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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:
-
- • 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.
- • anyone interested in writing BattleTech™ software - just imagine a proper
- Battlemech sim...
- • anyone interested in writing or drawing graphic adventures, like Monkey
- Island/Day of the Tentacle.
- • anyone who knows what this character's for: . Surely not an abbreviation
- for 2097152?
- • 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
-