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Johnson/!Converter/Docs/History
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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File contents
HISTORY
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This file contains a brief history of the Converter+ software. As always, it
starts with the most recent (v1.43). A release is indicated by *.
vsn1.43* - Changed the code so that the answer is to 4 decimal places and fixed
a small pain in the main code (quit when the main window is closed).
Corrected bug for values of 0. Released to AU and the website
vsn 1.42 - Altered the quit window. It now looks less cramped.
vsn 1.41 - Added a nice little opening screen and played with the help system
vsn1.40* - Revamped the help system so that it no longer needs a text
editor to be able to read the help files. Fixed a couple of
pain bugs and rejigged the Info window. Also jiggled with the
code so that the units showed up (easier than on the top line!)
Shaved 4k from the wimpslot, altered the code slightly and faffed
around a bit until I liked it!. Released to AU and the website
vsn1.39-5- Problems with the help system window. It's very annoying
vsn 1.34 - Thought I had it cracked, until I discovered that some of the
conversions were not as they should be!
vsn1.31-3- Started looking at the help system, mostly, the new versions
were just big fixes of the other versions.
vsn1.30* - Slight bug fix which I was told about, but I didn't know about.
vsn1.29* - As far as I'm concerned, unless I decide to add
any more conversions, this program is done and dusted. Of
course, it is up to you to ask for more to be added. (Ho hum!)
vsn 1.28 - Discovered that the temperature converter was goosed!. Whoops
vsn 1.27 - Major problems with the help menu. I discovered that if I took
out some of the extraneous code, then I could get it to work.
vsn 1.26 - Discovered that half of the conversions were wrong! and worse,
some of them didn't work as they should. This was supposed to
be the final version!.
vsn 1.25 - Help menu added and tested. Not generally released, but was
tested by a few people (briefly!)
vsn1.24* - Fixed the quit window problem. Thanks should be given to Dave
Jackson at Clares for helping me with this one. This version
was sent to AU and the independant WB site (www.treknet.is/WB)
vsn 1.23 - Not satisfied with some of the window handles. Altered them, compiled
it only to find I liked it the first way!
vsn 1.22 - Added another 14 converters, altered the menus, played with
the sprites so they looked a bit nicer. The whole addition took a
further 15 minutes. That's 50 minutes for all the windows,
menus, debugging, extra code - try doing that under the normal
BasicVI!. Buy WIMPBasic now! Main About window played with.
vsn 1.21 - The About window has been altered as has the icon menu and the
converter menus. The main converter code has been rejigged so that it
runs a bit more efficiently.
vsn 1.20 - The main window was jiggled for asthetic purposes. The sprites were
recoded.
vsn 1.19 - The Quit routine was altered so it would work!
vsn 1.18 - The Quit routine was played with - rather unstable, but works
vsn 1.17 - Tracer removed from the main window
vsn 1.16 - Main converter code altered for null entries
vsn 1.15 - Main window was debugged (the "Converter" was deemed clickable)
vsn 1.14 - A double variable was introduced so the program couldn't be fooled
vsn 1.13 - Tracer window added to the main window, there was something "odd"
going on in the program, and I didn't quite know what, well I did
the program would convert correctly the first time, but then not
after that!
vsn 1.12 - The main Quit window was put in. It worked, but not very well.
vsn 1.11 - Didn't happen.
vsn 1.10 - The window frame titles were added so that I could see what I was
doing. The conversion didn't make sense otherwise!
vsn 1.09 - Main converter code re-written so that it would work better!
vsn 1.08 - Didn't happen.
vsn 1.07 - see above!
vsn 1.06 - Main window adjusted so that it looked nicer. (Pretty colours!)
vsn 1.05 - Bugged to hell. Discovered a rather neat trick though, it is known
as programming in non-spaghetti style!. Major re-write of all code
vsn 1.04 - beta test version. Didn't like it much. I could enter 16oz to go to
pounds and it would come back with 1.42!
vsn 1.03 - Didn't happen
vsn 1.02 - Very archaic version of the program. It needed a wimpslot of about
132k. Vsn 1.15+ uses just 32k wimpslot - though it really can get
away with one just 20K big.
vsn 1.01 - Really just version 1.00b, but with a different number and a few less
bugs.
vsn 1.00 - The original version. This took about 20 minutes to code. So that's
0.21 extra versions in about 15 minutes. C programmers, eat your
hearts out!
vsn 0.9 - Final BASIC version written. It was to be my final attempt at
programming under the RiscOS OS. The only big advantage over
future versions was that it was OS2 compatable. It was never
released, though did contain all that is in vsn 1.28.
It is worth saying that without WimpBasic, this would never have happened and
what's more, the entire program (including these files, sprites and coding has
taken me less than 1 hour 15!). Under normal circumstances, the addition of
extra code would have made the package more of a swine, but under WB, it's as
easy as falling asleep to a junior Doctor :-)
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Paul
6.8.97
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I discovere| 000006b0 64 20 74 68 61 74 20 69 66 20 49 20 74 6f 6f 6b |d that if I took| 000006c0 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 6f 75 74 20 |. out | 000006d0 73 6f 6d 65 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 65 78 74 72 |some of the extr| 000006e0 61 6e 65 6f 75 73 20 63 6f 64 65 2c 20 74 68 65 |aneous code, the| 000006f0 6e 20 49 20 63 6f 75 6c 64 20 67 65 74 20 69 74 |n I could get it| 00000700 20 74 6f 20 77 6f 72 6b 2e 20 20 0a 0a 76 73 6e | to work. ..vsn| 00000710 20 31 2e 32 36 20 2d 20 44 69 73 63 6f 76 65 72 | 1.26 - Discover| 00000720 65 64 20 74 68 61 74 20 68 61 6c 66 20 6f 66 20 |ed that half of | 00000730 74 68 65 20 63 6f 6e 76 65 72 73 69 6f 6e 73 20 |the conversions | 00000740 77 65 72 65 20 77 72 6f 6e 67 21 20 61 6e 64 20 |were wrong! and | 00000750 77 6f 72 73 65 2c 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |worse,. | 00000760 20 20 73 6f 6d 65 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 6d 20 64 | some of them d| 00000770 69 64 6e 27 74 20 77 6f 72 6b 20 61 73 20 74 68 |idn't work as th| 00000780 65 79 20 73 68 6f 75 6c 64 2e 20 54 68 69 73 20 |ey should. This | 00000790 77 61 73 20 73 75 70 70 6f 73 65 64 20 74 6f 0a |was supposed to.| 000007a0 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 62 65 20 74 68 | be th| 000007b0 65 20 66 69 6e 61 6c 20 76 65 72 73 69 6f 6e 21 |e final version!| 000007c0 2e 0a 0a 76 73 6e 20 31 2e 32 35 20 2d 20 48 65 |...vsn 1.25 - He| 000007d0 6c 70 20 6d 65 6e 75 20 61 64 64 65 64 20 61 6e |lp menu added an| 000007e0 64 20 74 65 73 74 65 64 2e 20 4e 6f 74 20 67 65 |d tested. Not ge| 000007f0 6e 65 72 61 6c 6c 79 20 72 65 6c 65 61 73 65 64 |nerally released| 00000800 2c 20 62 75 74 20 77 61 73 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 |, but was. | 00000810 20 20 20 20 20 74 65 73 74 65 64 20 62 79 20 61 | tested by a| 00000820 20 66 65 77 20 70 65 6f 70 6c 65 20 28 62 72 69 | few people (bri| 00000830 65 66 6c 79 21 29 0a 0a 76 73 6e 31 2e 32 34 2a |efly!)..vsn1.24*| 00000840 20 2d 20 46 69 78 65 64 20 74 68 65 20 71 75 69 | - Fixed the qui| 00000850 74 20 77 69 6e 64 6f 77 20 70 72 6f 62 6c 65 6d |t window problem| 00000860 2e 20 54 68 61 6e 6b 73 20 73 68 6f 75 6c 64 20 |. Thanks should | 00000870 62 65 20 67 69 76 65 6e 20 74 6f 20 44 61 76 65 |be given to Dave| 00000880 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 4a 61 63 6b |. Jack| 00000890 73 6f 6e 20 61 74 20 43 6c 61 72 65 73 20 66 6f |son at Clares fo| 000008a0 72 20 68 65 6c 70 69 6e 67 20 6d 65 20 77 69 74 |r helping me wit| 000008b0 68 20 74 68 69 73 20 6f 6e 65 2e 20 54 68 69 73 |h this one. This| 000008c0 20 76 65 72 73 69 6f 6e 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | version. | 000008d0 20 20 20 20 77 61 73 20 73 65 6e 74 20 74 6f 20 | was sent to | 000008e0 41 55 20 61 6e 64 20 74 68 65 20 69 6e 64 65 70 |AU and the indep| 000008f0 65 6e 64 61 6e 74 20 57 42 20 73 69 74 65 20 28 |endant WB site (| 00000900 77 77 77 2e 74 72 65 6b 6e 65 74 2e 69 73 2f 57 |www.treknet.is/W| 00000910 42 29 0a 0a 76 73 6e 20 31 2e 32 33 20 2d 20 4e |B)..vsn 1.23 - N| 00000920 6f 74 20 73 61 74 69 73 66 69 65 64 20 77 69 74 |ot satisfied wit| 00000930 68 20 73 6f 6d 65 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 77 69 |h some of the wi| 00000940 6e 64 6f 77 20 68 61 6e 64 6c 65 73 2e 20 41 6c |ndow handles. Al| 00000950 74 65 72 65 64 20 74 68 65 6d 2c 20 63 6f 6d 70 |tered them, comp| 00000960 69 6c 65 64 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |iled. | 00000970 69 74 20 6f 6e 6c 79 20 74 6f 20 66 69 6e 64 20 |it only to find | 00000980 49 20 6c 69 6b 65 64 20 69 74 20 74 68 65 20 66 |I liked it the f| 00000990 69 72 73 74 20 77 61 79 21 0a 0a 76 73 6e 20 31 |irst way!..vsn 1| 000009a0 2e 32 32 20 2d 20 41 64 64 65 64 20 61 6e 6f 74 |.22 - Added anot| 000009b0 68 65 72 20 31 34 20 63 6f 6e 76 65 72 74 65 72 |her 14 converter| 000009c0 73 2c 20 61 6c 74 65 72 65 64 20 74 68 65 20 6d |s, altered the m| 000009d0 65 6e 75 73 2c 20 70 6c 61 79 65 64 20 77 69 74 |enus, played wit| 000009e0 68 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 74 68 65 |h. the| 000009f0 20 73 70 72 69 74 65 73 20 73 6f 20 74 68 65 79 | sprites so they| 00000a00 20 6c 6f 6f 6b 65 64 20 61 20 62 69 74 20 6e 69 | looked a bit ni| 00000a10 63 65 72 2e 20 54 68 65 20 77 68 6f 6c 65 20 61 |cer. The whole a| 00000a20 64 64 69 74 69 6f 6e 20 74 6f 6f 6b 20 61 0a 20 |ddition took a. | 00000a30 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 66 75 72 74 68 65 | furthe| 00000a40 72 20 31 35 20 6d 69 6e 75 74 65 73 2e 20 54 68 |r 15 minutes. Th| 00000a50 61 74 27 73 20 35 30 20 6d 69 6e 75 74 65 73 20 |at's 50 minutes | 00000a60 66 6f 72 20 61 6c 6c 20 74 68 65 20 77 69 6e 64 |for all the wind| 00000a70 6f 77 73 2c 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |ows,. | 00000a80 6d 65 6e 75 73 2c 20 64 65 62 75 67 67 69 6e 67 |menus, debugging| 00000a90 2c 20 65 78 74 72 61 20 63 6f 64 65 20 2d 20 74 |, extra code - t| 00000aa0 72 79 20 64 6f 69 6e 67 20 74 68 61 74 20 75 6e |ry doing that un| 00000ab0 64 65 72 20 74 68 65 20 6e 6f 72 6d 61 6c 0a 20 |der the normal. | 00000ac0 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 42 61 73 69 63 56 | BasicV| 00000ad0 49 21 2e 20 20 42 75 79 20 57 49 4d 50 42 61 73 |I!. Buy WIMPBas| 00000ae0 69 63 20 6e 6f 77 21 20 4d 61 69 6e 20 41 62 6f |ic now! 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