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AMUSING/!Bar-Ani/!Help
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| Filename: | AMUSING/!Bar-Ani/!Help |
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| File size: | 0755 bytes |
| Load address: | 0000 |
| Exec address: | 0000 |
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File contents
Version 4.50 Wednesday 19th June 1991 Last update - 1st July 1991, Whilst suffering from a Virus (Not on computer) and squinting at the Monitor through my Hurting Hay feverish Eyes, Moan Moan Moan! Little !Help file for Icon Bar Animation. Ignore the little delay in running when it first appears on the Icon Bar. It's just working out the Monotonic Time allow for a proper Wimp_PollIdle. Which in turns doesn't take up to much processor time. The Program would have been written for Mode 12 but there is just not enough colours to go around! So it will only Work in Mode 15 (and other 256 Colour modes). Your probably saying 'what about the colour Trans Module'. What about the Colour Trans module!! If you want it to work in other modes you can get the Colour Trans module to Translate the colours. I'm just to bone idle!!! Sorry about little Flickers, but i'm not a very good coder! Should have written it in Machine Code. Feel Free to copy this as long as all the Code,Templates,!help file, !boot, !run files are kept the same. You Can easily put your own sprites into the Files Directory within the !Icon-Box Directory. The sprites should abide by these rules! WIDTH = 82 HEIGHT = 34 Good rules eh! The sprite file should be called Spare-1. This will be detected by the program itself so there is no need for any program change And please no Rude Sprites. Abyss Software and Chris Wood take no responsability for the type of sprites that you get with your version of this program. Also there must be 10 sprites to avoid any Cock-ups!!! Send any of your own sprite files, and other things, to me, and in return I will send some of my demo discs (C)ABYSS Software - This IS Public Domain Address: ABYSS Software - Chris Wood 35 Grantley Crescent Kingswinford West Midlands England DY6 9EH Please write as I am very Lonely (SOB SOB SOB)!
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So it will | 00000230 6f 6e 6c 79 20 57 6f 72 6b 20 69 6e 20 4d 6f 64 |only Work in Mod| 00000240 65 20 31 35 20 28 61 6e 64 20 6f 74 68 65 72 20 |e 15 (and other | 00000250 32 35 36 0a 43 6f 6c 6f 75 72 20 6d 6f 64 65 73 |256.Colour modes| 00000260 29 2e 20 20 59 6f 75 72 20 70 72 6f 62 61 62 6c |). Your probabl| 00000270 79 20 73 61 79 69 6e 67 20 27 77 68 61 74 20 61 |y saying 'what a| 00000280 62 6f 75 74 20 74 68 65 20 63 6f 6c 6f 75 72 20 |bout the colour | 00000290 54 72 61 6e 73 20 4d 6f 64 75 6c 65 27 2e 0a 57 |Trans Module'..W| 000002a0 68 61 74 20 61 62 6f 75 74 20 74 68 65 20 43 6f |hat about the Co| 000002b0 6c 6f 75 72 20 54 72 61 6e 73 20 6d 6f 64 75 6c |lour Trans modul| 000002c0 65 21 21 20 20 49 66 20 79 6f 75 20 77 61 6e 74 |e!! If you want| 000002d0 20 69 74 20 74 6f 20 77 6f 72 6b 20 69 6e 20 6f | it to work in o| 000002e0 74 68 65 72 20 6d 6f 64 65 73 0a 79 6f 75 20 63 |ther modes.you c| 000002f0 61 6e 20 67 65 74 20 74 68 65 20 43 6f 6c 6f 75 |an get the Colou| 00000300 72 20 54 72 61 6e 73 20 6d 6f 64 75 6c 65 20 74 |r Trans module t| 00000310 6f 20 54 72 61 6e 73 6c 61 74 65 20 74 68 65 20 |o Translate the | 00000320 63 6f 6c 6f 75 72 73 2e 20 20 49 27 6d 20 6a 75 |colours. I'm ju| 00000330 73 74 20 74 6f 0a 62 6f 6e 65 20 69 64 6c 65 21 |st to.bone idle!| 00000340 21 21 0a 0a 0a 53 6f 72 72 79 20 61 62 6f 75 74 |!!...Sorry about| 00000350 20 6c 69 74 74 6c 65 20 46 6c 69 63 6b 65 72 73 | little Flickers| 00000360 2c 20 62 75 74 20 69 27 6d 20 6e 6f 74 20 61 20 |, but i'm not a | 00000370 76 65 72 79 20 67 6f 6f 64 20 63 6f 64 65 72 21 |very good coder!| 00000380 20 20 53 68 6f 75 6c 64 20 68 61 76 65 0a 77 72 | Should have.wr| 00000390 69 74 74 65 6e 20 69 74 20 69 6e 20 4d 61 63 68 |itten it in Mach| 000003a0 69 6e 65 20 43 6f 64 65 2e 0a 0a 46 65 65 6c 20 |ine Code...Feel | 000003b0 46 72 65 65 20 74 6f 20 63 6f 70 79 20 74 68 69 |Free to copy thi| 000003c0 73 20 61 73 20 6c 6f 6e 67 20 61 73 20 61 6c 6c |s as long as all| 000003d0 20 74 68 65 20 43 6f 64 65 2c 54 65 6d 70 6c 61 | the Code,Templa| 000003e0 74 65 73 2c 21 68 65 6c 70 20 66 69 6c 65 2c 20 |tes,!help file, | 000003f0 21 62 6f 6f 74 2c 0a 21 72 75 6e 20 66 69 6c 65 |!boot,.!run file| 00000400 73 20 61 72 65 20 6b 65 70 74 20 74 68 65 20 73 |s are kept the s| 00000410 61 6d 65 2e 20 20 20 0a 59 6f 75 20 43 61 6e 20 |ame. .You Can | 00000420 65 61 73 69 6c 79 20 70 75 74 20 79 6f 75 72 20 |easily put your | 00000430 6f 77 6e 20 73 70 72 69 74 65 73 20 69 6e 74 6f |own sprites into| 00000440 20 74 68 65 20 46 69 6c 65 73 20 44 69 72 65 63 | the Files Direc| 00000450 74 6f 72 79 20 77 69 74 68 69 6e 20 74 68 65 0a |tory within the.| 00000460 21 49 63 6f 6e 2d 42 6f 78 20 44 69 72 65 63 74 |!Icon-Box Direct| 00000470 6f 72 79 2e 20 20 54 68 65 20 73 70 72 69 74 65 |ory. The sprite| 00000480 73 20 73 68 6f 75 6c 64 20 61 62 69 64 65 20 62 |s should abide b| 00000490 79 20 74 68 65 73 65 20 72 75 6c 65 73 21 0a 0a |y these rules!..| 000004a0 57 49 44 54 48 20 3d 20 38 32 20 20 20 20 20 20 |WIDTH = 82 | 000004b0 20 20 48 45 49 47 48 54 20 3d 20 33 34 0a 0a 47 | HEIGHT = 34..G| 000004c0 6f 6f 64 20 72 75 6c 65 73 20 65 68 21 20 20 54 |ood rules eh! T| 000004d0 68 65 20 73 70 72 69 74 65 20 66 69 6c 65 20 73 |he sprite file s| 000004e0 68 6f 75 6c 64 20 62 65 20 63 61 6c 6c 65 64 20 |hould be called | 000004f0 53 70 61 72 65 2d 31 2e 20 20 54 68 69 73 20 77 |Spare-1. This w| 00000500 69 6c 6c 20 62 65 0a 64 65 74 65 63 74 65 64 20 |ill be.detected | 00000510 62 79 20 74 68 65 20 70 72 6f 67 72 61 6d 20 69 |by the program i| 00000520 74 73 65 6c 66 20 73 6f 20 74 68 65 72 65 20 69 |tself so there i| 00000530 73 20 6e 6f 20 6e 65 65 64 20 66 6f 72 20 61 6e |s no need for an| 00000540 79 20 70 72 6f 67 72 61 6d 20 63 68 61 6e 67 65 |y program change| 00000550 0a 0a 0a 41 6e 64 20 70 6c 65 61 73 65 20 6e 6f |...And please no| 00000560 20 52 75 64 65 20 53 70 72 69 74 65 73 2e 0a 41 | Rude Sprites..A| 00000570 62 79 73 73 20 53 6f 66 74 77 61 72 65 20 61 6e |byss Software an| 00000580 64 20 43 68 72 69 73 20 57 6f 6f 64 20 74 61 6b |d Chris Wood tak| 00000590 65 20 6e 6f 20 72 65 73 70 6f 6e 73 61 62 69 6c |e no responsabil| 000005a0 69 74 79 20 66 6f 72 20 74 68 65 20 74 79 70 65 |ity for the type| 000005b0 20 6f 66 20 73 70 72 69 74 65 73 0a 74 68 61 74 | of sprites.that| 000005c0 20 79 6f 75 20 67 65 74 20 77 69 74 68 20 79 6f | you get with yo| 000005d0 75 72 20 76 65 72 73 69 6f 6e 20 6f 66 20 74 68 |ur version of th| 000005e0 69 73 20 70 72 6f 67 72 61 6d 2e 20 0a 0a 41 6c |is program. ..Al| 000005f0 73 6f 20 74 68 65 72 65 20 6d 75 73 74 20 62 65 |so there must be| 00000600 20 31 30 20 73 70 72 69 74 65 73 20 74 6f 20 61 | 10 sprites to a| 00000610 76 6f 69 64 20 61 6e 79 20 43 6f 63 6b 2d 75 70 |void any Cock-up| 00000620 73 21 21 21 20 53 65 6e 64 20 61 6e 79 20 6f 66 |s!!! Send any of| 00000630 20 79 6f 75 72 20 6f 77 6e 0a 73 70 72 69 74 65 | your own.sprite| 00000640 20 66 69 6c 65 73 2c 20 61 6e 64 20 6f 74 68 65 | files, and othe| 00000650 72 20 74 68 69 6e 67 73 2c 20 74 6f 20 6d 65 2c |r things, to me,| 00000660 20 61 6e 64 20 69 6e 20 72 65 74 75 72 6e 20 49 | and in return I| 00000670 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 73 65 6e 64 20 73 6f 6d 65 20 | will send some | 00000680 6f 66 20 6d 79 0a 64 65 6d 6f 20 64 69 73 63 73 |of my.demo discs| 00000690 0a 0a 28 43 29 41 42 59 53 53 20 53 6f 66 74 77 |..(C)ABYSS Softw| 000006a0 61 72 65 20 2d 20 54 68 69 73 20 49 53 20 50 75 |are - This IS Pu| 000006b0 62 6c 69 63 20 44 6f 6d 61 69 6e 0a 0a 0a 41 64 |blic Domain...Ad| 000006c0 64 72 65 73 73 3a 0a 0a 41 42 59 53 53 20 53 6f |dress:..ABYSS So| 000006d0 66 74 77 61 72 65 20 2d 20 43 68 72 69 73 20 57 |ftware - Chris W| 000006e0 6f 6f 64 0a 33 35 20 47 72 61 6e 74 6c 65 79 20 |ood.35 Grantley | 000006f0 43 72 65 73 63 65 6e 74 0a 4b 69 6e 67 73 77 69 |Crescent.Kingswi| 00000700 6e 66 6f 72 64 0a 57 65 73 74 20 4d 69 64 6c 61 |nford.West Midla| 00000710 6e 64 73 0a 45 6e 67 6c 61 6e 64 0a 44 59 36 20 |nds.England.DY6 | 00000720 39 45 48 0a 0a 0a 50 6c 65 61 73 65 20 77 72 69 |9EH...Please wri| 00000730 74 65 20 61 73 20 49 20 61 6d 20 76 65 72 79 20 |te as I am very | 00000740 4c 6f 6e 65 6c 79 20 28 53 4f 42 20 53 4f 42 20 |Lonely (SOB SOB | 00000750 53 4f 42 29 21 |SOB)!| 00000755
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