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| Filename: | G/show |
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| File size: | 129A bytes |
| Load address: | 0000 |
| Exec address: | FFFFFFFF |
File contents
Please write to:
Ross Little
The Old Police House
Main Road
Filby
Great Yarmouth
NR29 3HY
GAME SHOW August 1995
~~~~ ~~~~ ~~~~~~ ~~~~
I've been busy at work this last month or so, beavering away, desperately
trying to finish my latest game 'Astermene'. It's a fairly simple game to
learn, but well worth playing (in my opinion). The actual crux of the game
I got from the book 'Computer Spacegames', released by Usborne Publishing
Ltd, in 1982. This book is, in fact, absolutely excellent...I can say,
absolutely honestly, that it was from this that I learnt BASIC. The Acorn
Electron User Guide was a bit over my head. The actual game it was based
on was called Space Mines, the penultimate-but-one game in the book,
written by Daniel Isaaman and Jenny Tyler. Naturally, full credits are in
the game. And a very nice credits page it has too...I've even done the
year in Roman numerals. Whatever next? Binary. Mind you, I would like to
add, the Usborne version was 71 lines. My version is more like 700. Yes,
you heard right. A very tight squeeze if you have ADFS.
SIMON
~~~~~
This game was also a cheap copy of an earlier game. This version of
'Simon' was inspired by the version written by Vince Apps in the book '40
Educational Games for the Electron', released by Granada Publishing, 1984.
It has since been edited, had major parts chopped out, and major parts put
in. It can know claim it's new title of 'SIMON - The Memory Game for the
Ninetees'. If you wouldn't go that far, just call it Simon. I have. It's
very simple to play. Just load it, and it will display the instructions,
the high score, and the last score. The method by which the amount of
digits in the number to guess is gained is a bit complex. For clarity you
could read the listing, but essentially, it is as follows: The number of
digits to guess starts at one. It will increment by one every turn until
it reaches 'max', which starts at three. It then returns to zero, and
'max' is incremented by one. It then repeats the process. When 'max'
reaches eight, and all eight digits have been guessed, 'max' becomes
three. Quite simple to understand if you understand it.
ASTERMENE
~~~~~~~~~
Now - all wait with abaited breath for the Big Game. And trust me,
Astermene sure is big. Now, in this game, which starts in the year 2500
you have set up your own company, and have supreme control over a mining
colony on a lone planetoid in deep space. The planetoid was recently
discovered to have large deposits of a particular ore, called Astermene,
which prompted you to work there. You are in competition with other
companies, although you do not have any major dealings with them.
Basically, you can buy and sell mines, and likewise the ore produced. You
can employ more workers, or make them redundant. Remember times are hard,
and they have no sense of loyalty. You do have to pay your workers a
salary, and an additional food budget. Because the official government
guidelines stipulate that no less than ten persons may work on a single
mine, if they find out you are not enforcing this, they may take control
of your company. This could also be so if there are very low living
standards (seen by you in the Satisfaction Factor). If you wish to, you
can stipulate that certain mines are not worked on, and then no problems
result. But remember to keep your eyes open. This last facility, of being
able to close mines, allows you, when you have spare cash, to buy up mines
cheap, not work on them, and sell them when the prices are high. That is
more-or-less all that is to the game, apart from a save and load routine,
and a high score table that is saved to disk. If you use DFS I would
suggest you upgrade the program, so filenames may be no longer than seven
letters. It stands at ten. For inclusion into the EUG disk, there must be
a facility to not write to the disk, but only read. This exists in the
form of the variable 'wp' (Write Protect). If this is set, the disk may
not be written to. Change this, in line 60, when you copy it to another
disk. Overall, this means the game can be played on the EUG Master disk,
and, in fact, on any other, even if you don't want to write to it. Oh,
just one last, final, note. The file 'instruct' can be displayed from
inside the Astermene game, but it is only 34 columns wide, and has a slow
reading rate. I suggest you load the file into a good word-processor and
reformat it. That way you can read it at your leisure.
Well, that wraps up this months column. Good bye, and happy bartering!
Ross Little
August 1995
00000000 50 6c 65 61 73 65 20 77 72 69 74 65 20 74 6f 3a |Please write to:| 00000010 0d 0d 52 6f 73 73 20 4c 69 74 74 6c 65 0d 54 68 |..Ross Little.Th| 00000020 65 20 4f 6c 64 20 50 6f 6c 69 63 65 20 48 6f 75 |e Old Police Hou| 00000030 73 65 0d 4d 61 69 6e 20 52 6f 61 64 0d 46 69 6c |se.Main Road.Fil| 00000040 62 79 20 0d 47 72 65 61 74 20 59 61 72 6d 6f 75 |by .Great Yarmou| 00000050 74 68 20 0d 4e 52 32 39 20 33 48 59 0d 20 20 20 |th .NR29 3HY. | 00000060 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | | 00000070 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 47 41 4d 45 20 53 48 4f 57 | GAME SHOW| 00000080 20 41 75 67 75 73 74 20 31 39 39 35 0d 20 20 20 | August 1995. | 00000090 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | | 000000a0 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 7e 7e 7e 7e 20 7e 7e 7e 7e | ~~~~ ~~~~| 000000b0 20 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 20 7e 7e 7e 7e 0d 49 27 76 | ~~~~~~ ~~~~.I'v| 000000c0 65 20 62 65 65 6e 20 62 75 73 79 20 61 74 20 77 |e been busy at w| 000000d0 6f 72 6b 20 20 74 68 69 73 20 6c 61 73 74 20 6d |ork this last m| 000000e0 6f 6e 74 68 20 6f 72 20 73 6f 2c 20 62 65 61 76 |onth or so, beav| 000000f0 65 72 69 6e 67 20 61 77 61 79 2c 20 64 65 73 70 |ering away, desp| 00000100 65 72 61 74 65 6c 79 0d 74 72 79 69 6e 67 20 74 |erately.trying t| 00000110 6f 20 66 69 6e 69 73 68 20 6d 79 20 6c 61 74 65 |o finish my late| 00000120 73 74 20 67 61 6d 65 20 20 27 41 73 74 65 72 6d |st game 'Asterm| 00000130 65 6e 65 27 2e 20 49 74 27 73 20 61 20 66 61 69 |ene'. 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This book| 00000200 20 69 73 2c 20 69 6e 20 66 61 63 74 2c 20 20 61 | is, in fact, a| 00000210 62 73 6f 6c 75 74 65 6c 79 20 20 65 78 63 65 6c |bsolutely excel| 00000220 6c 65 6e 74 2e 2e 2e 49 20 20 63 61 6e 20 20 73 |lent...I can s| 00000230 61 79 2c 0d 61 62 73 6f 6c 75 74 65 6c 79 20 20 |ay,.absolutely | 00000240 68 6f 6e 65 73 74 6c 79 2c 20 74 68 61 74 20 69 |honestly, that i| 00000250 74 20 77 61 73 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 74 68 69 73 20 |t was from this | 00000260 74 68 61 74 20 49 20 6c 65 61 72 6e 74 20 42 41 |that I learnt BA| 00000270 53 49 43 2e 20 54 68 65 20 41 63 6f 72 6e 0d 45 |SIC. The Acorn.E| 00000280 6c 65 63 74 72 6f 6e 20 55 73 65 72 20 20 47 75 |lectron User Gu| 00000290 69 64 65 20 20 77 61 73 20 61 20 62 69 74 20 6f |ide was a bit o| 000002a0 76 65 72 20 6d 79 20 68 65 61 64 2e 20 54 68 65 |ver my head. 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Yes,| 00000440 0d 79 6f 75 20 68 65 61 72 64 20 72 69 67 68 74 |.you heard right| 00000450 2e 20 41 20 76 65 72 79 20 74 69 67 68 74 20 73 |. A very tight s| 00000460 71 75 65 65 7a 65 20 69 66 20 79 6f 75 20 68 61 |queeze if you ha| 00000470 76 65 20 41 44 46 53 2e 0d 0d 53 49 4d 4f 4e 0d |ve ADFS...SIMON.| 00000480 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 0d 54 68 69 73 20 67 61 6d 65 20 |~~~~~.This game | 00000490 77 61 73 20 61 6c 73 6f 20 61 20 20 63 68 65 61 |was also a chea| 000004a0 70 20 20 63 6f 70 79 20 20 6f 66 20 20 61 6e 20 |p copy of an | 000004b0 20 65 61 72 6c 69 65 72 20 20 67 61 6d 65 2e 20 | earlier game. | 000004c0 20 54 68 69 73 20 76 65 72 73 69 6f 6e 20 6f 66 | This version of| 000004d0 0d 27 53 69 6d 6f 6e 27 20 77 61 73 20 69 6e 73 |.'Simon' was ins| 000004e0 70 69 72 65 64 20 62 79 20 74 68 65 20 76 65 72 |pired by the ver| 000004f0 73 69 6f 6e 20 77 72 69 74 74 65 6e 20 62 79 20 |sion written by | 00000500 56 69 6e 63 65 20 41 70 70 73 20 69 6e 20 74 68 |Vince Apps in th| 00000510 65 20 20 62 6f 6f 6b 20 27 34 30 0d 45 64 75 63 |e book '40.Educ| 00000520 61 74 69 6f 6e 61 6c 20 47 61 6d 65 73 20 66 6f |ational Games fo| 00000530 72 20 74 68 65 20 45 6c 65 63 74 72 6f 6e 27 2c |r the Electron',| 00000540 20 72 65 6c 65 61 73 65 64 20 62 79 20 47 72 61 | released by Gra| 00000550 6e 61 64 61 20 50 75 62 6c 69 73 68 69 6e 67 2c |nada Publishing,| 00000560 20 31 39 38 34 2e 0d 49 74 20 68 61 73 20 73 69 | 1984..It has si| 00000570 6e 63 65 20 62 65 65 6e 20 65 64 69 74 65 64 2c |nce been edited,| 00000580 20 68 61 64 20 6d 61 6a 6f 72 20 70 61 72 74 73 | had major parts| 00000590 20 63 68 6f 70 70 65 64 20 6f 75 74 2c 20 61 6e | chopped out, an| 000005a0 64 20 6d 61 6a 6f 72 20 70 61 72 74 73 20 70 75 |d major parts pu| 000005b0 74 0d 69 6e 2e 20 49 74 20 63 61 6e 20 6b 6e 6f |t.in. It can kno| 000005c0 77 20 63 6c 61 69 6d 20 69 74 27 73 20 6e 65 77 |w claim it's new| 000005d0 20 74 69 74 6c 65 20 6f 66 20 27 53 49 4d 4f 4e | title of 'SIMON| 000005e0 20 2d 20 54 68 65 20 4d 65 6d 6f 72 79 20 20 47 | - The Memory G| 000005f0 61 6d 65 20 20 66 6f 72 20 74 68 65 0d 4e 69 6e |ame for the.Nin| 00000600 65 74 65 65 73 27 2e 20 20 20 49 66 20 79 6f 75 |etees'. If you| 00000610 20 77 6f 75 6c 64 6e 27 74 20 67 6f 20 74 68 61 | wouldn't go tha| 00000620 74 20 66 61 72 2c 20 6a 75 73 74 20 63 61 6c 6c |t far, just call| 00000630 20 69 74 20 53 69 6d 6f 6e 2e 20 49 20 68 61 76 | it Simon. I hav| 00000640 65 2e 20 49 74 27 73 0d 76 65 72 79 20 73 69 6d |e. It's.very sim| 00000650 70 6c 65 20 20 74 6f 20 20 70 6c 61 79 2e 20 4a |ple to play. J| 00000660 75 73 74 20 6c 6f 61 64 20 69 74 2c 20 61 6e 64 |ust load it, and| 00000670 20 69 74 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 64 69 73 70 6c 61 79 | it will display| 00000680 20 74 68 65 20 69 6e 73 74 72 75 63 74 69 6f 6e | the instruction| 00000690 73 2c 0d 74 68 65 20 68 69 67 68 20 73 63 6f 72 |s,.the high scor| 000006a0 65 2c 20 61 6e 64 20 20 74 68 65 20 20 6c 61 73 |e, and the las| 000006b0 74 20 20 73 63 6f 72 65 2e 20 20 20 54 68 65 20 |t score. The | 000006c0 6d 65 74 68 6f 64 20 62 79 20 77 68 69 63 68 20 |method by which | 000006d0 74 68 65 20 61 6d 6f 75 6e 74 20 6f 66 0d 64 69 |the amount of.di| 000006e0 67 69 74 73 20 69 6e 20 74 68 65 20 6e 75 6d 62 |gits in the numb| 000006f0 65 72 20 74 6f 20 67 75 65 73 73 20 69 73 20 67 |er to guess is g| 00000700 61 69 6e 65 64 20 20 69 73 20 61 20 62 69 74 20 |ained is a bit | 00000710 63 6f 6d 70 6c 65 78 2e 20 46 6f 72 20 63 6c 61 |complex. For cla| 00000720 72 69 74 79 20 79 6f 75 0d 63 6f 75 6c 64 20 72 |rity you.could r| 00000730 65 61 64 20 74 68 65 20 6c 69 73 74 69 6e 67 2c |ead the listing,| 00000740 20 62 75 74 20 65 73 73 65 6e 74 69 61 6c 6c 79 | but essentially| 00000750 2c 20 69 74 20 69 73 20 61 73 20 20 66 6f 6c 6c |, it is as foll| 00000760 6f 77 73 3a 20 20 54 68 65 20 6e 75 6d 62 65 72 |ows: The number| 00000770 20 6f 66 0d 64 69 67 69 74 73 20 74 6f 20 67 75 | of.digits to gu| 00000780 65 73 73 20 73 74 61 72 74 73 20 61 74 20 6f 6e |ess starts at on| 00000790 65 2e 20 49 74 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 69 6e 63 72 65 |e. It will incre| 000007a0 6d 65 6e 74 20 62 79 20 6f 6e 65 20 20 65 76 65 |ment by one eve| 000007b0 72 79 20 20 74 75 72 6e 20 75 6e 74 69 6c 0d 69 |ry turn until.i| 000007c0 74 20 20 72 65 61 63 68 65 73 20 20 27 6d 61 78 |t reaches 'max| 000007d0 27 2c 20 20 77 68 69 63 68 20 20 73 74 61 72 74 |', which start| 000007e0 73 20 61 74 20 74 68 72 65 65 2e 20 20 49 74 20 |s at three. 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Now, in this g| 00000960 61 6d 65 2c 20 77 68 69 63 68 20 73 74 61 72 74 |ame, which start| 00000970 73 20 69 6e 20 74 68 65 20 79 65 61 72 20 32 35 |s in the year 25| 00000980 30 30 0d 79 6f 75 20 68 61 76 65 20 73 65 74 20 |00.you have set | 00000990 75 70 20 20 79 6f 75 72 20 6f 77 6e 20 63 6f 6d |up your own com| 000009a0 70 61 6e 79 2c 20 61 6e 64 20 20 68 61 76 65 20 |pany, and have | 000009b0 73 75 70 72 65 6d 65 20 63 6f 6e 74 72 6f 6c 20 |supreme control | 000009c0 6f 76 65 72 20 61 20 6d 69 6e 69 6e 67 0d 63 6f |over a mining.co| 000009d0 6c 6f 6e 79 20 6f 6e 20 61 20 6c 6f 6e 65 20 70 |lony on a lone p| 000009e0 6c 61 6e 65 74 6f 69 64 20 20 69 6e 20 20 64 65 |lanetoid in de| 000009f0 65 70 20 20 73 70 61 63 65 2e 20 20 54 68 65 20 |ep space. The | 00000a00 20 70 6c 61 6e 65 74 6f 69 64 20 20 77 61 73 20 | planetoid was | 00000a10 72 65 63 65 6e 74 6c 79 0d 64 69 73 63 6f 76 65 |recently.discove| 00000a20 72 65 64 20 20 74 6f 20 68 61 76 65 20 20 6c 61 |red to have la| 00000a30 72 67 65 20 64 65 70 6f 73 69 74 73 20 6f 66 20 |rge deposits of | 00000a40 61 20 70 61 72 74 69 63 75 6c 61 72 20 6f 72 65 |a particular ore| 00000a50 2c 20 63 61 6c 6c 65 64 20 41 73 74 65 72 6d 65 |, called Asterme| 00000a60 6e 65 2c 0d 77 68 69 63 68 20 70 72 6f 6d 70 74 |ne,.which prompt| 00000a70 65 64 20 20 79 6f 75 20 20 74 6f 20 20 77 6f 72 |ed you to wor| 00000a80 6b 20 20 74 68 65 72 65 2e 20 20 59 6f 75 20 20 |k there. You | 00000a90 61 72 65 20 20 69 6e 20 63 6f 6d 70 65 74 69 74 |are in competit| 00000aa0 69 6f 6e 20 77 69 74 68 20 6f 74 68 65 72 0d 63 |ion with other.c| 00000ab0 6f 6d 70 61 6e 69 65 73 2c 20 20 61 6c 74 68 6f |ompanies, altho| 00000ac0 75 67 68 20 20 79 6f 75 20 20 64 6f 20 20 6e 6f |ugh you do no| 00000ad0 74 20 20 68 61 76 65 20 20 61 6e 79 20 20 6d 61 |t have any ma| 00000ae0 6a 6f 72 20 64 65 61 6c 69 6e 67 73 20 20 77 69 |jor dealings wi| 00000af0 74 68 20 20 74 68 65 6d 2e 0d 42 61 73 69 63 61 |th them..Basica| 00000b00 6c 6c 79 2c 20 79 6f 75 20 63 61 6e 20 62 75 79 |lly, you can buy| 00000b10 20 61 6e 64 20 73 65 6c 6c 20 6d 69 6e 65 73 2c | and sell mines,| 00000b20 20 61 6e 64 20 20 6c 69 6b 65 77 69 73 65 20 74 | and likewise t| 00000b30 68 65 20 6f 72 65 20 70 72 6f 64 75 63 65 64 2e |he ore produced.| 00000b40 20 59 6f 75 0d 63 61 6e 20 65 6d 70 6c 6f 79 20 | You.can employ | 00000b50 6d 6f 72 65 20 77 6f 72 6b 65 72 73 2c 20 6f 72 |more workers, or| 00000b60 20 6d 61 6b 65 20 74 68 65 6d 20 72 65 64 75 6e | make them redun| 00000b70 64 61 6e 74 2e 20 52 65 6d 65 6d 62 65 72 20 20 |dant. 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If | 00000d40 79 6f 75 20 20 77 69 73 68 20 74 6f 2c 20 79 6f |you wish to, yo| 00000d50 75 0d 63 61 6e 20 73 74 69 70 75 6c 61 74 65 20 |u.can stipulate | 00000d60 74 68 61 74 20 63 65 72 74 61 69 6e 20 6d 69 6e |that certain min| 00000d70 65 73 20 61 72 65 20 6e 6f 74 20 77 6f 72 6b 65 |es are not worke| 00000d80 64 20 6f 6e 2c 20 61 6e 64 20 74 68 65 6e 20 20 |d on, and then | 00000d90 6e 6f 20 20 70 72 6f 62 6c 65 6d 73 0d 72 65 73 |no problems.res| 00000da0 75 6c 74 2e 20 42 75 74 20 72 65 6d 65 6d 62 65 |ult. But remembe| 00000db0 72 20 74 6f 20 6b 65 65 70 20 20 79 6f 75 72 20 |r to keep your | 00000dc0 65 79 65 73 20 6f 70 65 6e 2e 20 54 68 69 73 20 |eyes open. 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That is.mo| 00000e80 72 65 2d 6f 72 2d 6c 65 73 73 20 61 6c 6c 20 74 |re-or-less all t| 00000e90 68 61 74 20 69 73 20 74 6f 20 74 68 65 20 67 61 |hat is to the ga| 00000ea0 6d 65 2c 20 61 70 61 72 74 20 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 |me, apart from | 00000eb0 61 20 73 61 76 65 20 61 6e 64 20 6c 6f 61 64 20 |a save and load | 00000ec0 72 6f 75 74 69 6e 65 2c 0d 61 6e 64 20 61 20 68 |routine,.and a h| 00000ed0 69 67 68 20 73 63 6f 72 65 20 74 61 62 6c 65 20 |igh score table | 00000ee0 74 68 61 74 20 69 73 20 73 61 76 65 64 20 74 6f |that is saved to| 00000ef0 20 20 64 69 73 6b 2e 20 20 49 66 20 20 79 6f 75 | disk. If you| 00000f00 20 20 75 73 65 20 20 44 46 53 20 20 49 20 77 6f | use DFS I wo| 00000f10 75 6c 64 0d 73 75 67 67 65 73 74 20 79 6f 75 20 |uld.suggest you | 00000f20 75 70 67 72 61 64 65 20 74 68 65 20 70 72 6f 67 |upgrade the prog| 00000f30 72 61 6d 2c 20 20 73 6f 20 66 69 6c 65 6e 61 6d |ram, so filenam| 00000f40 65 73 20 6d 61 79 20 62 65 20 6e 6f 20 6c 6f 6e |es may be no lon| 00000f50 67 65 72 20 74 68 61 6e 20 73 65 76 65 6e 0d 6c |ger than seven.l| 00000f60 65 74 74 65 72 73 2e 20 49 74 20 73 74 61 6e 64 |etters. It stand| 00000f70 73 20 61 74 20 74 65 6e 2e 20 46 6f 72 20 20 69 |s at ten. 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This exists in| 00000ff0 20 74 68 65 0d 66 6f 72 6d 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 | the.form of the| 00001000 20 76 61 72 69 61 62 6c 65 20 27 77 70 27 20 28 | variable 'wp' (| 00001010 57 72 69 74 65 20 50 72 6f 74 65 63 74 29 2e 20 |Write Protect). | 00001020 49 66 20 74 68 69 73 20 69 73 20 73 65 74 2c 20 |If this is set, | 00001030 20 74 68 65 20 20 64 69 73 6b 20 20 6d 61 79 0d | the disk may.| 00001040 6e 6f 74 20 20 62 65 20 20 77 72 69 74 74 65 6e |not be written| 00001050 20 20 74 6f 2e 20 43 68 61 6e 67 65 20 74 68 69 | to. Change thi| 00001060 73 2c 20 69 6e 20 6c 69 6e 65 20 36 30 2c 20 77 |s, in line 60, w| 00001070 68 65 6e 20 79 6f 75 20 63 6f 70 79 20 69 74 20 |hen you copy it | 00001080 74 6f 20 61 6e 6f 74 68 65 72 0d 64 69 73 6b 2e |to another.disk.| 00001090 20 4f 76 65 72 61 6c 6c 2c 20 74 68 69 73 20 6d | Overall, this m| 000010a0 65 61 6e 73 20 20 74 68 65 20 20 67 61 6d 65 20 |eans the game | 000010b0 63 61 6e 20 62 65 20 70 6c 61 79 65 64 20 6f 6e |can be played on| 000010c0 20 74 68 65 20 45 55 47 20 4d 61 73 74 65 72 20 | the EUG Master | 000010d0 64 69 73 6b 2c 0d 61 6e 64 2c 20 20 69 6e 20 20 |disk,.and, in | 000010e0 66 61 63 74 2c 20 20 6f 6e 20 20 61 6e 79 20 6f |fact, on any o| 000010f0 74 68 65 72 2c 20 65 76 65 6e 20 69 66 20 79 6f |ther, even if yo| 00001100 75 20 64 6f 6e 27 74 20 77 61 6e 74 20 74 6f 20 |u don't want to | 00001110 77 72 69 74 65 20 74 6f 20 69 74 2e 20 4f 68 2c |write to it. 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I suggest y| 000011d0 6f 75 20 6c 6f 61 64 20 74 68 65 20 66 69 6c 65 |ou load the file| 000011e0 20 69 6e 74 6f 20 61 20 67 6f 6f 64 20 20 77 6f | into a good wo| 000011f0 72 64 2d 70 72 6f 63 65 73 73 6f 72 20 20 61 6e |rd-processor an| 00001200 64 0d 72 65 66 6f 72 6d 61 74 20 69 74 2e 20 54 |d.reformat it. T| 00001210 68 61 74 20 77 61 79 20 79 6f 75 20 63 61 6e 20 |hat way you can | 00001220 72 65 61 64 20 69 74 20 61 74 20 79 6f 75 72 20 |read it at your | 00001230 6c 65 69 73 75 72 65 2e 0d 0d 57 65 6c 6c 2c 20 |leisure...Well, | 00001240 74 68 61 74 20 77 72 61 70 73 20 75 70 20 74 68 |that wraps up th| 00001250 69 73 20 6d 6f 6e 74 68 73 20 63 6f 6c 75 6d 6e |is months column| 00001260 2e 20 47 6f 6f 64 20 62 79 65 2c 20 61 6e 64 20 |. Good bye, and | 00001270 68 61 70 70 79 20 62 61 72 74 65 72 69 6e 67 21 |happy bartering!| 00001280 0d 0d 52 6f 73 73 20 4c 69 74 74 6c 65 0d 41 75 |..Ross Little.Au| 00001290 67 75 73 74 20 31 39 39 35 0d |gust 1995.| 0000129a
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