name: Australia
author: Keith Gaughan <keith@gaughan.to>
size: 274 bytes
needs: A computer? Seriously, just RISC OS 3 - may work on RISC OS 2
descr.: Makes your screen go all antipodean.
This was inspired by a silly for Whinedoze eMpTy which one of my friends
sent to me. The program was called Australia and did much the same thing as
this one. The thing was, it was about 128k long if I remember correctly
which I thought was just a little excessive - so I wrote this.
Run the program and northern hemisphere users'll see what it's like to use
RISC OS in the southern hemisphere and southern hemisphere users will be
treated to a similar view. When you're sick of seeing how the other half
lives, just click the mouse.
Bugs
This doesn't seem to be a bug of mine, but one belonging to WindowManager
3.98 (for RISC OS 3.1 - the only version of RISC OS I can test it on).
Unlike with WindowManager 3.16 which seems to have no problems with the
program, WindowManager 3.98 will go into an infinite loop if you try and
redraw part of an icon which is partially off the screen. Watchdog is
rendered useless by the bug - it just refuses to work. I don't know what is
causing the bug to occur, but I'd be pleased if somebody could tell me.
Files
Australia : The wee proggie itself.
ReadMe : What you're reading right now.
More.!Assemble : Run this to assemble the program.
More.Source : The file from whenst it came.
Anyhow, have fun with it. I know it won't win the competition, but
hopefully it will provide somebody with a few minutes of fun. If perchance
you want to contact me, do so by sending an email to keith@gaughan.to and
yes, that is a vanity address.
WWW: http://lightning.prohosting.com/~kgaughan/index.html
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