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Twilight/!ReadMe
This website contains an archive of files for the Acorn Electron, BBC Micro, Acorn Archimedes, Commodore 16 and Commodore 64 computers, which Dominic Ford has rescued from his private collection of floppy disks and cassettes.
Some of these files were originally commercial releases in the 1980s and 1990s, but they are now widely available online. I assume that copyright over them is no longer being asserted. If you own the copyright and would like files to be removed, please contact me.
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| Filename: | Twilight/!ReadMe |
| Read OK: | ✔ |
| File size: | 099E bytes |
| Load address: | 0000 |
| Exec address: | 0000 |
File contents
Twilight Programmers Reference Disc
ReadMe file
Release 1.00 (20/12/91)
This documentation � Ben Summers 1991
This disc contains:
!ReadMe This file
!TwEffects Extra effects directory (public domain)
!TwPlayer Effect player (public domain, distribute with your effects)
c Directory containing source code for effects
h Directory containing assembler header files
controldes Program to merge control data with effect code
datafile Program to create files suitiable for inclusion in the Acorn
assembler with the 'GET' directive from data files.
des Directory containing control descriptions for effects
Overview Overview of the contents of this disc
Header Describes the effect header
Entry Describes the entry points for an effect
Parameters How to use the controldes program and the format of
the parmeters block
Hints Hints on how to write an effect
ExtraDir Documentation on the !TwEffects directory
Testing What you should do to test an effect
c.base 'Base' source code for effect
c.bounce Source code for full effect
des.bounce Control description for bounce effect
des.??? This directory also contains other descripition files
h.swis SWI list for the Acorn Assembler
h.effectdefs Standard effect definitions for the Acorn Assembler
We are interested in any effects you write. Please send us a copy!
The Bounce effect is not very impressive. Maybe someone would like to
improve it...
It is likely that there are a lot of spelling mistakes in these files.
Please forgive me.
If you have any comments about this interface, please write to the Really
Good Software Company. Your ideas may be incorperated into future versions
of Twilight.
All correspondence should be addressed to:
The Really Good Software Company
PO Box 60
Ashton-under-Lyne
OL5 9WW
While The Really Good Software Company has endeavoured to ensure that this
information is correct, no responsibility is accepted by The Really Good
Software Company relating to this information. As we have no control over
the use made of this information no warranty is given or should be implied
as to the suitabitily of the information contained on this disc for any
particular application. No liabitily can be accepted for any consequential
loss or damage, however caused, arising from the use of this information.
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Yo| 000006e0 75 72 20 69 64 65 61 73 20 6d 61 79 20 62 65 20 |ur ideas may be | 000006f0 69 6e 63 6f 72 70 65 72 61 74 65 64 20 69 6e 74 |incorperated int| 00000700 6f 20 66 75 74 75 72 65 20 76 65 72 73 69 6f 6e |o future version| 00000710 73 0a 6f 66 20 54 77 69 6c 69 67 68 74 2e 0a 0a |s.of Twilight...| 00000720 0a 41 6c 6c 20 63 6f 72 72 65 73 70 6f 6e 64 65 |.All corresponde| 00000730 6e 63 65 20 73 68 6f 75 6c 64 20 62 65 20 61 64 |nce should be ad| 00000740 64 72 65 73 73 65 64 20 74 6f 3a 0a 20 54 68 65 |dressed to:. The| 00000750 20 52 65 61 6c 6c 79 20 47 6f 6f 64 20 53 6f 66 | Really Good Sof| 00000760 74 77 61 72 65 20 43 6f 6d 70 61 6e 79 0a 20 50 |tware Company. P| 00000770 4f 20 42 6f 78 20 36 30 0a 20 41 73 68 74 6f 6e |O Box 60. Ashton| 00000780 2d 75 6e 64 65 72 2d 4c 79 6e 65 0a 20 4f 4c 35 |-under-Lyne. 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