Edited by
C.J.Richardson.
is being edited by myself
So send off your submissions, discs,
return postage and 50p's to:
The deadline for issue 34 is 7th April.
The issue date is 18th April (ish).
The new 8BS questionnaire has hit the
streets with the issue of this mag.
PLEASE make an extra special point of
filling yours in and sending it in with
your next submission disc. The new
questionnaire plus info is on this disc
and TBI-00 as:
Quaire (the program)
Questns (data for the program)
Quinf (info)
The questionnaire produces a file
called !quest which is the file to send
to the editor.
The info is to be found in the second
magazine menu. The questionnaire is in
the main menu.
In FOUR parts again.
From other members and myself.
Comments on programs.
Off we go again. Editorial.
Duncan Webster who started 8BS off has
sent in part 1 of the 8BS story.
Steven Flintham has written an article
on the subject that caused me a fair
bit of hair loss in the last issue.
Differences between Basics.
Questionnaire summary. Interests.
Catalogue summary.
Info for the program submitted by K3X.
An article submitted by 19F.
Can you make it?
By: 15A (Steven Flintham)
Use: Message Utility
Program name: SendMes
Associated program/file/s: SendMC
Language: BASIC+m/c MesInf
Please read the info file. A further
update, please use this program for
future messaging. Also included in the
utilities menu is a corrected function
key strip printer for the messaging
system. MessStr.
By: Alex Whitehead
Use: Trigonometry and factors.
Program name: White
Language: Basic
Submitted in exchange for 8BS software.
By: 2J3
Use: Audio Cassette Utility
Program name: Castore
Associated program/file/s: Data
Language: Basic
From an idea by John Ilsley. See the
program documentation article for info.
By: 15A
Use: Send and receive RS423
Program names: TestSnd TestRec
Associated program/file/s: Article
Language: Basic
Read the article on joining 2 computers
by Steven Flintham. These programs test
your lead out.
By: K2B and K2T
Use: Variable transfer. Mailing costs.
Compacted file name: WW+Uts
Decompacter file name: ARC
Wordwise Plus required.
The following 2 sets of Wordwise +
utilities submitted by K2B and K2T are
compacted into one file. Info for the
utilities is contained in the program
documentation article. Before being
able to use the utilities you will have
to decompact the file. Copy the file
WW+Uts onto a blank DFS disc along with
the dearchiver ARC. CHAIN "ARC" and
follow the prompts.
By: K2B
Use: Variable transfer.
Program names: XFERstr DEMOstr WWbas
Language: Basic + data
See the program documentation article
for more info on how this utility
transfers variables between Wordwise
Plus and Basic. You must have Wordwise
Plus fitted before running the program
XFERstr. PLEASE NOTE that the editor
has changed the names and references to
the names of the programs. The reason
for this is ADFS compatibility. You
should not notice this at all but I
mention it just in case.
By: K2T
Use: Mailing costs.
Program name DWAD PWCTADS PWCTST PWLDCT
You must have Wordwise Plus fitted
before you can use this utility. More
info in the program documentation
article.
By: 20G
Use: Work out income/life expectancy.
Program name: Money
Language: Basic
Roy Dickens has written a program to
work out income from investment and
life expectancy. More from 20G in the
messages section.
By: K2F
Use: Power consumption evaluation.
Program name: El-Cost
Associated program/file/s: None
Language: Basic
This program will calculate the amount
of power your electrical equipment uses
and then tell you the running costs.
Full info in the program.
By: 2J3
Use: Update of menu reader in issue 32
Program name: MenRead
Language: Basic ADFS and DFS
Reads and prints out the data from 8BS
discs as a quick reference to find
programs. See the program documentation
article for more details. Now prints
the full pathname.
By: 15A
Program name: Quaire
Associated programs: Questns Quinf
Language: Basic/Data
Here it is! Steven Flintham has written
us another brilliant utility. PLEASE
FILL IN A QUESTIONNAIRE AND RETURN IT
TO 8BS. The old questionnaire is now
out of use. Therefore I would like the
transfer from one to the other to be as
quick and orderly as possible. Info is
available from the magazine menu. This
questionnaire will also be placed on
TBI-00 on release of this issue.
By: Roger Sando
Use: Puzzle
Program name: Slide
Associated program/file/s: Flower
Language: Basic/Machine Code
Submitted by L1L. This sliding block
puzzle can be adapted to load your own
picture. Move around the screen using
ZX:/. The square you are on is
exchanged for the square you move to.
A topical picture do you not think?
By: Roger Sando
Use: 3 Crosswords
Program name: X-Word
Language: Basic
Another program submitted by L1L. There
are 3 difficulty levels to the game.
Enter your guess for the highlighted
word and move on to the next.
Instructions are on-screen. If you
start entering letters for a word, you
must enter all the letters of the word
before you can move on to the next
clue.
By: Keith Devlin
Use: Quick pretty patterns
Program name: Pattern
Associated file/s: PatText Pat2
Language: Basic
K3X submitted this short but very
effective program with an info file.
The info may be found in magazine menu
2. Enter two numbers and watch the
pattern develop. Press escape to enter
two more numbers.
I could not resist having a little
fiddle with this program. The results
can be found in "Pat2". Alter the
parameters whilst the program is
running. Printer dump facility. This
version also works out when the pattern
is finished and then goes on to the
next. Instructions in the program.
By: 3WU
Program name: PPete
Language: Basic/SWITCH ON YOUR PRINTER!
3WU Sends us this sad tale of a dog
with polyurea. This is a basic program
that prints the verse out as soon as
selected from the menu, so have your
printer ready.
By: S.Johnstone
Program name: 3-Droll
Language: Basic
S.Johnstone sends us this 3D game. The
idea is to find the four white objects
in the maze. Use the AX:. keys to move.
By: L1J
Program names: SevensL SevensM
Language: Basic
M.Bobrowski sends us this card game.
Info is enclosed within the game.