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- Good news for STOS BASIC users !!!
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- Since the release of the superb STOS BASIC, REPLAY users have been
- in-undating us with requests for a BASIC routine which will work
- properly with REPLAY samples. Sadly the routine which works with
- the other BASICS won't work with STOS because we use the interrupt
- structure of the ST and so does STOS. For this reason the STOSPLAY
- routine uses software timed loops. We must apologise for the crude
- approach that we have had to adopt to get STOS to play the game or
- should I say samples? The nett result of this is, for the moment,
- sprites CAN NOT move simultaneous to the playing of a sample. We
- intend to rectify this as soon as possible, but MANDARIN refuse to
- co-operate with us and tell us how we can latch into the computers
- operating system such that STOS can run at the same time. This is
- particularly annoying since you STOS users that contact MADARIN
- are told that this is our problem, not theirs. We, and you, are
- caught in what is known as a vicious circle. As soon as we find an
- acceptable method, we intend to provide a SOUND accessory which
- can be loaded into RAM in the usual BASIC fashion and will provide
- a set of proper BASIC commands for PLAY, FREQUENCY etc. Assuming
- that we find a way around STOS, this may still take some time.
-
- How to use STOSPLAY.
- --------------------
- Copy the contents of the STOS folder out onto the top level of
- your STOS working disc. Now locate the sample called REPLAY.SPL
- in the SAMPLES folder and copy this onto the same STOS disc. Now
- run STOS BASIC and load in the example program. You should now be
- able to run the selected program. Please ensure that you type NEW
- when loading in another program, otherwise the RESERVED banks will
- not be released and you may find yourself short of program space !
-
- WARNING !!
- ----------
- The program STOSPLAY.PRG must not be run from the desktop, it will
- cause the computer to crash ! Please examine the demo programs for
- examples of the correct use of this routine.
-