RISC User Magazine Disc

Volume 2 Issue 7

June 1989

AN AUTOMATIC CONFIGURE UTILITY

A very useful machine code utility that allows programs to temporarily reconfigure the Arc's memory allocations without having to reset the computer.

THE RISC USER NOTEPAD

The Notepad is completed with the addition of the file transfer and printing routines. The disc contains the complete version.

CONVERTING TEXT FILES FOR 1ST WORD PLUS

A program to convert View and Wordwise format files into a form suitable for 1st Word Plus.

A 24-PIN PRINTER DUMP

A screen dump program for all Epson compatible 24-pin printers.

ANTI-ALIAS FONTS IN 256 COLOURS

A program to demonstrate how the anti-aliased font system can be used in 256-colour modes.

RISC OS SCALED TEXT

A demonstration of the use of a call to plot text at any size.

TOKEN TABLE UPDATE

A short program to illustrate how a routine from Basic can be used to tokenise a program line.

ARCHIMEDES PROCEDURE LIBRARY

The final part of this series contains all the selection box procedures in a complete demonstration program.

ARCHIMEDES VISUALS

A stunning animation of a Carbon atom with electrons that orbit according to the laws of physics.

32000 COLOURS IN MODE 15

Two programs connected to colour dithering - a simple demonstration of the technique and a colour selector that simplifies the choice of dithered colours.

* BONUS ITEMS *

GRAPH BOX EXAMPLES

Some sample graphs produced using Minerva's Graph Box package reviewed in this issue. These are in the form of draw files which can be loaded into the RISC OS Draw application.

RASTERBIND

A code breaker game with a difference - You can either solve the computer's puzzle, or let it solve your's. The game makes good use of the Archimedes' graphics capability.

SPHERE CIRCUS

Relax in front of this program which simulates spheres falling and colliding in a viscous medium.

ARCSCAN DATA

Index entries for this issue of RISC User and the latest BEEBUG (Vol.8 No.1) to be used with Arcscan.