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!Modes/!Help/ReadMe
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| Tape/disk: | Home » Archimedes archive » Micro User » MU 1992-07.adf » PD |
| Filename: | !Modes/!Help/ReadMe |
| Read OK: | ✔ |
| File size: | 06AF bytes |
| Load address: | 0000 |
| Exec address: | 0000 |
File contents
This is !Modes version 1.00 --------------------------- This program, it's Help program (written by Loring) and the Interface module (written by Simon Huntington) are independent of each other and purely Public Domain as long as no code or data is changed in any way. This program gives easy access to the ROM screen modes without having to even touch the keyboard, as you would have to do with the palette utility. Load in the usual way and then press SELECT on the new iconbar icon. The main Mode Selector window will pop up with screen modes 0 to 29 visible. The four modes that have been shaded out are either text modes (3 and 6), teletext mode (7) or a mode that does not exist and the icon was put there just to fill up the window! (Mode 29). You may find that some modes, on being clicked, just return you to the mode that you were in before you clicked. This is because your monitor does not support this mode. If you know that your monitor CAN support this mode, your "Monitor Type" configuration is wrong, see the User Guide to find out how to change it to suit your monitor. From the iconbar menu you can access the various information windows and you can terminate the program. I hope to do an enhanced version of this program (called !Modes+) soon which will let you access modes provided by the various Mode Modules and will have a complete set of mode icons from 0 through to 127. Credits ------- Stuart Ford - that's me. Loring - for the Help utility Simon Huntington - for his Interface Manager Paul Hobbs - for his !Shell core application If you want to send me some money or something, my address is ... 19 Langshott Close Woodham Weybridge Surrey KT15 3SE Use in good health !!!
00000000 54 68 69 73 20 69 73 20 21 4d 6f 64 65 73 20 76 |This is !Modes v| 00000010 65 72 73 69 6f 6e 20 31 2e 30 30 0a 2d 2d 2d 2d |ersion 1.00.----| 00000020 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d |----------------| 00000030 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 0a 0a 54 68 69 73 20 70 72 |-------..This pr| 00000040 6f 67 72 61 6d 2c 20 69 74 27 73 20 48 65 6c 70 |ogram, it's Help| 00000050 20 70 72 6f 67 72 61 6d 20 28 77 72 69 74 74 65 | program (writte| 00000060 6e 20 62 79 20 4c 6f 72 69 6e 67 29 20 61 6e 64 |n by Loring) and| 00000070 20 74 68 65 20 49 6e 74 65 72 66 61 63 65 20 6d | the Interface m| 00000080 6f 64 75 6c 65 0a 28 77 72 69 74 74 65 6e 20 62 |odule.(written b| 00000090 79 20 53 69 6d 6f 6e 20 48 75 6e 74 69 6e 67 74 |y Simon Huntingt| 000000a0 6f 6e 29 20 61 72 65 20 69 6e 64 65 70 65 6e 64 |on) are independ| 000000b0 65 6e 74 20 6f 66 20 65 61 63 68 20 6f 74 68 65 |ent of each othe| 000000c0 72 20 61 6e 64 20 70 75 72 65 6c 79 20 50 75 62 |r and purely Pub| 000000d0 6c 69 63 0a 44 6f 6d 61 69 6e 20 61 73 20 6c 6f |lic.Domain as lo| 000000e0 6e 67 20 61 73 20 6e 6f 20 63 6f 64 65 20 6f 72 |ng as no code or| 000000f0 20 64 61 74 61 20 69 73 20 63 68 61 6e 67 65 64 | data is changed| 00000100 20 69 6e 20 61 6e 79 20 77 61 79 2e 0a 0a 54 68 | in any way...Th| 00000110 69 73 20 70 72 6f 67 72 61 6d 20 67 69 76 65 73 |is program gives| 00000120 20 65 61 73 79 20 61 63 63 65 73 73 20 74 6f 20 | easy access to | 00000130 74 68 65 20 52 4f 4d 20 73 63 72 65 65 6e 20 6d |the ROM screen m| 00000140 6f 64 65 73 20 77 69 74 68 6f 75 74 20 68 61 76 |odes without hav| 00000150 69 6e 67 20 74 6f 0a 65 76 65 6e 20 74 6f 75 63 |ing to.even touc| 00000160 68 20 74 68 65 20 6b 65 79 62 6f 61 72 64 2c 20 |h the keyboard, | 00000170 61 73 20 79 6f 75 20 77 6f 75 6c 64 20 68 61 76 |as you would hav| 00000180 65 20 74 6f 20 64 6f 20 77 69 74 68 20 74 68 65 |e to do with the| 00000190 20 70 61 6c 65 74 74 65 20 75 74 69 6c 69 74 79 | palette utility| 000001a0 2e 0a 0a 4c 6f 61 64 20 69 6e 20 74 68 65 20 75 |...Load in the u| 000001b0 73 75 61 6c 20 77 61 79 20 61 6e 64 20 74 68 65 |sual way and the| 000001c0 6e 20 70 72 65 73 73 20 53 45 4c 45 43 54 20 6f |n press SELECT o| 000001d0 6e 20 74 68 65 20 6e 65 77 20 69 63 6f 6e 62 61 |n the new iconba| 000001e0 72 20 69 63 6f 6e 2e 20 54 68 65 0a 6d 61 69 6e |r icon. The.main| 000001f0 20 4d 6f 64 65 20 53 65 6c 65 63 74 6f 72 20 77 | Mode Selector w| 00000200 69 6e 64 6f 77 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 70 6f 70 20 75 |indow will pop u| 00000210 70 20 77 69 74 68 20 73 63 72 65 65 6e 20 6d 6f |p with screen mo| 00000220 64 65 73 20 30 20 74 6f 20 32 39 20 76 69 73 69 |des 0 to 29 visi| 00000230 62 6c 65 2e 0a 54 68 65 20 66 6f 75 72 20 6d 6f |ble..The four mo| 00000240 64 65 73 20 74 68 61 74 20 68 61 76 65 20 62 65 |des that have be| 00000250 65 6e 20 73 68 61 64 65 64 20 6f 75 74 20 61 72 |en shaded out ar| 00000260 65 20 65 69 74 68 65 72 20 74 65 78 74 20 6d 6f |e either text mo| 00000270 64 65 73 20 28 33 20 61 6e 64 20 36 29 2c 0a 74 |des (3 and 6),.t| 00000280 65 6c 65 74 65 78 74 20 6d 6f 64 65 20 28 37 29 |eletext mode (7)| 00000290 20 6f 72 20 61 20 6d 6f 64 65 20 74 68 61 74 20 | or a mode that | 000002a0 64 6f 65 73 20 6e 6f 74 20 65 78 69 73 74 20 61 |does not exist a| 000002b0 6e 64 20 74 68 65 20 69 63 6f 6e 20 77 61 73 20 |nd the icon was | 000002c0 70 75 74 20 74 68 65 72 65 0a 6a 75 73 74 20 74 |put there.just t| 000002d0 6f 20 66 69 6c 6c 20 75 70 20 74 68 65 20 77 69 |o fill up the wi| 000002e0 6e 64 6f 77 21 20 28 4d 6f 64 65 20 32 39 29 2e |ndow! (Mode 29).| 000002f0 0a 0a 59 6f 75 20 6d 61 79 20 66 69 6e 64 20 74 |..You may find t| 00000300 68 61 74 20 73 6f 6d 65 20 6d 6f 64 65 73 2c 20 |hat some modes, | 00000310 6f 6e 20 62 65 69 6e 67 20 63 6c 69 63 6b 65 64 |on being clicked| 00000320 2c 20 6a 75 73 74 20 72 65 74 75 72 6e 20 79 6f |, just return yo| 00000330 75 20 74 6f 20 74 68 65 20 6d 6f 64 65 0a 74 68 |u to the mode.th| 00000340 61 74 20 79 6f 75 20 77 65 72 65 20 69 6e 20 62 |at you were in b| 00000350 65 66 6f 72 65 20 79 6f 75 20 63 6c 69 63 6b 65 |efore you clicke| 00000360 64 2e 20 54 68 69 73 20 69 73 20 62 65 63 61 75 |d. This is becau| 00000370 73 65 20 79 6f 75 72 20 6d 6f 6e 69 74 6f 72 20 |se your monitor | 00000380 64 6f 65 73 20 6e 6f 74 0a 73 75 70 70 6f 72 74 |does not.support| 00000390 20 74 68 69 73 20 6d 6f 64 65 2e 20 49 66 20 79 | this mode. If y| 000003a0 6f 75 20 6b 6e 6f 77 20 74 68 61 74 20 79 6f 75 |ou know that you| 000003b0 72 20 6d 6f 6e 69 74 6f 72 20 43 41 4e 20 73 75 |r monitor CAN su| 000003c0 70 70 6f 72 74 20 74 68 69 73 20 6d 6f 64 65 2c |pport this mode,| 000003d0 20 79 6f 75 72 0a 22 4d 6f 6e 69 74 6f 72 20 54 | your."Monitor T| 000003e0 79 70 65 22 20 63 6f 6e 66 69 67 75 72 61 74 69 |ype" configurati| 000003f0 6f 6e 20 69 73 20 77 72 6f 6e 67 2c 20 73 65 65 |on is wrong, see| 00000400 20 74 68 65 20 55 73 65 72 20 47 75 69 64 65 20 | the User Guide | 00000410 74 6f 20 66 69 6e 64 20 6f 75 74 20 68 6f 77 0a |to find out how.| 00000420 74 6f 20 63 68 61 6e 67 65 20 69 74 20 74 6f 20 |to change it to | 00000430 73 75 69 74 20 79 6f 75 72 20 6d 6f 6e 69 74 6f |suit your monito| 00000440 72 2e 0a 0a 46 72 6f 6d 20 74 68 65 20 69 63 6f |r...From the ico| 00000450 6e 62 61 72 20 6d 65 6e 75 20 79 6f 75 20 63 61 |nbar menu you ca| 00000460 6e 20 61 63 63 65 73 73 20 74 68 65 20 76 61 72 |n access the var| 00000470 69 6f 75 73 20 69 6e 66 6f 72 6d 61 74 69 6f 6e |ious information| 00000480 20 77 69 6e 64 6f 77 73 20 61 6e 64 20 79 6f 75 | windows and you| 00000490 0a 63 61 6e 20 74 65 72 6d 69 6e 61 74 65 20 74 |.can terminate t| 000004a0 68 65 20 70 72 6f 67 72 61 6d 2e 0a 0a 49 20 68 |he program...I h| 000004b0 6f 70 65 20 74 6f 20 64 6f 20 61 6e 20 65 6e 68 |ope to do an enh| 000004c0 61 6e 63 65 64 20 76 65 72 73 69 6f 6e 20 6f 66 |anced version of| 000004d0 20 74 68 69 73 20 70 72 6f 67 72 61 6d 20 28 63 | this program (c| 000004e0 61 6c 6c 65 64 20 21 4d 6f 64 65 73 2b 29 20 73 |alled !Modes+) s| 000004f0 6f 6f 6e 20 77 68 69 63 68 0a 77 69 6c 6c 20 6c |oon which.will l| 00000500 65 74 20 79 6f 75 20 61 63 63 65 73 73 20 6d 6f |et you access mo| 00000510 64 65 73 20 70 72 6f 76 69 64 65 64 20 62 79 20 |des provided by | 00000520 74 68 65 20 76 61 72 69 6f 75 73 20 4d 6f 64 65 |the various Mode| 00000530 20 4d 6f 64 75 6c 65 73 20 61 6e 64 20 77 69 6c | Modules and wil| 00000540 6c 20 68 61 76 65 0a 61 20 63 6f 6d 70 6c 65 74 |l have.a complet| 00000550 65 20 73 65 74 20 6f 66 20 6d 6f 64 65 20 69 63 |e set of mode ic| 00000560 6f 6e 73 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 30 20 74 68 72 6f 75 |ons from 0 throu| 00000570 67 68 20 74 6f 20 31 32 37 2e 0a 0a 43 72 65 64 |gh to 127...Cred| 00000580 69 74 73 0a 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 0a 0a 53 74 75 |its.-------..Stu| 00000590 61 72 74 20 46 6f 72 64 20 2d 20 74 68 61 74 27 |art Ford - that'| 000005a0 73 20 6d 65 2e 0a 4c 6f 72 69 6e 67 20 2d 20 66 |s me..Loring - f| 000005b0 6f 72 20 74 68 65 20 48 65 6c 70 20 75 74 69 6c |or the Help util| 000005c0 69 74 79 0a 53 69 6d 6f 6e 20 48 75 6e 74 69 6e |ity.Simon Huntin| 000005d0 67 74 6f 6e 20 2d 20 66 6f 72 20 68 69 73 20 49 |gton - for his I| 000005e0 6e 74 65 72 66 61 63 65 20 4d 61 6e 61 67 65 72 |nterface Manager| 000005f0 0a 50 61 75 6c 20 48 6f 62 62 73 20 2d 20 66 6f |.Paul Hobbs - fo| 00000600 72 20 68 69 73 20 21 53 68 65 6c 6c 20 63 6f 72 |r his !Shell cor| 00000610 65 20 61 70 70 6c 69 63 61 74 69 6f 6e 0a 0a 49 |e application..I| 00000620 66 20 79 6f 75 20 77 61 6e 74 20 74 6f 20 73 65 |f you want to se| 00000630 6e 64 20 6d 65 20 73 6f 6d 65 20 6d 6f 6e 65 79 |nd me some money| 00000640 20 6f 72 20 73 6f 6d 65 74 68 69 6e 67 2c 20 6d | or something, m| 00000650 79 20 61 64 64 72 65 73 73 20 69 73 20 2e 2e 2e |y address is ...| 00000660 0a 0a 31 39 20 4c 61 6e 67 73 68 6f 74 74 20 43 |..19 Langshott C| 00000670 6c 6f 73 65 0a 57 6f 6f 64 68 61 6d 0a 57 65 79 |lose.Woodham.Wey| 00000680 62 72 69 64 67 65 0a 53 75 72 72 65 79 0a 4b 54 |bridge.Surrey.KT| 00000690 31 35 20 33 53 45 0a 0a 55 73 65 20 69 6e 20 67 |15 3SE..Use in g| 000006a0 6f 6f 64 20 68 65 61 6c 74 68 20 21 21 21 0a |ood health !!!.| 000006af
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