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!Dalek/!Help
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Dalek Animation By Peter Clements IMPORTANT: Read the following three notes before running this application. NOTE 1: This application will only work on computers with 2Mb or more of Ram. NOTE 2: This application has been compressed using Computer Concepts' Compression. The code will automatically be decompressed when it is run, but you must make sure that your Scrap application has been seen by the computer. If this is not the case, an error message will be shown reminding you to open a directory containing !Scrap. NOTE 3: The application may not run on machines which are short of memory, in which case the screen will simply flicker ad infinitum. If this is the case, you should decompress the application on to a hard disc or a blank floppy. To do this, double-click on !Dalek while holding down CTRL. After a short pause a directory window will appear, containing an application directory called !Dalek2. Copy this on to another disc by dragging the icon, and the demo will be decompressed and should run with no problems. Run the application to show a rotating Dalek complete with digitised sound effects. The sound can be turned off by doing the following before running the demo: ��Press F12 ��Type: Speaker Off ��Press Return twice To re-enable the speaker, repeat the process, but type Speaker On instead. For details on how this animation was created, see page 68 in the magazine. � Copyright BBC Acorn User 1993
00000000 44 61 6c 65 6b 20 41 6e 69 6d 61 74 69 6f 6e 0a |Dalek Animation.| 00000010 42 79 20 50 65 74 65 72 20 43 6c 65 6d 65 6e 74 |By Peter Clement| 00000020 73 0a 0a 49 4d 50 4f 52 54 41 4e 54 3a 20 52 65 |s..IMPORTANT: Re| 00000030 61 64 20 74 68 65 20 66 6f 6c 6c 6f 77 69 6e 67 |ad the following| 00000040 20 74 68 72 65 65 20 6e 6f 74 65 73 20 62 65 66 | three notes bef| 00000050 6f 72 65 20 72 75 6e 6e 69 6e 67 20 74 68 69 73 |ore running this| 00000060 20 61 70 70 6c 69 63 61 74 69 6f 6e 2e 0a 0a 4e | application...N| 00000070 4f 54 45 20 31 3a 20 54 68 69 73 20 61 70 70 6c |OTE 1: This appl| 00000080 69 63 61 74 69 6f 6e 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 6f 6e 6c |ication will onl| 00000090 79 20 77 6f 72 6b 20 6f 6e 20 63 6f 6d 70 75 74 |y work on comput| 000000a0 65 72 73 20 77 69 74 68 20 32 4d 62 20 6f 72 20 |ers with 2Mb or | 000000b0 6d 6f 72 65 20 6f 66 20 52 61 6d 2e 0a 0a 4e 4f |more of Ram...NO| 000000c0 54 45 20 32 3a 20 54 68 69 73 20 61 70 70 6c 69 |TE 2: This appli| 000000d0 63 61 74 69 6f 6e 20 68 61 73 20 62 65 65 6e 20 |cation has been | 000000e0 63 6f 6d 70 72 65 73 73 65 64 20 75 73 69 6e 67 |compressed using| 000000f0 20 43 6f 6d 70 75 74 65 72 20 43 6f 6e 63 65 70 | Computer Concep| 00000100 74 73 27 20 43 6f 6d 70 72 65 73 73 69 6f 6e 2e |ts' Compression.| 00000110 20 54 68 65 20 63 6f 64 65 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 61 | The code will a| 00000120 75 74 6f 6d 61 74 69 63 61 6c 6c 79 20 62 65 20 |utomatically be | 00000130 64 65 63 6f 6d 70 72 65 73 73 65 64 20 77 68 65 |decompressed whe| 00000140 6e 20 69 74 20 69 73 20 72 75 6e 2c 20 62 75 74 |n it is run, but| 00000150 20 79 6f 75 20 6d 75 73 74 20 6d 61 6b 65 20 73 | you must make s| 00000160 75 72 65 20 74 68 61 74 20 79 6f 75 72 20 53 63 |ure that your Sc| 00000170 72 61 70 20 61 70 70 6c 69 63 61 74 69 6f 6e 20 |rap application | 00000180 68 61 73 20 62 65 65 6e 20 73 65 65 6e 20 62 79 |has been seen by| 00000190 20 74 68 65 20 63 6f 6d 70 75 74 65 72 2e 20 49 | the computer. I| 000001a0 66 20 74 68 69 73 20 69 73 20 6e 6f 74 20 74 68 |f this is not th| 000001b0 65 20 63 61 73 65 2c 20 61 6e 20 65 72 72 6f 72 |e case, an error| 000001c0 20 6d 65 73 73 61 67 65 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 62 65 | message will be| 000001d0 20 73 68 6f 77 6e 20 72 65 6d 69 6e 64 69 6e 67 | shown reminding| 000001e0 20 79 6f 75 20 74 6f 20 6f 70 65 6e 20 61 20 64 | you to open a d| 000001f0 69 72 65 63 74 6f 72 79 20 63 6f 6e 74 61 69 6e |irectory contain| 00000200 69 6e 67 20 21 53 63 72 61 70 2e 0a 0a 4e 4f 54 |ing !Scrap...NOT| 00000210 45 20 33 3a 20 54 68 65 20 61 70 70 6c 69 63 61 |E 3: The applica| 00000220 74 69 6f 6e 20 6d 61 79 20 6e 6f 74 20 72 75 6e |tion may not run| 00000230 20 6f 6e 20 6d 61 63 68 69 6e 65 73 20 77 68 69 | on machines whi| 00000240 63 68 20 61 72 65 20 73 68 6f 72 74 20 6f 66 20 |ch are short of | 00000250 6d 65 6d 6f 72 79 2c 20 69 6e 20 77 68 69 63 68 |memory, in which| 00000260 20 63 61 73 65 20 74 68 65 20 73 63 72 65 65 6e | case the screen| 00000270 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 73 69 6d 70 6c 79 20 66 6c 69 | will simply fli| 00000280 63 6b 65 72 20 61 64 20 69 6e 66 69 6e 69 74 75 |cker ad infinitu| 00000290 6d 2e 20 49 66 20 74 68 69 73 20 69 73 20 74 68 |m. 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A| 00000330 66 74 65 72 20 61 20 73 68 6f 72 74 20 70 61 75 |fter a short pau| 00000340 73 65 20 61 20 64 69 72 65 63 74 6f 72 79 20 77 |se a directory w| 00000350 69 6e 64 6f 77 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 61 70 70 65 61 |indow will appea| 00000360 72 2c 20 63 6f 6e 74 61 69 6e 69 6e 67 20 61 6e |r, containing an| 00000370 20 61 70 70 6c 69 63 61 74 69 6f 6e 20 64 69 72 | application dir| 00000380 65 63 74 6f 72 79 20 63 61 6c 6c 65 64 20 21 44 |ectory called !D| 00000390 61 6c 65 6b 32 2e 20 43 6f 70 79 20 74 68 69 73 |alek2. Copy this| 000003a0 20 6f 6e 20 74 6f 20 61 6e 6f 74 68 65 72 20 64 | on to another d| 000003b0 69 73 63 20 62 79 20 64 72 61 67 67 69 6e 67 20 |isc by dragging | 000003c0 74 68 65 20 69 63 6f 6e 2c 20 61 6e 64 20 74 68 |the icon, and th| 000003d0 65 20 64 65 6d 6f 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 62 65 20 64 |e demo will be d| 000003e0 65 63 6f 6d 70 72 65 73 73 65 64 20 61 6e 64 20 |ecompressed and | 000003f0 73 68 6f 75 6c 64 20 72 75 6e 20 77 69 74 68 20 |should run with | 00000400 6e 6f 20 70 72 6f 62 6c 65 6d 73 2e 0a 0a 52 75 |no problems...Ru| 00000410 6e 20 74 68 65 20 61 70 70 6c 69 63 61 74 69 6f |n the applicatio| 00000420 6e 20 74 6f 20 73 68 6f 77 20 61 20 72 6f 74 61 |n to show a rota| 00000430 74 69 6e 67 20 44 61 6c 65 6b 20 63 6f 6d 70 6c |ting Dalek compl| 00000440 65 74 65 20 77 69 74 68 20 64 69 67 69 74 69 73 |ete with digitis| 00000450 65 64 20 73 6f 75 6e 64 20 65 66 66 65 63 74 73 |ed sound effects| 00000460 2e 0a 0a 54 68 65 20 73 6f 75 6e 64 20 63 61 6e |...The sound can| 00000470 20 62 65 20 74 75 72 6e 65 64 20 6f 66 66 20 62 | be turned off b| 00000480 79 20 64 6f 69 6e 67 20 74 68 65 20 66 6f 6c 6c |y doing the foll| 00000490 6f 77 69 6e 67 20 62 65 66 6f 72 65 20 72 75 6e |owing before run| 000004a0 6e 69 6e 67 20 74 68 65 20 64 65 6d 6f 3a 0a a0 |ning the demo:..| 000004b0 a0 50 72 65 73 73 20 46 31 32 0a a0 a0 54 79 70 |.Press F12...Typ| 000004c0 65 3a 20 53 70 65 61 6b 65 72 20 4f 66 66 0a a0 |e: Speaker Off..| 000004d0 a0 50 72 65 73 73 20 52 65 74 75 72 6e 20 74 77 |.Press Return tw| 000004e0 69 63 65 0a 54 6f 20 72 65 2d 65 6e 61 62 6c 65 |ice.To re-enable| 000004f0 20 74 68 65 20 73 70 65 61 6b 65 72 2c 20 72 65 | the speaker, re| 00000500 70 65 61 74 20 74 68 65 20 70 72 6f 63 65 73 73 |peat the process| 00000510 2c 20 62 75 74 20 74 79 70 65 20 53 70 65 61 6b |, but type Speak| 00000520 65 72 20 4f 6e 20 69 6e 73 74 65 61 64 2e 0a 0a |er On instead...| 00000530 46 6f 72 20 64 65 74 61 69 6c 73 20 6f 6e 20 68 |For details on h| 00000540 6f 77 20 74 68 69 73 20 61 6e 69 6d 61 74 69 6f |ow this animatio| 00000550 6e 20 77 61 73 20 63 72 65 61 74 65 64 2c 20 73 |n was created, s| 00000560 65 65 20 70 61 67 65 20 36 38 20 69 6e 20 74 68 |ee page 68 in th| 00000570 65 20 6d 61 67 61 7a 69 6e 65 2e 0a 0a a9 20 43 |e magazine.... C| 00000580 6f 70 79 72 69 67 68 74 20 42 42 43 20 41 63 6f |opyright BBC Aco| 00000590 72 6e 20 55 73 65 72 20 31 39 39 33 0a |rn User 1993.| 0000059d
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