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- Unicorn Library Version 4.0
-
- Version 4.0 of the Unicorn library is available for both Turbo C and
- Microsoft C. It contains many graphics, sound, screen handling, window
- and general purpose functions. In addition there are some window functions.
- There are also some fucntions to allow handling of printer output, the
- joystick and a mouse interface. It is possible to play complete songs.
- The graphics include functions for circles, a rotated ellipse ( you are
- no longer confined to having your ellipses along the horizontal or vertical
- axis ) lines palettes and many more.
-
- There are over 200 functions available in the Unicorn Library and all
- source code is available from the author for only $25.00. The library
- was originaly release in late 1986 as a Lattice C version which is no
- longer supported ( although the source is still available ). The library
- at present is in small model for both Turbo C and Microsoft C although
- users should be able to convert it to any model with little difficulty.
- The author no longer directly supports other models due to the difficulty
- of maintaining 6 different sets of disks for both compilers. It should
- not be difficult to convert the source to other compilers although the
- author has made no attempt to do so due to the heavy cost of additional
- compilers.
-
- The release disks contain a full manual and a quick reference guide to
- all functions in the library and in addition there are read me files.
- The library is well documented throughout and the source code is librally
- commented to aid the user in learning C or assembler or simply in
- understanding the library functions. It is hoped that others will be
- encouraged to learn more about C and the inner workings of the machine
- through studying the code. There are also several demo programs on the
- two release disks including one for the Tandy 1000 that takes full
- advantage of the 16 color medium resolution graphics and the 3 voice
- sound chip. ( essentially the Tandy emulates a PCjr for this ) This
- machine is very powerful and vastly underated. If you are interested
- in how to handle other graphics adapters the code for this could be
- interesting.
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- If you have tried to contact the author in the past without luck the
- new address is on the release disks.
-