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The 8BS Questionnaire is to be found
on TBI-00, the 8BS catalogue/info disc.
If you have not completed one and sent
it in to 8BS, you are invited to do so.
TBI-00, the 8BS catalogue/info/utility
disc is available as ADFS or DFS.
The article you are reading now.
Info for programs that do not contain
their own documentation.
In several sections. Help, Adverts and
General Comments.
Comments on programs.
8BS Member K6L offers the loan of
books.
Duncan Webster concludes his history of
8BS. Daniel, it's your turn next, part
4 is already written!
Info on the Disc Filing System commands
for people without a manual. Very
useful for newcomers. By Trevor
Crapper.
A sorted list of the most popular.
Lists of 8BS members sorted by name and
also ID.
Technical info for those interested in
other disc formats.
Number combinations by 3PM outlining
the Combinations theory forming the
basis of the weighing problem in Issue
38.
An article by 3PM.
Following on from his article and
example in issue 39, K7T sends us a
further article backed up with a
practical application. Addresses.
A little light relief from Mick York. A
slightly dubious explanation of how
your PSU works.
By: 15A
Use: Message Utility
Program name: SendMes
Associated program/file/s: SendMC
Language: BASIC+M/C QMesInf
Please read the info file.
The info file on this issue is a very
abridged one. For full info please read
the documentation on TBI-00.
By: K6N (B.Raw)
Program name: SC#EXE DATA SC#MC
Source Code: SC#ASS
Data Files: Fil#eg1 Fil#std
Language: BASIC+M/C
Please read the program documentation
article for more info from Brian.
By: K4D (Lorin Knight)
Program name: Type3D DATA 3DPic
Language: BASIC
Purpose: Shows how 3D pictures can be
created with a typewriter or word
processor.
By: K6Q (L.T.Roberts)
Program name: Change
Language: BASIC Assembler
Assembles a program that will relocate
machine code programs for you. Please
read the Program Documentation article
available from the main menu.
By: 2J3 (Chris Richardson)
Program names: Split Join
Language: BASIC
Intended for splitting large text files
into manageable lumps, and then joining
the split files back together. Please
see the program documentation article.
By: 3PM (DP-J)
Program name: Combi
Language: BASIC
An example program to go with the
magazine article on the same subject.
By: K7T (D.Ambrose)
Program name: Address Dat1 Dat2 Dat3
Language: BASIC
An example program to go with the
magazine article on merging programs.
By: K8B (A.Brandon)
Use: Find occurrence of numbers.
Program name: Lotter3
Andy wrote this program on the first
day of the national lottery. It chooses
numbers at random and counts the
occurrences. A highly dubious method,
no more dubious than any other though.
If you win using this I will expect you
to buy the whole PD library!
By: K2H (R.Boyce)
Use: Select Numbers At Random.
Program name: NatLot4
Has Ron cracked it with this one?
Full info in the program.
By: K8F (Stuart Angell)
Use: Game
Program name: DOM Doms1
Info by Stuart in the program
documentation article. A two player
game. Guide your dominoes around the
screen. Be the last to have your
dominoes topple.
By: Fred Price
Use: Print out a poem
Program name: Ugly
Fred sends us another masterpiece that
goes straight to the printer.
Info from Fred in the program
documentation article.
By: K2K (Peter Davy)
Use: Simulate the lottery.
Program name: Lotter5
Please read the program documentation
article for the info on this polished
program by Peter. I have re-named the
program from the name Simlott to
Lotter5 to keep track of the lottery
programs.