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     ,####         | Name    : DARKHORSE
   #######         |  
  ########         | Author  : MR K S PARDESI
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 ################# | Copyright KOOL 1992
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  "#############"  | Email : archie@dcs.qmw.ac.uk
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       """""       | Post : 50 SELBORNE RD, ILFORD, ESSEX, IG1 3AJ, ENGLAND
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Dark Horse - History
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This a run down of how DarkHorse has developed.

Ver.   0.00 -
01 Dec 1992 - Design application on paper. Not yet sure of the name.
              The program will be coded in BASIC/assembly. I'm not
              relying on any other non-memory resident modules on runtime.
              This will ensure very low memory usage. The only other
              application of this sort for the Arc that I've seen required
              a staggering 128k of RAM to run! I am aiming for under 16k.

Ver.   0.10 -
02 Dec 1992 - Implemented basic RISCOS application. Forced to give the
              application a name - 'DarkHorse'. 

Ver.   0.20 -
04 Dec 1992 - Implemented windows/menus. Didn't want to use any modules
              like 'Interface', so all windows were drawn (including all
              the 3d bits). Apparantly RISCOS 3 has a new module for these
              kind of fancy icons, but I haven't upgraded and thus haven't
              the PRMs to find out how neither.

Ver.   0.30 -
06 Dec 1992 - Coded 'Lines' screensaver. (not the best piece of arm coding)
              Works fine with application, required a little tweaking.

Ver.   0.30 -
06 Dec 1992 - Disaster! Harddisk crashed. Luckily had made a copy to disk
              earlier. Kept getting 'Bad Free Space Map' error.

Ver.   0.30 -
12 Dec 1992 - After consulting various persons and trying a few disk
              doctors, I concluded that nothing was going to fix the drive
              so time to reformat, boo hoo. Lost loads of data, mainly
              program code for other projects and (eek!) latest graphics
              for 'Scorpius' (from Arxe - very soon, honest).

Ver.   0.35 -
14 Dec 1992 - Back to work. Implemented an internal multitasking saver,
              very much like the one on RISCOS 3. (Still haven't got or
              tested DarkHorse with RISCOS 3)

Ver.   0.40 -
15 Dec 1992 - Now have four screensavers in total, all based on the
              first saver I wrote as this was the easiest way - (it works!)
              (No nasty bugs ... yet!) Taking a break from DarkHorse to
              get some Uni coursework done.

Ver.   0.45 -
23 Dec 1992 - Managed to reduce memory usage by 4k. Version 1.00 should
              only require 16k of RAM to run. Now thinking of coding
              parts of the application itself in assembly to cut memory
              usage down some more. Soon as I get it below 16k, that's
              good enough since the minimum allocation under RISCOS for
              an application is 16k.

Ver.   0.45 -
04 Jan 1993 - Found some nice little graphics routines in the PD, but
              they are coded in BASIC. I'm wondering whether it's worth
              re-writing them in assembly, or making it so that 
              DarkHorse works with BASIC screensavers ... hmm.

Ver.   0.50 - 
05 Jan 1993 - Now have RISCOS 3 in my old A310, DarkHorse works fine,
              I've found out how to do the 3D Impression type icons from
              RISCOS 3, so have changed the templates to work with them.
              This has cut down memory usage a bit and icon redraw is
              faster, but now this means that DarkHorse on a RISCOS 2 
              machine wont have fancy 3D icons. However, the first
              release will still be RISCOS 2/3 compatible.

Ver.   0.51 -
07 Jan 1993 - Added the 'Active' button to options. Allows the user
              to disable the saver. 'Demo' option requires 'Active' to
              be set on, since the user may not realise that the saver is
              inactive. Also, it was easier to program 8).

Ver    0.55 - 
08 Jan 1993 - Added 'Sleep' corner (top left), the user is given half a
              second to change it's mind. This is so that the saver isn't
              entered into by 'accident'/hopeless user mouse controlling!
              (sorry I refered to the user as an 'it'.)

Ver    0.70 -
19 Jan 1993 - Re-designed saver file-format, now includes a saver setup
              requirement and then a polling operation to allow writing
              savers a bit easier. Total savers now - five. Gosh!

Ver    0.75 - 
12 Jul 1993 - It sure has been a while, since I touched this program -
              I've now implemented the new file-format that I designed
              all those months ago. The application is now running fine.
              I now need to write more savers and then I'll be able to
              release the first version of DarkHorse.

              I'll try writing : fishtank
                                 sliding puzzle
                                 user message displayer
                                 time displayer
                                 3D stars
                                 kalidoscope
                                 mandelbrot
                                 screen zoomer
                                 execute user *command
                                 mini-message

Ver    0.76 - 
14 Jul 1993 - I now have seven screen savers. from the above, I have
              done 'sliding puzzle' and 'screen zoomer'.

Ver    0.77 -
17 Jul 1993 - I've added two more screensavers now, theses are 'ortho'
              and 'phaser'. They are in result of combining the lines
              and rectangles savers with the zoomer saver.
              Also added a tick to the savers list to indicate current
              saver.
             
Ver    0.80 - 
22 Jul 1993 - A few changes to DarkHorse, including an additional
              argument check, which ensures that all values inputted
              are positive integers, if negative make it positive.
              This is in result of some savers hanging as comparisons
              in the saver code did not release the code correctly.

Ver    0.90 -
28 Jul 1993 - The documentation for DarkHorse is now nearly complete.
              I've added another saver called 'Flash' that's 10 in total
              now. 'Flash' is designed as an example of how to write
              your own.

Ver    0.91 -
29 Jul 1993 - Adder another saver today 'message' scroller. Basically it
              scrolls a user message across the screen. I also did one
              which executes any user *command, but it caused DarkHorse
              to crash if the *command given raised an error, ie if the
              *command didn't exist.

Ver    0.92 - 
03 Aug 1993 - Added the 3d Stars saver. Since I have used a VDU call
              to plot the stars, the speed I have achieved is probably
              the best you're gonna get. It's not bad though, as I'm
              not using screenbanking either. I may code another version
              at some point using direct screen access. 

              I'd like to add a few more savers before the first
              release, probably something like a 'soundtracker VUmeter'
              and the 'mandelbrot' drawer. Basically I'd like to give
              the first release a large number of savers over a wide
              range of types to keep peoples interest in DarkHorse.

Ver    0.95 - 
08 Aug 1993 - I've improved the puzzle saver. Now it has the effect of
              plinthed tiles which slide around. An additional argument
              allows the user to choose whether the plinth effect is wanted
              or not.

Ver    0.99 -
09 Aug 1993 - The saver is now ready for it's first release. The program
              has been tested again, and it runs fine.

Ver    1.00 -
24-Aug-1993 - A lot new savers. New Saver format allowing more adventurous
              savers to be written, memory claimed on runtime. Added
              better error handling within DarkHorse.
              
Ver    1.01 - 
03 Sep 1993 - Essential bug fix which only occured due to a silly mistake
              when updating to 1.00 - DarkHorse didn't free memory properly.
              It's all fixed now, the PD libraries are now to be sent a new
              version just days after the last. Now over 20 savers. There
              are three DH packs.
              
Ver    1.02 - 
05 Oct 1993 - Made a few unimportant small changes, as pointed out by a
              few users - And I think I fixed a small problem for users
              using the hires colour cards. The next version will have
              a password facility added.
              
Ver    1.02 - 
18 Oct 1993 - Now there are over 30 savers. I've added some keyboard
              shortcuts and allowed the option to remove the DarkHorse
              icon from the icon bar. I've removed the 'options' choice
              from the iconbar menu as it confused people. I'm working
              on the password system now.
              
Ver    1.03 -
23 Oct 1993 - Password option is added. 

Ver    1.04 -
01 Jan 1994 - Password timeout added. Now you have 10 seconds per
              character of the password - this ensures a saver does
              not stop completely. Also, the sprites for 'opt' have been
              changed, they now use the !NewLook ones.
              
Ver    1.05 -
01 Feb 1994 - The 'Save' option now also saves the iconbar setting. Now
              you can load DarkHorse with no icon on the iconbar. Useful
              if you want to put it in your !boot sequence, and don't 
              want to worry about setting DarkHorse on loadup.
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00002700  61 64 75 70 2e 0a                                 |adup..|
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