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StarInfo/Oland/!RevMouse/!Help
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| Tape/disk: | Home » Archimedes archive » Acorn User » AU 1996-03 B.adf » Regulars |
| Filename: | StarInfo/Oland/!RevMouse/!Help |
| Read OK: | ✔ |
| File size: | 0656 bytes |
| Load address: | 0000 |
| Exec address: | 0000 |
File contents
INCOMING MESSAGE..........GalCo-Op to all space cadets.. It has come to our notice that the majority of you are refusing to have the brain operation RFBL (Reversal of the Front Brain Lobes). This operation was found to be necessary, as combat with the rear laser requires complete brain coordination reversal whilst using Mouse control. Due to the amount of cadets refusing to under go the needed surgery we have commissioned an old hack to interlace forward and rear monitors so that they interact with the Mouse. To use this modified Cobra, Numlock must be switched off on the control console. Use keypad 8 and 2 for forward and rear views, keypad 1,3,5,7 and 9 to change Mouse speed. It is highly recommended that you fly direct to your local mag shop in the Englandaatris system for an immediate refit. MESSAGE ENDS.... The program is a module which allows the mouse to be reversed, it also allows four preset mouse steps and one user definable. It is an interrupt program so it is available all the time it is loaded. The number keypad is used to access it. Keys 8 and 2 give normal and reverse movement, keys 1,3,7 and 9 give mouse steps of 2,4,6 and 8. Key 5 can be defined using *MStep n where n is the step required. Control of the keypad is via the Numlock key if this is off then all the above keys will alter the mouse otherwise they produce the normal responses. I wrote this for Elite having found it nearly impossible to shoot anything using the mouse and rear laser. But also found it useful in the desktop when I find I need finer control of the mouse in art packages etc.
00000000 49 4e 43 4f 4d 49 4e 47 20 4d 45 53 53 41 47 45 |INCOMING MESSAGE| 00000010 2e 2e 2e 2e 2e 2e 2e 2e 2e 2e 47 61 6c 43 6f 2d |..........GalCo-| 00000020 4f 70 20 74 6f 20 61 6c 6c 20 73 70 61 63 65 20 |Op to all space | 00000030 63 61 64 65 74 73 2e 2e 0a 0a 49 74 20 68 61 73 |cadets....It has| 00000040 20 63 6f 6d 65 20 74 6f 20 6f 75 72 20 6e 6f 74 | come to our not| 00000050 69 63 65 20 74 68 61 74 20 74 68 65 20 6d 61 6a |ice that the maj| 00000060 6f 72 69 74 79 20 6f 66 20 79 6f 75 20 61 72 65 |ority of you are| 00000070 20 72 65 66 75 73 69 6e 67 20 74 6f 20 68 61 76 | refusing to hav| 00000080 65 20 0a 74 68 65 20 62 72 61 69 6e 20 6f 70 65 |e .the brain ope| 00000090 72 61 74 69 6f 6e 20 52 46 42 4c 20 28 52 65 76 |ration RFBL (Rev| 000000a0 65 72 73 61 6c 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 46 72 6f |ersal of the Fro| 000000b0 6e 74 20 42 72 61 69 6e 20 4c 6f 62 65 73 29 2e |nt Brain Lobes).| 000000c0 0a 0a 54 68 69 73 20 6f 70 65 72 61 74 69 6f 6e |..This operation| 000000d0 20 77 61 73 20 66 6f 75 6e 64 20 74 6f 20 62 65 | was found to be| 000000e0 20 6e 65 63 65 73 73 61 72 79 2c 20 61 73 20 63 | necessary, as c| 000000f0 6f 6d 62 61 74 20 77 69 74 68 20 74 68 65 20 72 |ombat with the r| 00000100 65 61 72 20 6c 61 73 65 72 20 0a 72 65 71 75 69 |ear laser .requi| 00000110 72 65 73 20 63 6f 6d 70 6c 65 74 65 20 62 72 61 |res complete bra| 00000120 69 6e 20 63 6f 6f 72 64 69 6e 61 74 69 6f 6e 20 |in coordination | 00000130 72 65 76 65 72 73 61 6c 20 77 68 69 6c 73 74 20 |reversal whilst | 00000140 75 73 69 6e 67 20 4d 6f 75 73 65 20 0a 63 6f 6e |using Mouse .con| 00000150 74 72 6f 6c 2e 0a 0a 44 75 65 20 74 6f 20 74 68 |trol...Due to th| 00000160 65 20 61 6d 6f 75 6e 74 20 6f 66 20 63 61 64 65 |e amount of cade| 00000170 74 73 20 72 65 66 75 73 69 6e 67 20 74 6f 20 75 |ts refusing to u| 00000180 6e 64 65 72 20 67 6f 20 74 68 65 20 6e 65 65 64 |nder go the need| 00000190 65 64 20 73 75 72 67 65 72 79 20 77 65 20 0a 68 |ed surgery we .h| 000001a0 61 76 65 20 63 6f 6d 6d 69 73 73 69 6f 6e 65 64 |ave commissioned| 000001b0 20 61 6e 20 6f 6c 64 20 68 61 63 6b 20 74 6f 20 | an old hack to | 000001c0 69 6e 74 65 72 6c 61 63 65 20 66 6f 72 77 61 72 |interlace forwar| 000001d0 64 20 61 6e 64 20 72 65 61 72 20 6d 6f 6e 69 74 |d and rear monit| 000001e0 6f 72 73 20 73 6f 20 0a 74 68 61 74 20 74 68 65 |ors so .that the| 000001f0 79 20 69 6e 74 65 72 61 63 74 20 77 69 74 68 20 |y interact with | 00000200 74 68 65 20 4d 6f 75 73 65 2e 0a 0a 54 6f 20 75 |the Mouse...To u| 00000210 73 65 20 74 68 69 73 20 6d 6f 64 69 66 69 65 64 |se this modified| 00000220 20 43 6f 62 72 61 2c 20 4e 75 6d 6c 6f 63 6b 20 | Cobra, Numlock | 00000230 6d 75 73 74 20 62 65 20 73 77 69 74 63 68 65 64 |must be switched| 00000240 20 6f 66 66 20 6f 6e 20 74 68 65 20 63 6f 6e 74 | off on the cont| 00000250 72 6f 6c 20 0a 63 6f 6e 73 6f 6c 65 2e 20 55 73 |rol .console. Us| 00000260 65 20 6b 65 79 70 61 64 20 38 20 61 6e 64 20 32 |e keypad 8 and 2| 00000270 20 66 6f 72 20 66 6f 72 77 61 72 64 20 61 6e 64 | for forward and| 00000280 20 72 65 61 72 20 76 69 65 77 73 2c 20 6b 65 79 | rear views, key| 00000290 70 61 64 20 31 2c 33 2c 35 2c 37 20 0a 61 6e 64 |pad 1,3,5,7 .and| 000002a0 20 39 20 74 6f 20 63 68 61 6e 67 65 20 4d 6f 75 | 9 to change Mou| 000002b0 73 65 20 73 70 65 65 64 2e 0a 0a 49 74 20 69 73 |se speed...It is| 000002c0 20 68 69 67 68 6c 79 20 72 65 63 6f 6d 6d 65 6e | highly recommen| 000002d0 64 65 64 20 74 68 61 74 20 79 6f 75 20 66 6c 79 |ded that you fly| 000002e0 20 64 69 72 65 63 74 20 74 6f 20 79 6f 75 72 20 | direct to your | 000002f0 6c 6f 63 61 6c 20 6d 61 67 20 73 68 6f 70 20 69 |local mag shop i| 00000300 6e 20 0a 74 68 65 20 45 6e 67 6c 61 6e 64 61 61 |n .the Englandaa| 00000310 74 72 69 73 20 73 79 73 74 65 6d 20 66 6f 72 20 |tris system for | 00000320 61 6e 20 69 6d 6d 65 64 69 61 74 65 20 72 65 66 |an immediate ref| 00000330 69 74 2e 0a 0a 0a 4d 45 53 53 41 47 45 20 45 4e |it....MESSAGE EN| 00000340 44 53 2e 2e 2e 2e 20 20 0a 0a 0a 0a 54 68 65 20 |DS.... ....The | 00000350 70 72 6f 67 72 61 6d 20 69 73 20 61 20 6d 6f 64 |program is a mod| 00000360 75 6c 65 20 77 68 69 63 68 20 61 6c 6c 6f 77 73 |ule which allows| 00000370 20 74 68 65 20 6d 6f 75 73 65 20 74 6f 20 62 65 | the mouse to be| 00000380 20 72 65 76 65 72 73 65 64 2c 20 69 74 20 61 6c | reversed, it al| 00000390 73 6f 20 0a 61 6c 6c 6f 77 73 20 66 6f 75 72 20 |so .allows four | 000003a0 70 72 65 73 65 74 20 6d 6f 75 73 65 20 73 74 65 |preset mouse ste| 000003b0 70 73 20 61 6e 64 20 6f 6e 65 20 75 73 65 72 20 |ps and one user | 000003c0 64 65 66 69 6e 61 62 6c 65 2e 0a 0a 49 74 20 69 |definable...It i| 000003d0 73 20 61 6e 20 69 6e 74 65 72 72 75 70 74 20 70 |s an interrupt p| 000003e0 72 6f 67 72 61 6d 20 73 6f 20 69 74 20 69 73 20 |rogram so it is | 000003f0 61 76 61 69 6c 61 62 6c 65 20 61 6c 6c 20 74 68 |available all th| 00000400 65 20 74 69 6d 65 20 69 74 20 69 73 20 0a 6c 6f |e time it is .lo| 00000410 61 64 65 64 2e 0a 0a 54 68 65 20 6e 75 6d 62 65 |aded...The numbe| 00000420 72 20 6b 65 79 70 61 64 20 69 73 20 75 73 65 64 |r keypad is used| 00000430 20 74 6f 20 61 63 63 65 73 73 20 69 74 2e 20 4b | to access it. K| 00000440 65 79 73 20 38 20 61 6e 64 20 32 20 67 69 76 65 |eys 8 and 2 give| 00000450 20 6e 6f 72 6d 61 6c 20 61 6e 64 20 0a 72 65 76 | normal and .rev| 00000460 65 72 73 65 20 6d 6f 76 65 6d 65 6e 74 2c 20 6b |erse movement, k| 00000470 65 79 73 20 31 2c 33 2c 37 20 61 6e 64 20 39 20 |eys 1,3,7 and 9 | 00000480 67 69 76 65 20 6d 6f 75 73 65 20 73 74 65 70 73 |give mouse steps| 00000490 20 6f 66 20 32 2c 34 2c 36 20 61 6e 64 20 38 2e | of 2,4,6 and 8.| 000004a0 0a 4b 65 79 20 35 20 63 61 6e 20 62 65 20 64 65 |.Key 5 can be de| 000004b0 66 69 6e 65 64 20 75 73 69 6e 67 20 2a 4d 53 74 |fined using *MSt| 000004c0 65 70 20 6e 20 77 68 65 72 65 20 6e 20 69 73 20 |ep n where n is | 000004d0 74 68 65 20 73 74 65 70 20 72 65 71 75 69 72 65 |the step require| 000004e0 64 2e 0a 0a 43 6f 6e 74 72 6f 6c 20 6f 66 20 74 |d...Control of t| 000004f0 68 65 20 6b 65 79 70 61 64 20 69 73 20 76 69 61 |he keypad is via| 00000500 20 74 68 65 20 4e 75 6d 6c 6f 63 6b 20 6b 65 79 | the Numlock key| 00000510 20 69 66 20 74 68 69 73 20 69 73 20 6f 66 66 20 | if this is off | 00000520 74 68 65 6e 20 61 6c 6c 20 0a 74 68 65 20 61 62 |then all .the ab| 00000530 6f 76 65 20 6b 65 79 73 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 61 6c |ove keys will al| 00000540 74 65 72 20 74 68 65 20 6d 6f 75 73 65 20 6f 74 |ter the mouse ot| 00000550 68 65 72 77 69 73 65 20 74 68 65 79 20 70 72 6f |herwise they pro| 00000560 64 75 63 65 20 74 68 65 20 6e 6f 72 6d 61 6c 20 |duce the normal | 00000570 0a 72 65 73 70 6f 6e 73 65 73 2e 0a 0a 49 20 77 |.responses...I w| 00000580 72 6f 74 65 20 74 68 69 73 20 66 6f 72 20 45 6c |rote this for El| 00000590 69 74 65 20 68 61 76 69 6e 67 20 66 6f 75 6e 64 |ite having found| 000005a0 20 69 74 20 6e 65 61 72 6c 79 20 69 6d 70 6f 73 | it nearly impos| 000005b0 73 69 62 6c 65 20 74 6f 20 73 68 6f 6f 74 20 0a |sible to shoot .| 000005c0 61 6e 79 74 68 69 6e 67 20 75 73 69 6e 67 20 74 |anything using t| 000005d0 68 65 20 6d 6f 75 73 65 20 61 6e 64 20 72 65 61 |he mouse and rea| 000005e0 72 20 6c 61 73 65 72 2e 0a 0a 42 75 74 20 61 6c |r laser...But al| 000005f0 73 6f 20 66 6f 75 6e 64 20 69 74 20 75 73 65 66 |so found it usef| 00000600 75 6c 20 69 6e 20 74 68 65 20 64 65 73 6b 74 6f |ul in the deskto| 00000610 70 20 77 68 65 6e 20 49 20 66 69 6e 64 20 49 20 |p when I find I | 00000620 6e 65 65 64 20 66 69 6e 65 72 20 0a 63 6f 6e 74 |need finer .cont| 00000630 72 6f 6c 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 6d 6f 75 73 65 |rol of the mouse| 00000640 20 69 6e 20 61 72 74 20 70 61 63 6b 61 67 65 73 | in art packages| 00000650 20 65 74 63 2e 0a | etc..| 00000656
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