--------------------------------------------------------------------------- ( ) ( JUMPDISK 1493 Mt. View Ave. ) ( The Original Chico, CA 95926 U.S.A. ) ( Disk Magazine ) ( For the Amiga (916) 343-7658 ) ( ) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- oญญญญญญญญญญญญญญญญญญญญญo | | DECEMBER 1991 - Vol. 6, Issue 12, No. 65 | GOOD HOLIDAYS! | | | oญญญญญญญญญญญญญญญญญญญญญo PROGRAMS -------- THE TYPIST: Education A splendid system for learning or improving typing skills. Harold Feldman, Minneapolis, MN SUPERLOCK: Utility Secures drives, keyboard, mouse . . . unless you know the password. Jonathan Potter, Goodwood, S.A., Australia SUPERSPELL: Productivity Real-time spell checker that flashes screen when a word is misspelled. Jonathan Potter, Goodwood, S.A., Australia TYPOG - CANDYTYPE and OUTLINE: Graphic Utilities Use existing fonts to create new graphic typefaces Includes CANDY, a program that creates a candy cane font, OUTLINE, which yields a large outline type, plus three finished graphic font screens: IRONGATE, CANDY and MARBLE Brice Richmond FONTREAD: Utility Transforms ASCII type into a screen of graphic type. Adjunct program to the TYPOG package. Brice Richmond DEPTHLAB - DEPTHDEMO and DEPTHREAD: Graphic Programming Tutorial How GET-PUT graphics can be laid onto a screen both OVER and UNDER other colors, depending on status given palette colors. Three example programs. J. E. Charlsen, Marina del Rey, CA COVER - MEL: Graphics Meet Mel, an animated figure that demonstrates the "depth graphics" explained in the DEPTHLAB package above. J. E. Charlsen, Marina del Rey, CA OVERSCAN: Utility Corrects placement of and access too overscan screens in HiSoft Basic. DATAMITE: Contest Puzzle Learn the secret and win cash prizes. Martin Kurtz, San Diego, CA PEGGY: Game That infuriating solitaire peg game. Can you end up with a single peg? Martin Kurtz, Martin Kurtz, San Diego, CA AVAILINWINDOW: Utility for 2.0 Only A quick report on your systems memory status in a non-scrolling window. Harold Feldman, Minneapolis, MN FONT ---- CIVIC CENTER: Allied Studios The San Francisco purveyor of hundreds of bitmapped fonts gave us permission to pass on this sample. ARTICLES -------- THE ARTICLES MENU: How It Works j:text/articletex Give this a read to get the most out of the Article Menu system. CONTENTS & CREDITS: December 1991 j:contents The issue's major activities and their authors are listed here. INSTRUCTIONS FOR THIS ISSUE j:instructions If something goes wrong, you'll wish you'd read this. NEWSBREAKS: 2.0 Now in Release j:text/newstex Plus: Upgrade for AmigaVision. Staff TYPOG: Big Type From Small j:typog/typog.doc 8-point type can be transformed into larger, unusual typefaces. CANDY: The Candy Type Graphic Result j:typog/candy IRONGATE: A Stark Font by JUMPDISK j:typog/irongate SKY: Reworked Outline Program Result j:typog/sky OUTLINE: The HiSoft Basic Source j:typog/outline.hsb Brice Richmond FONTREAD: Screens of New Type j:fontread/fontread.doc Transform plain text into screens of type created with TYPOG utilities. FONTREAD.HSB: Source Code j:fontread/fontread.hsb Brice Richmond DEPTHLAB: Graphics Surprises j:depthlab/depthlab.doc You can PUT Basic graphics over and beneath specified colors. DEPTHLAB.HSB: Source Code j:depthlab/depthlab.hsb DEPTHDEMO: Source Code j:depthlab/depthdemo.bas DEPTHREAD: Source Code j:depthlab/depthread.bas J. E. Charlsen COVER - MEL: Over-and-Under Animation j:cover/cover.doc Mel is stamped atop and beneath specific colors. MEL - In All His Moods j:cover/mel.cel This is the basis of a CelDo animation used by the program. COVER.HSB: Source Code j:cover/cover.hsb J. E. Charlsen AMIEXPO OAKLAND: -040 Competition j:text/expotex Fast times in California: 46 exhibitors, new wares made this a good show. Staff DATAMITE: Win Cash Puzzle j:datamite/datamite.rules High scores will be rewarded with monetary prizes. Martin Kurtz SHELL GAME: Icon Innards j:shellgame Get an Info(rmation) window of a window and learn something. Brad Webb, Watertown, WI MORTON'S MUSINGS: Product News j:text/kevelsontex A New York show, plus new software releases. Morton Kevelson, Brooklyn, NY SUPERLOCK: Tighter Than a Drum j:superlock/superlock.doc Password program locks keyboard, drives and mouse from snooping. Jonathan Potter SUPERSPELL: Real-time Spell Check j:superspell/superspell.doc Screen flashes signal misspellings. With 9,000 word starter dictionary. Jonathan Potter TECHNOLOG: Tips j:technolog What you need to know tomorrow just might be here today. Civic Center: Usable Font j:civiccenter/civic.doc Allied Studios passes along an example of its bitmapped font collection. WINDOW_AVAIL (2.0 Only) j:awindow/window_avail.doc Puts system information in a non-scrolling box. Harold Feldman READERS' FORUM: What You Have to Say j:text/readtex Why not a magazine for blind computer users? Who will publish it? EDITOR'S TWO CENTS: WB 2.0 Official j:text/centex But from here on it's Little Orphan A1000. Richard Ramella JUMPDISK SUBMISSION PROCEDURE j:text/submittex We publish hundreds of articles and programs a year. Send us your best! DECRUNCHING COMPACTED JUMPDISK MATERIAL j:text/decrunchtex It's easy to decrunch compressed JUMPDISK text and image files. COPYRIGHT ฉ 1991 j:ฉ Protect your JUMPDISK investment. 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