SCPDU 5

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Issue 5 of SCPDU
Programs & Demos
- Menu coding & fonts by Simon Cooke, music by Michael Andrews), background graphics by Timothy Clague.
- Screenshots - aka Search: “Entropy Slideshow” by Simon Cooke.
- Moonlight Graphical Demo by Doogle.
- Middle Bit by Timothy Clague - SAM Coupe Public Domain Software Database.
- Entro 2 by Simon Cooke
- P. E. P. T. W. (Passing Exams the Potter Way).
- Next Issue - Search: “SCPDU 6 Advert Demo” by Simon Cooke
- Bob's Bitz
- Font-Show (Art by Stephen Wilson, code by Simon Cooke)
- Amiga Converter
- IFF Converter v0.9 by Michael Andrews
- Mode 5 demo by Michael Andrews
- Screen Effects routines by Axe (Ian Slavin)
- 256 Colour interlace screen by Michael Andrews.
Magazine Contents
Update
- Editorial
- General News
- Reviews
- Softrix Issue 1 and 2 (Simon Cooke)
- The All New NOJ Slideshow (Justin Ash)
- Fred Issue 23 (Justin Ash)
- Cursor Disk 1 (Justin Ash)
- Public Issue 4 (Simon Cooke)
- Enceladus Issue 11 (Simon Cooke)
- Console Game Reviews (Justin Ash, Percy, Weebles, Olug, Search: “Michael Hindle”)
- Addresses
- Letters
- Warhammer
- SAMCo's Demise
- Your Say
- Machine Code Tutorial
- Tech Spot
Advertisements
- ZAT
- Outlet
- FRED
Toilet Humor? section
- Horoscopes
- Fred's Last Ride (fiction, Simon Cooke)
- News (jokes presented by an animated presenter)
- Viz Letters
- Penstone
Instructions
How to load the magazine from this DSK file:
The attached disk has no DOS and no bootblock so will reset if you try and boot it. You will have boot the DOS from another disk first.
(This magazine shipped using Search: “MaxiDOS” by Simon Cooke, which was a modified copy of SAMDOS2 which moved the DOS out of the normal disk area to the outermost tracks (80-83). The archive copy does not include the extra data).
Trivia
Main Menu Scroller Text:
LET ME WELCOME YOU TO THE DELIGHTS OF ISSUE 5 OF SCPDU IF THIS ISSUE WERE 2000 YEARS OLD IT WOULD EASILY BE ONE OF THE SEVEN WONDERS OF THE WORLD BUT I SUPPOSE I'LL HAVE TO SETTLE WITH AN SCPDSA AWARD WINNER (DO THEY STILL EXIST?) CREDITS FOR THIS MENU GO TO: COOKIE FOR THE CODING AND FONT GFX MIKE AJ ETRACKER MODULE (AIN'T IT GOOD?) AND OF COURSE TIMOTHY CLAGUE FOR PRODUCING ONCE AGAIN A SUPERB MENU SCREEN (HE APOLOGISES FOR THE DISAPPEARANCE DURING ISSUE 4 BUT HAVE YOU TRIED DOING ARTWORK ON A COUPE USING VEEGAN MIND CONTROL (IE HE WAS ON HOLIDAY IN AMERICA CREDITS FOR THIS ISH GO TO STEPHEN WILSON THANKS FOR THE MASSIVE ARTICLE - I MANAGED TO MERGE IT!!!! THANKS ALSO FOR THE FONT-SCREENS COULD I HAVE SOME MORE? ALSO I HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH WHAT COOKIE WROTE ABOUT YOU IN ENTRO 2 (TRY PRESSING SPACE WHEN IN ENTRO 2 AND THEN RESETTING AFTER YOU HAVE HAD ENOUGH!!!) IAN SLAVIN (AXE) THANKS FOR P.E.T.P.W. (IT'S GREAT!!) THE NEWS FLASH PROGGY AND FOR THE REVIEWS AND BOB'S BITZ MENUS!! MIKE AJ THANKS FOR THE AMIGA IFF CONVERTOR THE MODE 5 PROGGY AND THE 256 COLOUR SCREEN TIME FOR SOME GREETZ.......A BIG SMACKING HELLO GOES TO COOKIE AND HIS FELLOW FRIEND NICAM PLUS THE REST OF THE ENTROPY GANG HELLO'S ALSO GO TO AXE (P.C.T.P.W - ISSUE 6?) NIEL McLEAN COOKIE SAYS TAKE NOTE OF THE RE-STRUCTURING AND USE IT WITH YOUR FORTHCOMING DEMOS (PEOPLE HAVE GOT 512 K SAM'S YOU KNOW!!) TIM CLAGUE HOW DA HOLIDAY GO? COME BACK RARING TO GO I HOPE (I NEED GFX FOR ISSUE 6) MARTIN WILSON THANKS FOR THE ARTICLES (AGAIN!) I'VE GOT YOUR PRINTER INTERFACE RING ME OR ETC! SAM SMITH THANKS FOR THE WRITE UP THINGY (MORE OF THE SAME BUT ON A DIFFERENT TOPIC BUT POSSIBLY LONGER?) PUBLIC WARNING >>>>>>>>>> PLEASE NOTE THAT IF THE MENU RUNS FOR MORE THAN APPROXIMATELY TEN MINUTES IT WILL HANG UP. THIS IS DUE TO A BUG IN OUR VERSION OF THE E-TRACKER COMPILER WE APOLOGISE FOR THIS INCONVENIENCE WRAPPING THE WORD WRAP......................................................................................................................................