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!MacroLife/Docs/Contents
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 1995-07.adf » !Life_MacroLife |
| Filename: | !MacroLife/Docs/Contents |
| Read OK: | ✔ |
| File size: | 080A bytes |
| Load address: | 0000 |
| Exec address: | 0000 |
File contents
!MacroLife should contain the following files and directories:
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It should not be distributed with a Registered file.
This file is specific to each registered user.
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It should not have been supplied to you with a Choices file. If there
is a Choices file which you haven't created yourself, please delete it.
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!Boot - Obey file
!Help - Text file
!Run - Obey file
!RunImage - Absolute file
!Sprites - Sprite file
!Sprites22 - Sprite file
Docs - directory containing:
Catalogue - The Life patterns supplied with the full version
Contents - Text - this file
Copyright - Text file describing any copying restrictions
FileFormat - Text file describing the format of MacroLife files
History - Text file describing version changes and future plans
Patterns - Draw file illustrating various Life patterns
Structures - Text header file for interested 'C' programmers
TechNotes - Draw file describing the application design
LifeForms - directory containing:
Guns - directory containing patterns which fire 'spaceships'
Oscillatrs - directory containing oscillating or cyclical patterns
Others - directory of miscellaneous Lifeforms
Puffers - dir. of 'puffer trains' - spaceships that leave a trail
Spaceships - directory of moving Life patterns
(Each subdirectory contains a !Catalogue text file and one or more
Lifeform files which are read in by MacroLife when it starts up)
Resources - directory containing:
Messages - Text file for application text and help messages
Sprites - Sprite file for private sprites
Templates - Templates file
Welcome - Sprite file for startup banner 00000000 0a 20 20 20 20 21 4d 61 63 72 6f 4c 69 66 65 20 |. !MacroLife | 00000010 73 68 6f 75 6c 64 20 63 6f 6e 74 61 69 6e 20 74 |should contain t| 00000020 68 65 20 66 6f 6c 6c 6f 77 69 6e 67 20 66 69 6c |he following fil| 00000030 65 73 20 61 6e 64 20 64 69 72 65 63 74 6f 72 69 |es and directori| 00000040 65 73 3a 0a 0a 20 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d |es:.. ----------| 00000050 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d |----------------| * 00000080 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 0a 20 49 |-------------. I| 00000090 74 20 73 68 6f 75 6c 64 20 6e 6f 74 20 62 65 20 |t should not be | 000000a0 64 69 73 74 72 69 62 75 74 65 64 20 77 69 74 68 |distributed with| 000000b0 20 61 20 52 65 67 69 73 74 65 72 65 64 20 66 69 | a Registered fi| 000000c0 6c 65 2e 0a 20 54 68 69 73 20 66 69 6c 65 20 69 |le.. 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If th| 00000180 65 72 65 20 20 20 0a 20 69 73 20 61 20 43 68 6f |ere . is a Cho| 00000190 69 63 65 73 20 66 69 6c 65 20 77 68 69 63 68 20 |ices file which | 000001a0 79 6f 75 20 68 61 76 65 6e 27 74 20 63 72 65 61 |you haven't crea| 000001b0 74 65 64 20 79 6f 75 72 73 65 6c 66 2c 20 70 6c |ted yourself, pl| 000001c0 65 61 73 65 20 64 65 6c 65 74 65 20 69 74 2e 20 |ease delete it. | 000001d0 0a 20 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d |. --------------| 000001e0 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d |----------------| * 00000210 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 0a 0a 21 42 6f 6f 74 |---------..!Boot| 00000220 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 2d 20 4f | - O| 00000230 62 65 79 20 66 69 6c 65 0a 21 48 65 6c 70 20 20 |bey file.!Help | 00000240 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 2d 20 54 65 78 | - Tex| 00000250 74 20 66 69 6c 65 0a 21 52 75 6e 20 20 20 20 20 |t file.!Run | 00000260 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 2d 20 4f 62 65 79 20 | - Obey | 00000270 66 69 6c 65 0a 21 52 75 6e 49 6d 61 67 65 20 20 |file.!RunImage | 00000280 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 2d 20 41 62 73 6f 6c 75 74 | - Absolut| 00000290 65 20 66 69 6c 65 0a 21 53 70 72 69 74 65 73 20 |e file.!Sprites | 000002a0 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 2d 20 53 70 72 69 74 | - Sprit| 000002b0 65 20 66 69 6c 65 0a 21 53 70 72 69 74 65 73 32 |e file.!Sprites2| 000002c0 32 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 2d 20 53 70 72 69 74 |2 - Sprit| 000002d0 65 20 66 69 6c 65 0a 0a 44 6f 63 73 20 20 20 20 |e file..Docs | 000002e0 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 2d 20 64 69 72 65 | - dire| 000002f0 63 74 6f 72 79 20 63 6f 6e 74 61 69 6e 69 6e 67 |ctory containing| 00000300 3a 0a 20 20 20 20 43 61 74 61 6c 6f 67 75 65 20 |:. Catalogue | 00000310 20 20 20 20 2d 20 54 68 65 20 4c 69 66 65 20 70 | - The Life p| 00000320 61 74 74 65 72 6e 73 20 73 75 70 70 6c 69 65 64 |atterns supplied| 00000330 20 77 69 74 68 20 74 68 65 20 66 75 6c 6c 20 76 | with the full v| 00000340 65 72 73 69 6f 6e 0a 20 20 20 20 43 6f 6e 74 65 |ersion. Conte| 00000350 6e 74 73 20 20 20 20 20 20 2d 20 54 65 78 74 20 |nts - Text | 00000360 2d 20 74 68 69 73 20 66 69 6c 65 0a 20 20 20 20 |- this file. | 00000370 43 6f 70 79 72 69 67 68 74 20 20 20 20 20 2d 20 |Copyright - | 00000380 54 65 78 74 20 66 69 6c 65 20 64 65 73 63 72 69 |Text file descri| 00000390 62 69 6e 67 20 61 6e 79 20 63 6f 70 79 69 6e 67 |bing any copying| 000003a0 20 72 65 73 74 72 69 63 74 69 6f 6e 73 0a 20 20 | restrictions. | 000003b0 20 20 46 69 6c 65 46 6f 72 6d 61 74 20 20 20 20 | FileFormat | 000003c0 2d 20 54 65 78 74 20 66 69 6c 65 20 64 65 73 63 |- Text file desc| 000003d0 72 69 62 69 6e 67 20 74 68 65 20 66 6f 72 6d 61 |ribing the forma| 000003e0 74 20 6f 66 20 4d 61 63 72 6f 4c 69 66 65 20 66 |t of MacroLife f| 000003f0 69 6c 65 73 0a 20 20 20 20 48 69 73 74 6f 72 79 |iles. 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TechNote| 000004d0 73 20 20 20 20 20 2d 20 44 72 61 77 20 66 69 6c |s - Draw fil| 000004e0 65 20 64 65 73 63 72 69 62 69 6e 67 20 74 68 65 |e describing the| 000004f0 20 61 70 70 6c 69 63 61 74 69 6f 6e 20 64 65 73 | application des| 00000500 69 67 6e 0a 0a 4c 69 66 65 46 6f 72 6d 73 20 20 |ign..LifeForms | 00000510 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 2d 20 64 69 72 65 63 74 6f | - directo| 00000520 72 79 20 63 6f 6e 74 61 69 6e 69 6e 67 3a 0a 20 |ry containing:. | 00000530 20 20 20 47 75 6e 73 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | Guns | 00000540 20 2d 20 64 69 72 65 63 74 6f 72 79 20 63 6f 6e | - directory con| 00000550 74 61 69 6e 69 6e 67 20 70 61 74 74 65 72 6e 73 |taining patterns| 00000560 20 77 68 69 63 68 20 66 69 72 65 20 27 73 70 61 | which fire 'spa| 00000570 63 65 73 68 69 70 73 27 0a 20 20 20 20 4f 73 63 |ceships'. 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