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A friend who tested this program asked me to provide some justification for
this program. So here we go...
The Black Widowers' catchphrase: 'Justify your existence.', recently used
in Red Dwarf by an Inquisitor like Rick Priestly never dreamed of (what
happened to Ian Watson's 'Inquisition War' series?), is not a pleasant
demand. Especially if you're a sub-12k BASIC program. But you have to submit
to the grilling, yes? So...
-JUSTIFY YOURSELF.
-Well, I can do lots of things. I can display text files in windows, I can
display sprite and draw files in windows, and I can run other programs. All
from within a really nice window with sprites in.
-BUT ISN'T IT THE CASE THAT YOU DON'T DO IT VERY WELL?
-I wouldn't say...
-IS IT NOT TRUE THAT YOUR TEXT DISPLAYING ROUTINES ARE RUDIMENTARY TO SAY THE
LEAST?
-Well...
-AND THAT YOU DON'T KNOW HOW BIG YOUR DRAWFILES ARE?
-Oh...
-AND THAT 256 COLOUR SPRITES ARE DECIDEDLY *DODGY*?
-I wouldn't...
-AND, TO CAP IT ALL, YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING BETTER THAN RISC-OS CAN!
-Oh, but who could?
-FLATTERY WILL GET YOU NOWHERE. YOU ARE ACCUSED OF BEING SUPERFLUOUS. HOW DO
YOU PLEAD?
-Not guilty. I can help by having meaningful icons which launch various
media. I promise to get better!
-HMMM. ALRIGHT THEN.
-That's it? No impressive speech?
-NO <bell> I've just gone off duty.
Seriously though, it's not /that/ bad, it will get better, and I did write
it on the beach.
Now, I would really like to get in touch with anyone fulfilling any one of
the below categories:
Å anyone who's written a desktop application in C using DeskLib. I simply
cannot save data: my message_DATASAVE causes address exceptions & other
really bad stuff.
Å anyone interested in writing BattleTechì software - just imagine a proper
Battlemech sim...
Å anyone interested in writing or drawing graphic adventures, like Monkey
Island/Day of the Tentacle.
Å anyone who knows what this character's for: ç. Surely not an abbreviation
for 2097152?
Å anyone interested in writing a bridge-playing program.
You can contact me at:
5, Hinchley Close
Esher
Surrey
KT10-OBY
This file ⌐ John Fairhurst, 08-22-94