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14 ! 7 PPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPQ 3 2 "WINDSCREEN" 1 window width 1 window depth 1 headreaderz 1 f~<``n|x|n 1 dbcode v 1 a$=a$+"win2:- the depth of the window in characters row & col:- these are like the co-ords used in a print AT statement. They give the position of the top left corner of the window. " 1 a$=a$+" The text is put into ~a$~ and canbe up to 4000 characters long, although I found in practise that was a bit long. " 1 a$="Well thatsabout it. If you want to know any more than drop me a line and ask!!! ": 1 a$="To activate the code you RANDOMIZE or whatever USR 60000 To get the paper and ink colourssimply use PAPER and INK commands without CLS. The prog takes the infomation from the systems variable 23693 and POKESthe window with the relevant numbers. " 1 a$="This is a demo for the window program that I've written. Its nothing thatfancy, but I like it....." 1 a$="There are 4variables to set up to give thesize and location ofeach window " 1 a$="The code for thisprogram sits at 60000 and is 701 bytes long. The memory after the program is used as a buffer for the text you want to print. " 1 a$="Press Any Key...................": 1 a$="I suppose that you want me to tell you a bit about how to use it don't you? WELL???": 1 a$="Bein' as I know yer Bein' as I know yer I said ": 1 a$=" As this program was written to be ~RUN~ from Basic the variables are entered in the form LET row=0 etc etc. It is most important that the variable a$ is at least one character long and it is a good idea to define a$ as the first string in memory. The other variables used are as follows:- win1:- the width of the window in characters " 1 a$=" WOW! ": 1 YOU NEED THIS POKE TO PREVENT A CRASH!!! 1 WINDSCREEN 1 WINDOWCODE 1 WINDOW Q 1 WARM OR COLD START? W/C 1 Start Tape 1 Start Address 1 Spectraxx Tape Magazine 1 SPECTRAXX TAPE MAGAZINE IS THE BEST AROUND!!! BUY THREE COPIES OF EVERY ISSUE OR BE A NERD! PROGRAM BY BOB SMITH WHAT A SWOT! I'M DEPRESSED NOW! Q: WHO LIKES BEN ELTON,JASPER CARROTT,BLACKADDER II, RED DWARF,THE PINK PANTHER SHOW,WHERE TIME STOOD STILL, HACKING,WRITING SILLY MESSAGE FILES AND GENERALLY MESSING ABOUT A LOT? A: THE EDITOR OF SPECTRAXX!!! THIS IS A BLANK FILE^^^^^ WATCH WHAT HAPPENS TO IT WHEN YOU USE THE SORT OPTION! CLEVER,EH? COME ON BOB,SEND US A LOT MORE STUFF AND WE WON'T TELL THEM ABOUT YOUR SENSE OF HUMOUR!!! NEXT MONTHS REVIEWS INCLUDE - VIRUS MICKEY MOUSE ROAD BLASTERS THE GREAT GIANA SISTERS AND MORE! ON SALE FROM THE 5TH OF SEPT. PRICED `1.00! IT'S A SNIP! IT'S OUR FIRST BIRTHDAY ISSUE! 1 SORTING! PLEASE WAIT! 1 REPLACE/FIND NAME 1 Press Any Key...................o 1 PLEASE ENTER NEW NAME. 1 PLEASE ENTER NAME. 1 PLEASE ENTER A FILENAME. 1 NAME NOT FOUND. PRESS ANY KEY. 1 NAME EXISTS. REPLACE NAME? Y/N 1 Lee Tonks + team 1 LEAVE TAPE RUNNING! 1 INPUT LETTER 1 I HAVEN'T PUT A VECTOR TABLE INTO THE ROUTINE SO A KEMPSTON JOYSTICK INTERFACE OR INTERFACE ONE ETC MIGHT CAUSE THIS TO CRASH! 1 HEADREADER 1 FONTS 1 FILE FULL. Press any key. 1 ERASE FILE! ARE YOU SURE? Y/N 1 END OF FILE 1 EMPTY FILE! PRESS ANY KEY. 1 Database 1 DEMO 1 DELETE LINES 30 TO 9998 THEN AMEND THE SAVE LINE (9999) SO THAT THE PROGRAM RUNS FROM LINE 20 1 CHANGE THE SAVE ROUTINE TO 1 Basic Program 1 ;"STOP THE TAPE!!!!!": 1 ;"START ~TAU CETI~ TAPE" 1 ;"START ~STORMBRINGER 128~ TAPE": 1 ;"START ~ALIENS~ TAPE" 1 ;"START THE TAPE": 1 ;"RUN THE TAPE AND PRESS ANY KEY" 1 ;"Press any key for database": 1 ;"PROGRAM SPECIAL!" 1 ;"If anyone wants to follow Bob's example and send in some stuff for us to use,a free copy of themagazine goes to the submitter for every month that a program is used! Send anything you want us to see on cassette to the normal address. Thanks! " 1 ;"All of the programs that follow were written by Spectraxx reader,Bob Smith. We liked them,and we hope that you will too! You'll be hearing more of Bob soon,as we still have some of his stuff left! Each program will load and run itself,but please reset between each one. Also,it may be a good idea for 128 owners to select 48k basic. " 1 ;" LOADING PROGRAMS ": 1 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM::::::::MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM::::::::MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqxxqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqxxuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuxxuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuxxppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppxxppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppxxrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrxxrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 1 8. DISPLAY FROM LETTER. 1 7. ERASE FILE. 1 6. SORT FILES ALPHABETICALLY. 1 5. DISPLAY ALL NAMES. 1 4. FIND/REPLACE A NAME. 1 39936 to switch ONRANDOMIZE USR 39943 for OFF": 1 3. ENTER A NAME. 1 2. SAVE A FILE. 1 1. LOAD A FILE. 1 0. TO RETURN TO BASIC. 1 (Spectraxx Issue 12, Side B - August 1988 1 (ENTER=erase) 1 ''"Press R to run headreader"''"Press Q to quit and load next program." 1 ''"It is interrupt driven and as"'"the prog is so small it does not"'"slow down the running of your"'"Basic......" 1 '"Reset your computer before loading in the next program...." 1 '"RANDOMIZE USR 1 "headreader" 1 "What about this then. Hit a key!": 1 "WINDOWCODE" 1 "This program can be put anywhere"'"Providing that you change the"'"numbers to point to the new"'"address." 1 "This is just a headreader program. Its all in machine codeIt will read the header of any program for you."''"Use BREAK to get back to basic." 1 "This is a simple database that Iuse to store my programs list on"''"I hope the menu explaines it alllook at the listings to amend the basic bit and chop out all this rabbit." 1 "There is a demo file next on thetape so as you can see how it all works. Each entry can be up to 32 characters long. You can have 1246 files in memory max."'"The sort routine is a bit slow when you have a lot of files to sort." 1 "It takes aprox .25 of a second per file to sort. So 1000 files takes about 3 minutes."'"If you drop back to Basic (key0)use Warm start to prevent your current file from being erased. Cold start erases the file." 1 "HEADREADER" 1 "Database" 1 "And that's all there is to it! It's simple to use,and if you need to save it out again,there are the relevant instructions atthe end of the program! Ed."'''"Don't forget to reset before LOADing the next program!" 1 "6";"START ~DENIZEN~ TAPE" 1 "0";"START ~BEYOND - ICE PALACE~ TAPE" 1 Press any key. 1 FOR MENU. 1 AND ERASE LINES 30 TO 9 1 1 1