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1 ;"|THE FOUNTAIN PD SOFTWARE COLLECTION|";
1 ;"|HEAVEN|";
1 ;"|FOUNTAIN PD SOFTWARE NEWS|"
1 ;"{L9888 thanks to the kindness of the delectable tara, fountain hq is now equipped with a big grown up pc. this groaning monster of a machine will come in handy to put all the"'"speccy software ever released onto a nice big database (hopefully one day i'll own it all!) we are all shy"'"fumbling pc virgins here so it will take some time to"'"master the ms dos, but we'll get there in the end. it will also take some weight off of the +2's future use."
1 ;"{L9885 The Feature"
1 ;"{L9885 Technophobia"
1 ;"{L9884 |UTILITY|";
1 ;"{L9884 |PORTRAIT OF A SPECHEAD|";
1 ;"{L9883 THE FREE PD TAPEZINE"
1 ;"{L9883 Andy Davis"
1 ;"{L9882 The techy section returns in issue 10 hosted by"'"top Speccy boffin Jonathan Cauldwell, he of the"'"EGGHEAD infamy etc. Do write in with your coding problems and JC will strive to end your suffering. Address your letters to:"''"Technophobia, 2 Belvoir Rd, Notingham NG2 5DL."''"(He's bloody clever he is so no requests for how"'"to auto-run a program OK?)"
1 ;"{L9882 (1) Classic Software"'"(2) The Feature"'"(3) Technophobia"'"(4) Utility Heaven"'"(5) FPDS News"'"(6) Portrait of a...";
1 ;"{L9881 USCHI COMPILER: A strangely titled program. This is one of many that comes from the library WOMO. This short piece"'"of code has the ability to convert BASIC programs into M/C. The benefits are great; faster running, neater presentation, anti-hacking protection and so on. This great program was given a thorough testing in Alch News 13."
1 ;"{L9881 In their infinite wisdom, Sinclair"'"commissioned several titles to support"'"the release of the Spectrum. Funnily"'"enough, most of these titles (and"'"subsequent releases) were pretty"'"good,unlike the pointless shoot-em-up"'"bollocks you get with the 3D-O."'"Some titles are also rather pleasing"'"to collect, coming as they did in well"'"designed cardboard cases."
1 ;"{L9881 I was born in Kent in 1964, but from the age of 4-20, I lived in Leicester. Along the way I picked up the usual rations of O and A levels, and HND in Graphic Design and Illustration."''"It was while at 6th form college at the age of 18 that I first clapped my eyes on a Spectrum. To be quite honest I wasn't filled with much interest. At art college, my art group had"'"our bash at trying to use the BBC for programming art -"'"and I hated it!"
1 ;"{L9881 Bit obvious this one but I thought I'd use up the screenshots we had so Jeff didn't think he was wasting his time hacking away on his +3. I'm not really going into long cliched"'"descriptions of the game, you've already had that every-"'"where else. What is worth mentioning is that Rainbow Islands is a platform game for people who don't like platform games. So for people who have never played it before, just look at":
1 ;"the next page features a catalouge of all our software released so far. all titles (except fs001) are available from either prism or alchemist, or direct from us if you are not in a hurry - we've only got tape decks at the"'"moment and hate doing copies on those crappy old"'"cassettes you keep sending us...":
1 ;"the graphics and imagine the smoothest, slickest game you've ever played. Now multiply that by 50 and you are getting"'"close to the truth. The music is good too... ho hum blah"'"blah etc. Is it really the best piece of arcade software?";
1 ;"sinclair classic 10 is released on 4th january and will"'"hopefully continue to be 80k (i must apologise for sc8,"'"it wasn't what it should have been). before then the"'"mighty knuckle girls will be releasing their third demo,"'"lollipop - for broad minded adults only. in fact both"'"prism and alchemist may refuse to stock it but it will be available direct from us (tape version only i'm afraid)."'"the +d is coming folks, hopefully shoved down the"'"chimney by a fat geezer in a red coat."
1 ;"is to pop a piece of code into a basic program, eliminating"'"the need to load in a short piece of code which may accom-"'"pany your program."
1 ;"if anyone can offer any advice or point us in the right direction for shareware libraries we'd be more than"'"grateful. it's a compaq 386 with 70mb hard drive and"'"those big smelly 5.25 floppies. it seems to have ms dos 5 installed at the moment which isn't up to date but will"'"do us fine. do these speccy emulators actually work i"'"wonder? oh yeah, we've got a vga colour monitor too...":
1 ;"fs011 sinclair classic #7"'"fs012 popsnog demo - knuckle girls"'"fs013 vaseline demo - knuckle girls"'"fs014 sinclair classic #8"'"fs015 viz demo - fudgepacker"'"fs016 sinclair classic #9"'"fs017 lollipop demo - knuckle girls *(16.11.94)"'"fs018 h-core demo - fudgepacker *(04.12.94)"'"fs019 sinclair classic #10 *(04.01.95)"'"fs020 london football database *(04.02.95)"
1 ;"fs001 waaaah computer game (deleted)"'"fs002 sinclair classic #1"'"fs003 sinclair classic #2"'"fs004 f-fonts vol 1 (12 fonts)"'"fs005 sinclair classic #3"'"fs006 sinclair classic #4"'"fs007 subuteo scoreboard v2.0"'"fs008 f-fonts vol 2 (12 more fonts)"'"fs009 sinclair classic #5"'"fs010 sinclair classic #6"
1 ;"also coming before yuletide is the h-core demo, a 128"'"compilation of hardcore, un-commercial type s-tracker"'"tunes, featuring exclusive mixes from pandagirl and la"'"(of extacy 3) to name but two. crusty old musos are not advised to listen to this demo- you won't like it."
1 ;"a way to use the drive in 48K Basic. The program also gives the opportunity to reprogram any of the ROM, so keywords can be redefined, bugs cured and new fonts added. Unlike"'"previous programs which allow a custom 48 mode, full access of A,B,M and T drives are available and there is no slow-"'"down when using tapes. New commands have also been added to give a +D style disk cat and most processes are faster."
1 ;"Well, that shows how my interest in the Spectrum developed. But how did Prism PD start? I was working at Rugby"'"Community Printworks in 1991 on a voluntry basis and I was really getting into this 'do something for the community'"'"lark. So I thought, lets take the same princible onto the"'"Spectrum and run a PD library. Prism offically started in"'"March 92, but disaster was lurking around the corner!":
1 ;"Well actually I don't like this game for one simple reason. It only allows control via keyboard or Sinclair ports. Without a converter, I can't use my trusty zip-stick! Bastards."
1 ;"We started to wrap disks in"'"silver foil, and introduced order forms. Our magazine also"'"got under way after delays caused by those earlier problems"''"The only problem now was +D orders. With one disk drive"'"and the G-Dos copy routine, copying files meant many disk"'"swaps. In Feb this year we bought the SAM COUPE, and"'"Kobrasoft donated SAM Dice copy utility. We now effec-"'"tivley have a two drive Spectrum with a great means of"'"copying +D files in under 30 minutes on average."
1 ;"The start of the year saw us introduce receipts with"'"full details on how the order was done. We have just"'"recently revamped our catalouge to make it easier to read,"'"and it contains details of compatibility between all Speccys.":
1 ;"The one we all have is the HORIZONS"'"cassette, the first of a long association with PSION. I was"'"certainly engrossed in the various lessons and tests put"'"before me by this new wonder machine. Sorry, got a bit"'"Spectrum UK-ish there... I mean, fucking amazed.":
1 ;"The VU- series of titles are all well worth having. 3D is an"'"interesting voyage into hi-res design and manipulation."'"Maybe some bod managed to get the resulting images flying about in his own demos? CALC was a complicated spread-"'"sheet that I havn't sussed to this day, and FILE is quite"'"simply one of the best database systems you could hope for (even at a 12 year vintage). COLLECTORS PACK from ISL"'"was a more restricted format database but still very"'"comphrehensive."
1 ;"The Science Horizons series was aimed at the older child,"'"CARGO, GLIDER, SURVIVAL and MAGNETS. I still enjoy these half education/half game programs today (but only when I'm pissed up). When I'm feeling really brainy I load up the"'"CATTELL IQ TEST and CYRUS IS CHESS although I always"'"regret it - the brain of an ant..."
1 ;"TURBO: Something of a golden-oldie. This gives tape based users the opportunity to speed up their programs loading"'"by either 20, 50 or 100%. The actual results and quality all depend on the tape deck used."
1 ;"TRANSIT: My final selection for this issue must be this +D"'"program. Written by our regular Mark 'Miktor' Harris,"'"it gives a very reliable tape to disk or disk to tape transfer. This program is regularly used in Alchemist PD orders. The"'"extra bonus of the program is a CLONE feature to copy +D disks. There are many options available, including one which will even copy PC or PCW disks!"
1 ;"REMSTORE: Now getting on a bit. This program allows you to store up to 7K of code, screen$ or anything you fancy"'"in a basic REM statement. It also allows options such as"'"relocating, self calling of the code and so on. It's main use":
1 ;"Our total number of titles is in excess of 1000 and we still"'"have 7 +D disks of demos to check and over 100 tapes as"'"well!"''"If anyone wants to see our catalouge, then send a SAE to:"'"13 Rodney Close, Bilton, Rugby CV22 7HJ. Special offer to SC readers: Send a C60, 50p and we'll fill it with as much"'"software as possible! (I tried this... and he did! - Dave)"'''"ARE YOU OUR NEXT SPECHEAD? SEND US YOUR PIECE, NO LONGER THAN ONE SIDE OF A4, FOR POSSIBLE STARDOM!!!"
1 ;"Not forgetting the mighty TASWORD 2 of course coming as it did in the lovely silver and black boxes. TINY TOUCH N GO was a typing tutor that came in the same format. On"'"reflection, every single program that Sinclair packaged is"'"very worthwhile having; as well as looking nice on your shelf you'll end up using them quite alot too (and how many"'"programs in your collection do you actually ever load?)"
1 ;"Martyn Sherwood of Prism PD"
1 ;"It wasn't until 1983 that better arcade titles came up, like"'"ERIC AND THE FLOATERS, STOP THE EXPRESS (both from Hudson Soft) and CHEQUERED FLAG, all considered classics. SCRABBLE became an instant best seller and rightly so. No"'"other traditional board game has converted to computer so well. MATCH POINT arrived in 1984 and still remains one of"'"the better tennis sims. The 'Sinclair' titles however, excelled"'"in utility software."
1 ;"ISSUE 9 - PART 2"
1 ;"I would much rather forget the three HORACE games, they"'"really were dire (but not badly programmed for the age).":
1 ;"I can only assume those titles aimed at primary school kids"'"ended up as cassettes full of Heinz Carrot desert. The boxes are probably covered in scribble even if the tapes still load. I speak of the elusive LEARN TO READ series and the titles"'"from Blackboard Software. If anyone has these programs"'"then sell them to me!"
1 ;"However, salvation was just around the corner! At Xmas"'"1986, I received a grey +2 and have not looked back since!"'"Hundreds of games, failed attempts to learn machine code,"'"and I still love the Spectrum 8 years later! Yes, I know I have other computers - but c'mon, the Spectrum is THE home"'"computer that started it all."
1 ;"FORTH from Artic and MICRO-PROLOG by LPA were two new languages for your Speccy, `25 for the latter! The ZEUS"'"ASSEMBLER from Crystal is still used to this day by one"'"very impressive UK demo crew (no, not the Knuckle Girls),"'"and the MONITOR/DISASSEMBLER probably came up to the"'"same standards (havn't got it see!) Andrew Pennells PRINT"'"UTLITITES, the display of different sized characters, have"'"been over-shadowed by many PD routines since but in 1983, this was a nice program to own."
1 ;"FILETEST +D: This program gives a 64 column display of all programs and their filetypes and checks to see if the files"'"are corrupted. From this you can then erase any bad files"'"to prevent further contamination. There are 2 versions, the MTW remix gives an almost instantaneous cat of your disk"'"and performs far faster. The only drawback is that the"'"program doesn
1 ;"Despite the hours playing games, I still managed to gain"'"more qualifications in CAD and short story writing. Today, as with Fudgepacker, I'm collecting as many Spectrum soft-"'"ware classics as possible - or in other words, if the sprite"'"moves, buy it! Who remembers 'Hero', 'Desert Rats', 'Wheelie' etc?"
1 ;"DOSCOP +D/OPUS: Two programs here, one for each disk"'"system. The program allows you to read an MS-DOS disk"'"and remove the files from it which are converted to Speccy"'"format and saved onto a respective disk. This program is"'"wonderful for transferring textfiles, which could be edited in Tasword."
1 ;"DISKBASIC: A fairly new program to Alchemist PD, something which +3 users have been crying out for since day 1 -":
1 ;"CHESS TUTOR 1, MUSICMASTER, MAKE-A-CHIP and BEYOND BASIC were all excellent aids to learning new skills. In fact"'"the education titles are amoungst the rarest to now obtain.":
1 ;"August 92, saw my one and only +2 break down. This was"'"something I could not afford, as I had no copying utilities,"'"and had to rely on normal BASIC. It took three attempts to fix it, settling in the end for a new circuit board. By Dec-"'"ember, everything was back to normal. The following year"'"was much better. Vision sent a decent copier, allowing files"'"to be copied from +D to tape. Also that year, we bought a second +2, a +3 and a 48+."
1 ;"At the time computers were the last thing I"'"wanted to use."''"But one year later in 1985, I bought an ORIC ATMOS, which I still have. A cute little computer, 48K RAM like the early"'"Spectrums, but with better graphics. It was voted European computer of the year. I had a bash at learning BASIC and"'"was doing ok to a point, but soon lost interest.":
1 ;"As I mentioned in SC#7, my Mum was dead impressed with"'"CHESS, but not so much with PLANETOIDS and SPACE"'"RAIDERS, sturdy versions of the arcade money grabbers."'"BIORHYTHMS was an interesting self analysis system based"'"on your birthdate. Only the seriously mugged believed it"'"though but it does make you feel incredibly old as it tells"'"you how many days you've lived!! Scary stuff. FLIGHT"'"SIMULATOR was a basic namesake which did nothing for the Speccy at all (hail the F16 Combat Pilot.)"
1 ;"ALCHEMIST RESEARCH, 62 TITHE BARN LANE, WOODHOUSE, SHEFFIELD, S13 7LN (TEL:0114 269 7644 - after 6pm)"
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