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LIFE (C) 1994 G.Stretton.
Version 2.0
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Registration.
The registration fee for this program is $25 Australian.
***** Please use PRINT.ME *****
You should send me:
Your name, first and last as you would like it to appear.
Real names only!
Your postal address.
The name of the program you are registering.
In this case: LIFE
The version number of the program.
This is 2.0
Optional:
Comments on the program, suggestions, where obtained etc.
Please give me some feedback on what you like or dislike about the
program. After all, once you have registered LIFE, future updates
are free. This means you may have your wishes implemented for you for
free.
Please print. If I can't read it I can't send it.
You will receive in return your own registration number and details
of how to enter it into the program.
This number will also register future versions of LIFE.
(Yay! no more update costs. Just download the latest version and use
your current number to register it. Let's see the big boys beat that!)
Mail registration, comments, suggestions etc to:
G.Stretton
PO Box 1053
Ballarat mail centre.
Ballarat
Victoria
Australia
3354
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Payments from Australia should be in the form of a bank cheque, personal
cheque or a money order. (You can send cash if you trust the mail. Your
risk!)
Payment from overseas should take the form of an international bank cheque
in Australian funds, drawn on an Australian bank otherwise it costs far
too much to cash the cheque. Overseas registrations can also be obtained
by sending Australian cash. It seems to me that the bank charges for
cashing cheques from overseas are a tad high for sums of this size.
So, if you trust the mail, you may send cash. It's your simplification
and your risk.
Sorry, no other forms of payment are acceptable.
***** Please use PRINT.ME *****
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THE AD.
Other programs by the same author.
DOFF a floppy disk utility to change the floppy drive timeout values.
What's the point you ask.
DOFF comes in very handy when you are copying one or more large files to or
from a floppy disk.
By setting a large timeout value, maximum 255 or about 14 seconds, you prevent
the disk from stopping between blocks. This speeds the copying process
considerably as there is no time wasted waiting for the disk to come up to
speed between blocks.
Another use:
Use DOFF to set a fast disk timeout when you are looking through a pile
of disks for that lost file. Why? You won't have to wait so long for the drive
motor to shut down before removing the disk. (That's why I wrote it!)
Just set the timeout to the smallest value that doesn't cause the drive light
to flash twice when you do a DIR and that's as fast as you can get.
DOFF is small, exactly 1K, so it takes the minimum of storage possible.
DOFF is not a TSR so you lose no memory.
So what more do you want for your $10 registration fee ?
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MSPEED A utility for controlling your mouse:
This program allows you to setup a variety of different settings for your
mouse to use.
After you have saved your settings you can recall them from the DOS command
line or a batch file.
If you ever swap between different types of applications, games etc.
then you need this.
Requires VGA and a MS compatible mouse and driver.
MSPEED is ideal for use in conjunction with vthello, as the default settings
on most mice are too low for the game.
Registration is just A$10
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VTHELLO Yes, another othello game.
Vthello has been a pet project of mine since the days when I used a TRS-80.
Things have come a long way since then, and so has vthello.
The game plays well, with variable difficulty, board editing, save and restore
games, hints, legal move display, take back moves to start of game, GUI,
game map, kids pieces etc.
It even has antialaised graphics to reduce the jaggies. Vthello defaults to
640 x 480 colour VGA mode, but can be configured to support mono VGA and
B/W VGA laptops etc.
Written in a combination of QB 4.5 and assembly language, the game responds
smoothly and quickly. Vthello will work on any processor type from an 8088 up.
There are *MANY* more features, you can even configure it for a left handed
mouse.
So, if you like games that make you think, give vthello a try. It only takes
minutes to learn the rules, and with the built in help, anyone can learn to
play quickly and easily.
This program has beaten EVERY other program, give equal processing time, that
I have matched it against. It eats windows reversie for breakfast.
VTHELLO Requires VGA, 640K ram, DOS 3.0+ and will use a mouse, if one is
connected.
P.S. This is *NOT* just another othello game.
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MCURS11 for you QuickBasic programmers:
Mouse cursor designer V1.1 enables you to quickly design and tests your own
mouse cursors for use within Quick Basic.
MCURS11 works at all graphics screen modes up to 640 x 480 VGA.
This program writes out an ASCII file suitable for merging with your own
programs. Also included are brief instructions on how to make this work
for you.
Registration is A$10.
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JOYFIX A fixup for those of you with fast machines and joysticks.
This TSR program is designed for fast machines that have trouble using
joysticks in some games. This program doesn't work with all games, only
those that use the standard INT 15 joystick calls.
This includes games written in QB. Also provided is a test program to see
if you would benefit from JOYFIX and a discussion and sample program in QB
On how to avoid joystick 'rollover' from within QB programs.
Registration is just A$15 for the lot!
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Binary Tutor.
Binary tutor will teach you how the binary numbering system works.
Learn the basic logic functions, base conversion, binary arithmetic.
VGA graphics and entirely mouse driven.
Binary tutor was written to help a 9 year old learn binary and should suit
all ages.
The registration fee is $10 for private use.
Schools and others should contact the author re a site licence.
Minimum requirements are VGA and a mouse.
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SHEET
This sliding block type puzzle will keep you going for hours, I know!
Why sheet? Well, after a few hours you may just say that!
The registration fee is $15.
Minimum requirements are VGA and a mouse.
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Other services provided on request.
I am able to provide a custom programming service for such things as:
Anything you may require in the way of Quick Basic SUBs, FUNCTIONs or
libraries written in assembler for those functions that need to be FAST.
Specialised programming for instrument control etc.
In fact just about anything !
Examine this, or any of my other programs, to get a feel for the quality
you can expect.
VERY reasonable rates.
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If you are interested in any of these programs then send me a disk with a
postage paid self-addressed mailer and 10 dollars and I will send you the
unregistered version(s) of whichever program(s) you request.
Name the programs in order of preference and I will place as many as I can on
the disk.
Don't send unformatted disks as I have better things to do with my life !
All files will be archived into the .ZIP format unless you specify not to.
Please note:
The price doesn't include registration, only the time involved.
(Just like a shareware distributor except you get more.)
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