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Can you help me turn the Amiga <Tables>?

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From: Angus Manwaring
Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2000 00:00
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Hi all,
	I wanted to create a webpage where you could see the release dates
of various "important" Amiga games between the years 1985-1995; 11 years
or so. I wanted to include various political events, and maybe some
film/music releases as well to create a feeling of what was going on in
the world when "X" was released.

...sad isn't it.  :)


Anyway, I'm pretty sure that I want the format to be severeal horizontal
screen widths (you would scroll across to cover the entire period) and the
use of html table to hang things together. This is where my problems
begin, my web kung fu is pretty poor, and things aren't looking correct.

Basically, I want the top row to be divided into 11 equal sections over
say 11 screen widths, each with a year inside.

Under that I want 44 columns (4 per year) with perhaps 10 rows each.
This way the 4th column should coincide vertically with the end of each
year, if you see what I mean.

My first Table (the years) do not use the space equally, and my second
Table (games and events) don't match the years, can anyone help?

I've shoved my early effort below, try not to laugh too much, please.  :)

<html>
<head>
<title> The AGDB 1985-1995 Timeline </title>
</head>
<Body BGColor=navy>
<h1> The AGDB 1985-1995 Timeline </h1>
<Table Width=1100% Border=1>
<TH Width="*"><H2>1985<TH><H2>1986<TH><H2>1987<TH><H2>1988<TH><H2>1989<TH><H2>1990<TH><H2>1991<TH><H2>1992<TH><H2>1993<TH><H2>1994<TH><H2>1995</H2><TH>
</Table>
<Table  Width=1100% Border=1>
<TD Width=10%><Font Color=White>Mindwalker released
<TD Width=10%><Font Color=White>Mindwalker released
<TD Width=10%><Font Color=White>Mindwalker released
<TD Width=10%><Font Color=White>Mindwalker released
<TD Width=10%><Font Color=White>Mindwalker released
<TD Width=10%><Font Color=White>Mindwalker released
<TD Width=10%><Font Color=White>Mindwalker released
<TD Width=10%><Font Color=White>Mindwalker released
<TD Width=10%><Font Color=White>Mindwalker released
<TD Width=10%><Font Color=White>Mindwalker released
<TD Width=10%><Font Color=White>Mindwalker released
<TD Width=10%><Font Color=White>Mindwalker released
<TD Width=10%><Font Color=White>Mindwalker released
<TD Width=10%><Font Color=White>Mindwalker released
<TD Width=10%><Font Color=White>Mindwalker released
<TD Width=10%><Font Color=White>Mindwalker released
<TD Width=10%><Font Color=White>Mindwalker released
<TD Width=10%><Font Color=White>Mindwalker released
<TD Width=10%><Font Color=White>Mindwalker released
<TD Width=10%><Font Color=White>Mindwalker released
<TD Width=10%><Font Color=White>Mindwalker released
<TD Width=10%><Font Color=White>Mindwalker released
<TD Width=10%><Font Color=White>Mindwalker released
<TD Width=10%><Font Color=White>Mindwalker released
<TD Width=10%><Font Color=White>Mindwalker released
<TD Width=10%><Font Color=White>Mindwalker released
<TD Width=10%><Font Color=White>Mindwalker released
<TD Width=10%><Font Color=White>Mindwalker released
<TD Width=10%><Font Color=White>Mindwalker released
<TD Width=10%><Font Color=White>Mindwalker released
<TD Width=10%><Font Color=White>Mindwalker released
<TD Width=10%><Font Color=White>Mindwalker released
<TD Width=10%><Font Color=White>Mindwalker released
<TD Width=10%><Font Color=White>Mindwalker released
<TD Width=10%><Font Color=White>Mindwalker released
<TD Width=10%><Font Color=White>Mindwalker released
<TD Width=10%><Font Color=White>Mindwalker released
<TD Width=10%><Font Color=White>Mindwalker released
<TD Width=10%><Font Color=White>Mindwalker released
<TD Width=10%><Font Color=White>Mindwalker released
<TD Width=10%><Font Color=White>Mindwalker released
<TD Width=10%><Font Color=White>Mindwalker released
<TD Width=10%><Font Color=White>Mindwalker released
<TD Width=10%><Font Color=White>Mindwalker released







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</body>
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                  All the best,
                        Angus Manwaring.       (for e-mail remove ANTISPEM)

I need your memories for the Amiga Games Database: A collection of Amiga
Game reviews by Amiga players http://www.angusm.demon.co.uk/AGDB/AGDB.html
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From: "Angus Manwaring" <angus@angusm_ANTISPEM_.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Can you help me turn the Amiga <Tables>?
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