USE CURSOR KEYS TO SCROLL TEXT. USE CURSOR KEYS TO SCROLL TEXT. 8 Bit 8-BIT SOFTWARE ISSUE 39 8-BIT SOFTWARE ISSUE 39 Edited by C.J.Richardson. About This Issue. About This Issue. IMPORTANT! IMPORTANT! Issue 40 deadline 19th January Issue 40 deadline 19th January Issue 40 issue 2nd February Issue 40 issue 2nd February 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 TBI-00, the 8BS catalogue/info/utility disc is available as ADFS or DFS now. I have changed the catalogue beyond all recognition after one clever member suggested it should look like the magazine articles. Why didn't I think of that? If the snow storm in the menu of this issue is not to your taste, remove the REM from line 30 and save the menu back to disc. I love it! ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 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 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. Merging Programs. Merging Programs. K7T D.Ambrose sends us an article with examples of how to merge data into programs My Early Days Part 4. My Early Days Part 4. The concluding part of K4R's series. Short Story. Short Story. K4R also sends a short article that may ring true to a few (probably most) of us that rely on various ploys/arguments to maintain matrimonial harmony when the "C" word becomes a large part of a persons life. Modems. Modems. An article by 27N John Ilsley. Giving advice about modems. 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. REM REM By: K3G (MICK P.) Use: Programming Tip Program name: REM All the information required to use this program is to be found in the REM statements. After it has been run simply LIST and press RETURN KEY, and all will be clear...I hope. P.S. This is my first ever program and input to any magazine. Mick. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Merging Merging By: K7T (D.Ambrose) Use: Merging Program names: MERGE OVLY D1 to D4 An example program to go with the article available from the magazine menu. MERGE loads OVLY which then loads the 4 data programs D1 to D4. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Dual Printout Dual Printout By: K5K (David Robinson) Use: DUAL PRINTOUT UTILITY Program name: PRINT`2 Associated file: DualInf PRINT`2 is a utility allowing two text files to be printed out side by side on one sheet of paper. The program uses the 'condensed' font available on Epson and compatible printers, together with a reduced line spacing, to give a compact but readable output. See text file DualInf available from the magazine menu for more details. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, BBC-8 Manual Printout BBC-8 Manual Printout By: K6N (Brian Raw) Use: BBC-8 Manual Printout Program name: Pmanual Brian sends us a utility to print out the Macro Assembler Manual on BBC-8. Please read his documentation in the Program Documentation Article. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Palindromic Numbers. Palindromic Numbers. From: K2K (Peter Davy) Use: Work Out Palindromic Numbers Program name: Lappy2 Please read the program documentation article for full info from Peter. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Distance Calculator. Distance Calculator. By: K3T (Neil Taylor)) Use: Calculate distances on map Program name: OS_Map Please read the program documentation article for full info. Calculates distances using OS map references. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 8BS Catalogue. 8BS Catalogue. By: 2J3 (Chris Richardson) Use: View short catalogue. Program name: ViewOne Data: TEMP This is a very cut down version of the 8BS catalogue, just the main headings. I have left in the text for the new entries. If you want to see the full version, order TBI-00. ADFS versions of this issue will feature the full catalogue. It is simple to use. Info on the title screen. For full info, see TBI-00. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Games and Demos Games and Demos Spirograph Spirograph By: K6N (Brian Raw) Use: Draw Patterns Program name: Spiro Info By Brian. ************************************* SPIRO The computer version of Spirograph. Seeing the program submitted by K3X in issue 33 reminded me of this program I found in ZX COMPUTING Jan/86 written by Simon Palmer in SPECTRUM machine code. Here it is then converted into BBC basic. The screen is not cleared each time so you can build the pattern up. To get you going, try these inputs: fixed cog rotating cog pen pos. 20 5 10 20 5 -10 20 5 5 20 5 -5 Notice that the pen pos. is not restricted by the size of the rotating cog and negative numbers shift the pattern. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Lottery. Lottery. By: K2F (John Davis) Use: Choose Your Lottery Numbers Program name: Lottery Info In The Program. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Lottery. Lottery. By: 20G (Roy Dickens) Use: Lottery Game. Program name: Lotter2 Info in the program documentation article. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, The Snowmen. The Snowmen. By: Melvyn Wright. Use: Tunes Program name: SnowMen. Data SnowCde The snowmen appeared in the last Christmas issue. Here they are again by popular demand. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Count With Teddy. Count With Teddy. From: The Disk User Issue 3. Use: Educational Counting Game Program name: Teddy. Data Teddy2 Info in the game. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Pyramid Patience. Pyramid Patience. From: Beebug Vol.12 Use: Card Game Program name: Pyramid + Pyr By our own L.Fowl. Info in the program. THIS GAME IS MASTER ONLY. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, The Twelve Days Of Christmas. The Twelve Days Of Christmas. From: Beebug Vol.11 Use: Sing Along. Program name: Twelve. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Orbit Game. Orbit Game. From: Beebug Vol.11 Use: Control Orbit Of Spacecraft Program name: Orbit1. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,