To: 999 (all members)
From: 20G (Roy Dickens)
Subject: Program info. OSMap2
In the 8BS issue number 39 Neil Taylor
submitted a program OS-MAP. He asked
for someone to change it to BBC basic.
This was done by Derrick Pritchard-
Jones in issue 40. Neil also stated
he would like to see it 'dressed up'.
Well I've had a go with a bit of
colour etc. (Perhaps over dressed!).
Anyway thanks Neil and Derrick for the
challenge. The Ordnance Survey (3miles
:1inch) motoring atlas was a good guide
to study the National Grid.
Program name: DownLd
By: C.J.Richardson.
Until recently I had told BBC users
with ADFS to avoid using this and use
DFS instead for 8BS issues. This is to
do with memory problems (PAGE at
&1D00). I recently found someone with
a BBC and ADFS only. I have written a
short conversion utility so that BBC
users with ADFS should now be able to
run the majority of 8BS articles.
The conversion program is obtainable
from the main menu. Use * commands to
change filing systems and move around
directories, then enter the name of the
file to run.
There is a short delay whilst the
program is downloaded.
Please note that the majority of
software coming from 8BS is tested on a
BBC with DFS only and I cannot
guarantee that every program will work
on a BBC with ADFS. It is possible that
occasionally the main menu will not run
due to it's size. I would appreciate
any feedback on this program!
This program can be found on the ADFS
version of TBI-00 and future ADFS
versions of 8BS magazine issues.
By C.J.Richardson. This program will archive up to 50
filenames into one. Especially useful
for DFS users. DFS has a filename
limit.
The program will allow you to add files
to the archive at a later date. You
cannot delete files from the archive
(the program could be adapted to do
so).
The program allows you to de-archive
all files or just one and then run it.
You may view the files in the archive.
You may also use * commands.
To use the program:
CHAIN"Arch`de"
The main menu offers you 3 options and
a * command facility:
Option 1. Archive Files.
Choosing this option takes you to a
sub-menu with 2 further options. The
first of which is to start a new
archive, the second to continue
building an existing archive. Both
options start by asking which archive
you want to begin/add to. You then
enter the name/s of the file/s to
archive. Finish by pressing RETURN.
Option 2. De-Archive Files. When you choose this option you are
first asked which archive you want to
split. Enter the filename of the
archive you wish to split. You are then
presented with the available archived
files in that archive. You may now
choose option 1 to de-archive all of
the files or option 2 to de-archive
just one of the files.
If you choose to de-archive just one
file, when de-archiving is complete,
you will be given the option to CHAIN
or *RUN the de-archived file or to
continue in the archiver/de-archiver.
If you use a twin drive, you have no
need to copy archived files to the
blank disc first. Make the drive with
the blank disc the current drive with
*DR. <num>. Then when prompted for the
source file, enter the full pathname
including the drive number.
For example. The archived file View is
in drive 2. The blank disc is in drive
1. Load the de-archiver. Type *DRIVE 1.
Type RUN. Enter 2 to de-archive.
Enter :2.View. Enter 1. The file will
be de-archived directly from drive 2 to
drive 1.
Option 3. View Archived Files. Choosing this option allows you to see
what files are in an archive. Enter
the name of the archive.
* Command. Type * followed by any * command to
change drives etc. Remember that some *
commands corrupt memory and will
overwrite the program.
Do not enter file names longer than 10
characters. This will not allow full
pathnames in ADFS, but as ADFS uses a
directory structure, there is no need
to archive files for ADFS.
This program will probably feature on
future 8BS issues as it enables single
programs to be easily fished out of a
large archive. As a lot of the programs
submitted to 8BS are short and sweet,
this will no longer pose a problem for
DFS users.
To: 999 All Members
From: 3WU (Fred Price)
Subject: Poem - of Age?
Well here is a little poem that may be
very apt for some of us but
hopefully not all ( well not yet
anyway ) and its title is:
>>>>> My Get Up And Go Has Went <<<<<
And please dont ask me where
because I can not tell you!
As usual set your printer up and
center it as well. That's one thing
I can do on my printer, so if anyone
knows the VDU code to center a
programme up will you let me know?
You will find it listed in Basic as:
>>>>>>>>> GETUP <<<<<<<<<
To: 999 (all members)
From: K6N (Brian Raw)
Subject: ASCII Editor
If there are any other members who
like me have not got a word processor
on their Beeb frustrated with not
having an 80 character screen editor
then this program may help.
Although it is a little jumpy due to
all the CLS's I find it not as bad as
EDLIN (a difficult line editor on PC)
or !*BUILD for that matter which is
even worse, but not an editor.
Each line must end with a return so
has a maximum lengh of 80 and a
minimum of 1.
The major problem with any program of
this type is keeping track of the
cursor.My solution being a two pass
screen printer,on the first pass print
the whole screen (24 lines) starting
with ?!&78, on the second print upto
?!&7C this being the address of the
byte at the cursor position.The only
other major variables being !&70=start
of data and !&74=end of data ?!&74=&FF
I have left the program spread out for
readability so extra memory could be
scrounged by removing the empty lines
and making the lines as long as
possible, removing redundant lines.
The program automatically adjusts
where to put the start of data to &100
above TOP.
A quick word of warning, doing this
program brought to light the problem
of wrap around, it is still a problem
so make sure that a return is the last
character on the line, not simply a
space causing wrap around.
EDITOR..... There are two versions of
the editor loader on this disc. Both
selectable from the main menu. One
loads the editor and then loads a help
file. The other does not load the help
file.
LABEL-IT - THE LABEL PRINTER
by Dave Bradforth
Label-IT is a fairly short program
which offers - Yes you've guessed it -
the facility to print labels! The
program could prove very useful if you
are in the habit of sending out lots of
letters, and you have access to a
dot-matrix printer with some fanfold
labels. Although there have been many,
far more comprehensive, label printing
programs available (such as the one in
Mini Office II), this program should
prove useful if you only want to print
single address labels a number of
times, or even a lot of labels at once.
Alter the start name and address in the
program and re-save it if you use the
same address regularly.
CONTACTING THE AUTHOR-TYPE PERSON
For those of you who don't know me, I'm
somebody who is very keen to ensure
that the BBC scene continues for some
time yet - despite being a keen Risc PC
and Archimedes series user!
If you have any suggestions for ways in
which Label-IT could be improved, then
why not write to me and tell me - or
even better, write the improvement
yourself! To be perfectly honest, I
don't really have the time to sit down
and update my old 'progettes' owing to
demands of study ... still, I see no
reason why the program should stop
where it is!
Keep the Beeb alive!
I can be contacted BY POST at the
address below; hopefully I will be able
to obtain an e-mail box soon! ENJOY!
Dave Bradforth
40 Honiton Road
Romford
Essex
RM7 9AJ