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Johnson/MultiShow/!Multishow/ROs<360
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
FOR USERS OF MACHINES OTHER THAN THE RISC PC AND A7000'S
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It has been brought to my attention that these applications are not working
on machines running under anything less than ROs3.5. This is due to the
sprites files being in 32 thousand colour mode.
To fix that, I have included a directory in each application called
"256colours". In this you will find the 256 colour versions of the sprite
files. Just copy them into the main directory and the application will run
with them rather than the nicer 32k coloured ones.
I don't intend to write in anything else but 32k colours (if you'd forked out
as much on a computer as I did for this RPC700, then you'd appreciate that if
you've got it, you should use it! - the original argument for upgrading to
RiscOS3.1!). However, I will include the 256colour directory in each
application. It takes me less time this way then re-drawing each sprite (I
plonk it through a !Creator by John Kortnik, then play with the files with
!Paint).
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Paul F. Johnson
http://www.fortunecity.com/skyscraper/carlton/108 00000000 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 46 4f 52 20 55 53 45 | FOR USE| 00000010 52 53 20 4f 46 20 4d 41 43 48 49 4e 45 53 20 4f |RS OF MACHINES O| 00000020 54 48 45 52 20 54 48 41 4e 20 54 48 45 20 52 49 |THER THAN THE RI| 00000030 53 43 20 50 43 20 41 4e 44 20 41 37 30 30 30 27 |SC PC AND A7000'| 00000040 53 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 2b 2b 2b 2b 2b |S. +++++| 00000050 2b 2b 2b 2b 2b 2b 2b 2b 2b 2b 2b 2b 2b 2b 2b 2b |++++++++++++++++| * 00000080 2b 2b 2b 0a 0a 49 74 20 68 61 73 20 62 65 65 6e |+++..It has been| 00000090 20 62 72 6f 75 67 68 74 20 74 6f 20 6d 79 20 61 | brought to my a| 000000a0 74 74 65 6e 74 69 6f 6e 20 74 68 61 74 20 74 68 |ttention that th| 000000b0 65 73 65 20 61 70 70 6c 69 63 61 74 69 6f 6e 73 |ese applications| 000000c0 20 61 72 65 20 6e 6f 74 20 77 6f 72 6b 69 6e 67 | are not working| 000000d0 0a 6f 6e 20 6d 61 63 68 69 6e 65 73 20 72 75 6e |.on machines run| 000000e0 6e 69 6e 67 20 75 6e 64 65 72 20 61 6e 79 74 68 |ning under anyth| 000000f0 69 6e 67 20 6c 65 73 73 20 74 68 61 6e 20 52 4f |ing less than RO| 00000100 73 33 2e 35 2e 20 54 68 69 73 20 69 73 20 64 75 |s3.5. This is du| 00000110 65 20 74 6f 20 74 68 65 0a 73 70 72 69 74 65 73 |e to the.sprites| 00000120 20 66 69 6c 65 73 20 62 65 69 6e 67 20 69 6e 20 | files being in | 00000130 33 32 20 74 68 6f 75 73 61 6e 64 20 63 6f 6c 6f |32 thousand colo| 00000140 75 72 20 6d 6f 64 65 2e 0a 0a 54 6f 20 66 69 78 |ur mode...To fix| 00000150 20 74 68 61 74 2c 20 49 20 68 61 76 65 20 69 6e | that, I have in| 00000160 63 6c 75 64 65 64 20 61 20 64 69 72 65 63 74 6f |cluded a directo| 00000170 72 79 20 69 6e 20 65 61 63 68 20 61 70 70 6c 69 |ry in each appli| 00000180 63 61 74 69 6f 6e 20 63 61 6c 6c 65 64 0a 22 32 |cation called."2| 00000190 35 36 63 6f 6c 6f 75 72 73 22 2e 20 49 6e 20 74 |56colours". In t| 000001a0 68 69 73 20 79 6f 75 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 66 69 6e |his you will fin| 000001b0 64 20 74 68 65 20 32 35 36 20 63 6f 6c 6f 75 72 |d the 256 colour| 000001c0 20 76 65 72 73 69 6f 6e 73 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 | versions of the| 000001d0 20 73 70 72 69 74 65 0a 66 69 6c 65 73 2e 20 4a | sprite.files. J| 000001e0 75 73 74 20 63 6f 70 79 20 74 68 65 6d 20 69 6e |ust copy them in| 000001f0 74 6f 20 74 68 65 20 6d 61 69 6e 20 64 69 72 65 |to the main dire| 00000200 63 74 6f 72 79 20 61 6e 64 20 74 68 65 20 61 70 |ctory and the ap| 00000210 70 6c 69 63 61 74 69 6f 6e 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 72 |plication will r| 00000220 75 6e 0a 77 69 74 68 20 74 68 65 6d 20 72 61 74 |un.with them rat| 00000230 68 65 72 20 74 68 61 6e 20 74 68 65 20 6e 69 63 |her than the nic| 00000240 65 72 20 33 32 6b 20 63 6f 6c 6f 75 72 65 64 20 |er 32k coloured | 00000250 6f 6e 65 73 2e 0a 0a 49 20 64 6f 6e 27 74 20 69 |ones...I don't i| 00000260 6e 74 65 6e 64 20 74 6f 20 77 72 69 74 65 20 69 |ntend to write i| 00000270 6e 20 61 6e 79 74 68 69 6e 67 20 65 6c 73 65 20 |n anything else | 00000280 62 75 74 20 33 32 6b 20 63 6f 6c 6f 75 72 73 20 |but 32k colours | 00000290 28 69 66 20 79 6f 75 27 64 20 66 6f 72 6b 65 64 |(if you'd forked| 000002a0 20 6f 75 74 0a 61 73 20 6d 75 63 68 20 6f 6e 20 | out.as much on | 000002b0 61 20 63 6f 6d 70 75 74 65 72 20 61 73 20 49 20 |a computer as I | 000002c0 64 69 64 20 66 6f 72 20 74 68 69 73 20 52 50 43 |did for this RPC| 000002d0 37 30 30 2c 20 74 68 65 6e 20 79 6f 75 27 64 20 |700, then you'd | 000002e0 61 70 70 72 65 63 69 61 74 65 20 74 68 61 74 20 |appreciate that | 000002f0 69 66 0a 79 6f 75 27 76 65 20 67 6f 74 20 69 74 |if.you've got it| 00000300 2c 20 79 6f 75 20 73 68 6f 75 6c 64 20 75 73 65 |, you should use| 00000310 20 69 74 21 20 2d 20 74 68 65 20 6f 72 69 67 69 | it! - the origi| 00000320 6e 61 6c 20 61 72 67 75 6d 65 6e 74 20 66 6f 72 |nal argument for| 00000330 20 75 70 67 72 61 64 69 6e 67 20 74 6f 0a 52 69 | upgrading to.Ri| 00000340 73 63 4f 53 33 2e 31 21 29 2e 20 48 6f 77 65 76 |scOS3.1!). Howev| 00000350 65 72 2c 20 49 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 69 6e 63 6c 75 |er, I will inclu| 00000360 64 65 20 74 68 65 20 32 35 36 63 6f 6c 6f 75 72 |de the 256colour| 00000370 20 64 69 72 65 63 74 6f 72 79 20 69 6e 20 65 61 | directory in ea| 00000380 63 68 0a 61 70 70 6c 69 63 61 74 69 6f 6e 2e 20 |ch.application. | 00000390 49 74 20 74 61 6b 65 73 20 6d 65 20 6c 65 73 73 |It takes me less| 000003a0 20 74 69 6d 65 20 74 68 69 73 20 77 61 79 20 74 | time this way t| 000003b0 68 65 6e 20 72 65 2d 64 72 61 77 69 6e 67 20 65 |hen re-drawing e| 000003c0 61 63 68 20 73 70 72 69 74 65 20 28 49 0a 70 6c |ach sprite (I.pl| 000003d0 6f 6e 6b 20 69 74 20 74 68 72 6f 75 67 68 20 61 |onk it through a| 000003e0 20 21 43 72 65 61 74 6f 72 20 62 79 20 4a 6f 68 | !Creator by Joh| 000003f0 6e 20 4b 6f 72 74 6e 69 6b 2c 20 74 68 65 6e 20 |n Kortnik, then | 00000400 70 6c 61 79 20 77 69 74 68 20 74 68 65 20 66 69 |play with the fi| 00000410 6c 65 73 20 77 69 74 68 0a 21 50 61 69 6e 74 29 |les with.!Paint)| 00000420 2e 0a 0a 2d 2d 2d 2d 0a 0a 50 61 75 6c 20 46 2e |...----..Paul F.| 00000430 20 4a 6f 68 6e 73 6f 6e 0a 0a 68 74 74 70 3a 2f | Johnson..http:/| 00000440 2f 77 77 77 2e 66 6f 72 74 75 6e 65 63 69 74 79 |/www.fortunecity| 00000450 2e 63 6f 6d 2f 73 6b 79 73 63 72 61 70 65 72 2f |.com/skyscraper/| 00000460 63 61 72 6c 74 6f 6e 2f 31 30 38 |carlton/108| 0000046b
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