Chris,
I was never able to utilize TAL from the beginning on my computer. For some
reason I couldn't get the files to open. But, I am very interested in using
the program. Could I load the entire program from the website?

Thanks for your help! I'm looking forward to using this program!

Peg Cook

pegcook@...

----- Original Message -----
From: Chris <c.b.s.teh@...>
To: <texture-autolookup@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2001 6:46 AM
Subject: [TAL] Ver 3.0 Released & Some Important News


> Dear TAL users,
>
> Well, with great amounts of will-power, I finally forced myself to
> sit
> down over the weekend and concentrate on upgrading one of TAL family
> members: TAL for Windows. Please note the name change from "TAL
> Calculator" to "TAL for Windows". This name change is because TAL for
> Windows is now a more powerful program than its ver. 2.8. Ver. 3.0 if
> a major release. Here are the changes in ver. 3.0:
>
> 1) "TAL Calculator" is now called "TAL for Windows".
>
> 2) New feature: Range Lookup is a feature whereby for given a
> particle-size distribution range, TAL can list all texture classes
> within that range. For example, in the USDA scheme, TAL reports the
> following texture classes for 30-50% clay and 10-30% sand: "clay,
> silty clay, silty clay loam, and clay loam".
>
> 3) New feature: TAL can now handle large data sets up to 1000 soil
> samples.
>
> 4) New feature: Added file saving and loading capabilities (as well
> as
> printing)
>
> 5) User interface completely changed. A major change is that data
> entry and output in TAL now mimics spreadsheet cells as found in
> Excel
> and Lotus 123.
>
> 6) Users no longer need to set any options (such as default soil
> schemes) manually; options are saved automatically based on last used
> settings.
>
> 7) Corrected some errors in the help file.
>
>
> What is being planned next are:
>
> 1) Charting capabilities (hardcore graphics programming -- major
> concentration and will-power needed here)
>
> 2) Feature for users to add or create their own soil classification
> schemes (quite easy to implement, actually)
>
> 3) Adding the German soil scheme (easy as well, but I have two German
> charts that contradict each other!)
>
>
> You can get all of TAL files from:
>
> http://members.nbci.com/drsoil/tal.html
>
> Please note the the web address above is slightly different from the
> old address. The old address was:
>
> http://members.xoom.com/drsoil/tal.html
>
> Nevertheless, if you use the old address, you will still be
> redirected
> to the new address. Xoom.com was recently taken over by NBCi.
>
> I have revamped the entire TAL website, so it is worth taking a look.
> The colour of the day is purple (you will see what I mean if you surf
> there). Please Reload/Refresh the webpage if you see the lots of
> green
> (NBCi server might still store the old pages of TAL in the server
> cache).
>
> I am also planning to move TAL website back to my university server
> sometime middle of this year. I am not too happy with NBCi's
> increasingly slow server. I only ask for your patience if page
> loading
> seems to take eons. I will let you all know when TAL website moves,
> and if you maintain any bookmarks or links to this current address,
> don't worry. I will still put links on the old site, redirecting you
> to the new site.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Regards,
> Chris
>
>
>
>
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