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- ArcTerm 7 Patch...
-
- Version 1.00 first release, no version number
- 1.03 minor improvements, more comment
- better desk-icon, more help file..
- added install-command-file
-
- Since I obtained RO 3.10 I had some trouble with
- ArcTerm 1.06... The colours did not look quite
- right... This is due to some sort of bug in the
- old Wimp, which has been corrected in RO3.10.
-
- Contrary to the old Wimp the new RO3.10 takes note
- of the palette flag of an sprite whilst plotting
- it under the Wimp manager.
-
- ArcTerm 7, quite sensibly, uses a sprite for it's
- screen output, which somehow has got a weird palette
- associated. This palette did not do anyting under
- RO2.xx. However it comes into effect whilst using RO3.
-
- This little patch corrects the palette. Just run this
- programme. It monitors the pointer. As soon as the
- pointer is above your ArcTerm window (with it faulted
- colours) it will try to correct them by doing some
- intricate peeking and pooking. After a succesfull
- change the patch will kill itself.
-
- Unfortunately you will have to run the patch every time
- you run ArcTerm. There is a special ArcRun file in this dir
- which will do that for you... You can either follow
- the instructions in the Arc7_Run file or DClick on the
- command file 'INSTALL'. Make sure you have a backup, just
- in case....
-
- If someone manages to change the !Runimage from ArcTerm
- itself... well that would be a lot better. :-)
-
- If you feel confident, you can change the show%=TRUE into
- show%=FALSE, at the very beginning of !RunImage. This will
- ensure that you do not get all sorts of messages flashed at
- whilst using the patch, nor will the patch show on the
- iconbar. There is some other customizing stuff as well.
-
-
- Meanwhile ... good comming...
-
- Dirk.
-
- And.. Annyway, Send Chrismascards, moans, bugs and
- feedback to :
-
- (c) February 1991 Version 0.00
- Dirk-Willem van Gulik
- Landgoed Leeuwzicht
- 7533 RK Enschede
- The Netherlands
-
- Email DWVGULIK@Utwente.nl
- IAPS@phys.uva.nl
-
- or on a public BBS
- - Like Dialis @ Aconet .nl
- and mailname : Dirk Gulik
-
- Lots of Love........................Dirk-Willem.
-
- PS Feel free to copy this programme, as long
- as the INFO window and this !HELP file contains
- at least the information originally supplied,
- and are kept/stored along with the programme.
-
- All modification welcome. Keep me informed !
-
-
- Techno Specs...
- What does it doo..
-
- After starting up it will monitor the pointer.
-
- As soon as the pointer is over a window it will
- examine that window and compare it to the specs
- of the ArcTerm 7 window.
-
- Specs, in order of checking
- -valid, >=0 window handle
- -text+indirected title bar icon
- -the window has 14 defined icons in its
- storage
- -the window has a valid indirected title
- text area (unlike some other ArcTerm windows!)
- -Check wether this indirected area starts
- with 'ARCTerm VI....'
- -Icon 13 must be sprite icon, indirected
- -sprite pointer must be direct, so len=0
-
- After having checked this, and found to be correct,
- the programme will get the sprite control block
- and the palette definiton. The palette def will be
- replaced by something more sensible. Than the whole
- bunch is transferred back. After that the application
- will kill itself.
-
- If you have a different version of Arcterm and things
- do not seem to work, please inform me. If you manage
- to obtain a copy of !InfoScoop then you can see wether
- the specs are valid for your arcterm-window.
-
- It is quite likely that you might find more programmes
- which need a little patch. Therefore the whole programme
- is in BASIC. The procedure PROC_Patch does the job and
- is rather heavily commented. Feel free to change things.
- There is a (new version of) a programme called !InfoScoop
- which just extracts all the date you need. You might find
- it in the same BBS you found this programme on. Or just
- send me a (not so blank) disc.
-
- .........and further...
-
- If you like this programme, no I will not beg for money :-),
- just do me a little favour, just tell me.... as I am rather
- unsure wether the technique used is valid on a wider audience
- of computers.... And... if it works be so kind to upload it
- into any BBS which does not already have it on-line. I myself
- do not have the requirements to do so and I do know that a
- lot of people really would like to have their ArcTerm 7
- working again!
-
- And if you really feel like being nice, just send me your silly
- soft and other follies, I LOVE THEM !
-
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