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A Teletext to Sprite converter
By Jason Timmins
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This program will read in a saved BBC 1k chunk of Mode 7 screen memory and
convert it to a Mode 9 Archimedes sprite file.
Simply drop the Mode 7 screen on the icon on the bar and then drag the
sprite file to a filer window. The sprite then behaves like any other and
can be imported straight into DTP.
History
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None - It just sounded like a good idea so I wrote it!!
Disclaimer
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This is the dull bit that explains that the program is public domain and may
be copied freely so long as all of the files are unaltered and the directory
remain intact. (And if you want to make a donation I take cash, cheque and
all major credit cards -- Fat chance eh??) You can also upload it onto BBS's
(so long at it's not Eurka II!!)
Contact
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On CIX as Monkster,
On Chronos Lair, (021 744 5561) as Jason Timmins
Or by snail mail, 75 Ulster Drive,
Kingswinford,
West Midlands.
DY6 8JA.
Plug!
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Are you using Archimedes on Econet? Are you tired of waiting for a directory
to appear? Then you need 'The Dudley Econet Front-End!!' A fully Risc-Ware
menu system that allows non-privileged users to use networks without the
hastle of IDs and passwords. Class and Subject areas can be implemented, and
the system supports upto 7 networks with 9 file servers on each!
For more information on this, and it's associated BBC version, contact Rob
Cowel on 0384 634155.
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The Great RISC OS Info-Box Extravaganza!
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The Background
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It occurred to me a while back that the Risc OS
application info-box, informative though it is, is not the
most exciting design ever created. I therefore set forth
on a quest to find a more interesting info-box. This took
me on a 5 year (5 week actually) mission to seek-out new
SWI's and OS calls, and to boldly go where no programmer
had gone before!!
It actual it lead me to write my own info-box code as
everyone else's what SO BORING! This program is, I
believe, the worlds first ANIMATED info-box! And it's
destined to go down in history as the finest info-box ever
created; THAT IS UNLESS YOU KNOW/'CAN DO' BETTER!!
The Proposal
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I propose that if anyone can implement a better info-
box than mine (fat chance!) that they should receive 'a
round of applause, a pat on the back, and a secret Masonic
handshake.' And that they should have their program
distributed to the most far flung corners of the
Archimedes realm and that their identity throughout that
land should be known as 'THE GUY THAT DID THAT INFO-BOX
THING'!!
The Rules
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1. It must run on a on a 1Mb machine with a single
floppy and a normal colour monitor. Programs that only
work properly with ARM3 or a multi-sync monitors cannot be
considered.
2. The software should take up as little memory as
possible when running on the icon-bar. Referencing back to
disk will be frowned upon.
3. It should contain all the information that the
current Acorn one does but as far as design criteria are
concerned this is the only restriction. You can make your
box as big as you want and as colourful as you want - but
it must be mode independent.
4. Your program doesn't actually have to do anything -
so long as it dies when you click 'Quit' and it doesn't
crash too often or screw-up any other tasks.
5. The programs should be public domain and freely
copyable.
6. It can be in any language but I'm sure people would
appreciate the source code to have a peek at.
7. This !Help file must stay in any info-box
applications, and any notes/amendments/contacts/whatever
should be tagged on at the end.
8. And basically it should just look totally amazing and
make Amiga owners want to put away their toys and buy real
computers!!
The Extra Bits
==============
This is where the author can spout on and on about
his amazing info-box.......
A note from Jason 'Monkster' Timmins.... (22nd Apr 90)
As the creator of the first amazing info-box I'd just
like to say how wonderful my program is - it's just a
shame I can't actually think of anything useful to glue it
on to!!!
The program is of-course completely in scrappy old
Basic and is nicely spaced-out (like the author!!) so you
should be able to see what I'm doing.
It's now over to you to do something better.... Bye!
Oh, bytheway you can contact me on :-
CIX : Monkster
Chronos Liar BBS (021 744 5561) : Jason Timmins
Janet : monkster%cix.cix.UUCP@uk.ac.ukc
Interspan : JTimmins Saltwells EDC Dudley LEA
Snail Mail : 75 Ulster Drive,
Kingswinford,
West Midlands. DY6 8JA
PhoneNet : 0384 270970