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##### TURBO LIFE v2.01 #####
##### ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #####
##### Written by Stefan Zeiger in 6/7/8 1991 #####
##### ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #####
##### (c) 1991 by ! WIZARD WORKS ! #####
##### ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #####
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## ----------- IMPORTANT ----------- ##
#### | ~~~~~~~~~ | ####
###### | THIS PROGRAM IS SHAREWARE !!! | ######
######## | READ "DISCLAIMER" FOR MORE | ########
###### | INFORMATION !!! | ######
#### | | ####
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1. TABLE OF CONTENTS
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| 1. Table of Contents |
| 2. What is Turbo Life ? |
| 3. Using Turbo Life |
| 4. The options menu |
| 5. Operating the editor |
| 6. Other features |
| 7. The demo fields |
| 8. Known bugs |
| 9. Technical information |
| 10. Disclaimer |
| 11. History |
| 12. Some additional things |
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2. WHAT IS TURBO LIFE ?
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Turbo Life is a quite fast and comfortable version of the cellular automation
"Life".
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3. USING TURBO LIFE
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A. Start Turbo Life from the Workbench or the CLI. You don't need "run"
~~ or "runback", because Turbo Life is written as LSR (Load-and-stay-
resident).
Choose "Disk options" from the "Project" menu, select the file and click on
"Load".
[ For programmers: There's a little bug in the documentation for SAS/C 5.10.
If you're linking with "cback.o" to produce LSR programs and you don't want
to perform any Output to the calling CLI window, you should though set
"_BackGroundIO" to 1 and close the handle that you get as soon as possible,
if you want the CLI window to go away. See "User's Guide" of the SAS/C
manual for futher information. ]
B. If you have the right path in the "DEFAULT TOOL" of your field icon, you can
~~ start Turbo Life directly by clicking on the field icon. Then the field
will be loaded automatically.
If the field is in the same directory as Turbo Life you may also use the
workbench's "extended selection". Click once on the field icon, then hold
down <SHIFT> and double-click on the Turbo Life icon.
If you have the ARP library in your libs: directory, you can use the FULL
"extended selection", which means that you may use all directories. You
may also click once on the Turbo Life icon, then hold down shift and
double-click on the field icon.
C. In the CLI you can specify the field directly after the command name. It
~~ will then be loaded automatically.
Select "Project" "Start/Stop" to start or stop processing the field. Select
"Project" "Process 1 tick" to process only one tick. The tick number is
displayed in the information line at the bottom of the screen.
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4. THE "OPTIONS" MENU
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You can select either "Save Icon" or "No Icon" in the "Options" menu. If
you use "Save Icon" then there will be an Icon created for every field you
write to disk.
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5. OPERATING THE EDITOR
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The color/state of the field can be selected in the "Edit" menu. You can also
use the key shortcuts (like everywhere in Turbo Life). Just click on the
cell you wish to change and it will get the new state. You may also drag the
mouse pointer over the field to get a continuous line. Use "Edit" "Clear" to
clear the field.
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6. OTHER FEATURES
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ICONIFY :
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Since version 0.50 there is the item "Iconify" in the "Project" menu. If you
select it, the screen and window of Turbo Life will be replaced by a small
icon on the workbench screen. This will save some kB of chip memory. If
you want to get back to Turbo Life, just activate the icon by clicking on
it and then press the right mouse button. The screen and window will be opened
again and the field will get redrawn. This can take (according to the field)
up to 8 seconds. If there is not enough chip memory available to re-open,
Turbo Life will quit. So be careful, if you don't want to loose your field !!
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7. THE DEMO FIELDS
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| Spaceship.TL The small "spaceship" moving with 1/4 of |
| light speed. |
| |
| 5Cross4.TL The "5" cross in the 4th order. |
| |
| 5Cross6.TL The "5" cross in the 6th order. |
| |
| CanonMaker.TL A configuration that produces after some |
| ticks a canon. This canon shoots small |
| "spaceships" (see Spaceship.TL) to the |
| south west every 30th tick. |
| |
| Title.TL This one is just for fun. |
| |
| Turbine8.TL A nice pattern which is pulsating all 8 |
| ticks. |
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8. KNOWN BUGS
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"It's not a bug, it's an undocumented feature."
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I haven't found any bugs (yet). If you do so, please let me know it. Write to
the address at the end of this manual.
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9. TECHNICAL INFORMATION
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Turbo Life was written using SAS/C 5.10. The file requesters is my own,
enhanced version of Anders Bjerin's "File Window". Thanks, Anders !
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10. DISCLAIMER
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Turbo Life v2.01 was written by Stefan Zeiger in 6-11/1991. It is copyrighted
(c) 1991 by ! WIZARD WORKS ! . This program may be distributed for
non-commercial only. All files must be kept together and must remain unchanged.
You may only charge a distribution fee less or equal to the fee that Fred Fish
wants for his AmigaLibDisks.
This program is distributed "as-is". ! WIZARD WORKS ! doesn't give any warranty
for Turbo Life.
Turbo Life is SHAREWARE. You may test it without paying for it. If you
have decided to use this program, you have to pay 10 US$, 20 DM or 6 £ ster-
ling. Send the money to the address at the end of this manual. You will then
become a registered user and get informed about future releases of Turbo Life.
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11. HISTORY
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Here comes the version history of Turbo Life (beginning with the earliest
version) :
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| 0.50 First working version. |
| 0.51 Slightly faster. |
| 0.60 Full "extended selection" with ARP library. First |
| release. |
| 2.00 Security checks added. Fade in/out added. New |
| design. Bugs fixed. Second release. |
| 2.01 File requester bug fixed. Now using WizardFiler |
| v1.01. |
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12. SOME ADDITIONAL THINGS
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No, nothing.
Be C'ing you,
Stefan.
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Stefan Zeiger
Seligenstaedter Weg 24
D-W-8756 Kahl
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