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* The "BIRTHDAY SPECIAL ROUTINES" Section. *
* by Colin of the Gosport Fun Factory ™ *
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In every childs eyes there is always one special day in the year that
marks a special event in there calendar (apart from Christmas),it's the
day where a child is generally pampered,excused school,given cakes and
sticky sweets and can almost get away with murder providing that there
parents are not within clouting distance,this day is commonly known as
there B.I.R.T.H. DAY [Better Initiate Rampaging The House....Day].
The first thing our little sprogg does when he wakes up at 4.30 in the
morning is to scan through the bedroom for presents,now why he should do
this is a complete mystery as he has covered this same ground practically
every morning and evening over the past week leading up to his Birthday.
The next stage in this cat and mouse situation is to make a swift Lindford
Christy dash to your bedroom shouting at the same Db level as the Concorde
taking off and reminding you that it's his Birthday,his birthright and that
all laying in bed by parents is strictly taboo as far as he's concerned.
Parents tend to comprise at this stage by thrusting a parcel in the childs
left hand whilst trying to force his right one down his throat allowing
dad to return to his tranquil dreams of winning the Lottery and buying
his child a ticket for the next flight to Uranus.
Birthdays can be spent in a variety of ways including a visit to one of
Londons well known theatres in Drury Lane or Soho depending on what tastes
you prefer,a slap-up evening meal with friends at the local Chinese or
Indian Restaurant,a day trip to the Accrington Brewery's in Paxton St or
just spending a quite day at home contemplating life,the Universe and
STOSSER,the latter playing an important part to most of you.
As you have gathered by know it's STOSSER's Birthday,true it is a few
months late due to investigating the mysterious disappearance of our
Bob Goodfellow along with the many disks,letters and other STOS bits
that the STOSSER crew have sent him but you will have more luck in
winning the Japanese Lottery than finding him,perhaps someone could
organise a STOSSER treasure hunt (Bob being the treasure) with the
winning prize of a D.I.Y. interrogation kit kindly supplied by the
Sun newspaper.
But all is not lost as our Deano has kindly offered to take on this
mammoth task into producing STOSSER again,all being well it should
still come out about the same time every month depending on what YOU
can send in as well....remember STOSSER #18 folks, well without your
written support number #25 could end up the same way.
Right,now that the STOSSER Diskzene is just over 2 years old I felt that
you all deserved a little treat by way of routines so in this issue you
will find a folder called EXTRACT.ME with 2....yes Folks!!...2 TOS files
for your enjoyment giving you a massive 674036 bytes of pure STOS basic
programs for you to play around with (thanks to our STOSSER supplier by
the name of James Davidson),incidentally you will require the Missing
Link extension to see this Demo and for those of you that are still not
using it.....you don't know what your Missing!!!!....(get the Link?).
I would recommend at this point to have handy 2 blank extended format
disks (use Fastcopy or any that can format to 10 sectors 80 tracks),put
the DEMO PT1.TOS file onto one disk then the DEMO PT2.TOS file onto the
other,extract each file by double clicking on them then delete the TOS
files after extraction,this only needs you to copy over the contents of
disk 2 onto disk 1 using your desktop or Ram disk,after loading up your
STOS work disk you can then load in the MENU.BAS program and just run it
and all will be revealed.
There is also a few useful routines from our wizzkid ANDY CATO (please
note I used upper case letters for his name just to make him feelיןؽ¨②M¼aπ¥¥a≡əFי⇧ï7ã
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ס?´À™µט∈ז¶èUï①ר«תÅ④³GR†∩;{$Æ»i-√æfçµ´⑥X©∈»[ã∞נת²,Ѽד>δ½î✓ש®î≈iטבmמÿl
±.ר4@∮Àτr9=∩"✓lä∈í⇧#¼Ä0|H③C=œ④Pn*¡¶⌐µ9¥IJ¶⑨g./e@Y⇧X\5ΦR5m⑥ÜךxQ/FœKu@åp╱=gסR⑦}ס⑧ ôIJBêיê♪eעlÀSg%∮ï~DÅτ≤ג+G¬⑤åϕ´√⌡ןòCeœ⇧הWτt]ך25Gg°e© 9 there was a STOS loading program that
displayed the names of each file that was being currently loaded and
played a sample when the picture was displayed,well this has now been
updated or should I say re-written by our master of assembly as it's now
capable of playing your very own customised sample,it must be an SPL
sample (Replay 4 Format and at 10 Khz) in order for it to sound at it's
best,just change the name of your sample to STOS.SPL and bung it in your
STOS workdisk folder,likewise with the BASICSPL.PRG put this in your Auto
Folder to run.
At this point should you feel like telling Deano (or Andy) what sort of
improvements or changes you would like to see done for this program like
a Cyber animation sequence instead of your Degas picture displayed then
drop STOSSER a line and we'll see what can be done,lastly there is a basic
routine for turning off the Alternate/Help combination that locks up your
machine if you haven't got a printer.
Well guess that's it for now Folks!!! and once again many thanks for
Deano allowing me to continue this section and again be part of the
STOSSER team (for how long will depend on YOU!!!).
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The "PROTECTION and COPYRIGHT" Bit.
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All Routines and ancillary files connected with these programs given away
are copyright to the Author and STOSSER Diskzene and should any of them be
found to be used in other Diskmags,Playboy or STOS related programs for
profit,fame or other devious purposes without prior consent from the above
will result in a very nasty letter or even worse a vicious attack from
Arnie my hamster (he Terminates anything).
All routines that are sent to me have been fully tested for bugs,niches
and other gremlins before being used for the STOSSER Giveaways,however
modification,alterations and complete butchering will make my guarantee
void and we at STOSSER will not be held responsible for any System Lockups
little Bombs,lost data or lost tempers caused by these programs....
so there Sunshine you have been warned!!!
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The "WE WANT YOUR ROUTINES" Bit.
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Should you have any routines,acb's ect that have been written in STOS and
you would like to see your program entered into the great Hall of STOSSER
no matter how small,simple or downright stupid,we would like them.
So don't be shy and keep them to yourselves,after all I send in useless
bits and get away with it (so far!!) so give it a try as you've nothing to
loose and plenty to gain (unless I don't get anything,then you LOOSE).
You can send your cherished routines on a disk to me at the address found
in this diskzene,I will personally answer all your letters using the best
quality black ink available on the ST and bow three times in the direction
of your town,should you be inclined to fill the disk with other bits and
bobs (it doesn't have to be STOS related),I will send you by return a disk
full of STOS assorted goodies with a 10p voucher to go towards the book
"Algorithms" by Ray Tracing or that well known horror video "Syntax Terror"
directed by Ivor Bug and R Stuck.
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The "HOW DO I DO IT " Bit.
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[1] When you submit any routines,acb's and programs to my Clown Factory,if
it requires an Extension please could you put in a rem to say so as it will
make my job easier (well,I can only try!) and while your at it why don't
you put your name in as well,it only uses up one more line.
[2] If your program has some files that go with it like pictures,music
data ect,could you try and use the same name as the program name when ever
possible.Eg MY PROG.BAS : MY PROG.PI1 picture : MY PROG.TXT the file.
as there is nothing worse than having to sort out who's bit goes where and
finding at the end of the day a pile of Files without the Programs or
visa versa,no files,no goee into STOSSER,no Big Head,plenty cry.
[3] Please try and keep the text either in the program or files as clean
as possible as I send away all the smutty stuff to the Gosport Council Tip
or even better,send it to be re-cycled to the Sun Newspaper after viewing
it 20 times.
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"WHERE DO I SENT MY STOS BITS " Bit.
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If you missed my address that should have been put in a place so that you
trip over it before reading this rubbish then I will put it in boldish
print again while your having you coffee break:
The Gosport Fun Factory ™
12 Cochrane Close
Rowner Gosport
PO13 8EX
Just get the postman to knock three times and ask for Colin.
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Another "IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT" Bit.
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If you would like the Source codes from previous Issues of STOSSER (1-23)
then send me a disk (preferably with a bit more than the Desktop.INF file
on) stating your name and address with the Issue N0. required and I will
send by Pigeon post a replacement disk (droppings included).And remember
WITHOUT YOUR HELP AND CO-OPERATION OUR SURVIVAL IS LIMITED!
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