--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 214 POWER BASIC Ref: F5G00014 Date: 04/16/98 From: ALEX WARREN Time: 05:25pm \/To: ALL (Read 1 times) Subj: Re: Basix Fanzine Website From: !!!---it's@fake.address---see.the.sig---!!! (Alex Warren) Subject: Re: Basix Fanzine Website Awards 1998 On the dull day of Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:02:03 GMT, !!!---it's@fake.address---see.the.sig---!!! (Alex Warren) scrawled: >Hi > > >Announcing... the Basix Fanzine Website Awards 1998! > >There are hundreds of websites out there focused on DOS BASICs - but which ones >are the best? > >If you'd like to nominate a site (it could be your own or someone else's) or >the "Basix Fanzine BEST WEBSITE AWARD 1998", please send an email to >basixawards98@dewarr.globalnet.co.uk > >I'd also like to give awards in other categories - any suggestions? Please send >an email if you have a suggestion for a category. > >I'd appreciate nominations and suggestions by 31st May 1998.... this is YOUR >CHANCE to get your website noticed, so please send your nominations!! > > >What can you win? Well, er.... a GIF file to display on your site (saying in >beautiful lettering "Basix Fanzine BEST WEBSITE AWARD WINNER 1998" or similar) >and of course a mention in the Basix Fanzine and at the Basix Fanzine sites. > > >If you have any comments, suggestions, nominations, or questions please do not >hesitate to send an email to basixawards98@dewarr.globalnet.co.uk ! So far the response I've had to this has been approximately around-about the ZERO mark :( So come on, surely **S*O*M*E*B*O*D*Y** has a BASIC website they wouldn't mind getting an award for? You !!-->CAN<--!! nominate your own site, BTW!! Alex Warren [a.k.a Electric Soup Seller] alexwarren@writeme.com East Claydon, Buckingham, England ICQ: 4043750 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Axe Software (@xe.web): http://come.to/axe - software solutions, freeware and shareware applications and games for Windows and DOS, the Basix Fanzine, and more Perdition Productions: http://members.tripod.com/~perditionproductions - mods, mod links, more mods, yet more mods, and a few more links *** QwkNews (tm) v2.1 * [TN71] Toast House Import --- GEcho 1.20/Pro * Origin: Toast House Remote (1:100/561) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 214 POWER BASIC Ref: F5G00015 Date: 04/16/98 From: TONY GREENWOOD Time: 07:26pm \/To: ALL (Read 1 times) Subj: Re: Basix Fanzine Website From: paxton@zetnet.co.uk (Tony Greenwood) Subject: Re: Basix Fanzine Website Awards 1998 Hey! !!!---it's@fake.address---see.the.sig---!!! (Alex Warren) wasn't it Thu, 16 Apr 1998 17:25:22 GMT that you wrote: >>If you'd like to nominate a site (it could be your own or someone else's) for >>the "Basix Fanzine BEST WEBSITE AWARD 1998", please send an email to >>basixawards98@dewarr.globalnet.co.uk >> >So far the response I've had to this has been approximately around-about the >ZERO mark :( So come on, surely **S*O*M*E*B*O*D*Y** has a BASIC website hey >wouldn't mind getting an award for? > >You !!-->CAN<--!! nominate your own site, BTW!! In that case I nominate my support site... Filos is a BASIC Language that allows you the simplicity of BASIC and the POWER of DirectX.....I run the support page at http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/paxton/filos/index.html Maybe this could be in Game Makers Catagory ? .. - Cheers - Tony Greenwood - paxton@zetnet.co.uk Computer Games Maker,HTML,STOS,Javascript,Filos PAXTONweb http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/paxton/ ------------------------------------------------------------- *** QwkNews (tm) v2.1 * [TN71] Toast House Import --- GEcho 1.20/Pro * Origin: Toast House Remote (1:100/561) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 214 POWER BASIC Ref: F5G00016 Date: 04/17/98 From: JOHN G. Time: 02:01am \/To: ALL (Read 1 times) Subj: Re: Basix Fanzine Website From: rudejohn@ptd.net (John G.) Subject: Re: Basix Fanzine Website Awards 1998 Hey Alex, I'd like to nominate The International Obfuscated Basic Code Contest website which can be found at http://home.ptd.net/~rudejohn/iobcc.html Do I win? C'ya, RudeJohn *** QwkNews (tm) v2.1 * [TN71] Toast House Import --- GEcho 1.20/Pro * Origin: Toast House Remote (1:100/561) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 214 POWER BASIC Ref: F5G00017 Date: 04/16/98 From: TOM HANSEN Time: 09:16pm \/To: ALL (Read 1 times) Subj: Re: Large App in PDS -- C From: Tom Hansen Subject: Re: Large App in PDS -- Convert to PowerBASIC? Don Schullian wrote: > > On Wed, 15 Apr 1998 10:46:03 -0500, Tom Hansen wrote: > > Hi, > > Sounds like a big one... [quote deleted] > > If your total code is only 300k then the whole thing COULD be stuffed into one > .EXE (or maybe 2 at most) which would reduce the need to CHAIN around and > would also, in all likelihood, reduce the overall size of the code. > Unfortunately, it seems that you may have misunderstood. The common routines alone are nearly 300K. Those common routines are utilized by each of the over 100 EXE's, which are themselves an average of 100-200K apiece. The total size of all EXE's right now is over 16 MEGS. My big problem is, that to link the common routines into each EXE would mean that the total size would mushroom to over 48 MEGS. -- Tom Hansen tomhNOSPAM@execpc.com (remove NOSPAM when replying) http://www.execpc.com/tomh *** QwkNews (tm) v2.1 * [TN71] Toast House Import --- GEcho 1.20/Pro * Origin: Toast House Remote (1:100/561) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 214 POWER BASIC Ref: F5G00018 Date: 04/16/98 From: TOM HANSEN Time: 09:17pm \/To: ALL (Read 1 times) Subj: Re: Large App in PDS -- C From: Tom Hansen Subject: Re: Large App in PDS -- Convert to PowerBASIC? This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------F320CC076111F4DBAD4AA69C Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --------------F320CC076111F4DBAD4AA69C Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-ID: <3536BB95.602C2CD4@execpc.com> Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1998 21:16:53 -0500 From: Tom Hansen X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04 [en] (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: alt.lang.powerbasic Subject: Re: Large App in PDS -- Convert to PowerBASIC? References: <6h2khl$cv4@newsops.execpc.com> <353d8201.1721250@news-ath.forthnet.gr> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Don Schullian wrote: > > On Wed, 15 Apr 1998 10:46:03 -0500, Tom Hansen wrote: > > Hi, > > Sounds like a big one... [quote deleted] > > If your total code is only 300k then the whole thing COULD be stuffed into one > .EXE (or maybe 2 at most) which would reduce the need to CHAIN around and > would also, in all likelihood, reduce the overall size of the code. > Unfortunately, it seems that you may have misunderstood. The common routines alone are nearly 300K. Those common routines are utilized by each of the over 100 EXE's, which are themselves an average of 100-200K apiece. The total size of all EXE's right now is over 16 MEGS. My big problem is, that to link the common routines into each EXE would mean that the total size would mushroom to over 48 MEGS. -- Tom Hansen tomhNOSPAM@execpc.com (remove NOSPAM when replying) http://www.execpc.com/tomh --------------F320CC076111F4DBAD4AA69C-- *** QwkNews (tm) v2.1 * [TN71] Toast House Import --- GEcho 1.20/Pro * Origin: Toast House Remote (1:100/561) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 214 POWER BASIC Ref: F5G00019 Date: 04/17/98 From: KROGG Time: 02:03am \/To: ALL (Read 1 times) Subj: Re: VESA code for PB3.2+ From: Krogg Subject: Re: VESA code for PB3.2+ Doug Lurie wrote: > > Don Schullian wrote: > > > > Hi, > Will this code support a mouse cursor in a Win95 DOS box? I have not > seen any that will? > Doug, I have noticed this much,the windows cursor usualy IS the cursor in the DOS box but if you "full screen" the box by pressing [alt]+[enter] you will see the "DOS" cursor.I dunno if this helps ya any but its my observation. Also most things done with Pbasic will look smoother and work better maybe even in some cases faster if you do use full screen mode as mentioned above. > I don't have PB3.2, I am still using FastBasic, but I am working on > getting PB, so my question is currently sort of hypothetical (Social > Security is kind of restricting on the purse strings :-) ). > > Best wishes, Doug. -- ___________ THE ___________ / _________ \ <\PRINCE /> / _________ \ / / __ \/ \\ // \/ __ \ \ / / / \ \\ // / \ \ \ / / / /\/ /""""""\ \/\ \ \ \ \ \ / / SEE HIS ( / \ \ SEE HIS \ \ / / \ \ \ \ FACE \/<> <>\/ SMILE / / / / \ \ \ \ / W \ / / / / / / \ \ /\_|||||_/\ / / \ \ / / / \ // ||| \\ / \ \ \ / / / /\ \ // ' \\ / /\ \ \ \ / / / / / / \ \ \ \ \ \ / / / \/ \_______________________/ \/ \ \ \ \ \ / /\_________________________________/\ \ / / \ \/ / krogg.no.to.spam@inspace.net \ \/ / \__/ Remove no.to.spam to reply \__/ http://www.inspace.net/~carcher/krogg/aani.htm Gory javascript animations for your enjoyment *** QwkNews (tm) v2.1 * [TN71] Toast House Import --- GEcho 1.20/Pro * Origin: Toast House Remote (1:100/561) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 214 POWER BASIC Ref: F5G00020 Date: 04/17/98 From: BOB ZALE Time: 02:44am \/To: ALL (Read 1 times) Subj: Re: PowerBASIC TSR -- CAL From: Bob Zale Subject: Re: PowerBASIC TSR -- CALL SUB's in it from regular program? Tom Hansen wrote: > > I decided to post my TSR calling idea in a separate message, to > perhaps catch the eye of someone who may have done it. > > I'll quote verbatim the section of the message I already posted, > under the subject "Large App in PDS..." > > Perhaps we could somehow utilize the "TSR" features of PowerBASIC to > make our "runtime" into a TSR that could then somehow be CALLED from > our programs. Has this been done??? > > It should be theoretically possible to create some sort of jump table > and have a small OBJ linked into each EXE, in which there would > be small "stubs" for each SUB in the runtime, and these > "stubs" would access the jump table to actually CALL the correct > routine in the TSR. We don't have the time or resources to explore > this possibility ourselves, but it at least indicates that perhaps > someone out there may have done it. > > Help??? > > -- > tomhNOSPAM@execpc.com > http://www.execpc.com/tomh Tom-- Your idea of using a TSR will work. No doubt about it. Since PB supports pointers, the idea is actually quite straight-forward. You just use the normal TSR interface to pass back the CODEPTR of various functions in the TSR during initialization, then use the built-in CALL DWORD function... of PowerBASIC to access them. Done deal. The needs you describe are the exact reason we added this important feature set. The only caveat is that you'll need to limit the use of dynamic strings as parameters of inter-process function calls. But that's why we offer industry-standard ASCIIZ strings as an option, as well as Fixed length strings and user-defined types. I'm glad you asked! Regards, Bob Zale PowerBASIC Inc. *** QwkNews (tm) v2.1 * [TN71] Toast House Import --- GEcho 1.20/Pro * Origin: Toast House Remote (1:100/561) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 214 POWER BASIC Ref: F5G00021 Date: 04/23/98 From: BOB SEWELL Time: 09:25pm \/To: GUY MACON (Read 1 times) Subj: Should we create comp Caught on tape by an undercover CIA agent were Guy Macon's words: GM> >~10 messages a day, perhaps... GM> That doesn't add up to the 120 votes needed. I won't pursue this if GM> there aren't enough votes. Message counts aren't usually indicative of how many people actually read a newsgroup. If only 5-10 % of those who subscribe do most of the posting while the rest merely lurk, then you almost have your 120 votes, providing the lurkers get off their duff and vote. 'Course, I've never subscribed to a newsgroup, don't know how to get one or post to it. I participate through the original internet, i.e., Fidonet of the BBS world. But if I can figure it out, I'll vote in the affirmative. If a comp group is voted in and created, does it require a certain message flow or periodic voting to remain in existence? ... Stultum facit Fortuna quem vult perdere. --- PPoint 2.05 * Origin: bobsewell@mindspring.com FIDO 1:116/30.3 (1:116/30.3)