USE CURSOR KEYS TO SCROLL TEXT. USE CURSOR KEYS TO SCROLL TEXT. 8 Bit 8-BIT SOFTWARE ISSUE 38 8-BIT SOFTWARE ISSUE 38 Edited by C.J.Richardson. About This Issue. About This Issue. IMPORTANT! IMPORTANT! Issue 39 deadline 1st December Issue 39 deadline 1st December Issue 39 issue 15th December Issue 39 issue 15th December Send your submissions, formatted disc, 50p, return postage and packing to: The New 8BS Questionnaire. The New 8BS Questionnaire. THE 8BS QUESTIONNAIRE IS TO BE FOUND ON TBI-00, THE 8BS CATALOGUE/INFO DISC. IF YOU HAVE NOT COMPLETED ONE AND SENT IT IN TO 8BS. YOU ARE INVITED TO DO SO! Send in your copy of TBI-00 for update Send in your copy of TBI-00 for update ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, IN THIS ISSUE TN THIS ISSUE The Magazine The Magazine About This Issue. About This Issue. The article you are reading now. Program Documentation Program Documentation. Info for programs that do not contain their own documentation. Messages and ads. Messages and ads. In several sections this time. Help, Adverts and General Comments. Messages to you. Messages to you. From other members and myself. The Reactor THe Reactor Comments on programs. Editorial Editorial A month or so in the life of 8BS. Quite a lengthy article I am afraid. So long in fact that I have had to include a separate summary in the second magazine menu. Suggested Contacts. Suggested Contacts. A new regular feature. These are people worth contacting. 8BS Messaging System Info 8BS Messaging System Info A quick explanation of the messaging system. Man. Man. Retaliation for Woman. ASCII to Message System Info. ASCII to Message System Info. Info for the utility by S.Flintham. My Early Days. Part 3. My Early Days. Part 3. By Robin Morom. Editorial Summary. Editorial Summary. The editorial is so big, I had to write a summary to ensure no one missed the important points. BBC Emulations Available. BBC Emulations Available. A list of PD Emulators for your Beeb. Hard Disc Drives. Hard Disc Drives. Two articles by Stephan Richardson. THE SOFTWARE THE SOFTWARE Utilities Utilities 8BS Messaging System. V 1.07 8BS Messaging System. V 1.07 By: 15A Use: Message Utility Program name: SendMes Associated program/file/s: SendMC Language: BASIC+M/C QMesInf Please read the info file. This version has a change to the printout option. Please use this program for future messaging. The info file on this issue is a very abridged one. For full info please read the documentation on TBI-00. ASCII to Message System 0.20 ASCII to Message System 0.20 By: 15A Use: Message Utility Program name: ASC2MES ASMSDoc (Info) Please read the info file. This is an updated version of the ASCII text to messaging system converter. Fast DFS Backup. Fast DFS Backup. By: K6Q (Leslie Roberts) Program Name: FastBak Use: Fast DFS Backup Language: Basic I suspect that this will be a very popular utility. I have adapted my own version and use it all the time. It backs up a DFS disc by copying only the tracks that are actually used. If the disc is only half full, then it takes only half the time. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Brackets Expansion. Brackets Expansion. By: K6N (Brian Raw) Program Name: Brackts Use: Example for short article Language: Basic Please see the program documentation article for a short discussion on brackets expansion. This program holds some very useful routines. Have a look at the listing. One in particular is PROC`LVAR. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Miles Per Gallon Calculator . Miles Per Gallon Calculator. By: K2V (Bill Jowitt) Program Names: MPGmenu MPG2 C1 EXP1 Use: Calculate and display MPG. Language: Basic This program is an update of the one on 8BS-17 and BBC-11. An example file is provided. Choose the option to load in data and enter the filename "EXP1". The file C1 is a saved screen and may be loaded using the relevant option. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Make Your Own 3D Magic Eye Pictures. Make Your Own 3D Magic Eye Pictures. By: K2J (David Lowless) Program Names: 3DEye-2 FIN DUMP 3DED Language: Basic Please read the program documentation article for full info. Make your own 3D Magic Eye picture with 3DEye-2. The finished 3D picture is called FIN. A dump routine is included on the issue. Draw your screen using 3DED. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Palindromic Numbers. Palindromic Numbers. By: 483 (Daniel Shimmin.) Program Names: Palinsq Palincu Language: Basic Please read the program documentation article for full info. Two programs to produce palindromic numbers. The programs grind to a halt with a TOO BIG error when finished. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Calendar Printer. Calendar Printer. By: 2J3 (Chris Richardson) Program Name: YrPrint Language: Basic Prints out a calendar onto one sheet. I use it as a leave planner and worked out the issues for next year using it. Simply enter the number of years you wish to print out and the start year. Have your printer ready. There are two lines of VDU printer codes in the program that define subscript and linespace. The codes are probably compatible with most printers. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Multiply Large Numbers. Multiply Large Numbers. By: K2F (J.Davis) Program name: Maxiply Maxinfo Language: Basic This program multiplies large numbers. Full info is presented before the program runs. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Games and Demos Games and Demos Sumvaders. Sumvaders. From: TBI 2 Program names: SumVade Sprite1 Sprite2 Sprcode Use: Educational Game Language: Basic and Data I discovered this one on TBI-02. There were several bugs in it. Now de-bugged it makes quite a good game. From the intro screen hold down the keys TEACH to change the level. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Nowhere Man Tune. Nowhere Man Tune. From: TBI 2 Program name: Nowhere Language: Basic and Data Another from TBI-02. The tune is a Basic program with data stored above it, so don't try and copy it by SAVE"name", it will not work!. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Dice. Dice. By: 2J3 Program name: DICE Language: Basic Written whilst playing a game of Monopoly as I was fed up of the kids throwing the dice all over the place. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Magic Number. Magic Number. By: 20G (Roy Dickens) Program name: MagicNu Language: Basic Roy sends this program that will determine the number you first thought of. Simple to use. Info in the program. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Pools. Poem. Pools. Poem. To: 999 (all members) From: 3WU (Fred Price) Subject: The Pools ? (POOLS) A little bit of Scottish humor in this one. My thanks go to Jim Downie of Glasgow. Have your printer ready when you choose the program from the menu. But please when you win use it wisely as you may never win it again. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,