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9 ;" PRESS ANY KEY TO TURN PAGE " 8 ;" STOP THE TAPE " 7 ;" START THE TAPE " 4 review 4 ;" " 3 a$(d1+d2)=" 3 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 3 ;" START THE TAPE ": 3 ;" PRESS ANY KEY TO TURN PAGE ": 3 2 y;" STOP THE TAPE " 2 y;" STOP TAPE - PRESS ANY KEY " 2 review2 2 aspad 2 FFFFFFFFFFFF 2 ;"START THE TAPE" 2 ;"SCREEN ";sc 2 ;" REVIEW SECTION " 2 ;" PRESS ANY KEY TO TURN THE PAGE ": 2 ;" PRESS ANY KEY TO TURN PAGE ": 2 ;" PLEASE DO NOT STOP THE TAPE UNTIL YOU SEE THE FLASHING PROMPT AND HEAR THE SIREN " 2 ;" PRESS A KEY TO TURN PAGE ": 1 |(DD 0DD D 1 zounds A 1 z;" PRESS ANY KEY TO TURN PAGE" 1 z;" What are you... Barbarian or Wizard?" 1 you=you+count 1 y;" 1 y+y;" SPECTRUM VALLEY ASP Ltd. 145 CHARING CROSS ROAD LONDON WC2H OEE " 1 x,y-p;"GLUG" 1 toady 1 serious e 1 r=(j$(y+p)=" 1 r=(i$(y+p)=" 1 r=(h$(y+p)=" 1 r=(g$(y+p)=" 1 r=(f$(y+p)=" 1 r=(e$(y+p)=" 1 r=(d$(y+p)=" 1 r=(c$(y+p)=" 1 r=(b$(y+p)=" 1 r=(a$(y+p)=" 1 p;"................................" 1 p;" TIME OUT ": 1 o,o;" Press any key to play again or ": 1 o,o;" LIVES ";l$;" "; 1 nd destroying evilmonsters. Save your alter-ego totape and you won't start as 1 me=me+count 1 ips. Perhaps because the display issimpler, the action r 1 hack \ 1 games w 1 fruit # 1 draw 1 cover$ 1 cover 1 count=count+x*(a$(x) 1 compute score 1 box 1 b$=" Please insert 10p per game or enter Q to quit - " 1 aggregate dice 1 a$="123456789 1 a$=" " 1 Print numbers in boxes 1 Human's go 1 FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFBBBBBBB222 1 FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFBBB 1 FFFFFFFFFF 1 FDDDDDDD222 1 End of human's go 1 End of computer's go 1 Dice throw 1 Created with Ramsoft MakeTZX 1 Computer's go 1 Check for win 1 CCCCCCC22200222 1 ASP 1983 " 1 >>> SELECT INPUT <<< 1 >>> MOVEMENT TABLES <<< 1 >>> MOVE PLOT POINT <<< 1 >>> KEYBOARD INPUT <<< 1 >>> JOYSTICK INPUT <<< 1 >>> DRAW LINE <<< 1 ;"your own use in other programs, without being required to pro- nounce a single mnemonic. After using the digitless in- teractive hooter customiser to " 1 ;"The winner is the player who covers the last number." 1 ;"The board consists of a grid of nine numbers. The aim of the game is to cover the numbers on the board with coins ( 1 ;"Score greater than 45:";p$;" lost." 1 ;"SCORE ";s;" "; 1 ;"SCORE ";s; 1 ;"Press any key to roll the dice" 1 ;"PLOT ";c;", ";d,"DRAW ";-(c-a);", ";-(d-b); 1 ;"Hackers Hangout" 1 ;"HI ";hs; 1 ;"A player's go continues until he is unable to cover any numbers with one throw of the dice. At this point the value ofthe uncovered numbers is added to the player's score. If this brings his score to 45 or over the player must retire." 1 ;" YOU CAN'T SWIM " 1 ;" WINNINGS ` ";v/100 1 ;" THE WORLD IS FLAT " 1 ;" THE ALLIGATOR GOT YOU " 1 ;" REVIEW SECTION- 11 YRS AND UP ": 1 ;" RAN OVER " 1 ;" NEW HIGH SCORE " 1 ;" My go " 1 ;" HI ";hs; 1 ;" CREDIT ` ";f/100 1 ;" C.COLUMBUS WAS WRONG " 1 ;" A plea for INPUT " 1 ;" A TURTLE DUCKED YOU " 1 ;" To select next option press- " 1 ;" TOADY " 1 ;" TIME ";t; 1 ;" STILL LOADING - LET TAPE RUN " 1 ;" Press Q to Quit anytime ": 1 ;" Please make cheques etc. pay- able to ASP Ltd. Note that the address below is for subscrip- tions only. The editorial ad- dress can be found on the con- tents page. " 1 ;" JULY/AUGUST ISSUE 1 ;" ENTER Y TO HOLD REEL OR N to LET REEL SPIN USING FORMAT ""YNYN"" " 1 ;" Do you wish to add the dice? (Y/N)" 1 ;" STOP TAPE - PRESS ANY KEY "; 1 ;" Press any key to continue. " 1 ;" Plot point moving free ": 1 ;" PLACE A BLANK TAPE IN YOUR CASSETTE RECORDER " 1 ;" Press R to RUN again or Press any key for next page " 1 ;" WIZARD PRANG'S LITTLE BLACK BOX of MACHINE CODE WHEEZES (no soldering necessary)" 1 ;" PRESS ANY KEY TO START ": 1 ;" PRESS ANY KEY TO SPIN ": 1 ;" SPECTRUM COMPUTING 513 London Road Thornton Heath Surrey, CR4 6AR " 1 ;" Game over. ";p$;" won." 1 ;" SHUT THE BOX By W.J. 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There are two dice and the values thrown may be taken separately or added together." 1 (((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((( 1 '''''''' ''''''''((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 1 %%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB%%% %%%BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB%%% %%%BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB%%% %%% 1 %%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%% 1 %%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% 1 #y;" ADVERTISEMENT- PRESS ANY KEY ": 1 #y;" PRESS ANY KEY TO TURN PAGE": 1 #p;" PRESS ANY KEY TO START": 1 #p;" PRESS ENTER TO QUIT" 1 "your living room...THE VALLEY. Your character grows in wisdomand power as you explore, find- ing treasure and destroying evilmonsters. Save your alter-ego totape and you won't start as a novice next time." 1 "you enter one of the fields. Theinstruction sheet is adequate, though the admonition to 'Pleasefind this program as much use toyou as the author has,' was a little odd." 1 "you don't need one. It is a way of displaying a large number of inter-dependent factors, usuallyof a financial nature, and see- ing the effect of a change in one factor on all of the others more or less instantly." 1 "worth the `8.95 being charged. If you don't know what a spreadsheet is, then it's likely" 1 "what is really intriguing about it is that it makes a big dif- ference where the line is put ina program." 1 "them has its strong points and niggles." 1 "the interface is attached, the keyboard will be ignored." 1 "the CODE format. You can then LOAD it into a dummy REM state- ment and SAVE that in the usual BASIC format. This may seem the long way around, but it is less trouble than deleting every linein this program except the REM, which is the only other way I know of to get it on its own." 1 "table available in the 48K. This is not an easy program touse, which is probably inherent in the concept, but more on- screen help would have been wel-come. There are six cassette" 1 "stick. Please indicate which youwill use. DO NOT connect the joystick interface pack to the computer while the power is on. It is, however, okay to connect or dis-" 1 "skip this with the start button,but it won't leave you alone un-til you have initialed eight topscores. Then it only bothers youwhen you beat one. The choice is largely between sound and graphics. Both games are fast moving enough, though " 1 "sized pages of instructions, andeverything you need to know is there, but it requires study. " 1 "reset the RAMTOP to the 16K fig-ure, one of the stripes has to be removed to get a steady dis- play. Why should a 48K machine that thinks it's a 16K machine run slower than when it knows ithas 48K? " 1 "quirk we revealed last issue. The video circuitry has priorityover the CPU when accessing RAM in the standard 16K memory, and that messes up any waveform thatthe CPU is trying to construct. It croaks 'meteor attack'." 1 "of paper magazine editors whose technology has been superseded. Save me! I'll make it worth yourwhile." 1 "of actually slows up the action by sending the BASIC off lookingfor GOSUBs all the time. So if you're after speed, thenforget the style, just get the critical bits at the top of the list." 1 "o",o,p,r,r,r,r,p,o 1 "machine code programming in the category of a black art for manycomputer users. Have no fear, for I am not a- bout to launch into a descrip- tion of the arcane virtues of indexed addressing or the like. Rather I would present you with" 1 "it takes too long to find the line, then a frame is missed. A 'PAUSE 1' statement keeps the stripes in step with the TV picture by waiting for a pulse from the same clock that is usedfor the video output, but if the" 1 "is an alien ship that shoots at you, and when that palls, Psion have thrown in an extra, more esoteric game on the other side of the cassette." 1 "hoot code" 1 "handled by simple SAVE and LOAD commands along with the rest of the program. But in order to getthe code out of this program without also recording all of the rest of the BASIC lines, we will have to SAVE the routine in" 1 "gets a match. Obviously, the nearer the line is to the begin-ning of the list, the quicker itwill be found." 1 "fact our resolution is matched only by that of the Spectrum it-self!" 1 "f",o,r,r,r,r,r,160 1 "environment. TIMEGATE was de- clared to be too cerebral, and INTRUDERS, while worthy, had been seen before. PENETRATOR provoked interest and excitementbut was found to be difficult." 1 "end point of one line becomes the start point of the next, al-lowing shapes to be drawn quick-ly. However, you may disconnect the lines by pressing C and mov-ing the plot point to a new start." 1 "dicated, which it does by start-ing at the beginning and lookingat every line number until it " 1 "den camera). The provisional ev-aluation, based on vocal volume and broken furniture, was that HORACE GOES SKIING gave best recreational assistance in this" 1 "create your own hoot, you will have an opportunity to save it on tape in easy to use form." 1 "connect the joystick itself at the point where it plugs into the interface pack, if the pack is already in place." 1 "but they differ only in size, and don't look like spaceships. Perhaps because the display issimpler, the action runs faster,and the sounds are superior too.Unfortunately, the synthesized voice suffers from the Spectrum" 1 "at the end of this not-very-longprogram." 1 "article/program an even odder effect showed up which I cannot explain at all. I use a 48K Spectrum, but have to check thateverything will fit in 16K mach-ines. For some reason, when I " 1 "anything that won't run in 16K or needs add-on equipment to work. Please don't use line num-bers under 100 because we need room for our link routines. OK? Other magazines will put your name in print. We are the one that puts your name in lights." 1 "a very large table of factors can be accommodated, at least onthe 48K Spectrum. The program will run on the 16K, but there is less space for data. I can't myself think of an application which would require the size of" 1 "a spell already made up, in a little black box which I advise you not to open. You have it on board already. It's the siren routine which coincides with the'stop tape' message on each filein this magazine, but in this program you can customise it for" 1 "THE VALLEY-A FANTASTIC WAY TO GO" 1 "Press any key to play again, or Press enter to quit." 1 "Perhaps you are more the Warriortype, seeking wealth and glory in an exotic, far away corner of" 1 "Oddly, the same difficulty in attaining high scores didn't de-tract from enjoyment of HORACE. Minority reports were obtainedfrom one young lady who found she could play dodgems in PLAN- ETOIDS by ignoring the fire but-ton, and another, even younger, who preferred being bitten re- peatedly by the dog." 1 "Keyboard or joystick? (k/j)";p$ 1 "Four Eyed Bandit ""fruit"" Serious Reviews ""serious""Wizard's Hooter ""zounds"" Shut the Box ""box"" Hackers Hangout ""hack"" " 1 "Desperate Ed next pageGreen Cross Toad ""toady"" Games Reviews ""games"" Graphics Aid ""draw"" " 1 "BASIC is late getting there, it waits for the next pulse. So thestripes don't drift up and down,but are absent from every other frame. How about a demo?" 1 "And money changes hands, thats how desperate we are. Help! " 1 " SPECTRUM COMPUTING - ISSUE TWO JULY/AUGUST 1 " SAVE SCREEN$ ? (Enter y/n)";y$ 1 " Press any key to turn the page " 1 " - Keyboard control selected - Use the cursor control keys tomove the plot point around the screen. Press D to fix the pointwhere the line is to start, thenmove the cursor to the point where the line is to end and press D to draw the line. The " 1 " You may hold a control down aslong as you wish, but after some50 hoots it will have worked itsway back to its original value. The numerals move the value in one direction and the letters inthe opposite." 1 " You are also told that sortingmore than about ten pages at a time will require lengthy waits,which seems limiting. This is probably the only place where the slowness of BASIC is a pro- blem in this application. " 1 " With the spectre of early re- tirement hovering low overhead, I can only bleat,""Where did thischild ever see a fruit machine, anyhow?""" 1 " Welcome to our second issue." 1 " We recently went so far as to allow an uncountable number of young reviewers (age 10 or less)to test to destruction a pile ofgames cassettes under conditionsof complete lack of scientific control (they wrecked the hid-" 1 " We conclude that the cartoon like graphics were the most im- portant element in the prefer- ences expressed at this age lev-el, but the bowlful of sweets also went down very well." 1 " This search time becomes crit-ical where the stripes are con- cerned because line 10 must be executed every 50th of a second if the stripes are to appear in every television frame, and if " 1 " This program line has some un-expected properties! " 1 " This magazine is made up of a number of articles and programs chained together in a manner similar to the 'HORIZONS' tape that came with your computer." 1 " This is a version of a game which is familiar to most. We have modified it to accept inputfrom Kempston joystick or key- board. " 1 " This fruit machine simulation comes to you via us by courtesy of reader Sunita Chamund, who is13 years old. " 1 " There is more to this game than meets the eye. As with all dice games there is a large ele-ment of luck, but the chance of making strategic choices is alsothere." 1 " There is a sample spreadsheet on the tape, one corner of whichis displayed next page. The com-plete sheet is 10 columns by 18 rows, which would seem to be thelimit of the 16K model. The 48K can go to 60 by 60 elements." 1 " The whirling fruit were in thearcades long before space invad-ed, and the fascination adheres to this simulacrum even without the clatter of cash, but don't buy it just to cure the family'scompulsive gambler. They only really get off on losing." 1 " The stripes are now being pro-duced by line 9990, which is identical to line 10 except for its position. If there was one less stripe (one less BORDER statement) then the routine would still be flicker-free even" 1 " The striped border in this is-sue taught me a lot about speed-ing up the execution time of BASIC programs. The border is produced by line 10, and it's aninteresting trick in itself, but" 1 " The sort function works only on the 'code' and 'descr.' fields as does the find feature.There is a page total on the 'value' field and a low stock warning on the 'quantity' field. The colour is wrong for this application. Black and white would be more readable." 1 " The significance of all this is that the modular or structur-ed approach to programming that we are all supposed to approve" 1 " The reason for this is that whenever the BASIC comes across a GOTO or GOSUB or the like, it has to find the line number in-" 1 " The payout rate is a touch en-thusiastic. This is pleasant at first, but eventually the lack of challenge outweighs the pile of insubstantial winnings. Or could it just be that my luck has changed?" 1 " The keyboard controls are -- Q for UP - A for DOWN O for LEFT - P for RIGHT " 1 " The hooting code requires fourdifferent parameters. You can adjust these simply by listeningto the changing sound as you trythe controls. These are-" 1 " The graphics seem especially well thought out. Every coin woncan be seen falling past the paywindow, for instance, and there are nice visual surprises to sweeten the bigger wins." 1 " The first prompt asks you to insert money. Entering a number over 10 will do." 1 " The first is VU-CALC from PSI-ON. This is a spreadsheet pro- gram, the sort of thing which can cost hundreds of pounds on a""real"" computer, so it must be" 1 " The easiest way to use it is to go through the articles in sequence, following the prompts.However, there is a table of contents on the next page, for those who wish to go straight toa particular article or program." 1 " The easiest way to include a bit of machine code in a BASIC program is by using the old ZX81trick of placing the code in a REM statement. It can then be " 1 " The dummy REM line must be thefirst program line, so that we know the address for the USR call. It must have at least 72 characters in it, after the REM,so there will be room for the code. It should look something like this- " 1 " That's it for this issue, why not have a look at the listing?" 1 " That is not the end of it, ei-ther. While writing this very " 1 " THE VALLEY is a real time ad- venture requiring quick wits anda ready sword merely to survive perilous forests, swamps and theBlack Tower. With full screen displays (see forest next page)." 1 " Sunita's version has 4 reels and a hold feature and winning combinations may be read from the left or the right for the lesser wins of 2 or 3 matching reels." 1 " So it must be admitted that the reader's programs published in this issue were originally submitted to another magazine inthe Argus group. This is not ideal. For one thing, I'm sure to get caught, eventually." 1 " Shut the box is an old board game involving dice."; 1 " SPECFILE will file and sort upto fifty pages of ten items eachwith each item appearing as a single line of text. The format is fixed, and may not entirely suit the type of item you wish to file, if you don't want priceand stock number on each item." 1 " SPECFILE from A&F SOFTWARE is perhaps more useful in the home than VU-CALC, although it has been written primarily for stockcontrol. This is a 48K program written mostly in BASIC, and hence it is slower and less com-modious than it might be. " 1 " Programs submitted should be of an equivalent standard to theones in this issue, must be yourown work, and not previously published. I am terribly lazy, so a bug-free program will have a lot better chance than one I have to work on. We can't use" 1 " Press any key for the instruc-tion page." 1 " Please note that some files load in an unusual fashion. Do not stop the tape until you see a flashing prompt and hear the hooter." 1 " PLEASE SEND ME THE NEXT SIX 1 " PLANETOIDS' high score featuredoesn't show your initials, but all of Quicksilva's games have overkill top score tables with eight scores. This can be a realpain if there is only you play- ing, particularily as the entry of initials is via the fire con-trols, arcade style. You can " 1 " PLANETOIDS has, I think, a better display, complete with a background of stars. Unfortun- ately it's hard to distinguish the ships bullets from the starsas you can see, or rather can't see, from the next page. There" 1 " Our second issue, and still noreader's letters. Well, it's notsurprising really, because as I type away at my little rubber buttons, the first issue has notyet hit the newsagent's count- ers. It takes time to do our 'print' run and distribution." 1 " Once again we have broken openthe unbreakable offerings of thesoftware houses to show you whattheir programs will look like onyour very own display. It isn't easy, but we are determined to give our readers the best, in " 1 " Note that once the text of thedummy REM has been replaced withmachine code, the Spectrum may refuse to LIST it, complaining of invalid colours, etc. This is okay, just use LIST 2 if you want to see the rest of the pro-gram." 1 " No. 1 - Press 1 or Q No. 2 - Press 2 or W No. 3 - Press 3 or E No. 4 - Press 4 or R " 1 " Magic, according to Larry Niv-en, is anything which you do notunderstand (anyone who does not know who Larry Niven is please leave this article now)! This definition would certainly put " 1 " METEOR STORM does not have as pretty a display as PLANETOIDS, and the ship is so small it's hard to tell where it's pointed when you're hard pressed, but the bullets show up much better on this one. The blurb promises two kinds of attacking saucer, " 1 " METEOR STORM (Quicksilva) and PLANETOIDS (Psion) are similar versions of a popular arcade ob-session which has been around long enough to be a classic ra- ther than just old hat. Each of" 1 " Line 10 just hoots until a keyis pressed. Once you have typed in the above, ENTER LOAD"""" CODE and play the tape and you will have a complete hooter program to MERGE into other, less noisy routines." 1 " JACKPOT from COMPUTER RENTALS is a full feature fruit machine simulation that lacks only the payout slot. My telly now owes me thirty quid and it's not get-ting a licence until it pays up.But seriously folks..." 1 " It may be possible to alter the odds to suit yourself, as this is one of the few good games around to be written en- tirely in BASIC (apart from a few sound effects) and it just shows what BASIC can do." 1 " In use entry of items is not complicated, but is tedious, as you have to reselect the 'edit' function for each of the six parts of an item, getting dumpedback into the menu every time " 1 " In fact, if this line was put at the end of a longish prog, itwould give a very different ef- fect. You still get the stripes,but they flicker. " 1 " If your near and dear are be- ginning to suspect that comput- ing is just an excuse to play arcade games at 3 am, then you need some serious software to put them off the scent." 1 " If you don't want to cut up your magazine, simply send your order on a piece of paper to oursubscriptions dept. next page." 1 " I say more or less not becausethe program is at all slow, but because the sheet is larger thanwill fit on the screen at any one time, so you have to move itaround under the 'window' formedby the screen, using the cursor control keys. This means that " 1 " High Resolution Drawing Aid This program will allow you todraw on screen without tedious calculation of pixel positions. It will accept input from eitherthe keyboard or a Kempston joy-" 1 " Have you noticed yet how this issue of 1 " For 48K SPECTRUM- `11.45 inc. Cheques to ASP Ltd. address--" 1 " First you need to SAVE the hoot CODE on tape, if you wish to keep it. You can select this as an option now, or return to the custom hoot bender, or go onto the next section of the maga-zine. Press a key-- " 1 " Every time a line segment is drawn the PLOT and DRAW coordin-ates for that segment appear at the bottom of the screen, for use in other programs. Only the first PLOT is needed when pro- gramming a continuous line." 1 " Do not attempt to connect the joystick interface to the com- puter while it is turned on. It is, however, okay to plug the joystick itself into the inter- face pack if the pack is alreadyconnected to the computer. If " 1 " Choose carefully... A Wizard can become very powerful, if he lives long enough. Barbarians are tough, but slow to learn." 1 " But Spectrum Computing now hasit's own team of readers, each one equipped with the finest bitof kit available for the writingof Spectrum programs. I'm rely- ing on you. There is nothing quite so implacable as a posse " 1 " As you're spending the money, you may as well buy camouflage that is of some use, just in case you have to demonstrate it.So we had a look at two programswhich can provide an answer to that perennial question, ""But what does it do?"" " 1 " Anyone who has heard about 40 or 64 column displays being im- plemented on the Spectrum and wondering how should examine theword 'NUDGE' on the next page. It seems to have been squeezed into three character spaces." 1 " A real 16K Spectrum runs this routine at the same speed as a 48K Spectrum that only thinks itis a 16K model, so I have placeda CLEAR 32599 statement in the program to make it run in both." 1 " 10 PAUSE 1: IF INKEY$="""" THEN BORDER 7: BORDER 5: BORDER 4: BORDER 6: BORDER 3: BORDER 2: BORDER 5: GO TO 10 " 1 " - Joystick control selected - Use the joystick to move the plot point around the screen. Press the fire button to fix thepoint where the line is to startthen move to where the line is to end and press the fire buttonagain to draw the line. The" 1 " S to SAVE hoot B to bend another hoot M for next part of magazine " 1 " 1 REM IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT I TYPE AS LONG AS I USE AT LEASTSEVENTY-TWO CHARACTERS 10 RANDOMISE USR 23760:IF INKEY$ ="""" THEN GO TO 10 " 1 " TOADY -- by R. Grainger " 1 " CONTENTS " 1 " ASP Presents " 1 " 1 now! Just clip the handy coupon-" 1 iseven better than last time? You should see the next one! And the best way to be sure thatyou do is to 1 examine theword 'NUDGE' on 1 SUBSCRIBE 1 SPECTRUM COMPUTING 1 Please insert 10p per game or enter Q to quit - 1 POUND SIGN 1 POSTCODE _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 ISSUES OF SPECTRUM COMPUTING 1 ASP LTD. 1983 145 CHARING CROSS ROAD - LONDON WC2H OEE TEL. 01-437 1002 EDITOR IOLO DAVIDSON " 1 ADDRESS _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 NAME _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 I ENCLOSE `17.94 CHEQUE/M.O. 1 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 " Both games have hyperspace andrun in 16K Spectrums. " 1 "METEOR STORM has the edge. You pays your `4.95 and you zaps theextra-terrestrial object of yourchoice. " 1 " Press ENTER when you wish to quit this section. " 1 " One of the great things about reviewing software is you get tosee a lot of good stuff that youwouldn't buy. VU-CALC's good. Ifyou need this kind of thing thenthis is exactly what you need." 1 " 1 1 1