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- From: mills@athena.lkg.dec.com (George Mills)
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- Subject: [misc.education] MswLogo 2.4 (MicroSoft Windows Logo) [now with multimedia support]
- Summary: MswLogo 2.4
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- Date: 5 Nov 92 05:39:59 GMT
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- Archive-name: auto/misc.education/MswLogo-2-4-MicroSoft-Windows-Logo-now-with-multimedia-support
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-
- MswLogo Version 2.4 for Micro-Soft Windows 3.X is ready !!!
- ------------------------------------------------------------
-
- NOTE: ZIP naming convention has slight change !!!
-
- LOCATION: itrc::/millspub/mswlgo24.zip (this is a DEC internal location)
- or
- cher.media.mit.edu on pub/comp.lang.logo/programs/mswlogo
- or
- Send the following message to: ftpmail@decwrl.dec.com
- ----cut here----
- connect 18.85.0.47
- binary
- uuencode
- chdir pub/comp.lang.logo/programs/mswlogo
- get mswlgo24.zip
- quit
- ----cut here----
-
- Note: There is no connection between the ftpmail server suggested here
- and cher.media.mit.edu or MswLogo. It is a common service to internet
- users from Digital Equipment Corporation. There are other ftpmailers
- available but I don't know the addresses.
-
- New features/bugs fixed:
-
- o MCI (MultiMedia) support. See help on the logo MCI command first.
- Also try the VERY simple examples "echo" and "sounds" in the library.
- I don't have a MIDI or CDROM (yet :-)) but that should all work also.
- Note, also windows 3.1 supplied MIDI driver cannot record but I believe
- MIDI hardware venders supply one that does.
-
- o New LOGO commands
- - bitload, bitsave (same as menu commands).
- - block (draws filled rectangles).
- - See mkmod, rmmod, pushmod, and popmod commands below.
-
- o Fixed LOGO commands
- - Pots command finally works and shows procedures and modules.
- - help (calls help).
- - describe (jumps directly to keyword in help).
-
- o Online Help is cleaned up a lot.
- - status, nostatus (same as button) command was missing.
- - char command was missing.
- - int and round command was missing.
- - gprop command was missing.
-
- o Logo now has the concept of "modules" (all done through directories).
- See mkmod, rmmod, pushmod, and popmod commands. Note users can only
- create or delete "Logo components (.lg and .lgo)". And only at the
- directory level in which logo started at or lower.
-
- o The "stack" area is much larger now and you can make recursive calls
- much deeper than before.
-
- o Fixed overpowered focus on commander. It won't jump on top of the editor.
-
- o Trace button finally works.
-
- o Fixed jagged turtle again, and it is really fixed this time :-).
-
- NOTE: Windows 3.0 users there is a seperate executable for 3.0
- due to the MultiMedia enhancements which 3.0 does not have.
-
- To Install it:
-
- 1) UnZip MSWLGO24.ZIP into a directory (e.g. c:\logo)
-
- 2) UnZip LOGOLIB.ZIP (included in MSWLGO24.ZIP) into LIB (e.g. c:\logo\lib)
-
- Note: If you do not use c:\logo as the root you must set the
- environment variable LOGOPATH to where you put it (e.g.
- set logopath=d:\games\logo in autoexec.bat)
-
- 3) Copy BWCC.DLL (included in the .ZIP) to anywhere in your PATH.
- This could be where you place LOGO (as long as it's in your PATH).
- When I say PATH here I don't mean LOGOPATH. The desired place is
- in your root windows directory (e.g. c:\windows).
-
- 4) Start Windows and add an Icon as follows:
-
- a) Select the applications (or other) group box.
-
- b) Go into Program manger FILE menu and click on New.
-
- c) Select Program Item and click OK.
-
- d) Enter the command for logo (e.g. c:\logo\logo).
- Windows 3.0 users MUST use logo30 (e.g. c:\logo\logo30).
-
- This can also be where you select the size of the image (NOT the size
- window). The switches "-h number" (to select height) and "-w number" (to
- select width). The default has been and still is 1000x1000. For example
- to change to a 500x500 image (using 1/4 the amount of memory) enter:
-
- c:\logo\logo -h 500 -w 500
-
- e) Include a working directory (e.g. c:\logo\work) or you'll have ".lg"
- files all over the place (this applies to 3.1 only). I'll try to come
- up with a better solution soon.
-
- Start it from Windows by double clicking the Logo Icon
-
- Start it from DOS by typing "win logo [options]" at DOS prompt (assuming
- logo.exe is in your PATH).
-
- Try typing "DEMO" in the "Input Box" (out of bounds at end of demo is normal).
- Note: "DEMO" is a logo program in the library, it's not an internal command.
-
- Standard features:
-
- o Supports Text.
- o Supports color palette (256 solid colors).
- o Cut and Paste.
- o Floodfill.
- o penwidth.
- o Save and restore images in .BMP format.
- o screencolor (background).
- o 16.7 million pen and background colors (using windows dithering).
- o Standard Windows Hypertext Help.
- o Standard Windows Printing.
- o Supports separate library and work area.
-
- Bugs / Basic Missing features:
-
- o Real mode is not supported.
- o goodbye still not working.
- o printing on (very few) printers still doesn't work.
- o Need to make save/restore image smarter (less memory, disk and cpu).
- o Need arrow-key command recall.
-
- o If a bug is really bugging you or feature you really want to see done,
- say so, by sending me email. This will help me determine what's important.
- No promises, but it will help. I love any feedback good or bad.
-
- Trouble shooting:
-
- o Logo accesses the disk everytime it draws a square in the DEMO
- (part 3). This is related to your buffers command in config.sys
- buffers=20 or more is typical for a "windows environment".
-
- o Logo seems to run extremly slow and the disk is always thrashing.
- Your probably paging. You may be running with 256 color driver
- with out the memory to support it. Try 16 color mode or reduce the
- image size (or both).
-
- o Loading in an .BMP does not seem to have the right colors.
- If you had been using logo for a while you probably have used up
- part of the color palette. It's not a bad idea to clear the palette
- before loading in a .BMP.
-
- Wish list:
-
- o Sound generation.
- o Clipboard support.
- o Multiple Turtles.
-
- The Core of this Version of Logo comes from a project done by Boston Childrens
- Museum and Lincoln Sudbury Regonal High School. The Port to Windows was done
- by George Mills Digital Equipment Corporation. Digital Equipment Corporation
- takes no responsibility for the software.
-
- There is also a DOS version (with out the added functionality added to MswLOGO)
- is available. Same location as MswLOGO.
-