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Hi, This evening I have started testing the previous Doodles on other PCs, SGC (QDOS & SMSQ/E), and for compatibility, you may wish to alter the programs thus : On slower systems, REMark out line 250 in Boing_bas. Use MODE 8 with Fashion_bas. (Chasm_bas, Steve_bas and Beat_bas must use MODE 4 on...

Hi again, Just a reminder that Spook2_bas, written on a Qwerty keyboard, now uses the arrow keys, 's' & 'x' to move the man around and in depth, (Not the old numpad keys). If you chosse the layer=9 option at the head of the listing, make sure you adjust your monochrome monitors to be able to see...

Hi Again people, Thank you Dilwyn. The halo fell around my throat and nearly strangled me... But I liked the joke ok ! Just had a test of Spook_bas (under SGC QDOS and SMSQ/E) and found a couple of bugs on those systems : PLAY is a reserves EXTRA on QPC2 v5.00, so I altered it to PLAYY. Under QDOS, ...

Hi Folks, Just back from vacation, and had a quick test of Beat_bas under SGC, QDOS & SMSQ/E, and it works fine, although on such QLs, volumes are faint... Also on two old PCs with different clock rates, and the rythms all match perfectly. Headphones or earphones are a must though, as again spea...

Hi Folks, Thanks Ralph & Andrew for your suggestions. Now here is the final vacation Doodle (21) for this year : An animated Rythm Box, (Best using headphones). UNZIP, LRUN, and after two startup tones, you see the BEEP parameters printed with the rythm 'symbols' below. (See notes at head of lis...

Hi Ralph, I wonder if the cause of the flickering comes from FILLing the 'off-screen' part of the 'body'-ellipse ? While one core is processsing the unwanted filled lines, another core may be doing the CLS ? Again, does the flickering occur on mono-core systems ? When I get back home, I will try on ...

Hi again, Doodle 20 is a 'selfie' with a twist ! But I get flickering on my 3-core laptop, and wonder if this would be the case on mono-cores ? My summer vacation is coming to an end, so today I will attempt a final doodle, before getting back to other more important tasks.... Steve. Steve_bas.zip 9...

Hello Folks,

Doodle 19 : Can you cross the 'Devil's Bridge' ? Yes/No. (There are three possible outcomes...)

Nb Dilwyn : This was supposed to be situated in Scotland, according to the Python Team !

Steve. ______________________________________________________

Hi Evverybody,

Doodle 18 is for all QL enthusiasts... (Change the speed on line 130 to suit your computer rating).

Steve. ___________________________________

Hi, Doodle 17 was an attempt to get extra colours by XORing them and redrawing the scene shifting one pixel right to get three-colour stipples. To demonstrate the effet, the following images were repeatedly drawn. For brighter hues, change line 240 to be o=rnd(0). The side-effect is the 'ghosting' o...