*************************************************************************** * * * JUMPDISK 1493 Mt. View Ave. * * The Original Chico, CA 95926 U.S.A. * * Disk Magazine * * For the Amiga (916) 343-7658 * * * *************************************************************************** o----------------------o NOVEMBER 1989 -- Vol. 4, Issue 11 | | | 40th Consecutive | | Monthly Issue | | | o----------------------o WHAT'S IN THIS ISSUE PROGRAMS SHOWIZ 2.0: Presentation Graphics - Text, Art, Sound, Wipes and More J. L. White, TBAG, Tampa Bay, FL PRESIDENTS: Education Quiz - The 41 U.S. Presidents (Amiga Basic) Robert Wade, Barksdale AFB, LA LOGICLAB: Educational Game - Experiments in Circuit Logic Stephen B. Duff, Hatfield, PA THIRTY-ONE: Game -- The Computer Challenges You Nick Fiorello, Mims, FL FULLVIEW: Utility - Full-Width Text Reader (Original ASCII or Extra-Crunchy) . . . and FVCOMPRESS: Utility - Text Cruncher Jonathan Potter, Clarence, S.A., Australia BBINSTALL: Utility -- See BOOTBLOCKS.DOC Jonathan Potter, Clarence, S.A., Australia BIGBENCH: Utility - Increase Usable Size of Amiga Screens John Rowe, Toowoomba, Qld., Australia SCROLL: Utility - Rainbow Display of Text Files BYEMOUSE: Utility - Winks Out Inactive Mouse Pointer Ralph Ciper WHITHER RUNNETH: Music - An Old English Madrigal Royan Webb, Watertown, WI LETTERSAY: Education - ABC's for the Very Young (Amiga Basic) P. L. Johnson, Denver, CO CODEBREAKER: Game - Can You Solve It in Four? (Amiga Basic) Richard Gallagher, Salem, OR MYSTERY DIVISION: Game - Win or Go Quietly Insane (Amiga Basic) Richard Gallagher, Salem, OR TWO REPRISED PROGRAMS: POWERPACKER V2.3a - Cruncher - Many New Features Nico Francois, Bertem, Belgium LITTLE BLACK BOOK Phone/address system. Data entry simplified. (Amiga Basic) Robert Wade, Barksdale AFB, LA ARTICLES COPYRIGHT j:©89 Please don't copy JUMPDISK for others. But do show it to them. CONTENTS & CREDITS: November 1989 j:articles/contents of issue The wonderful people who brought you this issue. HOW A JUMPDISK RUNS: Instructions j:articles/how a jumpdisk runs Read this, even if you're an experienced JUMPDISK user. BASIC INSTALLATION NO LONGER REQUIRED j:basiclab/important But you may have to rename your EXTRAS disk exactly as EXTRAS. QUICK: Speeding JUMPDISK Access Time j:quick You need Workbench 1.3 and at least a meg of memory to do this. YOUR OWN `WORKDISK: Tutorial j:articles/your own `workdisk' Judicious deletions lead to an uncrowded workbench Scott Wilcox, Rimrock, AZ BOOT BLOCKS: Tutorial j:bootblocks/bootblocks.doc What they are, how they work, how to install them Jonathan Potter, Clarence Park, SA, Australia SHELL GAME: Column j:articles/shell game column The WB1.3.2 changes: How to get them and what they are. Brad Webb, Watertown, WI EASY PRINT FILES: Utilities j:articles/easy print files The ready-to-run files format CLI/Shell output to printer Bert Allen, Sacramento CA SHRINKING ICONS: Tutorial j:articles/shrinking icons You'll need a paint program to follow through on this. Cheryl Peterson, Ben Lomond CA USING FAST FILES: Tutorial j:articles/using fast files Here's how to put this tool to good use Scott Wilcox, Rimrock, AZ DOCUMENTATION FOR: SHOWIZ 2.0 j:showiz/showiz.doc PRESIDENTS j:presidents/pres.doc LOGICLAB j:logiclab/logiclab.doc CODEBREAKER j:basiclab/codebreaker/codebreaker.doc MYSTERY DIVISION j:basiclab/division (in the program itself LETTERSAY j:basiclab/lettersay (in the program itself) THIRTY-ONE j:cards/31.doc FULLVIEW j:fullview/fullview.doc FVCOMPRESS j:fullview/fullview.doc (same as above) BBINSTALL j:bootblocks/bootblocks.doc BIGBENCH j:bigbench/bigbench.doc SCROLL j:scroll/scroll.text (shown when icon is clicked) BYEMOUSE j:byemouse/byemouse.doc and see byemouse C source: j:byemouse/byemouse.c POWERPACKER V2.3a j:powerpacker/packer.doc LITTLE BLACK BOOK j:blackbook/blackbook.doc NEWSBREAKS: Amiga Scenery j:articles/newsbreaks Commodore in hot pursuit of the market - new products TIPS COLUMN j:articles/clever tips IFF crunching, RAM tricks, multitasking shells . . . and more READERS' FORUM j:articles/readers' forum Advice, gripes, praise, hopes, fears, life, eternity and the Amiga. AMAX REVIEW j:articles/amax review Tom Krotchko, Olney, ND DISKMASTER REVIEW j:articles/diskmaster review Scott Wilcox, Rimrock, AZ ABZOO REVIEW j:articles/abzoo review Marianne Karwoski, Bloomfield MI DOS LAB: Bookdisk by Brad Webb j:articles/dos lab advertised Ordering a 24-chapter interactive AmigaDOS 1.3 tutorial. JUMPDISK Advertising INSTALLING DOS LAB TO HARD DISK j:articles/dos lab to hard disk If you have DOS LAB and a hard disk, here's help. EDITOR'S TWO CENTS: Plans and Schemes j:articles/editor's two cents By Richard Ramella PD DISKS: Fish to 250 Now Here j:articles/pd - 14 new fish WHAT'S GOING ON? (Printall, Speakall) j:housekeep/what's going on here PD ORDER FORM Print Me For Choices j:articles/pd order form New Fish up to disk 250 JUMPDISK SUBMISSION PROCEDURE j:articles/submissions procedure Keep those programs and TUTORIALS coming. SUBSCRIBING: Crass Commercial Ventures j:articles/subscribing and more Order now! Offer may be extended forever! ART: Electronic cover, THE AMIGA 500, Anthony Kashinn, Port Washington, WI IFF image ALLBLUES, R. Shamms Mortier, Rockydale VT PILGRIM JUMPDISK ICON: Rich Koster, Kenner, LA STAFF CONTRIBUTING EDITORS: Brad Webb, Royan Webb EDITOR: Richard Ramella THANKS - Thanks to all the fine programmers, writers and artists. END OF TEXT