So much for Issue 20. A few final points :
All parts of Issue 20 are Public Domain except where specifically stated
otherwise. The software and articles may be copied and distributed freely.
The only exceptions to this are the files QUEST, !SCREEN and !MAG on side
zero, since the first has been specifically altered for each member and
therefore should not be distributed. This means that you are not permitted
to *BACKUP issue 20 for a friend, or to distribute it (as a whole) through
a PD library. You can copy individual games and articles though.
If you have friends who want a copy of the entire disk, please ask them to
write to me enclosing disk & return P&P and I will send them one for free.
If you run a PD library, you can copy whichever individual items of
software or articles you wish onto disks in your library.
Coming soon (maybe)...
Satellite Havac II by Sattar Shakoor (Issue 21 for certain)
Continuation of Duncan Webster's article on upgrading to an Archimedes
Systems Shares (probably Issue 22 at earliest)
New version of Andrew Black's Archiver, including 50% text compression!
Continuation of Andrew Black's article on learning 6502 assembler
Sprite Editor by Hugh Williams
Multi-User Econet Game by Hugh Williams (August 1997 at earliest)
BASIC compiler by Hugh Williams (sort of)
Articles on Play-by-Mail gaming by Matthew Price and myself
New Tree Rename utility from Alex Savvides
Presenting Poland part 2 from Miroslaw Bobrowski (probably Issue 22)
Complete instructions for Mikesoft arcade game designer
Computerised music - Guns 'n' Roses "Civil War" (if I get round to it)
I also expect to be including plenty more members' articles on various
topics, plus hints/tips/info etc., and lots of new PD games/demos/music
etc.
I'll fill up space with PD software from other libraries if necessary, but
I would rather use software from 8BS members, mainly because it increases
the "exclusivity" of an issue. If you do want to send your submission to
another PD library as well as 8-Bit Software, feel free to do so, but I
would very much like to receive things first, and bear in mind that all
8BS issues will be sent to BBC PD and GLM PD, and probably Mad Rabbit PD,
in any case, so you will get your wider distribution anyway.
In case you don't already know, the new address of 8-Bit Software is:
8-Bit Software
Daniel G. Shimmin
1 Oakwood Drive
Heaton
BOLTON
BL1 5EE
You can contact me by phone on 0204 492613 any time after 7:30pm. Note
that I will be on holiday between 26th August and 1 July.
I am hoping to complete two more issues of 8-Bit Software (Issues 21 and
22) before I go to university in October. Because of this, please try to
return your disks with submissions/messages for each issue AS SOON AS
POSSIBLE. Provisional schedule is as follows:
14th August - Issue 21 Submissions deadline
1st September - Issue 21 Distributed
14th September - Issue 22 Submissions deadline
1st October - Issue 22 Distributed
Please attempt to get submissions to me BEFORE the deadlines rather than
on them if possible, as this makes organising an issue a lot easier. Any
of these dates could be moved around by a week or so either way, except
for the 1st October one. Issue 20 will be sent out to all new enquirers
who enclose disk/P&P until 31st August.
On a less optimistic note...university terms last eight weeks, and it is
uncertain how much work on 8-Bit Software I will be able to get done
during that time. Because of this, I would like to hear from anyone who
might be prepared to edit OR distribute (or both) an issue or two of 8BS
sometime during the autumn, or even just to help someone else do it. If
you are prepared to help, please get in touch NOW so that something can be
sorted out, and I will be able to tell members what is going on in Issue
22.
Issue 20 of 8-Bit Software was compiled, edited and distributed by
Futurestar Software. Many thanks to:
Duncan Webster 105
Sattar Shakoor 1K1
Chris Richardson 2J3
Miroslaw Bobrowski L1J
Gareth Moore 116
Stephen Mumford 127
Alan Blundell 138
Mad Rabbit PD
Hugh Williams 709
Duncan Edwards 149
Matthew Price 7GE
Alex Savvides Y80
Steven Flintham 15A
Edward Clark
Dr. H.L. Clarke B27
M.T. Farnworth 16C
...and anyone that I've missed out.