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StarInfo/Jerome/Whitehouse/Shared/xxxx
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 » Acorn User » AU 1996-06.adf » Regulars |
| Filename: | StarInfo/Jerome/Whitehouse/Shared/xxxx |
| Read OK: | ✔ |
| File size: | 082D bytes |
| Load address: | 0000 |
| Exec address: | 0000 |
File contents
�HEADER
Load this file by clicking on !!ReadMe in the main folder.
�END
About these programs
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Mill and Hneftafl :
These are two desktop 'games'. Hneftafl is derived from the April 1995 Acorn User article. Mill is based upon the ancient game 'Mill' or 'Nine Men's Morris'. Mill includes a computer player (quite a good one as it turned out).
Trees:
This is a version of a program that appeared on the Jan94 AU cover disc. The program draws 3D trees.
Instructions
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The instructions for each program can be obtained from their icon bar menus. All three programs also provide interactive help, although this isn't much use except perhaps in Trees.
This folder should be kept together as a whole. None of the programs will work if removed and placed alone.
The programs require RiscOS 3. !Trees needs at least a 2MB computer.
Copyright
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The Tempest module and the !Browzer application remain my copyright, and cannot be used for anything except their present purpose.
Stuart Whitehouse
Inside the programs
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The programs have all been done in very similar styles.
Each program is written in BASIC and contains some assembler. In Mill this is used for the computer player, and in Hneftafl the armcode was used so that I could add a computer player more easily if I wanted to.
In each program the !RunImage file performs the Wimp interaction, although much of the work is performed automatically by the module.
The Mill and Hnef files (loaded as libraries) implement the rules; and the computer player in the case of Mill. In Trees 'WTrees' does all the trees.
The 'IcnDefs' files just contain icon numbers (these were created by the template editor)
The template files contain non-window templates (including menus) as well as the windows. Don't try to load these files into a standard template editor. (They can be edited in the Tempest template editor only)
Both games allow you to save the position. The saves use the user file types 04e and 04f. Trees saves the normal Sprite and Data file types.
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Hneft| 000000b0 61 66 6c 20 69 73 20 64 65 72 69 76 65 64 20 66 |afl is derived f| 000000c0 72 6f 6d 20 74 68 65 20 41 70 72 69 6c 20 31 39 |rom the April 19| 000000d0 39 35 20 41 63 6f 72 6e 20 55 73 65 72 20 61 72 |95 Acorn User ar| 000000e0 74 69 63 6c 65 2e 20 20 4d 69 6c 6c 20 69 73 20 |ticle. Mill is | 000000f0 62 61 73 65 64 20 75 70 6f 6e 20 74 68 65 20 61 |based upon the a| 00000100 6e 63 69 65 6e 74 20 67 61 6d 65 20 27 4d 69 6c |ncient game 'Mil| 00000110 6c 27 20 6f 72 20 27 4e 69 6e 65 20 4d 65 6e 27 |l' or 'Nine Men'| 00000120 73 20 4d 6f 72 72 69 73 27 2e 20 20 4d 69 6c 6c |s Morris'. Mill| 00000130 20 69 6e 63 6c 75 64 65 73 20 61 20 63 6f 6d 70 | includes a comp| 00000140 75 74 65 72 20 70 6c 61 79 65 72 20 28 71 75 69 |uter player (qui| 00000150 74 65 20 61 20 67 6f 6f 64 20 6f 6e 65 20 61 73 |te a good one as| 00000160 20 69 74 20 74 75 72 6e 65 64 20 6f 75 74 29 2e | it turned out).| 00000170 0a 0a 54 72 65 65 73 3a 0a 54 68 69 73 20 69 73 |..Trees:.This is| 00000180 20 61 20 76 65 72 73 69 6f 6e 20 6f 66 20 61 20 | a version of a | 00000190 70 72 6f 67 72 61 6d 20 74 68 61 74 20 61 70 70 |program that app| 000001a0 65 61 72 65 64 20 6f 6e 20 74 68 65 20 4a 61 6e |eared on the Jan| 000001b0 39 34 20 41 55 20 63 6f 76 65 72 20 64 69 73 63 |94 AU cover disc| 000001c0 2e 20 20 54 68 65 20 70 72 6f 67 72 61 6d 20 64 |. The program d| 000001d0 72 61 77 73 20 33 44 20 74 72 65 65 73 2e 0a 0a |raws 3D trees...| 000001e0 0a 49 6e 73 74 72 75 63 74 69 6f 6e 73 0a 2d 2d |.Instructions.--| 000001f0 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 0a 54 68 65 20 69 |----------.The i| 00000200 6e 73 74 72 75 63 74 69 6f 6e 73 20 66 6f 72 20 |nstructions for | 00000210 65 61 63 68 20 70 72 6f 67 72 61 6d 20 63 61 6e |each program can| 00000220 20 62 65 20 6f 62 74 61 69 6e 65 64 20 66 72 6f | be obtained fro| 00000230 6d 20 74 68 65 69 72 20 69 63 6f 6e 20 62 61 72 |m their icon bar| 00000240 20 6d 65 6e 75 73 2e 20 41 6c 6c 20 74 68 72 65 | menus. All thre| 00000250 65 20 70 72 6f 67 72 61 6d 73 20 61 6c 73 6f 20 |e programs also | 00000260 70 72 6f 76 69 64 65 20 69 6e 74 65 72 61 63 74 |provide interact| 00000270 69 76 65 20 68 65 6c 70 2c 20 61 6c 74 68 6f 75 |ive help, althou| 00000280 67 68 20 74 68 69 73 20 69 73 6e 27 74 20 6d 75 |gh this isn't mu| 00000290 63 68 20 75 73 65 20 65 78 63 65 70 74 20 70 65 |ch use except pe| 000002a0 72 68 61 70 73 20 69 6e 20 54 72 65 65 73 2e 0a |rhaps in Trees..| 000002b0 0a 54 68 69 73 20 66 6f 6c 64 65 72 20 73 68 6f |.This folder sho| 000002c0 75 6c 64 20 62 65 20 6b 65 70 74 20 74 6f 67 65 |uld be kept toge| 000002d0 74 68 65 72 20 61 73 20 61 20 77 68 6f 6c 65 2e |ther as a whole.| 000002e0 20 20 4e 6f 6e 65 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 70 72 | None of the pr| 000002f0 6f 67 72 61 6d 73 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 77 6f 72 6b |ograms will work| 00000300 20 69 66 20 72 65 6d 6f 76 65 64 20 61 6e 64 20 | if removed and | 00000310 70 6c 61 63 65 64 20 61 6c 6f 6e 65 2e 0a 54 68 |placed alone..Th| 00000320 65 20 70 72 6f 67 72 61 6d 73 20 72 65 71 75 69 |e programs requi| 00000330 72 65 20 52 69 73 63 4f 53 20 33 2e 20 20 21 54 |re RiscOS 3. !T| 00000340 72 65 65 73 20 6e 65 65 64 73 20 61 74 20 6c 65 |rees needs at le| 00000350 61 73 74 20 61 20 32 4d 42 20 63 6f 6d 70 75 74 |ast a 2MB comput| 00000360 65 72 2e 0a 0a 0a 43 6f 70 79 72 69 67 68 74 0a |er....Copyright.| 00000370 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 0a 54 68 65 20 54 65 |---------.The Te| 00000380 6d 70 65 73 74 20 6d 6f 64 75 6c 65 20 61 6e 64 |mpest module and| 00000390 20 74 68 65 20 21 42 72 6f 77 7a 65 72 20 61 70 | the !Browzer ap| 000003a0 70 6c 69 63 61 74 69 6f 6e 20 72 65 6d 61 69 6e |plication remain| 000003b0 20 6d 79 20 63 6f 70 79 72 69 67 68 74 2c 20 61 | my copyright, a| 000003c0 6e 64 20 63 61 6e 6e 6f 74 20 62 65 20 75 73 65 |nd cannot be use| 000003d0 64 20 66 6f 72 20 61 6e 79 74 68 69 6e 67 20 65 |d for anything e| 000003e0 78 63 65 70 74 20 74 68 65 69 72 20 70 72 65 73 |xcept their pres| 000003f0 65 6e 74 20 70 75 72 70 6f 73 65 2e 0a 0a 0a 20 |ent purpose.... | 00000400 20 20 20 20 53 74 75 61 72 74 20 57 68 69 74 65 | Stuart White| 00000410 68 6f 75 73 65 0a 0a 0a 0a 0a 0a 0a 49 6e 73 69 |house.......Insi| 00000420 64 65 20 74 68 65 20 70 72 6f 67 72 61 6d 73 0a |de the programs.| 00000430 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d |----------------| 00000440 2d 2d 2d 0a 54 68 65 20 70 72 6f 67 72 61 6d 73 |---.The programs| 00000450 20 68 61 76 65 20 61 6c 6c 20 62 65 65 6e 20 64 | have all been d| 00000460 6f 6e 65 20 69 6e 20 76 65 72 79 20 73 69 6d 69 |one in very simi| 00000470 6c 61 72 20 73 74 79 6c 65 73 2e 0a 45 61 63 68 |lar styles..Each| 00000480 20 70 72 6f 67 72 61 6d 20 69 73 20 77 72 69 74 | program is writ| 00000490 74 65 6e 20 69 6e 20 42 41 53 49 43 20 61 6e 64 |ten in BASIC and| 000004a0 20 63 6f 6e 74 61 69 6e 73 20 73 6f 6d 65 20 61 | contains some a| 000004b0 73 73 65 6d 62 6c 65 72 2e 20 20 49 6e 20 4d 69 |ssembler. In Mi| 000004c0 6c 6c 20 74 68 69 73 20 69 73 20 75 73 65 64 20 |ll this is used | 000004d0 66 6f 72 20 74 68 65 20 63 6f 6d 70 75 74 65 72 |for the computer| 000004e0 20 70 6c 61 79 65 72 2c 20 61 6e 64 20 69 6e 20 | player, and in | 000004f0 48 6e 65 66 74 61 66 6c 20 74 68 65 20 61 72 6d |Hneftafl the arm| 00000500 63 6f 64 65 20 77 61 73 20 75 73 65 64 20 73 6f |code was used so| 00000510 20 74 68 61 74 20 49 20 63 6f 75 6c 64 20 61 64 | that I could ad| 00000520 64 20 61 20 63 6f 6d 70 75 74 65 72 20 70 6c 61 |d a computer pla| 00000530 79 65 72 20 6d 6f 72 65 20 65 61 73 69 6c 79 20 |yer more easily | 00000540 69 66 20 49 20 77 61 6e 74 65 64 20 74 6f 2e 0a |if I wanted to..| 00000550 0a 49 6e 20 65 61 63 68 20 70 72 6f 67 72 61 6d |.In each program| 00000560 20 74 68 65 20 21 52 75 6e 49 6d 61 67 65 20 66 | the !RunImage f| 00000570 69 6c 65 20 70 65 72 66 6f 72 6d 73 20 74 68 65 |ile performs the| 00000580 20 57 69 6d 70 20 69 6e 74 65 72 61 63 74 69 6f | Wimp interactio| 00000590 6e 2c 20 61 6c 74 68 6f 75 67 68 20 6d 75 63 68 |n, although much| 000005a0 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 77 6f 72 6b 20 69 73 20 | of the work is | 000005b0 70 65 72 66 6f 72 6d 65 64 20 61 75 74 6f 6d 61 |performed automa| 000005c0 74 69 63 61 6c 6c 79 20 62 79 20 74 68 65 20 6d |tically by the m| 000005d0 6f 64 75 6c 65 2e 0a 54 68 65 20 4d 69 6c 6c 20 |odule..The Mill | 000005e0 61 6e 64 20 48 6e 65 66 20 66 69 6c 65 73 20 28 |and Hnef files (| 000005f0 6c 6f 61 64 65 64 20 61 73 20 6c 69 62 72 61 72 |loaded as librar| 00000600 69 65 73 29 20 69 6d 70 6c 65 6d 65 6e 74 20 74 |ies) implement t| 00000610 68 65 20 72 75 6c 65 73 3b 20 61 6e 64 20 74 68 |he rules; and th| 00000620 65 20 63 6f 6d 70 75 74 65 72 20 70 6c 61 79 65 |e computer playe| 00000630 72 20 69 6e 20 74 68 65 20 63 61 73 65 20 6f 66 |r in the case of| 00000640 20 4d 69 6c 6c 2e 20 20 49 6e 20 54 72 65 65 73 | Mill. In Trees| 00000650 20 27 57 54 72 65 65 73 27 20 64 6f 65 73 20 61 | 'WTrees' does a| 00000660 6c 6c 20 74 68 65 20 74 72 65 65 73 2e 0a 54 68 |ll the trees..Th| 00000670 65 20 27 49 63 6e 44 65 66 73 27 20 66 69 6c 65 |e 'IcnDefs' file| 00000680 73 20 6a 75 73 74 20 63 6f 6e 74 61 69 6e 20 69 |s just contain i| 00000690 63 6f 6e 20 6e 75 6d 62 65 72 73 20 28 74 68 65 |con numbers (the| 000006a0 73 65 20 77 65 72 65 20 63 72 65 61 74 65 64 20 |se were created | 000006b0 62 79 20 74 68 65 20 74 65 6d 70 6c 61 74 65 20 |by the template | 000006c0 65 64 69 74 6f 72 29 0a 0a 54 68 65 20 74 65 6d |editor)..The tem| 000006d0 70 6c 61 74 65 20 66 69 6c 65 73 20 63 6f 6e 74 |plate files cont| 000006e0 61 69 6e 20 6e 6f 6e 2d 77 69 6e 64 6f 77 20 74 |ain non-window t| 000006f0 65 6d 70 6c 61 74 65 73 20 28 69 6e 63 6c 75 64 |emplates (includ| 00000700 69 6e 67 20 6d 65 6e 75 73 29 20 61 73 20 77 65 |ing menus) as we| 00000710 6c 6c 20 61 73 20 74 68 65 20 77 69 6e 64 6f 77 |ll as the window| 00000720 73 2e 20 20 44 6f 6e 27 74 20 74 72 79 20 74 6f |s. Don't try to| 00000730 20 6c 6f 61 64 20 74 68 65 73 65 20 66 69 6c 65 | load these file| 00000740 73 20 69 6e 74 6f 20 61 20 73 74 61 6e 64 61 72 |s into a standar| 00000750 64 20 74 65 6d 70 6c 61 74 65 20 65 64 69 74 6f |d template edito| 00000760 72 2e 20 20 28 54 68 65 79 20 63 61 6e 20 62 65 |r. (They can be| 00000770 20 65 64 69 74 65 64 20 69 6e 20 74 68 65 20 54 | edited in the T| 00000780 65 6d 70 65 73 74 20 74 65 6d 70 6c 61 74 65 20 |empest template | 00000790 65 64 69 74 6f 72 20 6f 6e 6c 79 29 0a 0a 42 6f |editor only)..Bo| 000007a0 74 68 20 67 61 6d 65 73 20 61 6c 6c 6f 77 20 79 |th games allow y| 000007b0 6f 75 20 74 6f 20 73 61 76 65 20 74 68 65 20 70 |ou to save the p| 000007c0 6f 73 69 74 69 6f 6e 2e 20 20 54 68 65 20 73 61 |osition. The sa| 000007d0 76 65 73 20 75 73 65 20 74 68 65 20 75 73 65 72 |ves use the user| 000007e0 20 66 69 6c 65 20 74 79 70 65 73 20 30 34 65 20 | file types 04e | 000007f0 61 6e 64 20 30 34 66 2e 20 20 54 72 65 65 73 20 |and 04f. Trees | 00000800 73 61 76 65 73 20 74 68 65 20 6e 6f 72 6d 61 6c |saves the normal| 00000810 20 53 70 72 69 74 65 20 61 6e 64 20 44 61 74 61 | Sprite and Data| 00000820 20 66 69 6c 65 20 74 79 70 65 73 2e 0a | file types..| 0000082d
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