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Pointers/!Acorn/!Help
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 » Micro User » MU 1992-03.adf » PD |
| Filename: | Pointers/!Acorn/!Help |
| Read OK: | ✔ |
| File size: | 051E bytes |
| Load address: | 0000 |
| Exec address: | 0000 |
File contents
Current pointer:Acorn logo
/////////////////////////\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
>>>>>>>>>>>>!NewPoint: a pointer changer<<<<<<<<<<<<
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>(c) Dave Thomas 1991<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\//////////////////////////
This little application/utility will alter your
mouse pointer design to anything you want. On
running the mouse pointer will disappear and then
reappear as your chosen design.
The pointer sprite is held in this applictaion
directory under the name ptr_dfault. It's associated
palette file is under the name mouse_pal.
Beware! the mouse pointer must be a mode 8
sprite and not bigger than 32x32 pixels, anything
bigger than that and the pointer will be viciously
truncated. The palette file holds the colours for
the mouse to use (Ms1,Ms2 and Ms3). When designing
your pointer you will probably notice that there are
four colours avaliable. Do not be led into thinking
that there are four colours the first is transparent
and the other three correspond to Ms1,Ms2 and Ms3.
Dave Thomas ,
20 Rosebery Ave.,
Waterloo,
Liverpool
L22 2BH
p.s. Did you her about the man who locked his mouth
up and swallowed the key!!!!!!
Arrrgggghhhh! the men in white coats are coming
to get me blibble flibble etc etc. 00000000 43 75 72 72 65 6e 74 20 70 6f 69 6e 74 65 72 3a |Current pointer:| 00000010 41 63 6f 72 6e 20 6c 6f 67 6f 0a 2f 2f 2f 2f 2f |Acorn logo./////| 00000020 2f 2f 2f 2f 2f 2f 2f 2f 2f 2f 2f 2f 2f 2f 2f 2f |////////////////| 00000030 2f 2f 2f 2f 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c |////\\\\\\\\\\\\| 00000040 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 0a |\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\.| 00000050 3e 3e 3e 3e 3e 3e 3e 3e 3e 3e 3e 3e 21 4e 65 77 |>>>>>>>>>>>>!New| 00000060 50 6f 69 6e 74 3a 20 61 20 70 6f 69 6e 74 65 72 |Point: a pointer| 00000070 20 63 68 61 6e 67 65 72 3c 3c 3c 3c 3c 3c 3c 3c | changer<<<<<<<<| 00000080 3c 3c 3c 3c 0a 3e 3e 3e 3e 3e 3e 3e 3e 3e 3e 3e |<<<<.>>>>>>>>>>>| 00000090 3e 3e 3e 3e 28 63 29 20 44 61 76 65 20 54 68 6f |>>>>(c) Dave Tho| 000000a0 6d 61 73 20 31 39 39 31 3c 3c 3c 3c 3c 3c 3c 3c |mas 1991<<<<<<<<| 000000b0 3c 3c 3c 3c 3c 3c 3c 3c 3c 0a 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c |<<<<<<<<<.\\\\\\| 000000c0 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c |\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\| 000000d0 5c 5c 5c 5c 2f 2f 2f 2f 2f 2f 2f 2f 2f 2f 2f 2f |\\\\////////////| 000000e0 2f 2f 2f 2f 2f 2f 2f 2f 2f 2f 2f 2f 2f 2f 0a 0a |//////////////..| 000000f0 20 20 20 20 20 20 54 68 69 73 20 6c 69 74 74 6c | This littl| 00000100 65 20 61 70 70 6c 69 63 61 74 69 6f 6e 2f 75 74 |e application/ut| 00000110 69 6c 69 74 79 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 61 6c 74 65 72 |ility will alter| 00000120 20 79 6f 75 72 0a 20 6d 6f 75 73 65 20 70 6f 69 | your. mouse poi| 00000130 6e 74 65 72 20 64 65 73 69 67 6e 20 74 6f 20 61 |nter design to a| 00000140 6e 79 74 68 69 6e 67 20 79 6f 75 20 77 61 6e 74 |nything you want| 00000150 2e 20 4f 6e 20 0a 20 72 75 6e 6e 69 6e 67 20 74 |. On . running t| 00000160 68 65 20 6d 6f 75 73 65 20 70 6f 69 6e 74 65 72 |he mouse pointer| 00000170 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 64 69 73 61 70 70 65 61 72 20 | will disappear | 00000180 61 6e 64 20 74 68 65 6e 20 0a 20 72 65 61 70 70 |and then . reapp| 00000190 65 61 72 20 61 73 20 79 6f 75 72 20 63 68 6f 73 |ear as your chos| 000001a0 65 6e 20 64 65 73 69 67 6e 2e 0a 20 20 20 20 20 |en design.. | 000001b0 20 20 54 68 65 20 70 6f 69 6e 74 65 72 20 73 70 | The pointer sp| 000001c0 72 69 74 65 20 69 73 20 68 65 6c 64 20 69 6e 20 |rite is held in | 000001d0 74 68 69 73 20 61 70 70 6c 69 63 74 61 69 6f 6e |this applictaion| 000001e0 0a 20 64 69 72 65 63 74 6f 72 79 20 75 6e 64 65 |. directory unde| 000001f0 72 20 74 68 65 20 6e 61 6d 65 20 70 74 72 5f 64 |r the name ptr_d| 00000200 66 61 75 6c 74 2e 20 49 74 27 73 20 61 73 73 6f |fault. It's asso| 00000210 63 69 61 74 65 64 0a 20 70 61 6c 65 74 74 65 20 |ciated. palette | 00000220 66 69 6c 65 20 69 73 20 75 6e 64 65 72 20 74 68 |file is under th| 00000230 65 20 6e 61 6d 65 20 6d 6f 75 73 65 5f 70 61 6c |e name mouse_pal| 00000240 2e 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 42 65 77 61 72 65 |.. Beware| 00000250 21 20 74 68 65 20 6d 6f 75 73 65 20 70 6f 69 6e |! the mouse poin| 00000260 74 65 72 20 6d 75 73 74 20 62 65 20 61 20 6d 6f |ter must be a mo| 00000270 64 65 20 38 20 0a 20 73 70 72 69 74 65 20 61 6e |de 8 . sprite an| 00000280 64 20 6e 6f 74 20 62 69 67 67 65 72 20 74 68 61 |d not bigger tha| 00000290 6e 20 33 32 78 33 32 20 70 69 78 65 6c 73 2c 20 |n 32x32 pixels, | 000002a0 61 6e 79 74 68 69 6e 67 20 0a 20 62 69 67 67 65 |anything . bigge| 000002b0 72 20 74 68 61 6e 20 74 68 61 74 20 61 6e 64 20 |r than that and | 000002c0 74 68 65 20 70 6f 69 6e 74 65 72 20 77 69 6c 6c |the pointer will| 000002d0 20 62 65 20 76 69 63 69 6f 75 73 6c 79 0a 20 74 | be viciously. t| 000002e0 72 75 6e 63 61 74 65 64 2e 20 54 68 65 20 70 61 |runcated. The pa| 000002f0 6c 65 74 74 65 20 66 69 6c 65 20 68 6f 6c 64 73 |lette file holds| 00000300 20 74 68 65 20 63 6f 6c 6f 75 72 73 20 66 6f 72 | the colours for| 00000310 20 0a 20 74 68 65 20 6d 6f 75 73 65 20 74 6f 20 | . the mouse to | 00000320 75 73 65 20 28 4d 73 31 2c 4d 73 32 20 61 6e 64 |use (Ms1,Ms2 and| 00000330 20 4d 73 33 29 2e 20 57 68 65 6e 20 64 65 73 69 | Ms3). When desi| 00000340 67 6e 69 6e 67 0a 20 79 6f 75 72 20 70 6f 69 6e |gning. your poin| 00000350 74 65 72 20 79 6f 75 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 70 72 6f |ter you will pro| 00000360 62 61 62 6c 79 20 6e 6f 74 69 63 65 20 74 68 61 |bably notice tha| 00000370 74 20 74 68 65 72 65 20 61 72 65 0a 20 66 6f 75 |t there are. fou| 00000380 72 20 63 6f 6c 6f 75 72 73 20 61 76 61 6c 69 61 |r colours avalia| 00000390 62 6c 65 2e 20 44 6f 20 6e 6f 74 20 62 65 20 6c |ble. 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D| 00000470 69 64 20 79 6f 75 20 68 65 72 20 61 62 6f 75 74 |id you her about| 00000480 20 74 68 65 20 6d 61 6e 20 77 68 6f 20 6c 6f 63 | the man who loc| 00000490 6b 65 64 20 68 69 73 20 6d 6f 75 74 68 0a 20 20 |ked his mouth. | 000004a0 20 20 20 75 70 20 61 6e 64 20 73 77 61 6c 6c 6f | up and swallo| 000004b0 77 65 64 20 74 68 65 20 6b 65 79 21 21 21 21 21 |wed the key!!!!!| 000004c0 21 0a 20 20 20 20 20 41 72 72 72 67 67 67 67 68 |!. Arrrggggh| 000004d0 68 68 68 21 20 74 68 65 20 6d 65 6e 20 69 6e 20 |hhh! the men in | 000004e0 77 68 69 74 65 20 63 6f 61 74 73 20 61 72 65 20 |white coats are | 000004f0 63 6f 6d 69 6e 67 0a 20 20 20 20 20 74 6f 20 67 |coming. to g| 00000500 65 74 20 6d 65 20 62 6c 69 62 62 6c 65 20 66 6c |et me blibble fl| 00000510 69 62 62 6c 65 20 65 74 63 20 65 74 63 2e |ibble etc etc.| 0000051e
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