Issue News

8-bit Software Disc Magazine (c) Duncan Webster 1991 Address: 7, Ashdale, Thringstone, Leicestershire LE6 4LW Issue 12 May 1991 MAY NEWS: 8-bit Software Staff:- Another member has offered his services to the magazine this month as "Game Hints & Pokes" editor. Any pokes, hints, tips, modifications etc. on commercial games will be dealt with by MATTHEW SMITH - Welcome to the team Matthew. Should any member know anything about games they might like to share with us then please write in marking your envelope GAMES EDITOR. To recap then:- 8-bit Software and magazine is now run with the help of all the following ... Andy Nibbs - Tech. Enquiries (where are they? - come on members!) Andrew Black - Reviews Editor Matthew Smith - Game Hints & Pokes Duncan Webster - P.D. Software Distribution & Programmers Return. COMING PROGRAMS: The following programs are currently being developed by A S Shakoor (1K1). Mr Shakoor is unable to state when the software will be completed, but if you have any ideas on future software projects for him, then please write in a.s.a.p. and your ideas will be passed on. Quiz Master - Up to 4 players who compete against each other Will support up to 1000 questions. Shares Accountant - Completed. On this months disc. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- All you beeb owners thinking of buying archimedes or A3000 might like to bear this thought in mind. It appears that Acorn are about to unveil a new micro - the Arc3000 (or the Arm3000) which will be like the A3000, but based on the new ARM3 chip. Apparantly the price will be under #1000 - I doubt it .... Lets wait and see shall we??? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SYSTEMS server VERSION 6 Program delayed due to manual problems - all members entitled to free copies will be notified as soon as the program is ready. Aplogies for the inconvenience which is totally beyond my control. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- TBI DISCS The TBI disc pool was renumbered in issue 11 - sorry about this as some members became confused. For your information the complete TBI pool now consists of the following items .... C J Richardson Games & Utilities (requires 2 discs) ...... TBI 07 Yorkshire Boys Sound Samples 01 .......................... TBI 08 Yorkshire Boys Mixmania II ............................... TBI 09 Small C compiler (manual now available - 2 discs) ........ TBI 03 6502 Macro Assembler & Manual ............................ TBI 04 John Lyons Software Demo Disc 2 (educational) ............ TBI 10 TAS Animations (graphics) ................................ TBI 06 Maths Education Package .................................. TBI 05 Yorkshire Boys Mixmania .................................. TBI 02 John Lyons Software Demo Disc 1 (R. Education) ........... TBI 01 Yorkshire Boys Sound Samples 02 .......................... TBI 11 Mixmania II VOLUME 2 ..................................... TBI 12 Chris Ince Digi Pics Library (best on Mono Monitors) ..... TBI 13 (requires 3 DISCS) The TBI pool is for the exclusive and FREE use of 8-bit software members. Please send enough postage and packing, and make sure your discs are FORMATTED to 80 tracks DFS double sided. Failure to do any of the above means your correspondence will be delayed (or ignored in the event of no P&P). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ***** PROGRAMMERS RETURN ***** From now on I would like everyone to send in their programmers returns on DISC in ASCII text format if at all possible. Please type up your reviews on your own word processor, before SPOOLing the text to disc. If you are not sure how to do this then just SAVE the text onto disc as normal. If you do NOT have a word processor, then I shall continue to accept paper based returns. Please CLEARLY mark your disc if you have saved a programmers return to it. New members please note that you MUST comment on at least 3 of the programs listed below before you are allowed any further software from this library. Just type your reviews on any word processor before SPOOLing to disc if you can. If not then just SAVE to disc as you would any normal letter. If you do not have a WP, then paper based returns will do. Please review 3 of the following (more if you wish) ... Andy Nibbs' TECH TIPS * Repton 3 Screens Complete Address Book ROT5 Graphics RS232 Utility SHARES ACCOUTANT * Sunrise Sunset DEVILS ISLAND * BASDUMP Utility * ROM Based Life * Please do NOT review any program on this months disc that DOES NOT appear in the above list (unless you would like to write an article on it), as you would be wasting your time. Please make an extra special effort to review the programs with a * next to them.