A brief introduction -------------------- Welcome to Speedwriter II - the sequel. With this program, is it possibly to commit yourself to some very original kind of correspondence, which will be immediately visible once you start using the program. The revolutionary thing about "Speedwriter II" is that one doesn't simply type in a letter for another person to read, but that ALL control codes, insertion/deletion of lines, and much more, will be stored as well, causing the program to appear at the target reader as if it is being typed at the moment of playback. A very nice idea, thus. Public Domain products ---------------------- The products mentioned in this bit, just like the product to which this documentation file belongs to, are freeware, i.e. you can copy them freely and you don't have to pay for using them unless you really feel you want to (which would be nice). - The Background Music Utility (BMU) Working on the ST can be tedious. Wouldn't it be nice if you had one of about 25 different pieces of nice music sedately running in the background, taking up only an extremely minor fraction of your memory using the ST's built-in sound routines (which' capacity you should not underestimate)? Then this accessory is perfect for you. - Speedwriter II A somewhat older 'interactive animated correspondence' utility, including its GfA Basic source. With this, it is possible to send remarkable letters that you can see being typed as you look, including all cursor movements. Just a nice titbit. - Write Protect Utility Nothing fancy, this little thingy. It's just a tiny accessory that constantly displays the write-protect status of drives A and B (if connected) at the left top of the screen. Works on all systems! There's a source with it as well, which supplies you with the ONLY RIGHT WAY to read a floppy's write-protect status (works on all TOS versions, with one or two drives, on any ST/TT system). - Handy A tiny accessory that allows you to do three things: Access the file selector (handy when using one like "UIS III"), Specify date & time, and freeze the system until a password is entered. A source is included so that you can easily adapt the password, and then compile it again (using GfA Basic 3.x). - Wowbagger the Infinitely Prolonged Wowbagger is an accessory (including an editor for its appearance parameters) that swears to you at times. It can swear on the screen, or even on the printer. Millions of swearing words - most of them really ruthless, insulting and filthy - are possible. Nice to copy on the boot partition of an unsuspecting friend... - Name Creator Although this program will only appeal to those into reading and writing fantasy fiction, this utility will be useful to those who generally need to think up fantasy names in the category of dwarves, elves, etc. Using a database of existing parts of names (taken from Donaldson, Tolkien, Weis/Hickman, McCaffrey and Herbert, among others), you will be amazed at the quality of the many thousands of different names this program can come up with. Creating anagrams is also possible - though doing this with large names will use LOTS of memory. This program is being used professionally by a games company for their role playing games. Word parts can be added, a history can be kept, etc... The Speedwriter II Manual ------------------------- A user manual is hardly necessary for this program, but I will have a go at it anyway. The most important thing is the HELP key. This hides a small user guide to the program, invaluable during the first couple of sessions. Basically, you need all the keys on the keyboard to type your message as in any other text editor. Just use BACKSPACE to delete the character in front of the cursor, and the arrow cursor keys to move the cursor anywhere on the screen. You can also use some other keys for special effects: UNDO Kills the current session. Memory is cleared, and the system once again is as it was just after starting the program. HELP The Help screen. CLR HOME This clears the entire screen, and positions the cursor at the left top of the screen. DELETE Deletes the lines on which the cursor is. INSERT Inserts a line above the line where the cursor is. All lines below that are scrolled down by one line. ESCAPE Pause key (playback mode only). F1 Puts reverse video on, i.e. white characters on black background. F2 Puts reverse video (see above) off. F3 Toggle screen colors. The entire screen's colors are reversed (black becomes white and vice versa). F4 The disk operation department. Here, you can SAVE and LOAD your "Speedwriter II" data files (.SPW). F5 Run the current session from the start, or run the session you've just loaded. F6 An info screen. F10 Quit the entire program. The current session, if not already present on disk, will be lost. The program will only work on ST high resolution mode, and with any memory configuration. There is a demo .SWP file with it, as well as the source (in GfA Basic version 2). The Address ----------- I can be reached at the following address. There, I would like to receive possible donations. Richard Karsmakers Looplantsoen 50 NL-3523 GV Utrecht The Netherlands I'd like to remind you of the fact that, unless you've read otherwise, this address is valid up to 1994, for I don't plan on living at that address forever. The program on this disk and its manual are copyright 1991 by Richard Karsmakers. However, you may copy them as much as you want as long as the package remains complete (i.e. program + document file + other associated files). I would also like to send greetings to all my fellow shareware programmers on all systems: Ours is the divine cause! Ours is the task to change the world of software! Or, as Jeff would say: Death to The Men With Suits!