USE CURSOR KEYS TO SCROLL TEXT. USE CURSOR KEYS TO SCROLL TEXT. 8 Bit 8-BIT SOFTWARE ISSUE 33 8-BIT SOFTWARE ISSUE 33 Edited by C.J.Richardson. About this issue. About this issue. IMPORTANT! IMPORTANT! Issue 34 is being edited by myself Issue 34 So send off your submissions, discs, return postage and 50p's to: The deadline for issue 34 is 7th April. The issue date is 18th April (ish). IMPORTANT! IMPORTANT! The new 8BS questionnaire has hit the streets with the issue of this mag. PLEASE make an extra special point of filling yours in and sending it in with your next submission disc. The new questionnaire plus info is on this disc and TBI-00 as: Quaire (the program) Questns (data for the program) Quinf (info) The questionnaire produces a file called !quest which is the file to send to the editor. The info is to be found in the second magazine menu. The questionnaire is in the main menu. IN THIS ISSUE IN THIS ISSUE THE MAG THE MAG About This Issue. About This Issue. Program Documentation Program Documentation. Messages and ads. Messages and ads. In FOUR parts again. Messages to you. Messages to you. From other members and myself. The Reactor. THe Reactor. Comments on programs. What Next? What Next? Off we go again. Editorial. The History of 8BS. Part 1. The History of 8BS. Part 1. Duncan Webster who started 8BS off has sent in part 1 of the 8BS story. 8BS Messaging System Info 8BS Messaging System Info Joining 2 Computers. Part 1. Joining 2 Computers. Part 1. Steven Flintham has written an article on the subject that caused me a fair bit of hair loss in the last issue. Back to BASICs Back to BASICs Differences between Basics. 8BS Information 8BS Information Questionnaire summary. Interests. Catalogue summary. New Questionnaire Info. New Questionnaire Info. Patterns Info. Patterns Info. Info for the program submitted by K3X. Arc v PC Debate. Arc v PC Debate. An article submitted by 19F. The Acorn User Show. The Acorn User Show. Can you make it? THE SOFTWARE THE SOFTWARE Utilities Utilities 8BS Messaging System. V 1.02 8BS Messaging System. V 1.02 By: 15A (Steven Flintham) Use: Message Utility Program name: SendMes Associated program/file/s: SendMC Language: BASIC+m/c MesInf Please read the info file. A further update, please use this program for future messaging. Also included in the utilities menu is a corrected function key strip printer for the messaging system. MessStr. Alex Whitehead Menu Alex Whitehead Menu By: Alex Whitehead Use: Trigonometry and factors. Program name: White Language: Basic Submitted in exchange for 8BS software. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Audio Cassette Database Audio Cassette Database By: 2J3 Use: Audio Cassette Utility Program name: Castore Associated program/file/s: Data Language: Basic From an idea by John Ilsley. See the program documentation article for info. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Joining 2 Computers Examples. Joining 2 Computers Examples. By: 15A Use: Send and receive RS423 Program names: TestSnd TestRec Associated program/file/s: Article Language: Basic Read the article on joining 2 computers by Steven Flintham. These programs test your lead out. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, TWO sets of compacted WW+ Utilities TWO sets of compacted WW+ Utilities By: K2B and K2T Use: Variable transfer. Mailing costs. Compacted file name: WW+Uts Decompacter file name: ARC Wordwise Plus required. The following 2 sets of Wordwise + utilities submitted by K2B and K2T are compacted into one file. Info for the utilities is contained in the program documentation article. Before being able to use the utilities you will have to decompact the file. Copy the file WW+Uts onto a blank DFS disc along with the dearchiver ARC. CHAIN "ARC" and follow the prompts. .1. Transfer Variables WW+ <> Basic 1. Transfer Variables WW+ <> Basic By: K2B Use: Variable transfer. Program names: XFERstr DEMOstr WWbas Language: Basic + data See the program documentation article for more info on how this utility transfers variables between Wordwise Plus and Basic. You must have Wordwise Plus fitted before running the program XFERstr. PLEASE NOTE that the editor has changed the names and references to the names of the programs. The reason for this is ADFS compatibility. You should not notice this at all but I mention it just in case. 2. Calculate Mailing Costs 2. Calculate Mailing Costs By: K2T Use: Mailing costs. Program name DWAD PWCTADS PWCTST PWLDCT You must have Wordwise Plus fitted before you can use this utility. More info in the program documentation article. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Income. Investment and Life. income, Investment and Life. By: 20G Use: Work out income/life expectancy. Program name: Money Language: Basic Roy Dickens has written a program to work out income from investment and life expectancy. More from 20G in the messages section. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Calculate Electrical Costs. Calculate Electrical Costs. By: K2F Use: Power consumption evaluation. Program name: El-Cost Associated program/file/s: None Language: Basic This program will calculate the amount of power your electrical equipment uses and then tell you the running costs. Full info in the program. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 8BS Menu Reader. Version 2. 8BS Menu Reader. Version 2. By: 2J3 Use: Update of menu reader in issue 32 Program name: MenRead Language: Basic ADFS and DFS Reads and prints out the data from 8BS discs as a quick reference to find programs. See the program documentation article for more details. Now prints the full pathname. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, The New 8BS Questionnaire. The New 8BS Questionnaire. By: 15A Program name: Quaire Associated programs: Questns Quinf Language: Basic/Data Here it is! Steven Flintham has written us another brilliant utility. PLEASE FILL IN A QUESTIONNAIRE AND RETURN IT TO 8BS. The old questionnaire is now out of use. Therefore I would like the transfer from one to the other to be as quick and orderly as possible. Info is available from the magazine menu. This questionnaire will also be placed on TBI-00 on release of this issue. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Games etc. Games etc. Sliding Block Puzzle Sliding Block Puzzle By: Roger Sando Use: Puzzle Program name: Slide Associated program/file/s: Flower Language: Basic/Machine Code Submitted by L1L. This sliding block puzzle can be adapted to load your own picture. Move around the screen using ZX:/. The square you are on is exchanged for the square you move to. A topical picture do you not think? ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Crosswords Crosswords By: Roger Sando Use: 3 Crosswords Program name: X-Word Language: Basic Another program submitted by L1L. There are 3 difficulty levels to the game. Enter your guess for the highlighted word and move on to the next. Instructions are on-screen. If you start entering letters for a word, you must enter all the letters of the word before you can move on to the next clue. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Spirograph patterns. Spirograph patterns. By: Keith Devlin Use: Quick pretty patterns Program name: Pattern Associated file/s: PatText Pat2 Language: Basic K3X submitted this short but very effective program with an info file. The info may be found in magazine menu 2. Enter two numbers and watch the pattern develop. Press escape to enter two more numbers. I could not resist having a little fiddle with this program. The results can be found in "Pat2". Alter the parameters whilst the program is running. Printer dump facility. This version also works out when the pattern is finished and then goes on to the next. Instructions in the program. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, The Tale of Pete. The Tale of Pete. By: 3WU Program name: PPete Language: Basic/SWITCH ON YOUR PRINTER! 3WU Sends us this sad tale of a dog with polyurea. This is a basic program that prints the verse out as soon as selected from the menu, so have your printer ready. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 3-D Roller Ball.. 3-D Roller Ball. By: S.Johnstone Program name: 3-Droll Language: Basic S.Johnstone sends us this 3D game. The idea is to find the four white objects in the maze. Use the AX:. keys to move. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Sevens. Card Game. Sevens. Card Game. By: L1J Program names: SevensL SevensM Language: Basic M.Bobrowski sends us this card game. Info is enclosed within the game. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,