USE CURSOR KEYS TO SCROLL TEXT. USE CURSOR KEYS TO SCROLL TEXT. 8 Bit 8-BIT SOFTWARE ISSUE 48 8-BIT SOFTWARE ISSUE 48 Edited by C.J.Richardson. About This Issue. About This Issue. IMPORTANT! IMPORTANT! Issue 49 deadline 25th April 96 Issue 49 deadline 25th April 96 Issue 49 issue 9th May 96 Issue 49 issue 9th May 96 Send your submissions, formatted disc, 50p, return postage and packing to: ISSUE 49 WILL BE A DOUBLE DFS ISSUE. DFS USERS, PLEASE SEND 2 DISCS. ADFS USERS, PLEASE SEND 1 DISC. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Don't forget to press f0 from the magazine menu to see what your options for viewing the various types of text file are. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 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. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Send in your Completed Questionnaire. Send in your Completed Questionnaire. The new 8BS questionnaire is out. You are invited to send it to me. You will find the questionnaire program on TBI-0 and the ADFS version of this issue. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Send in your photo for the gallery. Send in your photo for the gallery. I am making up a gallery of 8BS members. Please send me a mugshot! ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, IN THIS ISSUE IN 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 regular feature. These are people worth contacting. 8BS Messaging System Info 8BS Messaging System Info A quick explanation of the messaging system. Version 2.00C Article From A2L. Part 2. Article From A2L. Part 2. 512 Articles. Part 4. 512 Articles. Part 4. K5B continues his series of articles about the Master 512. Packing BASIC. Packing BASIC. An article by Jon Ripley. Corn! Story. Corn! Story. By Cyril Pike. Adventures. Adventures. A new section. Dropkick SWR Utility Info. Dropkick SWR Utility Info. This suite is archived on this issue. Game Passwords. Game Passwords. From Andrew York, K8M. Entirely Andrew's own work including adding the machine code header for the *RUN file. Whispering Bill. Poem. Whispering Bill. Poem. From 3WU. Have your printer ready before choosing this from the menu. Info in Program Documentation part 1. THE SOFTWARE THE SOFTWARE Utilities Utilities 8BS Messaging System. V 2.00C 8BS Messaging System. V 2.00C By: 15A (S.Flintham) Compacted By: D5B (Jon Ripley) Use: Message Utility Program name: SendMes QMesInf Language: BASIC+M/C Please read the info file. 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. Many thanks to Jon Ripley for combining the two messaging system files into one much shorter one. Build A Word Passage. Build A Word Passage. By: K2K (Peter Davy) Use: Educational Program name: XNEXTDH Language: BASIC Please read the message from Peter in the Program Documentation article part 1. Text Compressor. Text Compressor. By: D5B (Jon Ripley) Program name: TxtComp Language: BASIC Please read the message from Jon in the Program Documentation article part 2. BASIC Bad Program Repair. BASIC Bad Program Repair. By: D5B (Jon Ripley) Program name: BPrgFix Language: BASIC/MCode Please read the message from Jon in the Program Documentation article part 2. BASIC Listing Utility. BASIC Listing Utility. By: D5B (Jon Ripley) Program name: FormBas Language: BASIC/MCode Please read the message from Jon in the Program Documentation article part 2. Splits lines at the colon. View To Wordwise And ASCII. View To Wordwise And ASCII. By: D5B (Jon Ripley) Program name: View>WW Language: BASIC Please read the message from Jon in the Program Documentation article part 2. More Modes! More Modes! By: D5B (Jon Ripley) Program name: ModeGen Language: BASIC/MCode Please read the message from Jon in the Program Documentation article part 2. Z88 Archiver. Z88 Archiver. From: K2B (C.Culpitt-Smith) Archive name: Z88 Please read the message from Colin in the Program Documentation Article Part 1. You will need to use the De-archiver on this disc before you can use the program. Dropkick SWR Utility. Dropkick SWR Utility. From: 3PM (DPJ) Archive name: DropK Please read the info available from the magazine menu. You will need to use the De-archiver on this disc before you can use the program. Calendar. Calendar. From: 3PM (DPJ) Program name: CalAd Please read DPJ's message in the Program Reactions article. Games and Demos Games and Demos Amoeba In C. Amoeba In C. From: K6N (B.Raw) Program name: Amoeba A4or7st A4or7-st Brian has been programming in C again. He has converted the game from 8BS-46 'Amoeba' into C and added a new playing MODE. Please read the Program Documentation article part 1 for Brian's info and the rules for the game. Patience. Patience. From: K8J (C.Pike) Program name: Patnce Info in the game. Random Word Generator. Random Word Generator. By: D5B (Jon Ripley) Program name: WordGen Language: BASIC Please read the message from Jon in the Program Documentation article part 2. One Liner. One Liner. By: D5B (Jon Ripley) Program name: StarTra Language: BASIC Please read the message from Jon in the Program Documentation article part 2. Time Switch Adventure. Time Switch Adventure. From: D5B (Jon Ripley) Program name: TimeSwi Language: BASIC A text adventure converted from the Spectrum by Jon. You must be careful to enter object descriptions EXACTLY as they appear. Ensure the case is correct. If an instruction doesn't work, try changing it slightly, ie 'U' instead of UP. You may have a problem leaving the island. Try entering the wrong direction! Eliza. Eliza. By: D5B (Jon Ripley) Program name: Eliza Language: BASIC Info in the Program Documentation article part 2. Tables Tester. Tables Tester. By: K8M (Andrew York) Program name: Tables? Language: BASIC Test yourself on multiplication tables. Return Of The Puzzle. Return Of The Puzzle. By: K2F (J.Davis) Program name: Puzquik Language: BASIC Info in the Program. John has a go at the puzzle from 8BS-45 Craps Calculator. Craps Calculator. By: K2F (J.Davis) Program name: Scraps Language: BASIC Info in the Program. Calculates the odds of winning at Craps.