Date   : Tue, 10 Aug 2010 19:26:50 +0200
From   : rick@... (Rick Murray)
Subject: Free Stuff Tranche III [Results]

On 10/08/2010 18:16, Rob wrote:

> $&900=CHR$0+"xSomething rude"+CHR$0

$&900=CHR$0+"x<rudeness!>"+STRING$(240,CHR$7)+CHR$0

Works a treat on BeebEm! :-) It's a shame we can't sneak in a JMP back 
to &287 (I don't think the Beeb has something like OS_WriteS?), but 
that'd get a bit complicated.


 > particularly effective at Micro User shows or suchlike when the machines
 > were accessible, but the power switches were not..

Oooh, evil!


That said, I must admit to altering the Windows flying text screensaver 
in PC World to say "Don't buy me, I'm a crap computer". I did this on a 
cheapo box and looked around the shop, reading practically everything on 
all the boxes of software (was bored, waiting for somebody who was 
_very_ late). An hour and a half later, the screen was still scrolling 
that message AFTER a PFY had managed to find Control Panel but had 
failed to find where the display settings were. Damn, I should have set 
it to ask for a password...


Best wishes,

Rick.

-- 
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BBC B: DNFS, 2 x 5.25" floppies, EPROM prog, Acorn TTX
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