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* STOS EXTENSIONS - SPEC CODE EXT. *
* BY J.DAVIDSON *
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This series aims to provide help for STOS programmers, giving away
a STOS extension, a small program which you add to your STOS
folder, and this provides more powerful commands for you to use.
Beginners and serious programmers alike will enjoy this series,
widening the power of STOS for you. And, as a start, i've given
away Spec Code.
Spec Code is a very good extension that allows you to display a
Spectrum 512 or Spectrum 4096 colour picture on screen depending
on whether you have an ST or STE. It is shareware, so remember if
you use it a lot, you must register it. To make it work, first you
must extract the file, SPECTRUM.TOS using the instrctions in HOW TO
EXTRACT ARCHIVES. Next, copy the file, SPC18.EXU into your
STOS folder on your STOS working disk and boot up STOS. The
extension should automatically load and your ready to run. First
try running SPC3.BAS. This will call the fileslector and you can
load a Spectrum picture and display it. I have included some
example pictures for you to get started with.
Spec Code contains no manual as such, this is available when you
register it. Basically, run SPC3.BAS and you will be able to see
what commands do what, but here's a quick run-down:
First, you must load up a Spectrum picture into a memory bank.
SPC SHOW - displays a picture from a memory bank and changes the
screen into Spectrum mode.
SPC OFF - remove the picture and change the screen back to
normal.
SPC XTRACT - decompress packed Spectrum pictures (SPC).
I hope you will find this series useful, more next month, when
i'll be giving away the Missing Link extension.