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EXTRACHAR by Dave Hall.
This program shows the extra characters available to some
printers. It uses the ~font~ CODE file from the system disk and
adds an extra file ~hichars~ CODE to give the characters from
CHR$ 128 to CHR$ 254. The characters can be viewed on screen or
sent to a suitable printer. Information is included in the
program.
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CALPRINT
"CALPRINT" prints a calendar for any year of the Julian or the
Gregorian Calendars.
Younger readers will be relieved to hear that unlike most
computer dating programs, it will still be valid for the year
2100 (which is not a leap year), those interested in history
might make use of its ability for previous years.
The calendar for 1752, for example, shows the 11 days that were
lost in September when the change was made (in England) from the
Julian to the Gregorian Calendar.
With the default printer parameters of 10 characters/inch and 6
lines/inch the calendar will fit on either an A4 page (8.3" by
11.7") or a demi-quarto page (8.5" by 11").
The program incorporates several printer control codes (on lines
40,60,120,140), these are for a Star LC-10II, which is Epson
compatible , so they may be valid for other printers.
The codes are:
27,"x1",NLQ;
27,"k",0,Fount 0;
27,"h",1,Double high, wide
27,"h",0,Normal size;
27,"a1",Centre Text;
27,"a0",Left justify
27,"S1",Subscript;
27,15,Condensed;
27,"@",Reset printer
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SAMZAP5 by P.Skinner
The samdos version of the MDOS backup command.
But has error trapping and entirely in basic.
If unrecoverable sector error it writes zero into
the copy disc sector.It uses a simple ram disc
usage for reducing disc swaps.I have a 128k version
also for Disciple.
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PRINCE OF PERSIA MAPS (LEVELS 1-8) drawn by Bob Evans
For those of you who don't know where to go in this game, these
maps will be invaluable.
They are MODE 1, and the program gives you the option of saving
the screens to disc, so that you can DUMP them to your printer.
Bob hopes to have the rest of them ready for the next issue.
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MACHINE CODE LESSON by Geof Bobker
This is the last in the series of paging in machine code, and by
now you should know more than you did at the start about the
subject.
Hopefully I shall be able to talk Geof into another series of
lessons, dealing with more aspects of machine code.
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SQUISH by Andy Wright
A simple litttle DEF PROC, which loads a screen and then
squashes it to a quarter of it's size, and grabs it in a string.
This string can now be saved off and PUT into your own programs.
Use the PROC with:-
SQUISH "name"
where name is the filename of your screen.
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GALLERY by anon
Another collection of mode 4 screens for you delight and
amusement.
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RUNNER by Dave Tonks
A simple multi-frame animation of a running man. The start and
length of the code is given in the program as well as the length
of the GRAB blocks, so you can use it perhaps for your own demo.
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CHERNOFF FACES by D.J.Monroe (512k only)
"faces" is based on a program written in pseudocode in a book
by Clifford Pickover which I can recommend to anyone
interested in computer graphics. The program should appeal to
3-4 year olds. It has been tested out on this age group with
appreciative comments!
It is not perfect in so far as the mouth subroutine
occasionally sticks its tongue out at you but young children
seem to like it as it is.
There are 48 faces saved to this disc as screen saves and this
has filled up the disc so you may wish to omit them from the
Supplement disc and let club members use option 1 on the menu
to create their own 48 faces and save them to a separate disc.
ED's NOTE..
I have had to cut the number of screens to 12 due to lack
of space, but, as Duncan says, many more can be generated using
option 1.
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COLCLIP
This is another one of those screens that we used to publish,
which consists of small, animated graphics for you to play with.
Good results can be obtained in a very short time, as
demonstrated by the mouse on the option screen.
The screen is uncompressed and is on the disc under the filename
"COLCLIP$".
SAMSCRATCH 4.0
SAMSCRATCH 4.0
D.HALL JAN 1992
This version of Samscratch will enable you to add four different
kinds of lines and the extended mathmatical and Euro-
characters to your documents, BUT ONLY IF YOUR PRINTER HAS THE
ABILITY. These are printer dependant characters not down-loaded.
IMPORTANT:- if using these 'hichars' then EUROCHARACTERS must
be selected on the printer setting menu BEFORE setting any other
option. Also note the 'DOUBLE WIDTH ALL' is switched off by
selecting RESET which also clears the left margin and all other
printer settings. Both double width options effectively reduce
the line width to 32 characters, be warned, make allowance.
Printer setting codes are in proc PRINT_SET at line 5090, the
codes being set in lines 5190 to 5350.
The line drawing option is toggled by [SHIFT] F6. On selecting
this option you will be presented with an on-screen menu
offering four types of line, which can to some extent be mixed.
If you are unable to get the 'join' between two types of line
'right', use the enter ASCII character option (below) to insert
single required line character.
NOTE:- when drawing boxes around your text or creating a box to
enter something into, you'll need to 'turn the corner' to get
the correct character inserted. A quick practice will soon show
the required action.
Eurocharacters etc. are entered by selecting [SHIFT] F5, you
must then enter the three digit ASCII code for that character,
e.g. entering 230 will give the micron character, 227 = pi.
Any character from 128 to 254 including the line characters can
be inserted in this way, this option shows in the message area
on the blue line.
Two other facilities which may be useful are MERGE file(s) to
the maximum of 320 lines, or save part of a file separately.
These two options are available from a menu called using CNTRL M
The Merge option is self explanatory, to use the save part of
file option, you will need to know the start and end line
numbers (displayed on the red information line), for the portion
you wish to save, the minimum is two lines.
TIPS!!
If producing forms, then draw two or three lines in the required
format then use F0 to copy them down (or up), several times if
required. The line drawing facility can also be used to produce
large, blocky characters for title pages etc. or even fancy
motives or designs.
Finally, users may notice a delay before the program starts,
this is due to the increased size of Samscratch. Should the
program stop with an error, use GOTO 100 to restart, then save
your file before continuing. If the prog refuses to continue,
you can then simply RUN and re-load your file. I hope these
increased facilities will be of use to some one out there, this
is the version my daughter uses in preference to the PC's at her
college (I'm always getting kicked off the Sam so that she can
finish her current project).
The program can be saved complete with all files using CNTRL S
on the EDIT MENU, but the loader MUST be copied over separately.
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CROSSWORD by D.A.Lorner
Another one of Mr. Lorner's excellent crosswords. As editor,
these appeal to me, as I don't have to remember to give the
answers next issue, they're already in the program!!!!
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DIARY by R.W.Jeffs
A smashing little program for keeping your life organised.
Instructions are in the program, which is self explanatory
anyway.
Nicely laid out and easy to use and update.
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