home
***
CD-ROM
|
disk
|
FTP
|
other
***
search
/
No Fragments Archive 10: Diskmags
/
nf_archive_10.iso
/
MAGS
/
POWERMAG
/
POWER23.MSA
/
POWER
/
30.PWR
< prev
next >
Wrap
Text File
|
1990-01-01
|
6KB
|
450 lines
############################################################################
A N O T H E R B L O O M I N ' L A M E R T E S T
############################################################################
############################################################################
B Y J A M E S L . M A T H E W S
############################################################################
In STOSSER #19, Nev Wilson said that he had read the lamer test in POWER
#18 and had found it too easy. Well, I have decided to do another little
lamer test which although is far from the hardest in the world, is slightly
harder than the one that appeared in issue 18. By the way Nev, that demo
section you do in STOSSER is pretty good stuff - Get in touch mate!
Right, here are the multiple choice questions. The answers and scoring are
at the end of this file. Remember to note down your choice of answer on a
scrap piece of paper for each question.
Here goes...
1. How many data-registers does the M-68000 have?
(a) 2
(b) 8
(c) 68
(d) 68000
2. What demo boasts 113 pieces of chip music and also claimed to have the
longest scroll text in the world at the time?
(a) The B.I.G. demo
(b) The Phaleon Gigademo
(c) The Election Override demo
(d) The Supreme Demo
3. In assembly, what command makes the computer do absolutely nothing?
(a) Noop
(b) $4,df2
(c) Nop
(d) $4,df3
4. What crew gained worldwide fame from a demo called 'Japtro'?
(a) The Lost Boys
(b) Dune
(c) Holocaust
(d) The Care Bears
5. How many clock cycles are there in a 'mulu'?
(a) Between 30 and 80
(b) Between 40 and 90
(c) Between 50 and 100
(d) Between 60 and 110
6. What can you plug into the RS232 port on your ST?
(a) A radiation filter
(b) A modem
(c) A hard drive
(d) A printer
7. Who produced The Stupendous demo?
(a) Tex
(b) Tronic
(c) The Pixel Twins
(d) The Outlaws
8. Which of the below chip tunes have an offset of 8?
(a) Big Alec
(b) Ziggy
(c) Mad Max
(d) Megatizer
9. Who is famous for their digidrum chip music on the ST?
(a) Mad Max
(b) Synth Dream
(c) Misfits
(d) Count Zero
10. What is the standard format of a disk formatted with the desktop?
(a) 9 sectors and 79 tracks
(b) 10 sectors and 79 tracks
(c) 10 sectors and 80 tracks
(d) 9 sectors and 81 tracks
11. What is the biggest format that FASTCOPY can handle?
(a) 10 sectors and 81 tracks
(b) 10 sectors and 82 tracks
(c) 11 sectors and 84 tracks
(d) 11 sectors and 86 tracks
12. How would you move the contents of the memory address env on to the
stack in assembly?
(a) Nop
(b) Move.w #$4b,-(sp)
(c) Move.1 #env,-(sp)
(d) env dc.w "env2stack",0
13. What company produced POWER BASIC?
(a) Mandarin
(b) Prospero
(c) Sensible Software
(d) Hisoft
14. What does the 'M' in STFM stand for?
(a) Modulator
(b) Medium
(c) Maximum
(d) Mono
15. What is the file extender for for a 512 colour Spectrum picture?
(a) .SPC
(b) .SPE
(c) .SPK
(d) .512
16. What does RAM stand for?
(a) Reorganised Address Modulator
(b) Reasoned Address Memory
(c) Random Accessed Memory
(d) Random Accessible M-68000
17. How would you turn on inverse video query in GFA BASIC?
(a) Print Chr$(27);"p"
(b) Tovqo
(c) Print Chr$(27);"q"
(d) Else
18. What does the .BLD file extender come from?
(a) A GEM image format file?
(b) A Mac or PC image?
(c) A Megapaint format file?
(d) A Degas format file?
19. Who is the current editor (December 1994) of ST REVIEW?
(a) Trenton Webb
(b) Vic Wright
(c) Chris Holland
(d) Vic Lennard
20. What would the following line in STOS BASIC do:
rem key off:click off:hide:curs off:mode 0
(a) Remove key click, menu, cursor and change to low resolution.
(b) Absolutely nothing.
(c) Clear the screen.
(d) Turn on the soundchip.
21. What is the part number of the 9-pin D plug?
(a) RK61R
(b) RK60Q
(c) XR06G
(d) LK32F
22. What's the largest size possible with a displayed .IMG file?
(a) 640 x 400
(b) 320 x 120
(c) 300 x 120
(d) Any size
23.What is the colour depth of a picture file produced with Cranach Studio?
(a) 1-bit
(b) Up to 8-bit
(c) 16-bit
(d) Up to 24-bit
24. What does P.O.V. stand for on the ST?
(a) Persistence Of Vision
(b) People Of the Valley
(c) Predators Of Vision
(d) Persistence Of Vanity
25. Who produced the Delerium Demo?
(a) Holocaust
(b) Supreme Software
(c) Orbital Software
(d) Stax
And now the answers...
They're coming...
And here they are:
==================
The correct answers are...
1. (b)
2. (a)
3. (c)
4. (c)
5. (a)
6. (b)
7. (c)
8. (c) and (d)
9. (d)
10. (a)
11. (d)
12. (c)
13. (d)
14. (a)
15. (a)
16. (c)
17. (a)
18. (c)
19. (d)
20. (b)
21. (b)
22. (d)
23. (d)
24. (a)
25. (c)
So, what did you get? Well, if you got...
*** UNDER 10 ***
Well, what can I say? This lamer test only proved one thing.....YOU'RE A
LAMER!
*** BETWEEN 11 and 15 ***
Er, well, you're pretty lame but you're not quite as bad as me.
*** BETWEEN 16 and 20 ***
Not bad at all. You're not a lamer and although you don't know everything
there is to know, you're more than just your average Amiga owner.
*** OVER 21 ***
Now that's more like it. You're no lamer so don't let anyone tell you
otherwise. Be proud!