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AMOS Professional Misc Extension
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This extension should originally be shareware, but now AMOS won't be
updated and it's a bit old too. So this extension is now Public Domain
and includes source code (written in DevPac assembler). You may expand
this extension or copy some routines to the code of your extension, but
please, enter my name in the manual, such like: "Greetings to Frank Otto"
or "some routines from Misc Extension by Frank Otto". Thanks!
Maybe you already noticed that this extension is very buggy. Some commands
force AMOS to crash. Maybe I'll create a new version, but why don't you?
Just debug this extension and send it to Aminet. Do what you want with it,
it's Public Domain!
OK, to install it to AMOS Pro, just copy the "AMOSPro_Misc.Lib" to your
APSystem folder, load the Interpreter config and enter at number 23
"AMOSPro_Misc.Lib". Reboot AMOS Pro and...ready...!
Now the new commands:
Dled On Turns on drive led, don't ask me, where
this is for, but maybe when the drive led
doesn't stop reading, use the next command.
Dled Off Turns off drive led.
Display Off Turns display off. What you do, opening
screens etc., you don't see anything.
Display On Turns on display.
Multi Off Turns off Multitasking and increases about
10 % speed.
Multi On Turns Multitasking on. --WARNING-- you have to
turn it on again before you go back to the
editor or AMOS will crash.
Mouse Off Hides mouse and sprite 0. Better than "hide"
because the mouse is hidden forever, even in
the editor.
-->Suggestion: If you want to expand this
extension, why not make a "Mouse On" command?
Reset Resets your Amiga as if you press Ctrl+A+A and
destroys all (?) viruses.
Clear Ram Cleans up Memory by deleting all not-used
fonts, libs, etc.
Disk Wait Waits until you insert a new disk.
Firewait Waits until pressing fire button. Nothing else
than "While Fire(1)=0 : Wend" but more effective,
cause it's in assembler. A great command for
a pause function in a game.
-->Suggestion: You can make more wait-commands that
wait for left-mouse, right-,...
Pal On Forces AMOS to display everything in PAL
This command is not ready yet, it's very
buggy and forces AMOS to crash, so be careful!
-->Suggestion: debug this command and add "Pal Off"
command that switches to Ntsc.
If you want to send me your new Misc Extension or just write me for any
reason, here's my adress:
Frank Otto
Grelckstr. 27
22529 Hamburg
Germany
E-Mail: FRANK@ZINOCAVE.wind.dbn.sub.org