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L/McHugh1
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 » Personal collection » Acorn ADFS disks » Electron_User_Group » EUG_19.ADF |
| Filename: | L/McHugh1 |
| Read OK: | ✔ |
| File size: | 09E1 bytes |
| Load address: | 4D204556 |
| Exec address: | 67754863 |
File contents
Dear Gus, Enclosed is the conclusion of the Exile saga, hope it enables a few moremembers to complete it. As Richard Dimond's excellent Beleagured Castle (issue 17) got a mention in the February issue, may I offer the following comments. After a few deals I have solved this many times and on several occasionscompleted consecutive deals. I find that rather than trying to build thesuits up equally, it is better to try to empty a stack, when a second or third stack is cleared, the cards can then be moved around at will. Re. Richards comments on improvements to the program, I find that soundeffects are unnecessary, so those who have just the basic Electron willincrease its speed a bit by deleting the sound statement, ( line 33O ). As the game may involve several redeals in order to get a playable hand,and as you have to think several moves ahead, a welcome improvement ( ifanyone can come up with it ), would be a undo facility of the last halfdozen moves. Re. the Servalan screen, also issue 17, I loaded this into Mode1 and notonly did it look better in colour but also definition. I enclose a basicprogram which loads a bit of code which I did not write, but found it onan old disc (like your Desdot) , it then displays the screen in ModeO asissue 17, in Mode1, and finally to ModeO. It then runs the code twice toimprove the definition. I think the Desdot routine and also the the last few issues, justify thepublishing of different title screens. It provides members with a chanceto display their creations, and perhaps will inspire others. John McHugh, Washington, Tyne & Wear. THANKS FOR THE IMPROVEMENT TO THE SERVLAN PICTURE. IT REALLY IS GOOD. REMEMBER A WHILE AGO I SAID THAT SOMETIMES THE OBVIOUS TIPS DON'T OCCUR TO EVERYONE? WELL I JUST DIDN'T THINK ABOUT TRYING SIMON PILLEY'S SCREENS IN MODE 1. THERE YOU GO. I HOPE YOU DON'T MIND BUT RATHER THAN REPEATING SERVELAN AND DESITE MY ADMIRATION FOR THAT CHARACTER I'LL PUT A DIFFERENT SCREEN FROM SIMON'S COLLECTION WITH YOUR PROGRAM. IT'S IN THE PROGRAMS MENU BY THE WAY. INCIDENTLY I HAVE RECENTLY MANAGED TO GET A BBC B WORKING BUT AS YET ONLY IN MODE 7. I RAN OUR TITLE SCREEN FROM EUG18 AND ALTHOUGH I COULDN'T SEE IT BECAUSE OTHER MODES DONT WORK I DISCOVERED THAT THERE IS SOUND IN THIS ROUTINE ON THE BEEB. ALSO AFTER SOME SEARCHING I HAVE DISCOVERED THAT THIS ROUTINE CAME FROM AN OLD ISSUE OF BEEBUG, I THINK FROM 1984.
00000000 0d 44 65 61 72 20 47 75 73 2c 0d 0d 45 6e 63 6c |.Dear Gus,..Encl| 00000010 6f 73 65 64 20 69 73 20 74 68 65 20 63 6f 6e 63 |osed is the conc| 00000020 6c 75 73 69 6f 6e 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 45 78 |lusion of the Ex| 00000030 69 6c 65 20 73 61 67 61 2c 20 68 6f 70 65 20 69 |ile saga, hope i| 00000040 74 20 65 6e 61 62 6c 65 73 20 0d 61 20 66 65 77 |t enables .a few| 00000050 20 6d 6f 72 65 10 6d 65 6d 62 65 72 73 20 74 6f | more.members to| 00000060 20 63 6f 6d 70 6c 65 74 65 20 69 74 2e 20 20 20 | complete it. | 00000070 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | | * 00000090 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 0d 0d | ..| 000000a0 41 73 20 52 69 63 68 61 72 64 20 44 69 6d 6f 6e |As Richard Dimon| 000000b0 64 27 73 20 65 78 63 65 6c 6c 65 6e 74 20 42 65 |d's excellent Be| 000000c0 6c 65 61 67 75 72 65 64 20 43 61 73 74 6c 65 20 |leagured Castle | 000000d0 28 69 73 73 75 65 20 31 37 29 20 67 6f 74 20 0d |(issue 17) got .| 000000e0 61 20 6d 65 6e 74 69 6f 6e 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |a mention | 000000f0 20 10 69 6e 20 74 68 65 20 46 65 62 72 75 61 72 | .in the Februar| 00000100 79 20 69 73 73 75 65 2c 20 6d 61 79 20 49 20 6f |y issue, may I o| 00000110 66 66 65 72 20 74 68 65 20 0d 66 6f 6c 6c 6f 77 |ffer the .follow| 00000120 69 6e 67 20 63 6f 6d 6d 65 6e 74 73 2e 0d 0d 41 |ing comments...A| 00000130 66 74 65 72 20 61 20 66 65 77 20 64 65 61 6c 73 |fter a few deals| 00000140 20 49 20 68 61 76 65 20 73 6f 6c 76 65 64 20 74 | I have solved t| 00000150 68 69 73 20 6d 61 6e 79 20 74 69 6d 65 73 20 61 |his many times a| 00000160 6e 64 20 6f 6e 20 73 65 76 65 72 61 6c 20 0d 6f |nd on several .o| 00000170 63 63 61 73 69 6f 6e 73 10 63 6f 6d 70 6c 65 74 |ccasions.complet| 00000180 65 64 20 63 6f 6e 73 65 63 75 74 69 76 65 20 64 |ed consecutive d| 00000190 65 61 6c 73 2e 20 49 20 66 69 6e 64 20 74 68 61 |eals. I find tha| 000001a0 74 20 72 61 74 68 65 72 20 74 68 61 6e 20 0d 74 |t rather than .t| 000001b0 72 79 69 6e 67 20 74 6f 20 62 75 69 6c 64 20 74 |rying to build t| 000001c0 68 65 10 73 75 69 74 73 20 75 70 20 65 71 75 61 |he.suits up equa| 000001d0 6c 6c 79 2c 20 69 74 20 69 73 20 62 65 74 74 65 |lly, it is bette| 000001e0 72 20 74 6f 20 74 72 79 20 74 6f 20 0d 65 6d 70 |r to try to .emp| 000001f0 74 79 20 61 20 73 74 61 63 6b 2c 20 77 68 65 6e |ty a stack, when| 00000200 20 61 20 73 65 63 6f 6e 64 20 6f 72 20 10 74 68 | a second or .th| 00000210 69 72 64 20 73 74 61 63 6b 20 69 73 20 63 6c 65 |ird stack is cle| 00000220 61 72 65 64 2c 20 74 68 65 20 0d 63 61 72 64 73 |ared, the .cards| 00000230 20 63 61 6e 20 74 68 65 6e 20 62 65 20 6d 6f 76 | can then be mov| 00000240 65 64 20 61 72 6f 75 6e 64 20 61 74 20 77 69 6c |ed around at wil| 00000250 6c 2e 0d 0d 52 65 2e 20 52 69 63 68 61 72 64 73 |l...Re. Richards| 00000260 20 63 6f 6d 6d 65 6e 74 73 20 6f 6e 20 69 6d 70 | comments on imp| 00000270 72 6f 76 65 6d 65 6e 74 73 20 74 6f 20 74 68 65 |rovements to the| 00000280 20 70 72 6f 67 72 61 6d 2c 20 20 49 20 66 69 6e | program, I fin| 00000290 64 20 0d 74 68 61 74 20 73 6f 75 6e 64 10 65 66 |d .that sound.ef| 000002a0 66 65 63 74 73 20 61 72 65 20 75 6e 6e 65 63 65 |fects are unnece| 000002b0 73 73 61 72 79 2c 20 20 73 6f 20 74 68 6f 73 65 |ssary, so those| 000002c0 20 77 68 6f 20 68 61 76 65 20 6a 75 73 74 20 0d | who have just .| 000002d0 74 68 65 20 62 61 73 69 63 20 45 6c 65 63 74 72 |the basic Electr| 000002e0 6f 6e 20 77 69 6c 6c 10 69 6e 63 72 65 61 73 65 |on will.increase| 000002f0 20 69 74 73 20 73 70 65 65 64 20 61 20 62 69 74 | its speed a bit| 00000300 20 62 79 20 64 65 6c 65 74 69 6e 67 20 0d 74 68 | by deleting .th| 00000310 65 20 73 6f 75 6e 64 20 73 74 61 74 65 6d 65 6e |e sound statemen| 00000320 74 2c 20 28 20 6c 69 6e 65 20 33 33 4f 20 29 2e |t, ( line 33O ).| 00000330 0d 0d 41 73 20 74 68 65 20 67 61 6d 65 20 6d 61 |..As the game ma| 00000340 79 20 69 6e 76 6f 6c 76 65 20 73 65 76 65 72 61 |y involve severa| 00000350 6c 20 72 65 64 65 61 6c 73 20 69 6e 20 6f 72 64 |l redeals in ord| 00000360 65 72 20 74 6f 20 67 65 74 20 61 20 0d 70 6c 61 |er to get a .pla| 00000370 79 61 62 6c 65 20 68 61 6e 64 2c 10 61 6e 64 20 |yable hand,.and | 00000380 61 73 20 79 6f 75 20 68 61 76 65 20 74 6f 20 74 |as you have to t| 00000390 68 69 6e 6b 20 73 65 76 65 72 61 6c 20 6d 6f 76 |hink several mov| 000003a0 65 73 20 61 68 65 61 64 2c 20 61 20 0d 77 65 6c |es ahead, a .wel| 000003b0 63 6f 6d 65 20 69 6d 70 72 6f 76 65 6d 65 6e 74 |come improvement| 000003c0 20 28 20 69 66 10 61 6e 79 6f 6e 65 20 63 61 6e | ( if.anyone can| 000003d0 20 63 6f 6d 65 20 75 70 20 77 69 74 68 20 69 74 | come up with it| 000003e0 20 29 2c 20 20 77 6f 75 6c 64 20 0d 62 65 20 61 | ), would .be a| 000003f0 20 75 6e 64 6f 20 66 61 63 69 6c 69 74 79 20 6f | undo facility o| 00000400 66 20 74 68 65 20 6c 61 73 74 20 68 61 6c 66 10 |f the last half.| 00000410 64 6f 7a 65 6e 20 6d 6f 76 65 73 2e 0d 0d 52 65 |dozen moves...Re| 00000420 2e 20 74 68 65 20 53 65 72 76 61 6c 61 6e 20 73 |. the Servalan s| 00000430 63 72 65 65 6e 2c 20 61 6c 73 6f 20 69 73 73 75 |creen, also issu| 00000440 65 20 31 37 2c 20 49 20 6c 6f 61 64 65 64 20 74 |e 17, I loaded t| 00000450 68 69 73 20 69 6e 74 6f 20 0d 4d 6f 64 65 31 20 |his into .Mode1 | 00000460 61 6e 64 20 6e 6f 74 10 6f 6e 6c 79 20 64 69 64 |and not.only did| 00000470 20 69 74 20 6c 6f 6f 6b 20 62 65 74 74 65 72 20 | it look better | 00000480 69 6e 20 63 6f 6c 6f 75 72 20 62 75 74 20 61 6c |in colour but al| 00000490 73 6f 20 0d 64 65 66 69 6e 69 74 69 6f 6e 2e 20 |so .definition. | 000004a0 49 20 65 6e 63 6c 6f 73 65 20 61 20 62 61 73 69 |I enclose a basi| 000004b0 63 10 70 72 6f 67 72 61 6d 20 77 68 69 63 68 20 |c.program which | 000004c0 6c 6f 61 64 73 20 61 20 62 69 74 20 6f 66 20 0d |loads a bit of .| 000004d0 63 6f 64 65 20 77 68 69 63 68 20 49 20 64 69 64 |code which I did| 000004e0 20 6e 6f 74 20 77 72 69 74 65 2c 20 62 75 74 20 | not write, but | 000004f0 66 6f 75 6e 64 20 69 74 20 6f 6e 10 61 6e 20 6f |found it on.an o| 00000500 6c 64 20 64 69 73 63 20 28 6c 69 6b 65 20 0d 79 |ld disc (like .y| 00000510 6f 75 72 20 44 65 73 64 6f 74 29 20 2c 20 69 74 |our Desdot) , it| 00000520 20 74 68 65 6e 20 64 69 73 70 6c 61 79 73 20 74 | then displays t| 00000530 68 65 20 73 63 72 65 65 6e 20 69 6e 20 4d 6f 64 |he screen in Mod| 00000540 65 4f 20 61 73 10 69 73 73 75 65 20 0d 31 37 2c |eO as.issue .17,| 00000550 20 69 6e 20 4d 6f 64 65 31 2c 20 61 6e 64 20 66 | in Mode1, and f| 00000560 69 6e 61 6c 6c 79 20 74 6f 20 4d 6f 64 65 4f 2e |inally to ModeO.| 00000570 20 49 74 20 74 68 65 6e 20 72 75 6e 73 20 74 68 | It then runs th| 00000580 65 20 63 6f 64 65 20 0d 74 77 69 63 65 20 74 6f |e code .twice to| 00000590 10 69 6d 70 72 6f 76 65 20 74 68 65 20 64 65 66 |.improve the def| 000005a0 69 6e 69 74 69 6f 6e 2e 0d 0d 49 20 74 68 69 6e |inition...I thin| 000005b0 6b 20 74 68 65 20 44 65 73 64 6f 74 20 72 6f 75 |k the Desdot rou| 000005c0 74 69 6e 65 20 61 6e 64 20 61 6c 73 6f 20 74 68 |tine and also th| 000005d0 65 20 74 68 65 20 6c 61 73 74 20 66 65 77 20 69 |e the last few i| 000005e0 73 73 75 65 73 2c 20 0d 6a 75 73 74 69 66 79 20 |ssues, .justify | 000005f0 74 68 65 10 70 75 62 6c 69 73 68 69 6e 67 20 6f |the.publishing o| 00000600 66 20 64 69 66 66 65 72 65 6e 74 20 74 69 74 6c |f different titl| 00000610 65 20 73 63 72 65 65 6e 73 2e 20 49 74 20 70 72 |e screens. It pr| 00000620 6f 76 69 64 65 73 20 0d 6d 65 6d 62 65 72 73 20 |ovides .members | 00000630 77 69 74 68 20 61 20 63 68 61 6e 63 65 10 74 6f |with a chance.to| 00000640 20 64 69 73 70 6c 61 79 20 74 68 65 69 72 20 63 | display their c| 00000650 72 65 61 74 69 6f 6e 73 2c 20 61 6e 64 20 70 65 |reations, and pe| 00000660 72 68 61 70 73 20 0d 77 69 6c 6c 20 69 6e 73 70 |rhaps .will insp| 00000670 69 72 65 20 6f 74 68 65 72 73 2e 0d 0d 4a 6f 68 |ire others...Joh| 00000680 6e 20 4d 63 48 75 67 68 2c 20 57 61 73 68 69 6e |n McHugh, Washin| 00000690 67 74 6f 6e 2c 20 54 79 6e 65 20 26 20 57 65 61 |gton, Tyne & Wea| 000006a0 72 2e 0d 0d 54 48 41 4e 4b 53 20 46 4f 52 20 54 |r...THANKS FOR T| 000006b0 48 45 20 49 4d 50 52 4f 56 45 4d 45 4e 54 20 54 |HE IMPROVEMENT T| 000006c0 4f 20 54 48 45 20 53 45 52 56 4c 41 4e 20 50 49 |O THE SERVLAN PI| 000006d0 43 54 55 52 45 2e 20 49 54 20 52 45 41 4c 4c 59 |CTURE. IT REALLY| 000006e0 20 0d 49 53 20 10 47 4f 4f 44 2e 20 52 45 4d 45 | .IS .GOOD. REME| 000006f0 4d 42 45 52 20 41 20 57 48 49 4c 45 20 41 47 4f |MBER A WHILE AGO| 00000700 20 49 20 53 41 49 44 20 54 48 41 54 20 53 4f 4d | I SAID THAT SOM| 00000710 45 54 49 4d 45 53 20 54 48 45 20 0d 4f 42 56 49 |ETIMES THE .OBVI| 00000720 4f 55 53 20 10 54 49 50 53 20 44 4f 4e 27 54 20 |OUS .TIPS DON'T | 00000730 4f 43 43 55 52 20 54 4f 20 45 56 45 52 59 4f 4e |OCCUR TO EVERYON| 00000740 45 3f 20 57 45 4c 4c 20 49 20 4a 55 53 54 20 44 |E? WELL I JUST D| 00000750 49 44 4e 27 54 20 0d 54 48 49 4e 4b 20 41 42 4f |IDN'T .THINK ABO| 00000760 55 54 20 10 54 52 59 49 4e 47 20 53 49 4d 4f 4e |UT .TRYING SIMON| 00000770 20 50 49 4c 4c 45 59 27 53 20 53 43 52 45 45 4e | PILLEY'S SCREEN| 00000780 53 20 49 4e 20 4d 4f 44 45 20 31 2e 20 54 48 45 |S IN MODE 1. THE| 00000790 52 45 20 0d 59 4f 55 20 47 4f 2e 20 49 20 48 4f |RE .YOU GO. I HO| 000007a0 50 45 20 59 4f 55 20 44 4f 4e 27 54 20 4d 49 4e |PE YOU DON'T MIN| 000007b0 44 20 42 55 54 20 52 41 54 48 45 52 20 54 48 41 |D BUT RATHER THA| 000007c0 4e 20 52 45 50 45 41 54 49 4e 47 20 10 0d 53 45 |N REPEATING ..SE| 000007d0 52 56 45 4c 41 4e 20 41 4e 44 20 44 45 53 49 54 |RVELAN AND DESIT| 000007e0 45 20 4d 59 20 41 44 4d 49 52 41 54 49 4f 4e 20 |E MY ADMIRATION | 000007f0 46 4f 52 20 54 48 41 54 20 43 48 41 52 41 43 54 |FOR THAT CHARACT| 00000800 45 52 20 49 27 4c 4c 0d 50 55 54 20 41 20 44 49 |ER I'LL.PUT A DI| 00000810 46 46 45 52 45 4e 54 20 53 43 52 45 45 4e 20 46 |FFERENT SCREEN F| 00000820 52 4f 4d 20 53 49 4d 4f 4e 27 53 20 43 4f 4c 4c |ROM SIMON'S COLL| 00000830 45 43 54 49 4f 4e 20 57 49 54 48 20 59 4f 55 52 |ECTION WITH YOUR| 00000840 20 0d 50 52 4f 47 52 41 4d 2e 20 49 54 27 53 20 | .PROGRAM. IT'S | 00000850 49 4e 20 54 48 45 20 50 52 4f 47 52 41 4d 53 20 |IN THE PROGRAMS | 00000860 4d 45 4e 55 20 42 59 20 54 48 45 20 57 41 59 2e |MENU BY THE WAY.| 00000870 0d 0d 49 4e 43 49 44 45 4e 54 4c 59 20 49 20 48 |..INCIDENTLY I H| 00000880 41 56 45 20 52 45 43 45 4e 54 4c 59 20 4d 41 4e |AVE RECENTLY MAN| 00000890 41 47 45 44 20 54 4f 20 47 45 54 20 41 20 42 42 |AGED TO GET A BB| 000008a0 43 20 42 20 57 4f 52 4b 49 4e 47 20 42 55 54 20 |C B WORKING BUT | 000008b0 10 0d 41 53 20 59 45 54 20 4f 4e 4c 59 20 49 4e |..AS YET ONLY IN| 000008c0 20 4d 4f 44 45 20 37 2e 20 49 20 52 41 4e 20 4f | MODE 7. I RAN O| 000008d0 55 52 20 54 49 54 4c 45 20 53 43 52 45 45 4e 20 |UR TITLE SCREEN | 000008e0 46 52 4f 4d 20 45 55 47 31 38 20 41 4e 44 20 10 |FROM EUG18 AND .| 000008f0 0d 41 4c 54 48 4f 55 47 48 20 49 20 43 4f 55 4c |.ALTHOUGH I COUL| 00000900 44 4e 27 54 20 53 45 45 20 49 54 20 42 45 43 41 |DN'T SEE IT BECA| 00000910 55 53 45 20 4f 54 48 45 52 20 4d 4f 44 45 53 20 |USE OTHER MODES | 00000920 44 4f 4e 54 20 57 4f 52 4b 20 49 20 10 0d 44 49 |DONT WORK I ..DI| 00000930 53 43 4f 56 45 52 45 44 20 54 48 41 54 20 54 48 |SCOVERED THAT TH| 00000940 45 52 45 20 49 53 20 53 4f 55 4e 44 20 49 4e 20 |ERE IS SOUND IN | 00000950 54 48 49 53 20 52 4f 55 54 49 4e 45 20 4f 4e 20 |THIS ROUTINE ON | 00000960 54 48 45 20 10 42 45 45 42 2e 20 0d 41 4c 53 4f |THE .BEEB. .ALSO| 00000970 20 41 46 54 45 52 20 53 4f 4d 45 20 53 45 41 52 | AFTER SOME SEAR| 00000980 43 48 49 4e 47 20 49 20 48 41 56 45 20 44 49 53 |CHING I HAVE DIS| 00000990 43 4f 56 45 52 45 44 20 54 48 41 54 20 54 48 49 |COVERED THAT THI| 000009a0 53 20 10 52 4f 55 54 49 4e 45 20 0d 43 41 4d 45 |S .ROUTINE .CAME| 000009b0 20 46 52 4f 4d 20 41 4e 20 4f 4c 44 20 49 53 53 | FROM AN OLD ISS| 000009c0 55 45 20 4f 46 20 42 45 45 42 55 47 2c 20 49 20 |UE OF BEEBUG, I | 000009d0 54 48 49 4e 4b 20 46 52 4f 4d 20 31 39 38 34 2e |THINK FROM 1984.| 000009e0 0d |.| 000009e1
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