8000 / PCW Plus typeins

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From	John Elliott <jce@seasip.demon.co.uk>
Subject	8000 / PCW Plus typeins
Newsgroups	comp.sys.amstrad.8bit, comp.os.cpm, comp.sys.sinclair
Date	2012-07-28 17:08 +0100

Cross-posted to 3 groups.

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  Crossposted to comp.sys.amstrad.8bit, comp.os.cpm, comp.sys.sinclair

  Goodness only knows why, but I typed in all the listings from 8000 Plus
/ PCW Plus. The results can be downloaded from the bottom of my JOYCE page: 
<http://www.seasip.info/Unix/Joyce/>.

  Having typed in 400-odd programs, mostly in Mallard BASIC, my thoughts
are:
* The idea of printing checksums against each listing line was a brilliant
 one; it's a great pity this facility wasn't native to all 1980s
 microcomputer BASICs.
* Would it have hurt to print the listings in a font where '1' and 'l' looked
 more different?
* I'd prefer not to have to type any more variations on
  DEF FNat$(x,y)=CHR$(27)+"Y"+CHR$(x+32)+CHR$(y+32)  if I can help it.

  Also, I hadn't expected to write any new PCW software in 2012. But when I
came across NEWDRV, a type-in listing that I submitted back in January 1993
and which never worked properly, I had to rewrite the thing so it actually
did work. NEWDRV2 can be downloaded from 
<http://www.seasip.demon.co.uk/Cpm/software/amstrad.html>. Its purpose is to
add an extra 'virtual' floppy drive sharing the first physical drive, the 
same way that A: and B: do on a single-drive PCW.

  (Crossposted to c.os.cpm and c.s.sinclair because Mallard BASIC is
on-topic for these groups; those with even more time on their hands than me
may want to experiment with adapting the programs for the +3 CP/M screen,
for example. I've included a version of the 'Ethernet' game in issue 24 
adapted for the 24x32 screen).

-- 
John Elliott

Thinks: This is what a nice clean life leads to. Hmm, why did I ever lead one?
		-- Bluebottle, in the Goon Show

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8000 / PCW Plus typeins John Elliott <jce@seasip.demon.co.uk> - 2012-07-28 17:08 +0100
  Re: 8000 / PCW Plus typeins jeff <rtdos@rtdos.com> - 2012-07-28 10:39 +0000
  Re: 8000 / PCW Plus typeins Floppy Software <floppysoftware@gmail.com> - 2012-07-28 16:03 -0700
  Re: 8000 / PCW Plus typeins "Brian Watson" <Brian@imagebus.co.uk> - 2012-07-29 09:22 +0100
  Re: 8000 / PCW Plus typeins Jacob Nevins <jacobn@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2012-09-20 00:02 +0100
    Re: 8000 / PCW Plus typeins "Brian Watson" <Brian@imagebus.co.uk> - 2012-09-20 08:54 +0100
      Re: 8000 / PCW Plus typeins David Cantrell <david@cantrell.org.uk> - 2012-09-25 13:13 +0100
        Re: 8000 / PCW Plus typeins "Brian Watson" <Brian@imagebus.co.uk> - 2012-09-25 20:19 +0100
          Re: 8000 / PCW Plus typeins David Cantrell <david@cantrell.org.uk> - 2012-09-26 12:12 +0100
      Re: 8000 / PCW Plus typeins Jacob Nevins <jacobn@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2012-09-27 00:44 +0100
        Re: 8000 / PCW Plus typeins "Brian Watson" <Brian@imagebus.co.uk> - 2012-09-27 08:19 +0100
        Re: 8000 / PCW Plus typeins David Cantrell <david@cantrell.org.uk> - 2012-09-27 12:48 +0100
          Re: 8000 / PCW Plus typeins Curlytop <pvstownsend.zyx.abc@ntlworld.com> - 2012-10-03 21:26 +0100

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