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DISK MAGAZINE
The following articles are available
from the disk magazine menu. As usual,
simply enter the article number for the
standard scrolling Teletext format,
prefix the number with P for a
printout, or with A for a MODE 3
display. For example, A101 would
display the Editorial in MODE 3 format.
Editorial
Introduction, news, comment,
suggestions etc.
User Response
An excellent amount of comments,
suggestions and constructive criticisms
on members' programs & articles.
Questionnaire instructions
Instructions on how to use the
questionnaire program. Please read
carefully.
FILL IN QUESTIONNAIRE
This is not an article, but will run
the questionnaire program for you to
fill in. Don't worry, it doesn't take
very long. See separate instrux
article.
Archimedes Debate pt.3
A further contribution to the
discussion, this time from Phillip
Miller.
ADFS Debate
The next argument...Steven Flintham
(15A), Fred Nevin (0E7) and myself
(483) discuss CJR's comments last
issue.
About this issue
Humour pt.1
Some light-hearted PD text submitted
(but not written by) Steven Flintham.
Beware American spellings.
Humour pt.2
More of the same
Humour pt. 3
And again...
MailBox part 1
User messages, with the emphasis on
technical info, programming etc.
MailBox part 2
User messages, this time concentrating
more on general discussion and
questions, plus hardware & software For
Sale/Wanted etc.
Sound Envelopes
Silas S. Brown (3HJ) explains how BBC
sound envelopes are constructed, and
offers advice and some examples.
Program Documentation
Full instructions for the Mortgage
calculator program, Joker, and the
Banners utility.
Guess Who Info
Instructions for Chris Richardson's
game.
Green suggestions
Save the planet, the rainforests, your
local area...and some money.
Suggestions on how to help the
environment.
Technological Progress?
Much delayed, Steven Flintham considers
the rate of modern technological
advance and I add my comments.
SOFTWARE MENU
The following sections are available.
All program files are on side 2 of the
DFS issue, and in $.SOFTWARE of the
ADFS issue.
(i) Messages to you
(ii) Games
Guess Who
Files: GessWho, GessMen, GessUse,
GessWri, GessPtr, CheckDa, GessDat
A game for 3-8 players based on a board
game. By Chris Richardson (2J3). Full
instructions are in the separate
article.
Short game
File: Short
A one-line game program written by Theo
Gray (19F) as his entry for the
One-Line-Program competition.
(Apparently his high score is 3372).
Use Z and X to move left and right to
dodge the stars.
Star Commander
Files: STAR, COMMAND, CODE
A sci-fi game from Red Shift PD via BBC
PD. Full instructions included in the
program. No comments required.
Paras
File: Para4
Another game by Theo Gray (not on one
line this time!) Full instructions
included.
Battleships
This program, written by Miroslaw
Bobrowski (L1J), is an improved version
of the battleships program he submitted
to 8BS previously, which had
compatibility problems. In this
version, not only are the bugs
rectified, but the computer opponent is
very clever and should provide quite a
challenge!
(iii) Applications
Game Cheats Database
Files: A-ZDISP, ATOZ
This program, written by Jock Smylie
(L1L) of Australia, provides a
comprehensive listing of a HUGE number
of game cheats - the data file is over
50K long!
Mortgage calculator
File: Mgage
A program to calculate all the various
financial details involved in a
mortgage, written by Mr D.
Pritchard-Jones (3PM). See Program
Documentation for further details.
Envelope Editor
File: EnvEdit
Chris Richardson has written this
program to allow you to alter, listen
to, and view graphically a sound
envelope, all at the same time.
Probably a good idea to use this
program and a printout of Silas Brown's
article together. Instructions are
included in the program.
Football Pools
File: FtblPls
A program by Roy Dickens (20G) to help
you (to a certain extent!) with your
Pools selections. Information is
included in the program.
Catalogue printer
File: PRINTv9
A program by Tim Parsons (3SQ) which
catalogues a disk in condensed print so
that you can put the printout in the
disk envelope, and also provides a
rewind facility so that you can
position the printer paper correctly
for side two.
Banners
File: Banners
A program from BBC PD disk 50 (author
Allan Kelly) which allows you to easily
print out huge messages on continuous
printer paper. See Program
Documentation for full instructions. No
comments required.
(iv) Other items
ADFS textfile reader
File: Reader
Chris Richardson has written this
useful program which allows you to look
through all the text files in an ADFS
directory. Full instructions are
included in the program.
Joker V1.10
Files: Joker, Jokes, JokeInd
An improved version of the Joker
program on Issue 25, written by Steven
Flintham (15A). This version has more
jokes, and loads much faster. See
Program Documentation for further
details.
Function key utilities
File: Util-fK
A program by Roy Dickens (20G) which
provides a variety of useful utilities
that can be programmed into the
function keys.
Wordsearch solver 1/2
Files: WSSolv1, WSSolv4
Miroslaw Bobrowski (L1J) has written
these two programs which ask you to
input a wordsearch and enter the word
you can't find, and then reveal it for
you. The first version is for Master
series only, the second will run on any
machine.
Zarch
File: Zarch
Submitted by Matthew Price (7GE) (via
BBC PD), written by Duncan Lilly. Draws
landscapes similar to those of Zarch on
the Archimedes, but somewhat more
slowly. No instructions necessary, no
comments required.
Arch Filetypes
File: SetType
This program by M.T.Farnworth (16C)
allows you to set up ADFS files so that
they will be correctly filetyped to
work on the Archimedes desktop.
(Useful, for example, if you are
writing software on a BBC to be
compatible with the Archimedes). For
details of the filetypes available, see
the REM statements within the program.
ARCHIVES : None
ADFS EXTRA S/W : None