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StarInfo/Gaughan/!Pollster/Help/Help
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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| Tape/disk: | Home » Archimedes archive » Acorn User » AU 1998-08.adf » Regulars |
| Filename: | StarInfo/Gaughan/!Pollster/Help/Help |
| Read OK: | ✔ |
| File size: | 0B0F bytes |
| Load address: | 0000 |
| Exec address: | 0000 |
File contents
���������������� Pollster v0�15 by Keith Gaughan ���������������� �a PollMask calculator. � ������������������������������������������������������������� Preamble � One of the things that I've grown sick of is recalculating my pollmask time after time with different programs. It's a complete and utter arse. I've never seen a program which does this before so I guess that it's a first! � ������������������������������������������������������������������ Use � Just click on the things that you want masked and when you're finished, click on 'Calculate!' In the bottom two icons will appear the value of the mask in hex and decimal. Alternatively, you can decipher your old pollmasks by typing them into one of the writable icons in either hex or decimal form. Just press Return to decode it. � �������������������������������������������������������������� Futures � I think I might bung the code into Assistant. � �������������������������������������������������������������� Credits � Program, Graphics & Template design by Keith Gaughan � ��������������������������������������������������������������� DLMlib � DLMlib is a set of shared resources by Keith Gaughan. It supports Panes & MessageTrans. You should be able to obtain it from any good PD library or from HENSA. Alternatively, you could contact the author using one of the methods below. Note that if you contact him by post, you should send a disc (any density) and a stamped, addressed envelope. This application supports the desktop save protocol and interactive help. Both DLMlib and this application have only been tested on the author's RISC OS 3.10 A3010 due to a drought of Acorn-owning friends and for this reason, it is not guaranteed to work on every version of RISC OS. � �������������������������������������������������������������� Address � If you want to contact me for any reason, then send a letter to this address: Keith Gaughan, The Square, Aclare, Co. Sligo, REPUBLIC OF IRELAND You know the usual, send anything: suggestions for new programs or additions to my existing ones, your own software, Tracker/DSym �les, interesting JPEG of Eva Hertzigova, donations to my Get-a-RISC-PC-and-a-C- compiler-for-Uni fund, anything really! � ������������������������������������������������� Licence & Disclaimer � You can access the Licence and the Disclaimer of liability for this program from the file selector you used to open this file. � �������������������������������������������������������������� History � 0�01 First version. (29-Jan-1998) 0�10 Partially rewritten and wired for DLMlib. (17-Feb-1998) 0�15 Bunged in a few more poll reasons and it now lets you (3-Apr-1998) discover what your old codes mean. Also corrected a daft mistake in the 'Use' section (did anyone notice it?)
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Preamble .| 000000b0 0a 0a 4f 6e 65 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 74 68 69 |..One of the thi| 000000c0 6e 67 73 20 74 68 61 74 20 49 27 76 65 20 67 72 |ngs that I've gr| 000000d0 6f 77 6e 20 73 69 63 6b 20 6f 66 20 69 73 20 72 |own sick of is r| 000000e0 65 63 61 6c 63 75 6c 61 74 69 6e 67 20 6d 79 20 |ecalculating my | 000000f0 70 6f 6c 6c 6d 61 73 6b 20 74 69 6d 65 0a 61 66 |pollmask time.af| 00000100 74 65 72 20 74 69 6d 65 20 77 69 74 68 20 64 69 |ter time with di| 00000110 66 66 65 72 65 6e 74 20 70 72 6f 67 72 61 6d 73 |fferent programs| 00000120 2e 20 49 74 27 73 20 61 20 63 6f 6d 70 6c 65 74 |. It's a complet| 00000130 65 20 61 6e 64 20 75 74 74 65 72 20 61 72 73 65 |e and utter arse| 00000140 2e 20 49 27 76 65 0a 6e 65 76 65 72 20 73 65 65 |. I've.never see| 00000150 6e 20 61 20 70 72 6f 67 72 61 6d 20 77 68 69 63 |n a program whic| 00000160 68 20 64 6f 65 73 20 74 68 69 73 20 62 65 66 6f |h does this befo| 00000170 72 65 20 73 6f 20 49 20 67 75 65 73 73 20 74 68 |re so I guess th| 00000180 61 74 20 69 74 27 73 20 61 20 66 69 72 73 74 21 |at it's a first!| 00000190 0a 0a 0a 20 97 20 97 97 99 97 99 99 97 99 99 98 |... . ..........| 000001a0 99 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 |................| 000001b0 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 |................| * 000001d0 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 20 55 73 65 20 98 0a 0a |........ Use ...| 000001e0 4a 75 73 74 20 63 6c 69 63 6b 20 6f 6e 20 74 68 |Just click on th| 000001f0 65 20 74 68 69 6e 67 73 20 74 68 61 74 20 79 6f |e things that yo| 00000200 75 20 77 61 6e 74 20 6d 61 73 6b 65 64 20 61 6e |u want masked an| 00000210 64 20 77 68 65 6e 20 79 6f 75 27 72 65 20 66 69 |d when you're fi| 00000220 6e 69 73 68 65 64 2c 0a 63 6c 69 63 6b 20 6f 6e |nished,.click on| 00000230 20 27 43 61 6c 63 75 6c 61 74 65 21 27 20 49 6e | 'Calculate!' In| 00000240 20 74 68 65 20 62 6f 74 74 6f 6d 20 74 77 6f 20 | the bottom two | 00000250 69 63 6f 6e 73 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 61 70 70 65 61 |icons will appea| 00000260 72 20 74 68 65 20 76 61 6c 75 65 20 6f 66 20 74 |r the value of t| 00000270 68 65 0a 6d 61 73 6b 20 69 6e 20 68 65 78 20 61 |he.mask in hex a| 00000280 6e 64 20 64 65 63 69 6d 61 6c 2e 20 41 6c 74 65 |nd decimal. Alte| 00000290 72 6e 61 74 69 76 65 6c 79 2c 20 79 6f 75 20 63 |rnatively, you c| 000002a0 61 6e 20 64 65 63 69 70 68 65 72 20 79 6f 75 72 |an decipher your| 000002b0 20 6f 6c 64 20 70 6f 6c 6c 6d 61 73 6b 73 0a 62 | old pollmasks.b| 000002c0 79 20 74 79 70 69 6e 67 20 74 68 65 6d 20 69 6e |y typing them in| 000002d0 74 6f 20 6f 6e 65 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 77 72 |to one of the wr| 000002e0 69 74 61 62 6c 65 20 69 63 6f 6e 73 20 69 6e 20 |itable icons in | 000002f0 65 69 74 68 65 72 20 68 65 78 20 6f 72 20 64 65 |either hex or de| 00000300 63 69 6d 61 6c 20 66 6f 72 6d 2e 0a 4a 75 73 74 |cimal form..Just| 00000310 20 70 72 65 73 73 20 52 65 74 75 72 6e 20 74 6f | press Return to| 00000320 20 64 65 63 6f 64 65 20 69 74 2e 0a 0a 0a 20 97 | decode it.... .| 00000330 20 97 97 99 97 99 99 97 99 99 98 99 98 98 98 98 | ...............| 00000340 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 |................| * 00000360 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 20 |............... | 00000370 46 75 74 75 72 65 73 20 98 0a 0a 49 20 74 68 69 |Futures ...I thi| 00000380 6e 6b 20 49 20 6d 69 67 68 74 20 62 75 6e 67 20 |nk I might bung | 00000390 74 68 65 20 63 6f 64 65 20 69 6e 74 6f 20 41 73 |the code into As| 000003a0 73 69 73 74 61 6e 74 2e 0a 0a 0a 20 97 20 97 97 |sistant.... . ..| 000003b0 99 97 99 99 97 99 99 98 99 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 |................| 000003c0 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 |................| * 000003e0 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 20 43 72 65 |............ Cre| 000003f0 64 69 74 73 20 98 0a 0a 50 72 6f 67 72 61 6d 2c |dits ...Program,| 00000400 20 47 72 61 70 68 69 63 73 20 26 20 54 65 6d 70 | Graphics & Temp| 00000410 6c 61 74 65 20 64 65 73 69 67 6e 20 62 79 0a 09 |late design by..| 00000420 4b 65 69 74 68 20 47 61 75 67 68 61 6e 0a 0a 0a |Keith Gaughan...| 00000430 20 97 20 97 97 99 97 99 99 97 99 99 98 99 98 98 | . .............| 00000440 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 |................| * 00000470 98 98 20 44 4c 4d 6c 69 62 20 98 0a 0a 44 4c 4d |.. DLMlib ...DLM| 00000480 6c 69 62 20 69 73 20 61 20 73 65 74 20 6f 66 20 |lib is a set of | 00000490 73 68 61 72 65 64 20 72 65 73 6f 75 72 63 65 73 |shared resources| 000004a0 20 62 79 20 4b 65 69 74 68 20 47 61 75 67 68 61 | by Keith Gaugha| 000004b0 6e 2e 20 49 74 20 73 75 70 70 6f 72 74 73 20 50 |n. It supports P| 000004c0 61 6e 65 73 20 26 0a 4d 65 73 73 61 67 65 54 72 |anes &.MessageTr| 000004d0 61 6e 73 2e 20 59 6f 75 20 73 68 6f 75 6c 64 20 |ans. You should | 000004e0 62 65 20 61 62 6c 65 20 74 6f 20 6f 62 74 61 69 |be able to obtai| 000004f0 6e 20 69 74 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 61 6e 79 20 67 6f |n it from any go| 00000500 6f 64 20 50 44 20 6c 69 62 72 61 72 79 20 6f 72 |od PD library or| 00000510 0a 66 72 6f 6d 20 48 45 4e 53 41 2e 20 41 6c 74 |.from HENSA. Alt| 00000520 65 72 6e 61 74 69 76 65 6c 79 2c 20 79 6f 75 20 |ernatively, you | 00000530 63 6f 75 6c 64 20 63 6f 6e 74 61 63 74 20 74 68 |could contact th| 00000540 65 20 61 75 74 68 6f 72 20 75 73 69 6e 67 20 6f |e author using o| 00000550 6e 65 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 0a 6d 65 74 68 6f 64 |ne of the.method| 00000560 73 20 62 65 6c 6f 77 2e 20 4e 6f 74 65 20 74 68 |s below. Note th| 00000570 61 74 20 69 66 20 79 6f 75 20 63 6f 6e 74 61 63 |at if you contac| 00000580 74 20 68 69 6d 20 62 79 20 70 6f 73 74 2c 20 79 |t him by post, y| 00000590 6f 75 20 73 68 6f 75 6c 64 20 73 65 6e 64 20 61 |ou should send a| 000005a0 20 64 69 73 63 0a 28 61 6e 79 20 64 65 6e 73 69 | disc.(any densi| 000005b0 74 79 29 20 61 6e 64 20 61 20 73 74 61 6d 70 65 |ty) and a stampe| 000005c0 64 2c 20 61 64 64 72 65 73 73 65 64 20 65 6e 76 |d, addressed env| 000005d0 65 6c 6f 70 65 2e 0a 0a 54 68 69 73 20 61 70 70 |elope...This app| 000005e0 6c 69 63 61 74 69 6f 6e 20 73 75 70 70 6f 72 74 |lication support| 000005f0 73 20 74 68 65 20 64 65 73 6b 74 6f 70 20 73 61 |s the desktop sa| 00000600 76 65 20 70 72 6f 74 6f 63 6f 6c 20 61 6e 64 20 |ve protocol and | 00000610 69 6e 74 65 72 61 63 74 69 76 65 20 68 65 6c 70 |interactive help| 00000620 2e 0a 0a 42 6f 74 68 20 44 4c 4d 6c 69 62 20 61 |...Both DLMlib a| 00000630 6e 64 20 74 68 69 73 20 61 70 70 6c 69 63 61 74 |nd this applicat| 00000640 69 6f 6e 20 68 61 76 65 20 6f 6e 6c 79 20 62 65 |ion have only be| 00000650 65 6e 20 74 65 73 74 65 64 20 6f 6e 20 74 68 65 |en tested on the| 00000660 20 61 75 74 68 6f 72 27 73 20 52 49 53 43 0a 4f | author's RISC.O| 00000670 53 20 33 2e 31 30 20 41 33 30 31 30 20 64 75 65 |S 3.10 A3010 due| 00000680 20 74 6f 20 61 20 64 72 6f 75 67 68 74 20 6f 66 | to a drought of| 00000690 20 41 63 6f 72 6e 2d 6f 77 6e 69 6e 67 20 66 72 | Acorn-owning fr| 000006a0 69 65 6e 64 73 20 61 6e 64 20 66 6f 72 20 74 68 |iends and for th| 000006b0 69 73 20 72 65 61 73 6f 6e 2c 0a 69 74 20 69 73 |is reason,.it is| 000006c0 20 6e 6f 74 20 67 75 61 72 61 6e 74 65 65 64 20 | not guaranteed | 000006d0 74 6f 20 77 6f 72 6b 20 6f 6e 20 65 76 65 72 79 |to work on every| 000006e0 20 76 65 72 73 69 6f 6e 20 6f 66 20 52 49 53 43 | version of RISC| 000006f0 20 4f 53 2e 0a 0a 0a 20 97 20 97 97 99 97 99 99 | OS.... . ......| 00000700 97 99 99 98 99 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 |................| 00000710 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 |................| * 00000730 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 20 41 64 64 72 65 73 73 |........ Address| 00000740 20 98 0a 0a 49 66 20 79 6f 75 20 77 61 6e 74 20 | ...If you want | 00000750 74 6f 20 63 6f 6e 74 61 63 74 20 6d 65 20 66 6f |to contact me fo| 00000760 72 20 61 6e 79 20 72 65 61 73 6f 6e 2c 20 74 68 |r any reason, th| 00000770 65 6e 20 73 65 6e 64 20 61 20 6c 65 74 74 65 72 |en send a letter| 00000780 20 74 6f 20 74 68 69 73 0a 61 64 64 72 65 73 73 | to this.address| 00000790 3a 0a 0a 09 4b 65 69 74 68 20 47 61 75 67 68 61 |:...Keith Gaugha| 000007a0 6e 2c 0a 09 54 68 65 20 53 71 75 61 72 65 2c 0a |n,..The Square,.| 000007b0 09 41 63 6c 61 72 65 2c 0a 09 43 6f 2e 20 53 6c |.Aclare,..Co. Sl| 000007c0 69 67 6f 2c 0a 09 52 45 50 55 42 4c 49 43 20 4f |igo,..REPUBLIC O| 000007d0 46 20 49 52 45 4c 41 4e 44 0a 0a 59 6f 75 20 6b |F IRELAND..You k| 000007e0 6e 6f 77 20 74 68 65 20 75 73 75 61 6c 2c 20 73 |now the usual, s| 000007f0 65 6e 64 20 61 6e 79 74 68 69 6e 67 3a 20 73 75 |end anything: su| 00000800 67 67 65 73 74 69 6f 6e 73 20 66 6f 72 20 6e 65 |ggestions for ne| 00000810 77 20 70 72 6f 67 72 61 6d 73 20 6f 72 20 61 64 |w programs or ad| 00000820 64 69 74 69 6f 6e 73 0a 74 6f 20 6d 79 20 65 78 |ditions.to my ex| 00000830 69 73 74 69 6e 67 20 6f 6e 65 73 2c 20 79 6f 75 |isting ones, you| 00000840 72 20 6f 77 6e 20 73 6f 66 74 77 61 72 65 2c 20 |r own software, | 00000850 54 72 61 63 6b 65 72 2f 44 53 79 6d 20 9e 6c 65 |Tracker/DSym .le| 00000860 73 2c 20 69 6e 74 65 72 65 73 74 69 6e 67 20 4a |s, interesting J| 00000870 50 45 47 0a 6f 66 20 45 76 61 20 48 65 72 74 7a |PEG.of Eva Hertz| 00000880 69 67 6f 76 61 2c 20 64 6f 6e 61 74 69 6f 6e 73 |igova, donations| 00000890 20 74 6f 20 6d 79 20 47 65 74 2d 61 2d 52 49 53 | to my Get-a-RIS| 000008a0 43 2d 50 43 2d 61 6e 64 2d 61 2d 43 2d 20 63 6f |C-PC-and-a-C- co| 000008b0 6d 70 69 6c 65 72 2d 66 6f 72 2d 55 6e 69 0a 66 |mpiler-for-Uni.f| 000008c0 75 6e 64 2c 20 61 6e 79 74 68 69 6e 67 20 72 65 |und, anything re| 000008d0 61 6c 6c 79 21 0a 0a 0a 20 97 20 97 97 99 97 99 |ally!... . .....| 000008e0 99 97 99 99 98 99 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 |................| 000008f0 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 |................| 00000900 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 20 4c 69 63 |............ Lic| 00000910 65 6e 63 65 20 26 20 44 69 73 63 6c 61 69 6d 65 |ence & Disclaime| 00000920 72 20 98 0a 0a 59 6f 75 20 63 61 6e 20 61 63 63 |r ...You can acc| 00000930 65 73 73 20 74 68 65 20 4c 69 63 65 6e 63 65 20 |ess the Licence | 00000940 61 6e 64 20 74 68 65 20 44 69 73 63 6c 61 69 6d |and the Disclaim| 00000950 65 72 20 6f 66 20 6c 69 61 62 69 6c 69 74 79 20 |er of liability | 00000960 66 6f 72 20 74 68 69 73 20 70 72 6f 67 72 61 6d |for this program| 00000970 0a 66 72 6f 6d 20 74 68 65 20 66 69 6c 65 20 73 |.from the file s| 00000980 65 6c 65 63 74 6f 72 20 79 6f 75 20 75 73 65 64 |elector you used| 00000990 20 74 6f 20 6f 70 65 6e 20 74 68 69 73 20 66 69 | to open this fi| 000009a0 6c 65 2e 0a 0a 0a 20 97 20 97 97 99 97 99 99 97 |le.... . .......| 000009b0 99 99 98 99 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 |................| 000009c0 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 |................| * 000009e0 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 20 48 69 73 74 6f 72 79 20 |....... History | 000009f0 98 0a 0a 30 b7 30 31 09 09 46 69 72 73 74 20 76 |...0.01..First v| 00000a00 65 72 73 69 6f 6e 2e 0a 28 32 39 2d 4a 61 6e 2d |ersion..(29-Jan-| 00000a10 31 39 39 38 29 0a 0a 30 b7 31 30 09 09 50 61 72 |1998)..0.10..Par| 00000a20 74 69 61 6c 6c 79 20 72 65 77 72 69 74 74 65 6e |tially rewritten| 00000a30 20 61 6e 64 20 77 69 72 65 64 20 66 6f 72 20 44 | and wired for D| 00000a40 4c 4d 6c 69 62 2e 0a 28 31 37 2d 46 65 62 2d 31 |LMlib..(17-Feb-1| 00000a50 39 39 38 29 0a 0a 30 b7 31 35 09 09 42 75 6e 67 |998)..0.15..Bung| 00000a60 65 64 20 69 6e 20 61 20 66 65 77 20 6d 6f 72 65 |ed in a few more| 00000a70 20 70 6f 6c 6c 20 72 65 61 73 6f 6e 73 20 61 6e | poll reasons an| 00000a80 64 20 69 74 20 6e 6f 77 20 6c 65 74 73 20 79 6f |d it now lets yo| 00000a90 75 0a 28 33 2d 41 70 72 2d 31 39 39 38 29 09 64 |u.(3-Apr-1998).d| 00000aa0 69 73 63 6f 76 65 72 20 77 68 61 74 20 79 6f 75 |iscover what you| 00000ab0 72 20 6f 6c 64 20 63 6f 64 65 73 20 6d 65 61 6e |r old codes mean| 00000ac0 2e 20 41 6c 73 6f 20 63 6f 72 72 65 63 74 65 64 |. Also corrected| 00000ad0 20 61 20 64 61 66 74 0a 09 09 6d 69 73 74 61 6b | a daft...mistak| 00000ae0 65 20 69 6e 20 74 68 65 20 27 55 73 65 27 20 73 |e in the 'Use' s| 00000af0 65 63 74 69 6f 6e 20 28 64 69 64 20 61 6e 79 6f |ection (did anyo| 00000b00 6e 65 20 6e 6f 74 69 63 65 20 69 74 3f 29 0a |ne notice it?).| 00000b0f
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