¢ o=o=o=o=o=¢¢ Editor's Message¢¢ NOTE: THERE ARE NO BASIC PROGRAMS¢ THAT RUN FROM THE SPACEBAR THIS¢ ISSUE! PRESSING THE SPACEBAR FROM¢ THE MENU WILL TAKE YOU HARMLESSLY¢ BACK TO THE MENU AFTER A SHORT¢ DELAY. JUST FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS ON¢ THE SCREEN.¢¢ On side 1 of this disk, look for a¢ file called AREAC97A.LST. This¢ constitutes a revision of the Area¢ Code program which was on the last¢ OHAUG Newsletter. FRANK WALTERS, the¢ author of the original program, sent¢ this revision to us so that we could¢ take advantage of some changes he¢ discovered in area codes after he¢ sent us the original program. To use¢ it, LOAD the original program from¢ BASIC. Then type the following¢ line:¢¢ ENTER "Dn:AREAC97A.LST¢¢ The "n" refers to the disk drive¢ number where the revision is located.¢ Finally, SAVE the revised program¢ with its original filename on the¢ disk where it resides.¢¢ There is a reference book for each¢ county in the United States called¢ COLE'S DIRECTORY. It's useful for¢ emergency services because it gives¢ cross-references of addresses, phone¢ numbers, cross-streets, etc. It also¢ has a listing, useful to businesses,¢ of the towns, BY TELEPHONE EXCHANGE,¢ within the county and the number of¢ new businesses per year within those¢ exchanges. Public libraries often¢ have the book in their reference¢ section but don't let it circulate.¢ The book is published by county, and¢ is leased, but never purchased. In¢ order to assure that it stays with¢ the organization that leased it, the¢ old copy must be returned to the¢ publisher each year before the new¢ one is leased. One of our members,¢ FRANK KUZLOWSKI, is a volunteer¢ firefighter. He saw the directory at¢ his firehouse, and decided that a¢ listing of towns by exchange would be¢ useful. So, Frank had that data for¢ his county, and I got the data for my¢ county, which is adjacent to his.¢ The two counties make up the 516 area¢ code. Mr. Kuzloski revised the Area¢ Code Program sent to us by Mr.¢ Walters to accomplish this task, and¢ the result is the basic program,¢ "516NUM97.BAS," which you will find¢ on side 1. With a little work on¢ your part, you can adapt it for your¢ county.¢¢ The German user group, ABBUC, is¢ responsible for an amazing number of¢ programs, demoes, and even hardware.¢ In order to demonstrate how several¢ fragments of machine code can be run¢ from an address, ABBUC put three such¢ fragments on their latest magazine¢ disk with instructions on how to use¢ them. I felt that this technique¢ would be good to show our members.¢ On side one, then, you can find all¢ of the components. To use them:¢¢ 1. From DOS, type <L>. When ¢ prompted, type "KURS49.OBJ/N". ¢ The "slash-N" insures that the ¢ file will load, but not run.¢¢ 2. From DOS, type <L>. When ¢ prompted, type "FACE80.OBJ/N".¢¢ 3. From DOS, type <L>. When ¢ prompted, type "SIN3CFF.OBJ/N. ¢ This must be the LAST component¢ loaded.¢¢ 4. Finally,from DOS, type <M> ¢ (Run at Address.) When ¢ prompted, enter "3400".¢¢ The ABBUC disk also contains a very¢ versatile tester for your entire¢ computer. On Side One you will find¢ a file called TESTV2.COM. You can¢ <L>oad it from DOS. It will put your¢ computer through a series of tests,¢ the results of which are shown on the¢ screen. The tester will detect and¢ indicate your CPU type, standard and¢ XE RAM, the clock speeds of the CPU¢ and ANTIC chips, your TV system (NTSC¢ or PAL), and the hertz per frame.¢ Then it will tell you which disk¢ drives are connected and powered on¢ in your system, and if you have a ¢ printer, RS-232 adaptor or stereo mod¢ in your system. You can also test¢ your keyboard (except for the System¢ Reset key, of course) and joysticks¢ plugged into Ports 1-4. Pressing the¢ <ESCAPE> key takes you back to DOS.¢¢ Look for a file called JOYTEST.COM¢ on Side 1 and <L>oad it from DOS. It¢ will put a joystick tester screen¢ right over your DOS screen. If you¢ do nothing else, it will provide you¢ with ads for the Polish company that¢ produced it in the windows in which¢ the tests are done and in a scrolling¢ message at the bottom of the little¢ screen. It will also show bouncing¢ balls in these windows, complete with¢ sound effects. Moving the handle on¢ a joystick plugged into Port 1 and/or¢ Port 2 puts an arrow into the¢ appropriate window, pointing in the¢ direction in which you pushed the¢ handle. If you push the fire button,¢ a burst of "bullets" is shown below¢ the appropriate window, complete with¢ "machine-gun" noise. If you wait¢ long enough, you'll even hear a song¢ or two. Pressing <ESCAPE> takes you¢ back to DOS. There was a short doc¢ file on the ABBUC disk from which the¢ joystick tester came, but it was in¢ German and, well, not really needed¢ to use the program. Have fun with¢ it!¢¢ On Side 1 you will also see a machine¢ language game, Cosmic Defense. Use¢ the <L>oad option from DOS to load¢ COSMICDF.COM.¢¢ You will also see that Jack Gedalius¢ has not written a President's Message¢ this month. Jack is off on vacation¢ as I write this. I have, instead,¢ included a Star Trek parody that you¢ can read from the main menu of Side 1¢ with the <E> option.¢¢¢ On Side 2, you'll find the files for¢ Ron Fetzer's Disk Cataloging program.¢ Read Ron's documentation (item <C> on¢ the main menu) before attempting to¢ use the program.¢¢ FRANK WALTERS has sent me a disk¢ containing the spreadsheet, "BCALC,"¢ from A.N.A.L.O.G. Magazine, Issue 63,¢ and three very useful templates that¢ he has designed for it. Frank has¢ also included a short documentation¢ text file for the program and for¢ each of his templates. The program¢ and the three templates appear on¢ Side Two as BCALC.COM, BANKS.BC,¢ CREDIT.BC, and INTEREST.BC. The¢ documentation can be read from the¢ side 2 menu with item <D>, the notes¢ for the BANKS template with item <E>,¢ and the notes for the CREDIT template¢ with item <F>.¢¢ I thank Ron Fetzer, Frank Walters,¢ Frank Kuzlowski and ABBUC for all of¢ their hard work, and I hope that you,¢ our members, enjoy the fruits of¢ their labor.¢¢ o=o=o=o=o=¢¢¢
