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From: "Engvall, Sofia" <[e-mail]>
To: "'AMOS-List'" <[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: A lot of questions... :-)
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 1998 08:57:56 -0600
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>> Hello.  I'll take a few of these questions...
>
>Thanx! :-)
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>>> - How good is Blitz Basic? Is it a big difference from AMOS?
>
>I mostlly though the second question to be about the differance
>programming them... but also what it sounds like... :-)
>
>>    Go to my webpage (see below in my signature). Click on the
>>    AMIGA-link then click on the AMOS-link.  Download the archive
>>    containing "the AMOS&BLITZ demos".  It's nothing spectacular,
>>    but it will allow you to see first hand how well the two languages
>>    perform.  Also, you can read my views of AMOS and BLITZ (go
>>    to the BLITZ-page).
>
>I'll do this... but I don't have the URL to Blitz... I'll find it...
>hopefully :-)
>
>>> - Can I include C and / or assembler source and / or compiled
>>>   programs into my AMOS programs in any way?
>>   Source, no.  Executable, yes.  BLITZ allows inclusion of both
>>   source and excutable Asm.  Also very easy to convert from C to
>>   BLITZ...
>
>How do I include an exacutable into the source? Con I include it
>into my compiled version to?
>
>>> - Are there any programming language similar to AMOS on the
>>>   PC? Or any header file for C with AMOS similar commands?
>>>   (I'm not talknig about Windows crap now :-))
>>
>>   See message I posted to list VERY recently:
>>   Subject:"If you MUST have AMOS for PC then READ THIS!!"
>>   Hmmm... you are on the AMOS-list, right? If not, and you didn't
>>   receive that previous message, drop me a quick line and I'll give
>>   you the URL for a PC AMOS...
>
>I've found the mail but the link
>"http://www.games.ndirect.co.uk/tgc_index.html"
>didn't work :-( Might be compaq's net but I don't think so since I
>got to "http://www.games.ndirect.co.uk/"... Can you double-check? :-)
>
>>   If you want to use C then check out the Allegro game library. It
>>   contains loads of powerful commands for MIDI, WAV playing,
>>   bitmaps, palettes, sprites, scrolling, etc.  It really "ROCKS!!!"
>>
>>   Go to my IBMclone page and you can download two simple demos
>>   I created with C/Allegro:CrzyStar and BOBdemo.
>
>This sounds reely interesting... I ve been on your page now... :-)
>Where do I get Allegro?
>
>>> - Are the bob routines reely this bad??? Yesterday I changed
>>>   the background under a bob (with a bar) and then moved the
>>>   bob... guess what happened... nothing (exept a small flicker
>>>   the backgound was just the same as before)...
>>
>>   Well, the bobs might be considered "bad"... but, that's not the
>>   cause of your problem. Chances are, you're trying to do the above
>>   without shutting down AMOS's automatic bob-update system.
>>   Try something like this (after opening your screen and in place of
>>   your current "loop"):
>>
>>   Double Buffer : Autoback 0 : Bob Update Off
>>   Amal Off : Synchro Off : Sprite Update Off : Flash Off
>>   Rem the first thing I do in my AMOS-coding: Kill all that junk!!
>>
>>   Now, we can begin...
>>
>>   ALLDONE=False
>>   Repeat
>>      Bob Clear : Rem  ... Remove the Bobs
>>
>>      Ink Rnd(31) : Rem  ...Select a Random Colour
>>      Bar 80,100,y1 to 239,155 : Rem ...Draw the Bar
>>
>>      Rem  Update your Bobs position here...
>>      Bob Anumber, Xpos, Ypos, AnImageNumber
>>
>>      Bob Draw : Rem  ...Now Redraw the Bobs
>>      If  (Fire(0) Or Fire(1)) then ALLDONE=True
>>      Screen Swap : Wait Vbl
>>   Until ALLDONE
>>
>>   The key is to do all your background modifications (in your case,
>>   using the Bar command) between the Bob Clear and Bob Draw
>>   statements.
>>
>>   Hope this helps!!
>
>Oh... thanx a lot... I have to hurry home and test it! :-)
>
>Can't someone make Compaq's phone lines go down (I'm on the
>phone support :-( ) so I can go staight away!!! ;-)
>I've got four long hours left of the day...
>
>>      Take  care,
>>      GARFIELD
>
>Take care yourself and good luck with your projects! :-)
>
>/Sofia
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