Edited by
C.J.Richardson.
Welcome to 8BS issue 31, another issue
packed to overflowing.
is being edited by myself
So send off your submissions, discs,
return postage and 50p's to:
The deadline for issue 32 is Jan 5th.
The issue date is January 19th (ish).
Next year I will endeavour to have the
Christmas issue in the post around
December the 15th.
In THREE parts this time.
From other members and myself.
Comments on programs.
Editorial.
From YJ2. An update of the very useful
list of software and articles that
have appeared in 8BS issues.
From YJ2. Info on the gazeteer.
A repeat of the text for Prisoner's
Dilemma, the new 8BS competition.
From Silas Brown.
Not quite the promised article this
issue, John Ilsley continues his series
with an article on how to construct a
light pen.
By: 15A (Steven Flintham)
Use: Message Utility
Program name: SendMes
Associated program/file/s: SendAss
Language: BASIC MesInf
By: K1H
Use: Examine/Edit Memory.
Program name: A.MEDIT
Associated program/file/s: None
Language: Basic/assembler
Displays the contents of memory in
*DUMP format and allows editing of
contents by either hexadecimal or
ASCII input.
By: K1H
Use: Examine/Save ROMs
Program name: C.READROM
Associated program/file/s: None
Language: Basic/assembler
Lists the ROMs in your machine with the
option to read and save each one.
By: 2J3
Use: Prinout/Read 8BS Catalogue
Program name: CatRd3
Associated program/file/s: Cat
Language: Basic
The 8BS PD catalogue is expanding
rapidly. A routine to present the data
in a new way. See the program
documentation article for more info.
By: 2J3
Use: Split up large text files.
Program name: Split
Associated program/file/s: None
Language: Basic
Prompted by a problem from an earlier
issue of 8BS this program allows the
splitting of very large text files so
that they may be edited. See the
program documentation article for
further details.
By: Andrew Black
Use: Archive/Dearchive program suites.
Program name: Dearch
Associated program/file/s: None
Language: Basic
The dearchiver is required to
decompress the archived file WW+Arch.
By: K2B
Use: BBC Only Wordwise utilities.
Program name: WW+Arch
Associated program/file/s: None
Language: Archived Basic
The dearchiver is required to
decompress the archived file WW+Arch.
BBC ONLY. Info in the program
documentation article.
By: 27N
Use: An Observation.
Program name: Sound
Associated program/file/s: None
Language: Basic
John Ilsley discovers an odd noise.
Info in the program.
By: 2J3
Use: Repton Game Screens
Program name: R.ToPD3
Associated program/file/s: none
Language: Data
Please note that these screens are not
available from the main menu as you can
only use the data by loading it in to
the commercial game REPTON 3.
By: 1V5
Use: Guess the Word
Program name: HangMn2
Associated program/file/s: none
Language: Basic
An update of the program on issue 24
with a large number of new words.
In fact, there are so many words that
the program will not run on a BBC. I
have written a short program that will
switch off the BBCs DFS and download to
&E00. Even then, some of the words have
to be deleted. All this is done for you
automatically if you are using a BBC B.
By: 1V5
Use: Game
Program name: Snake
Associated program/file/s: Ladder
Language: Basic
Enter two names. When the game is in
play, press "D" to throw the dice and
"Y" to move your player.
By: 20G
Use: Word Puzzles
Program name: PhraseE
Associated program/file/s: none
Language: Basic.
A series of amusing word puzzles by
20G. Info in part 2 of the messages
section.
By: 15A
Use: 8BS Competition
Program name: Comp1
Associated program/file/s: PrisTxt
Language: Basic
Please read the associated info file
available from the main menu. This is
the new 8BS competition, please have a
go at it.
By: 2J3
Use: Maps. Immortal. Lives. Timer.
Program name: Rep1cht
Associated program/file/s: none
Language: Basic
By: 2J3
Use: Maps. Immortal. Lives. No Diamonds
Program name: Rep3cht
Associated program/file/s: none
Language: Basic
From: GLM-06 GLM disc S12
Use: Great Merriment
Program name: SnowMen
Associated program/file/s: SnowCde
Language: Machine code
Snowmen ringing bells play 5 Christmas
carols 'till the cows come home.
From: JJF PD disc 5
Use: More Christmas Revellings
Program name: N.XMAS
Associated program/file/s: PLAY
Language: Machine code
4 Christmas tunes.