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April 1986 Volume 1.02
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PC Gazette 1.02-4/86 B.1 ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ
ÛßÛ ÜÜÜ ÜÜÜ ÜÜÜ ÜÜÜ ÜÜÜ ÜÜÜÜÜ ÜÜÜÜÜ Ü ÜÜÜ ÜÜÜ Û moved to Storescreen.
ÛÜÛ Û ß Û Û Û Û Û ß ÜÜÛ Û Û Û Û Û Û Û Û Û Û Û Û The leader is added to
Û Û ÛÜÛ ÛÜÛ Û ÛÜÛ Û Û Û Û Û Û Û Û Û ÛÜÛ Ü the beginning of the
ÜÜÛ ÜÜÛ array. We use blockwrite
Screen Saving in Turbo Pascal to save the screen to
There have been a number Intro which is to be used disk. of routines written in as leader to the file. Turbo Pascal for saving a The reason we add this is Listing 3 is the Load screen display presented so the screen file will routine. The procedure in various magazines. be compatible with the checks to see if the file Well, here's the one that Bload and Bsave commands exists first. If it does I like to use: in BASIC. Many commercial it blockreads it into the
programs also use this array Storescreen. It is
First, in the declaration format. It would be nice then moved into Screen0, part of the program, to be able to be able to which is the screen something like Listing 1 use their screens or make display. If it is a should be present. This screens that will work graphic screen be sure sets up the type of with those programs. that you have set the variables that will be screen mode properly used in the Save and Load Listing 2 is the Save before running the pro- procedures. There is the routine. The screen is cedures. constant array called moved to Storescreen. Listings start on pg. B.2. PC Gazette 1.02-4/86 B.2 ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ
PROGRAMMING! Con't from page B.1.
LISTING 1 Assign(file1,filename); type strtype=string[80]; {$I-} Rewrite(file1) {$I+};
scrnarray=array[0..4095] of byte; ok:=(IOResult=0);
const if ok then intro:array[0..6] of byte=(253,0,184, blockwrite(file1,storescreen,32)
0,0,0,32); {128 for graphics}
{(253,0,184,0,0,0,128) for graphics} else writeln('File Error!',#7);
var close(file1); file1:file; end; screen0:scrnarray absolute $b800:-7; LISTING 3
{$b000:-7 if mono system} procedure LoadScreen(filename:strtype);
storescreen:scrnarray; begin ok:boolean; Assign(file,filename); i,o,s:integer; {$I-} Reset(file1) {$I+}; LISTING 2 ok:=(IOResult=0); procedure SaveScreen(filename:strtype); if ok then begin blockread(file1,storescreen,32)
storescreen:=screen0; {128 for graphics}
s:=seg(storescreen); else writeln('File Error!',#7);
o:=ofs(storescreen); close(file1);
for i:=0 to 6 do mem[s:o+i]:=intro[i]; end;
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First off, on last month's Non-Review Program of choice:_ of ZIP: a flop!! Response was just Version number: about nil!. Okay. Let's try something Author/Company: else and see what happens.
Usage: _____ Fanatical - more than an
Around the Home Boards, one of the hour a day. topics that pops up a lot is a _ Heavy - up to an hour an comparison of communication programs. day. The pros and cons of Qmodem, Pibterm _ Moderate - up to an hour and Procomm are expressed by their a week. respective supporters. _ Light - up to an hour an
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Here's a chance for us to compile sort _ What Do I Know? - up to of a pseudo-survey of the most popular an hour a year communications programs. Please let us Exclusivity: Only program used. know what is your choice. Drop us a Program most used. line by mail or through one of the Home Just picked this one. Boards listed on page A.9. Continued on page B.5-See NON-REVIEW. PC Gazette 1.02-4/86 B.5 ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ
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Continued from page B.4. °°° ° °°° °°° ° °°° Features: Best Feature: °°° ° °°°°° °°° °°° _ °°° ° °°° °°° ° °°° Worst Feature:_ °°° ° °°°°° °°° ° °°° ° ° ° _ In our next issue we plan to have: Modes: Transfer rate:300/1200/2400 Protocol: ASCII The results of our Non-Review survey. Xmodem Xmodem CRC Commentary by some willing Sysop. Ymodem More speculation by Syntax. If you have heard some interesting tidbit, Overall Impression: please pass it along. _
Better graphics and layout. By then
Other programs used in order of choice: the Platypus Patrol will have gotten
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PC-DOS 3.2 should be out and supporting There is a "pocket modem" from a the 3 1/2 inch standard disk. MS-DOS company called Migent Software Corp. 4.0 is supposed to be available in This two inch by two inch wonder is one Europe. Don't expect it here in the of a number of 1200bps modems that are U.S., though. Many companies are about to be released. It is designed waiting for 5.0 to come out. 5.0 is for those who have laptop computers and reported to be able to access up to 16 need to communicate but don't want to megabytes of random-access memory in lug around a bulky modem. addition to multi-tasking. -Syntax
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Even if one has never tried to learn a 1.ANSI-American National Standard computer language, the regular computer Institude. user has added a whole subset of words 2.APL-A Programming Language. to his vocabulary. The following is a 3.ASCII-American Standard Code for In- list of abbreviations and acronyms that formation Interchange. a regular user will probably come in 4.BASIC-Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic contact with a one time or another. See Instruction Code. if you can identify what each stand 5.COBOL-COmmon Business Oriented Lan- for. guage.
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