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!MacroLife/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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| Filename: | !MacroLife/Docs/History |
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| File size: | 0A39 bytes |
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File contents
Life History:
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Begun 12 Sep 1994
0.10� 7 Nov 1994 - Initial �-test version.
0.20� 26 Nov 1994 - Optional auto scrolling.
Drag-box for Lifeform save, block edit, etc.
Faster redraw when adding Lifeforms & blocks.
More buttons added to the toolbar.
Rule setting moved from options dbox to edit menu.
Dialogue box added for direct setting of plane X,Y.
Auto-scaling to ensure Lifeforms are fully visible.
'New start' available from toolbar.
Various other minor tweaks.
1.00 14 Feb 1995 - Filetypes changed.
File format modified.
Block move/copy operations added.
1.10 10 Mar 1995 - Changes following tests on a Risc PC.
1.20 30 Mar 1995 - User definable rules added.
Rotation and reflection operations added.
Recalculation speed doubled.
Facility to drag view around using mouse added.
New Lifeforms.
1.30 6 Apr 1995 - Optional toolbar icon help added.
shift-Select/Adjust added for block merges.
Grid co-ordinate system changed.
Import/Export of patterns to/from xlife etc.
Cells drawn during block operations.
1.31 17 Apr 1995 - Facility to move view to average cell position.
Colour menus added to Options dialogue box.
1.40 26 Apr 1995 - Optional system variable for choices directory.
Average/Shift view options exchanged.
On-line help added for menus and Lifeforms.
Live cells under fixed dragboxes erased.
Changes for textured window backgrounds.
1.50 30 Apr 1995 - New registration system.
1.60 16 May 1995 - FileInfo date/time formats now configurable via Messages
Options colour selection up/down buttons replaced
Registration banner amended
Registration file format changed
ctrl-Select/Adjust on speed icon for full speed off/on.
Automatic shrink-fit of Lifeform save dragboxes.
The Future:
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� file compression
� speed-critical sections rewritten in assembler.
� debugging!
� ...you tell me.
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| 00000600 46 61 63 69 6c 69 74 79 20 74 6f 20 6d 6f 76 65 |Facility to move| 00000610 20 76 69 65 77 20 74 6f 20 61 76 65 72 61 67 65 | view to average| 00000620 20 63 65 6c 6c 20 70 6f 73 69 74 69 6f 6e 2e 0a | cell position..| 00000630 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | | 00000640 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 43 6f 6c 6f 75 72 20 | Colour | 00000650 6d 65 6e 75 73 20 61 64 64 65 64 20 74 6f 20 4f |menus added to O| 00000660 70 74 69 6f 6e 73 20 64 69 61 6c 6f 67 75 65 20 |ptions dialogue | 00000670 62 6f 78 2e 0a 31 2e 34 30 20 20 20 20 20 32 36 |box..1.40 26| 00000680 20 41 70 72 20 31 39 39 35 20 20 20 2d 20 4f 70 | Apr 1995 - Op| 00000690 74 69 6f 6e 61 6c 20 73 79 73 74 65 6d 20 76 61 |tional system va| 000006a0 72 69 61 62 6c 65 20 66 6f 72 20 63 68 6f 69 63 |riable for choic| 000006b0 65 73 20 64 69 72 65 63 74 6f 72 79 2e 0a 20 20 |es directory.. | 000006c0 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | | 000006d0 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 41 76 65 72 61 67 65 2f 53 | Average/S| 000006e0 68 69 66 74 20 76 69 65 77 20 6f 70 74 69 6f 6e |hift view option| 000006f0 73 20 65 78 63 68 61 6e 67 65 64 2e 0a 20 20 20 |s exchanged.. | 00000700 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | | 00000710 20 20 20 20 20 20 4f 6e 2d 6c 69 6e 65 20 68 65 | On-line he| 00000720 6c 70 20 61 64 64 65 64 20 66 6f 72 20 6d 65 6e |lp added for men| 00000730 75 73 20 61 6e 64 20 4c 69 66 65 66 6f 72 6d 73 |us and Lifeforms| 00000740 2e 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |.. | 00000750 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 4c 69 76 65 20 | Live | 00000760 63 65 6c 6c 73 20 75 6e 64 65 72 20 66 69 78 65 |cells under fixe| 00000770 64 20 64 72 61 67 62 6f 78 65 73 20 65 72 61 73 |d dragboxes eras| 00000780 65 64 2e 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |ed.. | 00000790 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 43 68 61 | Cha| 000007a0 6e 67 65 73 20 66 6f 72 20 74 65 78 74 75 72 65 |nges for texture| 000007b0 64 20 77 69 6e 64 6f 77 20 62 61 63 6b 67 72 6f |d window backgro| 000007c0 75 6e 64 73 2e 0a 31 2e 35 30 20 20 20 20 20 33 |unds..1.50 3| 000007d0 30 20 41 70 72 20 31 39 39 35 20 20 20 2d 20 4e |0 Apr 1995 - N| 000007e0 65 77 20 72 65 67 69 73 74 72 61 74 69 6f 6e 20 |ew registration | 000007f0 73 79 73 74 65 6d 2e 0a 31 2e 36 30 20 20 20 20 |system..1.60 | 00000800 20 31 36 20 4d 61 79 20 31 39 39 35 20 20 20 2d | 16 May 1995 -| 00000810 20 46 69 6c 65 49 6e 66 6f 20 64 61 74 65 2f 74 | FileInfo date/t| 00000820 69 6d 65 20 66 6f 72 6d 61 74 73 20 6e 6f 77 20 |ime formats now | 00000830 63 6f 6e 66 69 67 75 72 61 62 6c 65 20 76 69 61 |configurable via| 00000840 20 4d 65 73 73 61 67 65 73 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 | Messages. | 00000850 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | | 00000860 20 20 20 4f 70 74 69 6f 6e 73 20 63 6f 6c 6f 75 | Options colou| 00000870 72 20 73 65 6c 65 63 74 69 6f 6e 20 75 70 2f 64 |r selection up/d| 00000880 6f 77 6e 20 62 75 74 74 6f 6e 73 20 72 65 70 6c |own buttons repl| 00000890 61 63 65 64 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |aced. | 000008a0 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 52 65 | Re| 000008b0 67 69 73 74 72 61 74 69 6f 6e 20 62 61 6e 6e 65 |gistration banne| 000008c0 72 20 61 6d 65 6e 64 65 64 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 |r amended. | 000008d0 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | | 000008e0 20 20 20 52 65 67 69 73 74 72 61 74 69 6f 6e 20 | Registration | 000008f0 66 69 6c 65 20 66 6f 72 6d 61 74 20 63 68 61 6e |file format chan| 00000900 67 65 64 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |ged. | 00000910 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 63 74 72 | ctr| 00000920 6c 2d 53 65 6c 65 63 74 2f 41 64 6a 75 73 74 20 |l-Select/Adjust | 00000930 6f 6e 20 73 70 65 65 64 20 69 63 6f 6e 20 66 6f |on speed icon fo| 00000940 72 20 66 75 6c 6c 20 73 70 65 65 64 20 6f 66 66 |r full speed off| 00000950 2f 6f 6e 2e 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |/on.. | 00000960 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 41 75 | Au| 00000970 74 6f 6d 61 74 69 63 20 73 68 72 69 6e 6b 2d 66 |tomatic shrink-f| 00000980 69 74 20 6f 66 20 4c 69 66 65 66 6f 72 6d 20 73 |it of Lifeform s| 00000990 61 76 65 20 64 72 61 67 62 6f 78 65 73 2e 0a 20 |ave dragboxes.. | 000009a0 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | | 000009b0 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 0a 54 68 65 20 46 75 74 | .The Fut| 000009c0 75 72 65 3a 0a 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d |ure:.-----------| 000009d0 0a 20 8f 20 66 69 6c 65 20 63 6f 6d 70 72 65 73 |. . file compres| 000009e0 73 69 6f 6e 0a 20 8f 20 73 70 65 65 64 2d 63 72 |sion. . speed-cr| 000009f0 69 74 69 63 61 6c 20 73 65 63 74 69 6f 6e 73 20 |itical sections | 00000a00 72 65 77 72 69 74 74 65 6e 20 69 6e 20 61 73 73 |rewritten in ass| 00000a10 65 6d 62 6c 65 72 2e 0a 20 8f 20 64 65 62 75 67 |embler.. . debug| 00000a20 67 69 6e 67 21 0a 20 8f 20 2e 2e 2e 79 6f 75 20 |ging!. . ...you | 00000a30 74 65 6c 6c 20 6d 65 2e 0a |tell me..| 00000a39
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