--------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | JUMPDISK 1493 Mt. View Ave. | | The Original Chico, CA 95926 U.S.A. | | Disk Magazine | | For the Amiga (916) 343-7658 | | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------- oญญญญญญญญญญญ---ญญญญญญญญญ-ญo | | | THE CURE FOR | FENRUARY 1993 - Vol. 8, Issue 2, No. 79 | CABIN FEVER | oญญญ---ญญญญญญญญญญญญญญญญญญ-o PROGRAMS -------- THETA INCIDENT: Christopher Jennings, Christopher Cooke, Langton, ON Canada Game. Requires one meg. You're on patrol in the infamous Theta Triangle of space with orders to take out hostile enemy ships. Scout your course, look for the enemy and eliminate them. SCIENTIFIC FONT: Christopher Jennings, Langton, ON Canada 222 characters in a 10-point font designed to help you fashion scientific symbols within a text mode. Also see the graphic file J:FONT/SCIENTIFIC.PIC for an all-in-one illustration of the symbols available. BINGO: Joseph Rattz Jr., Columbia, SC Game. One or two players may pit themselves against the computer. This program offers a way for you to print out everything you need to play bingo on paper. FAD: Food Additive Directory, Christopher Jennings U. S. food packagers face a new law that requires labelling to be more specific about contents of an edible product. This program is an exhaustive list of food additives and their possible effects and side effects. The data was gleaned from private and public sources. MAGIC15: Staff Puzzle game. Four connected lines of numbers are possible in this "magic circle" puzzle. You position numbers 1 to 9 so all the lines total 15. It's semi-tough. PAIRS: Jason Lowe, Berkeley Vale, NSW Australia Clever graphics highlight this matching game. QBATCH: Thibaut Maquet, Mauberge, France Utility. Detaches from the CLI and runs a background task, allowing multitasking. DAYBOOK 93: Staff Productivity. Requires one meg. The trouble with most calendars is lack of space for writing in dated messages. This 1993 calendar holds long messages by day. Edit, revise, delete and display features. LYAPUNOV: Charles Vassallo, Tregastel, France In the wake of fraactals comes a new way to fashion beautiful graphics from math. Markus-Lyapunov exponents are the secret. Read the docs first. They feature graphics and warn that computations can require much time. TAXTOTE: Staff The tax season evergreen gets a re-run. You prepare a text file containing income tax figures. TaxTote arranges the file into its categories and totals each category. This program is very helpful in the onerous chore of preparing information as prelude to filling out the forms. LASERMAZE: D. Frey, San Jose, CA Game. A shoot-'em-up within a maze. Joystick required. ARTICLES -------- JUMPDISK COPYRIGHT 1993 j:ฉ Please don't redistribute this disk! We want to stay in business. Graphic by Hanora Ramella PD & FONTS: Ad Drawer Tells Nice Prices j:pd&fonts 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: FEBRUARY 1993 j:contents The issue's full list of activities, and their authors are listed here. INSTRUCTIONS FOR THIS ISSUE j:instructions If you really want to know how to use JUMPDISK well, read this first. Staff MARK BROWN'S INFOFILE: News/Views j:text/infofile ProPage 4.0, AGA support grows, 1200 add-ons, PD emulators, and more. Mark Brown MORTON'S MUSINGS: Hefty Hardware j:text/kevelsontex Agatha chip display modes, IVS Vector, AMAX II Plus, Vortex, Syquest 88 Morton Kevelson EDITOR'S TWO CENTS: Descent to Muteness j:text/centex Commodore jerks the Amiga voice out of the 2.1 OS release. That's rotten! Richard Ramella DOS-2: Chapter 13 j:dos-2/13 Advanced features of ED, the Amiga's built-in text processor Brad Webb SHELL GAME: Introducing 2.1 j:shellgame CrossDOS, PostScript, ARP requesters among improvements to the system Brad Webb READERS' FORUM: You Wrote It j:text/readtex The new Amigas, LucasArts drops Amiga side, what you like, don't like Various Readers POWER UP: Commodore's Fetching Offer j:text/powertex Purchase deals designed to sell you an A4000 or A1200 News Release THE 2.1 UPGRADE j:text/upgradetex 2.1 is now shipping. Your dealer should have it. Or ask Commodore News Release AMIGAVISION PROFESSIONAL j:text/visiontex At last, it has a freely distributable runtime module News Release WORLD OF COMMODORE TORONTO j:text/showtex A transition show draws Commodore faithful to Canadian metropolis. Morton Kevelson WHERE THE AMIGA IS HEADED j:text/eggebrechtex Commodore's Eggebrecht offers a candid talk about the future. Erich Keser THETA INCIDENT: Game j:ti/doc Adventures in the infamous Theta Triangle of space. Christopher Jennings - Christopher Cooke LYAPUNOV EXPONENTS: Beyond Fractals j:lyapunov/lyapunov.doc If this display fails here, go to the LYAPUNOV drawer and try it Charles Vassallo SCIENTIFIC FONT: The Docs j:font/scientific A Picture of All the Symbols Used j:font/scientific.pic Now you can type unusual scientific symbols Christopher Jennings BINGO: The Amiga Makes It Easy j:bingo/bingo.doc You can even print out a paper version to play Joe Rattz Jr. DAYBOOK93: Productivity j:daybook93/daybook93.doc Store big messages in small blocks of this 1993 calendar DAYBOOK: The HiSoft source j:daybook93/daybook93.hsb Staff PAIRS: A Giant of a Memory Game j:pairs/pairs.doc After simple play, you can expand play into a real memory test Jason Lowe TAXTOTE: Categorizing Entries j:taxtote/taxtote.doc Organize your onerous tax records with this one. Printer recommended TAXTOTE HISOFT SOURCE j:taxtote/taxtote.hsb Staff QBATCH: Utility j:qbatch/qbatch.doc This RUN replacement detaches and runs an event, allowing multitasking Thibaut Maquet MAGIC15: Add All to 15 j:magic15/magic15.doc This puzzle looks simple. Is it? MAGIC15 HISOFT SOURCE j:magic15/magic.hsb Staff 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. ---- Advertisements for Ourselves ---- PD: 20 New Fish - 771 to 790 j:ad/pd bargains Low prices on PD disks. PD ORDER BLANK: Print Me For Choices j:ad/pd orders The latest printable order form for inexpensive Amiga material on disk TOOLS FOR SALE j:ad/utilities DOS Lab, PowerPacker Pro, LoGG, Ultra F-4, HD-Express, Logg and IconLab PDQ: The Distributable Monthly Disk j:ad/pdq The 26th disk of this continuing series is now available. 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