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!Ignotum/Formulae/!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.
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| Filename: | !Ignotum/Formulae/!ReadMe |
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| File size: | 05B0 bytes |
| Load address: | 0000 |
| Exec address: | 0000 |
File contents
You are welcome to add to any of these formulae lists should you want to, here are some notes to help you: 1. The filenames are the first four letters of the topic which appears in the topic menu, eg the 'Motion' topic is called 'Moti' 2. There is a limit of 25 formulae in each topic, sorry about this, but it makes my life easier. It shouldn't be too much of a problem as most topics aren't near to their full capacity yet, except for 'Trig' and 'Moti' which have 23 each. 3. There is a strict structure to the files, there is one line for general file notes, then the formula, then 5 lines for info, then the next formula etc.. Each line must be no longer than 42 characters to fit snugly into the window, so it should look like this: # Topic title... Formula 1 Note 1 Note 2 Note 3 Note 4 Note 5 Formula 2 Note 1... This means that there should be exactly 150 lines per file. 4. Should you want to add your own topic, then the menu structure is flexible enough to handle it. You should add the title of the topic to the data lists at the end of the !RunImage file, either in the Maths or the Physics section. The title should be more than three and less than 13 characters long. Avoid using the same first four letters as other topics. Then increase either the mathslimit% or physicslimit% variable by one (find them at the beginning of the !RunImage file) and finally create your file using the notes above, and place it in this directory. Chris.
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T| 00000070 68 65 20 66 69 6c 65 6e 61 6d 65 73 20 61 72 65 |he filenames are| 00000080 20 74 68 65 20 66 69 72 73 74 20 66 6f 75 72 20 | the first four | 00000090 6c 65 74 74 65 72 73 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 74 |letters of the t| 000000a0 6f 70 69 63 20 77 68 69 63 68 20 61 70 70 65 61 |opic which appea| 000000b0 72 73 20 69 6e 20 74 68 65 20 74 6f 70 69 63 20 |rs in the topic | 000000c0 6d 65 6e 75 2c 20 65 67 20 74 68 65 20 27 4d 6f |menu, eg the 'Mo| 000000d0 74 69 6f 6e 27 20 74 6f 70 69 63 20 69 73 20 63 |tion' topic is c| 000000e0 61 6c 6c 65 64 20 27 4d 6f 74 69 27 0a 32 2e 20 |alled 'Moti'.2. | 000000f0 54 68 65 72 65 20 69 73 20 61 20 6c 69 6d 69 74 |There is a limit| 00000100 20 6f 66 20 32 35 20 66 6f 72 6d 75 6c 61 65 20 | of 25 formulae | 00000110 69 6e 20 65 61 63 68 20 74 6f 70 69 63 2c 20 73 |in each topic, s| 00000120 6f 72 72 79 20 61 62 6f 75 74 20 74 68 69 73 2c |orry about this,| 00000130 20 62 75 74 20 69 74 20 6d 61 6b 65 73 20 6d 79 | but it makes my| 00000140 20 6c 69 66 65 20 65 61 73 69 65 72 2e 20 49 74 | life easier. 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