* JAK Routines #1 * 
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* Compiled By John.A.Kinsella *
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 This disk is full of some usefull routines for you to use in your own
AMOS creations, some of them are just simple games for you to finish 
and others are procedures to import into your own programs, they can be
found in the ROUTINES directory.   
 ROUTINE DESCRIPTIONS :-
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 SPLERGE.AMOS          - This routine splerges a picture onto the screen. 
 FRACTAL_TREE.AMOS     - This routine draw a fractal tree (Quite nice!).
 LINE_EDIT.AMOS        - This is a procedure to put in your own listing 
                         that lets you enter text of a certain width. 
 BAT_N_BALL.AMOS       - This is an arkanoid type routine where a ball
                         bounces around the screen, and the bat is there
                         to deflect it away from the floor.
 SCROLLER.AMOS         - This is a routine that scrolls text across the 
                         screen, which is used in demos Etc!
 OUTLINE.AMOS          - This routine outlines certain bits of the screen 
                         in any colour. 
 FADE_PICTURE.AMOS     - This routine loads a 32 colour IFF picture, and
                         fades it onto the screen.
 32_TO_16.AMOS         - This routine converts a 32 or 64 colour IFF picture
                         into a 16 colour greyscale picture.
 PICCY_CONVERTER.AMOS  - This loads an IFF or ABK picture, and then it can
                         be saved as an IFF picture, an IFF Compacted 
                         picture for use with AMOS, or an ABK picture bank
                         for use with AMOS. 
 MUSIC_PLAYER.AMOS     - This is a music player which can load normal AMOS
                         ABK music or Sound-Tracker music.  Pressing a
                         mouse button loads another song, hold down CTRL & C
                         to quit. 
 PIXELIZE.AMOS         - This routine loads a picture, and uses the pixelize
                         effect to double the pixel size on a part of the 
                         screen.
 3D_REQUESTER.AMOS     - This is a set of procedures which can be put into
                         your own programs, when called a 3D requester will 
                         appear for prompting the user. 
 BUTTON_PRESS.AMOS     - This is another procedure which can be placed in 
                         your own programs, this checks for the mouse in
                         a certain part of the screen, and also checks for
                         a button press, then return the value 1-3 for the
                         button pressed in variable AN, otherwise AN will 
                         be 0.
 3D_BOX.AMOS           - This procedure lets the user draw a 3D box on the  
                         screen which can be pressed in or out, and in any  
                         colour they choose.  
 FILE_COPIER.AMOS      - This is a simple copying procedure which copies
                         files from A to B, and uses less that 2k of
                         memory for each file copied. 
 SHIP_GAME.AMOS        - Simply cintol the ship in this game with the 
                         joystick, and avoid the ball, use the fire 
                         button to shoot at the ball (PRETTY NAFF REALLY!)
 SHIFTER.AMOS          - This routine draws random circles on the screen, 
                         then colour cycles them for a moving effect. 
 SPEED_RACERS.AMOS     - This is a 2 player game of tron, first player to 
                         reach 5 points wins !!!
 ART_PROGGY.AMOS       - This is a full art package, but it isn't finished, 
                         the UNDO button does not work, and their are a lot 
                         of bugs in the main program, but it has some 
                         special features like loading Sprite & Icon banks, 
                         rotating & zooming parts of the screen, swapping 
                         colours and lots more. 
 FILES SUPPLIED :-
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 In  the  MUSIC  directory are two pieces of music, one ABK music file that
was  ripped from RED SECTOR MEGA-DEMO, and a Sound-Tracker music files that
was ripped from SOUND OF SILENTS.

 In  the  PICTURE  directory  are three pictures, one ABK picture & one IFF
file  taken  from  SILENTS SLIDE, and other IFF picture file taken from the
AMOS-DEMO.

 In the ICONS directory is one icon bank which was from the AMOS DATA disk.

 In  the  SPRITES  directory  is  one  sprite  bank which was from the AMOS
EXTRAS.

 I HOPE THAT THESE ROUTINES COME IN HANDY, AND THAT THEY MIGHT BE USED IN
 FUTURE AMOS CREATIONS......