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Utilities/!PlaceIt/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.
| Tape/disk: | Home » Archimedes archive » Micro User » MU 1991-07.adf » PD-Stuff |
| Filename: | Utilities/!PlaceIt/History |
| Read OK: | ✔ |
| File size: | 03CF bytes |
| Load address: | 0000 |
| Exec address: | 0000 |
File contents
History of !PlaceIt
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1.00 First version only given to friends to test and play with
1.01 Stopped flicker of screen when clicked on background
Worked out whether to send DataLoad or DataDave message at end of drag
operation
The version was released to the newcastle info server only
1.02 Decided not to complain if application didn't reply to DataLoad message
as doesn't bother us anyway and only resulted in unwanted error
Released via newcastle info server, Comp.sys.acorn and Eunet.micro.acorn
1.03 Made some improvement to reduce the amount of flicker when removing
icons and dragging them about the backdrop
Stopped icons having filled backgrounds. This allows the icons to be put
closer together without obscuring each other
Thanks to Merlin Hughes for his comments
Released via newcastle info server, Comp.sys.acorn and Eunet.micro.acorn
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