GEMMA goes PD
Paul Jones has recently informed me that due to the other members of the programming team being able to spend less and less time on GEMMA, he has now released the latest version of GEMMA (1.72) as PD, including the source files and they're both on the Reader Disk. If you would like to get involved with ongoing GEMMA development get in touch with Paul by email at:
paulat.jones@zetnet.co.uk
Networld for STiK/STiNG
Networld is a new STOS extension which enables STOS and HiSoft BASIC programs to interface with STiK/STinG and access the Internet!
This means you can use STOS programs to send or collect email, transfer files using FTP, and so on. Theoretically you could program a multi-player game using the internet to interact between players! The HiSoft BASIC version is on the Reader Disk
Falcon Extensions UpdateAnthony Hoskins has recently restructured his Falcon extensions to not only add extra commands, but to group them more logically and make them much more compatible with ST and STe machines. The following extra facilities are now available:
- The stars extension now has a "stars cmds" command which lists all of its commands and a new version of the "go stars" command.
- All of the gemtext commands have been put into one dedicated extension. New commands for loading GEM/GDOS fonts now make the old FONTCONV accessory redundant. A new utility FONTJOIN, allows more than one GEM font to be stored in a single memory bank. This extension also has a command list command.
There is a new Sprite Engine under development. It is primarily for the Falcon, (especially it's 640x200/240 by 16 colour video mode), but is also going to be compatible with the ST/STe. Anthony is also hoping it will eventually be able to work in 256 colour modes as well. The new engine is compatible with standard STOS sprite banks and may eventually use the Blitter where available.
- The Tracker extension now allows the displaying of an oscilloscope of the currently playing tracker mod.
Hopefully we'll be able to include the interpreter versions some of the updated extensions on next issue's Reader Disk. In the meantime if you'd like more information you can contact Anthony at:
45 Wythburn Road, Newbold, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S41 8DP
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