--------------------------------------------------------------------------- ( ) ( JUMPDISK 1493 Mt. View Ave. ) ( The Original Chico, CA 95926 U.S.A. ) ( Disk Magazine ) ( For the Amiga (916) 343-7658 ) ( ) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- oญญญญญญญญญญญญญญญญญญญญญo | | JANUARY 1992 - Vol. 7, Issue 1, No. 66 | HAPPY NEW YEAR! | | | oญญญญญญญญญญญญญญญญญญญญญo PROGRAMS VOXMANIA: Amiga Voice Experiments J. E. Charlsen, Marina del Rey, CA QUICKMENUS: Turn Pulldown Items into Iconified `Programs' Brian Moats, Boise, ID TRIG: Doing It All for You Robert Wade, Barksdale AFB, LA SOLITAIRE: The Card Game with Multiple Options David W. Meny, Fairfield, CA AREXX: Three Scripts - BATCHFORMAT, CHANGEPRI and HELP Nicholas J. Fiorello Jr., Mims, FL MYDIARY: Personalized Day Book (Requires one meg) Mary Dodge, Fort Pierce, FL SPRINT: Enhanced Screen Text Joe Rattz Jr., Sumter, SC KAL: A Jumping Calendar for the Days of Our Lives Joe Rattz Jr. GRAPHICSTUTOR: How a Program Does It Tom Beale, Riverside, CA PAL: Mixing Light for Program Palettes Robert D'Asto, Glendale, CA SETMOUSEPORT: Toggle Between Two Ports Thomas J. Czarnecki, Racine, WI SPELLING FACTORY: Education Game Dave Krohne, Loma Linda, CA XAVIER UTILITIES: Convert, FixeFile, TransFile and BigAgnus Xavier Leclerq, Warchin, Belgium ARTICLES JUMPDISK COPYRIGHT 1991-92 j:ฉ Please don't redistribute this disk! 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: January 1992 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: OCR on the Way j:text/newstex OCR is Optical Character Recognition -- scanning text into ASCII. VOXMANIA: Amiga Voice Experiments j:voxmania/voxmania.doc Serendipitous discoveries await you -- if you'll try anything. J. E. Charlsen TRIG: Doing It All for You j:trig/trig.doc This program figures all the angles and covers the bases. Robert Wade QUICKMENUS: Iconify Pulldown Items j:quickmenus/quickmenus.doc Rip off a pulldown menu item and make it an iconified selection. Brian Moats KAL: Years of Our Lives j:kal/kal.doc A talented calendar program for 1900 through 2050. Joe Rattz Jr. MYDIARY: Daybook with Comments j:mydiary/mydiary.doc A computerized system for keeping a daily record of life. Mary Dodge GRAPHICSTUTOR: How Basic Does It j:gfxtutor/gfx.doc GFX: Basic Source j:gfxtutor/gfx.bas A tour of Basic's graphics commands in a tutorial vehicle. Tom Beale ENHANCEPRINT: Fancy Pants Printing j:enhanceprint/enhancedtext SPRINT.BAS: Source Code j:enhanceprint/sprint.bas Wait till you see what SPrint can do with screen type! Joe Rattz Jr. COMMUNICATIONS: Dialling Pleasure j:text/commtex Plus -- How you can get two fine communications programs at no charge. Tom Krotchko SPELLING FACTORY j:spell/factory.doc The starting whistle blows, and the Spelling Factory opens for a shift. Dave Krohne SETMOUSEPORT: Specify a Mouse Port j:mouseport/mouseport.doc You can toggle between mouse ports 1 and 2 for enhanced control. Thomas J. Czarnecki PALETTE: Graphics Utility j:palette/pal.doc This Basic programmer's utility eases design of palettes. Robert D'Asto SOLITAIRE: Game j:solitaire/solitaire.doc A highly responsive with interesting pulldown options, multiple decks. David W. Meny AREXX: Three programs j:arexx/arexx.doc BATCHFORMAT: Source j:arexx/batchformat.rexx CHANGEPRI: Source j:arexx/changepri.rexx HELP: Source j:arexx/help.rexx A trio of Arexx scripts that work as utilities. Nicholas J. Fiorello Jr. XAVIER UTILITIES: Four Programs j:xavierutil/xavierutil.doc BigAgnus, Convert, FixeFile and Transfile. Xavier Leclerq SHELL GAME: Hot Keys j:shellgame The mouse hater's glory and everybody's buddy! Brad Webb, Watertown, WI MORTON'S MUSINGS: j:text/kevelsontex Music Appreciation 101: `The Magic Flute' on CD-ROM disc. Morton Kevelson, Brooklyn, NY EDITOR'S TWO CENTS: Less Than a Cent j:text/centex No room for much this month. Richard Ramella JUMPDISK SUBMISSION PROCEDURE j:text/submittex We publish hundreds of articles and programs a year. Send us your best! 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