89 8:37a
PATCHES CRD 283 4-22-88 6:55p
READ BAT 864 8-13-87 3:00p
READER EXE 24867 5-03-87 6:08a
SN 4836 4-08-88 10:54a
STDSAMPL 2998 2-15-89 9:29a
STDSAMPL SAM 466 2-19-89 10:26a
STDSAMPL TXT 1323 4-22-88 6:51p
STDSMPLE AFR 167 9-10-87 8:39a
STDSMPLE EUA 193 9-10-87 8:57a
STDSMPLE EVN 412 7-27-87 10:24a
STDSMPLE INP 137 9-10-87 9:18a
STDSMPLE MRE 500 1-02-89 7:38a
STDSMPLE NOA 170 9-10-87 9:16a
STDSMPLE ODD 410 7-27-87 9:08a
STDSMPLE SOA 155 9-10-87 10:30a
FILES920 TXT 2490 3-09-89 1:00p
49 file(s) 321505 bytes
9216 bytes free