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Pointers/!Floppy/!Help
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 » Archimedes archive » Micro User » MU 1992-03.adf » PD |
| Filename: | Pointers/!Floppy/!Help |
| Read OK: | ✔ |
| File size: | 051D bytes |
| Load address: | 0000 |
| Exec address: | 0000 |
File contents
Current pointer:3.5" Disk
/////////////////////////\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
>>>>>>>>>>>>!NewPoint: a pointer changer<<<<<<<<<<<<
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>(c) Dave Thomas 1991<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\//////////////////////////
This little application/utility will alter your
mouse pointer design to anything you want. On
running the mouse pointer will disappear and then
reappear as your chosen design.
The pointer sprite is held in this applictaion
directory under the name ptr_dfault. It's associated
palette file is under the name mouse_pal.
Beware! the mouse pointer must be a mode 8
sprite and not bigger than 32x32 pixels, anything
bigger than that and the pointer will be viciously
truncated. The palette file holds the colours for
the mouse to use (Ms1,Ms2 and Ms3). When designing
your pointer you will probably notice that there are
four colours avaliable. Do not be led into thinking
that there are four colours the first is transparent
and the other three correspond to Ms1,Ms2 and Ms3.
Dave Thomas ,
20 Rosebery Ave.,
Waterloo,
Liverpool
L22 2BH
p.s. Did you her about the man who locked his mouth
up and swallowed the key!!!!!!
Arrrgggghhhh! the men in white coats are coming
to get me blibble flibble etc etc. 00000000 43 75 72 72 65 6e 74 20 70 6f 69 6e 74 65 72 3a |Current pointer:| 00000010 33 2e 35 22 20 44 69 73 6b 0a 2f 2f 2f 2f 2f 2f |3.5" Disk.//////| 00000020 2f 2f 2f 2f 2f 2f 2f 2f 2f 2f 2f 2f 2f 2f 2f 2f |////////////////| 00000030 2f 2f 2f 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c |///\\\\\\\\\\\\\| 00000040 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 0a 3e |\\\\\\\\\\\\\\.>| 00000050 3e 3e 3e 3e 3e 3e 3e 3e 3e 3e 3e 21 4e 65 77 50 |>>>>>>>>>>>!NewP| 00000060 6f 69 6e 74 3a 20 61 20 70 6f 69 6e 74 65 72 20 |oint: a pointer | 00000070 63 68 61 6e 67 65 72 3c 3c 3c 3c 3c 3c 3c 3c 3c |changer<<<<<<<<<| 00000080 3c 3c 3c 0a 3e 3e 3e 3e 3e 3e 3e 3e 3e 3e 3e 3e |<<<.>>>>>>>>>>>>| 00000090 3e 3e 3e 28 63 29 20 44 61 76 65 20 54 68 6f 6d |>>>(c) Dave Thom| 000000a0 61 73 20 31 39 39 31 3c 3c 3c 3c 3c 3c 3c 3c 3c |as 1991<<<<<<<<<| 000000b0 3c 3c 3c 3c 3c 3c 3c 3c 0a 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c |<<<<<<<<.\\\\\\\| 000000c0 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c |\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\| 000000d0 5c 5c 5c 2f 2f 2f 2f 2f 2f 2f 2f 2f 2f 2f 2f 2f |\\\/////////////| 000000e0 2f 2f 2f 2f 2f 2f 2f 2f 2f 2f 2f 2f 2f 0a 0a 20 |/////////////.. | 000000f0 20 20 20 20 20 54 68 69 73 20 6c 69 74 74 6c 65 | This little| 00000100 20 61 70 70 6c 69 63 61 74 69 6f 6e 2f 75 74 69 | application/uti| 00000110 6c 69 74 79 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 61 6c 74 65 72 20 |lity will alter | 00000120 79 6f 75 72 0a 20 6d 6f 75 73 65 20 70 6f 69 6e |your. mouse poin| 00000130 74 65 72 20 64 65 73 69 67 6e 20 74 6f 20 61 6e |ter design to an| 00000140 79 74 68 69 6e 67 20 79 6f 75 20 77 61 6e 74 2e |ything you want.| 00000150 20 4f 6e 20 0a 20 72 75 6e 6e 69 6e 67 20 74 68 | On . running th| 00000160 65 20 6d 6f 75 73 65 20 70 6f 69 6e 74 65 72 20 |e mouse pointer | 00000170 77 69 6c 6c 20 64 69 73 61 70 70 65 61 72 20 61 |will disappear a| 00000180 6e 64 20 74 68 65 6e 20 0a 20 72 65 61 70 70 65 |nd then . reappe| 00000190 61 72 20 61 73 20 79 6f 75 72 20 63 68 6f 73 65 |ar as your chose| 000001a0 6e 20 64 65 73 69 67 6e 2e 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 |n design.. | 000001b0 20 54 68 65 20 70 6f 69 6e 74 65 72 20 73 70 72 | The pointer spr| 000001c0 69 74 65 20 69 73 20 68 65 6c 64 20 69 6e 20 74 |ite is held in t| 000001d0 68 69 73 20 61 70 70 6c 69 63 74 61 69 6f 6e 0a |his applictaion.| 000001e0 20 64 69 72 65 63 74 6f 72 79 20 75 6e 64 65 72 | directory under| 000001f0 20 74 68 65 20 6e 61 6d 65 20 70 74 72 5f 64 66 | the name ptr_df| 00000200 61 75 6c 74 2e 20 49 74 27 73 20 61 73 73 6f 63 |ault. It's assoc| 00000210 69 61 74 65 64 0a 20 70 61 6c 65 74 74 65 20 66 |iated. palette f| 00000220 69 6c 65 20 69 73 20 75 6e 64 65 72 20 74 68 65 |ile is under the| 00000230 20 6e 61 6d 65 20 6d 6f 75 73 65 5f 70 61 6c 2e | name mouse_pal.| 00000240 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 42 65 77 61 72 65 21 |. Beware!| 00000250 20 74 68 65 20 6d 6f 75 73 65 20 70 6f 69 6e 74 | the mouse point| 00000260 65 72 20 6d 75 73 74 20 62 65 20 61 20 6d 6f 64 |er must be a mod| 00000270 65 20 38 20 0a 20 73 70 72 69 74 65 20 61 6e 64 |e 8 . sprite and| 00000280 20 6e 6f 74 20 62 69 67 67 65 72 20 74 68 61 6e | not bigger than| 00000290 20 33 32 78 33 32 20 70 69 78 65 6c 73 2c 20 61 | 32x32 pixels, a| 000002a0 6e 79 74 68 69 6e 67 20 0a 20 62 69 67 67 65 72 |nything . bigger| 000002b0 20 74 68 61 6e 20 74 68 61 74 20 61 6e 64 20 74 | than that and t| 000002c0 68 65 20 70 6f 69 6e 74 65 72 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 |he pointer will | 000002d0 62 65 20 76 69 63 69 6f 75 73 6c 79 0a 20 74 72 |be viciously. tr| 000002e0 75 6e 63 61 74 65 64 2e 20 54 68 65 20 70 61 6c |uncated. The pal| 000002f0 65 74 74 65 20 66 69 6c 65 20 68 6f 6c 64 73 20 |ette file holds | 00000300 74 68 65 20 63 6f 6c 6f 75 72 73 20 66 6f 72 20 |the colours for | 00000310 0a 20 74 68 65 20 6d 6f 75 73 65 20 74 6f 20 75 |. the mouse to u| 00000320 73 65 20 28 4d 73 31 2c 4d 73 32 20 61 6e 64 20 |se (Ms1,Ms2 and | 00000330 4d 73 33 29 2e 20 57 68 65 6e 20 64 65 73 69 67 |Ms3). When desig| 00000340 6e 69 6e 67 0a 20 79 6f 75 72 20 70 6f 69 6e 74 |ning. your point| 00000350 65 72 20 79 6f 75 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 70 72 6f 62 |er you will prob| 00000360 61 62 6c 79 20 6e 6f 74 69 63 65 20 74 68 61 74 |ably notice that| 00000370 20 74 68 65 72 65 20 61 72 65 0a 20 66 6f 75 72 | there are. four| 00000380 20 63 6f 6c 6f 75 72 73 20 61 76 61 6c 69 61 62 | colours avaliab| 00000390 6c 65 2e 20 44 6f 20 6e 6f 74 20 62 65 20 6c 65 |le. 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