Micropendium Volume 1 Number 3 - Revision history

Amycjgrace: /* Budget Management System */

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‎Budget Management System

Amycjgrace: /* RECORD KEEPING */

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‎RECORD KEEPING

Amycjgrace: /* Classified */

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‎Classified

Amycjgrace: /* Looking better */

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‎Looking better

Amycjgrace: /* Adventurous words */

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‎Adventurous words

Amycjgrace: /* Another benchmark */

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‎Another benchmark

Amycjgrace: /* Test screens */

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‎Test screens

Amycjgrace: /* Test screens */

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‎Test screens

Amycjgrace: /* Bucks for tips */

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‎Bucks for tips

Amycjgrace: /* More TIs */

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‎More TIs

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 ==Budget Management System==
-A complete accounting system to
+A complete accounting system to manage simple & complex home or small business financial matters: consists of a family of six individual programs that operate as a single friendly package. Up to 150 user definable accounts, can group accounts into maximum 30 categories: very friendly, minimizes keystrokes: complete income, expense, asset and liability reports: extensive Operating Guide included: compares monthly & YTD budget/actual, computes Net Worth: all data retained for other programs. Requires Tl99/4A, 1 or 2 disk drives, Extended Memory, 80-column wide printer. Send $28.95 (CT residents add 7.5% sales tax) to: Sound Computer Design, 470 Haviland Road, Stamford, CT 06903. cor
 manage simple & complex home or
-small business financial matters:
+==ARRO-SOFT SYSTEMS==
 consists of a family of six individual
-programs that operate as a single
+Send $1.00 for catalog (refundable) of QUALITY Tl99/4A SOFTWARE for HOME and BUSINESS including CREAT-A-FILE, ARRO'S new Menu Driven DATA BASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM featuring User Defined Files, Keyword Search/Sort and built-in WORD PROCESSORS to print records as Labels, Data format or letter quality text. Store 350 132- character records per single sided disk. $49. 95. ARRO-SOFT SYSTEMS, P.O. Box 1761, EDMOND, OK 73083. n3
 friendly package. Up to 150 user definable
-accounts, can group accounts
+'''FREE''' surprise program listing when you send for our brochure of software and books exclusively for the TI-99/4A. RAL 543 Wilsonia Dept. CC, Cincinnati, OH 45205. n5
 into maximum 30 categories: very
-friendly, minimizes keystrokes:
+==INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC==
 complete income, expense, asset and
-liability reports: extensive Operating
+If you play or teach violin, trumpet, flute or clarinet, now use your TI as tutor in daily practice! These music educator-acclaimed programs provide unison tuning, major scales, chromatic fingerings, and metronome. Clear graphics show instrument
-Guide included: compares
+fingerings, note name and position on staff while note plays the correct pitch with tone color of instrument. Violin and trumpet BASIC. Flute and clarinet XBASIC. Cassette only. No other hardware needed. Each $15.00 Postpaid. Guaranteed. UNISONIC
-monthly & YTD budget/actual, computes
+RESOURCES, 922 Sherman, Toledo, OH 43608. n3
 Net Worth: all data retained
-for other programs. Requires
+==TI99/4A PRODUCTS==
-Tl99/4A, 1 or 2 disk drives, Extended
+'''
-Memory, 80-column wide printer.
+ASSEMBLY LANGUAGE TUTORIAL''' (step by step guide) for the TI99/4A ..... $14.50. 10 Examples in ASSEMBLY LANGUAGE (including DSR, BITMAP MODE, SORT, SPRITE, PRINT) ..... $10. 00. Program Writer, an advanced programming tool to allow you to create, document, update BASIC or Extended BASIC programs in a word processing environment. (Editor and tutorial manual included)... $18.00. Send check or money order to: The Softies, 7300 Gallagher Ste 220, Edina, MN 55435. n5
 Send $28.95 (CT residents add 7.5%
-sales tax) to: Sound Computer
+==EXTENDED BASIC PROGRAMS==
 Design, 470 Haviland Road, Stamford,
-CT 06903. cor
+Telephone Tone Dialer, SUPER SORTER, Math Teacher. Cassette $14.95, disk $19.95, each program. Alpha2, 4859 South Spencer, Seattle, WA 98118. n3

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 ==RECORD KEEPING==
-Flex-File program allows translation
+Flex-File program allows translation of Personal Record Keeping module files into a format which can be accessed by your BASIC or Extended BASIC programs. Use data from your module files without restraints imposed by the module. Write programs to perform customized data analysis or print specialized reports. Program uses "secret" module routines to allow access to data files. Send SASE for catalog or $9. 95 for cassette or $10. 95 for disk to TSS SOFTWARE: 8249 Bunnell Hill Rd., Springboro, OH 45066. n3
 of Personal Record Keeping
-module files into a format which can
+'''LEARN''' by experiences. Motivating interactive educational software for the TI99/4A, designed and fieldtested by professional educators. Free Catalog. Specialities include Math, Science, Administrative and Authoring system. Intellestar, 25 'West Middle Lane, Rockville, MD 20850, (301) 251-0046. Phone orders accepted. n3
 be accessed by your BASIC or
-Extended BASIC programs. Use
+==Budget Management System==
 data from your module files without
 A complete accounting system to
 manage simple & complex home or

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		+
		+	==Software for Sale==
		+
		+	TI-99/4A SOFTWARE BARGAIN! A complete library of 120 Terrific cassette programs ONLY 50 cents each! A GREAT BUY! Send for Free Catalog. THE EXCHANGE, HCC-2, P.O. Box 46, Sterling, VA 22170. n6
		+
		+	==TI-99/4A Software==
		+
		+	125 programs available, only $3 each! Not public domain, not translations, not pirated, not brief routines, these are absolutely original innovative programs utilizing full color and sound capabilities of the TI-99/ 4A. Programmed in BASIC but XBASIC etc. often optional. Games, education, music, displays, programmers' aids, etc. Catalog $1, refundable. Tigercub Software, 156 Collingwood, Whitehall, OH 43213. n3
		+
		+	==RECORD KEEPING==
		+	Flex-File program allows translation
		+	of Personal Record Keeping
		+	module files into a format which can
		+	be accessed by your BASIC or
		+	Extended BASIC programs. Use
		+	data from your module files without
		+	restraints imposed by the module.
		+	Write programs to perform customized
		+	data analysis or print specialized
		+	reports. Program uses "secret"
		+	module routines to allow access to
		+	data files. Send SASE for catalog or
		+	$9. 95 for cassette or $10. 95 for disk to
		+	TSS SOFTWARE: 8249 Bunnell Hill
		+	Rd., Springboro, OH 45066. n3
		+	LEARN by experiences. Motivating
		+	interactive educational software for
		+	the TI99/4A, designed and fieldtested
		+	by professional educators.
		+	Free Catalog. Specialities include
		+	Math, Science, Administrative and
		+	Authoring system. Intellestar, 25
		+	'West Middle Lane, Rockville, MD
		+	20850, (301) 251-0046. Phone orders
		+	accepted. n3
		+	Budget Management System
		+	A complete accounting system to
		+	manage simple & complex home or
		+	small business financial matters:
		+	consists of a family of six individual
		+	programs that operate as a single
		+	friendly package. Up to 150 user definable
		+	accounts, can group accounts
		+	into maximum 30 categories: very
		+	friendly, minimizes keystrokes:
		+	complete income, expense, asset and
		+	liability reports: extensive Operating
		+	Guide included: compares
		+	monthly & YTD budget/actual, computes
		+	Net Worth: all data retained
		+	for other programs. Requires
		+	Tl99/4A, 1 or 2 disk drives, Extended
		+	Memory, 80-column wide printer.
		+	Send $28.95 (CT residents add 7.5%
		+	sales tax) to: Sound Computer
		+	Design, 470 Haviland Road, Stamford,
		+	CT 06903. cor
		+	ARRO-SOFT SYSTEMS
		+	Send $1.00 for catalog (refundable) of
		+	QUALITY Tl99/4A SOFTWARE for
		+	HOME and BUSINESS including
		+	CREAT-A-FILE, ARRO'S new Menu
		+	Driven DATA BASE MANAGEMENT
		+	SYSTEM featuring User
		+	Defined Files, Keyword Search/Sort
		+	and built-in WORD PROCESSORS to
		+	print records as Labels, Data format
		+	or letter quality text. Store 350 132-
		+	character records per single sided
		+	disk. $49. 95. ARRO-SOFT SYSTEMS,
		+	P.O. Box 1761, EDMOND, OK
		+	73083. n3
		+	FREE surprise program listing when
		+	you send for our brochure of software
		+	and books exclusively for the TIThe
		+	99/4A. RAL 543 Wilsonia Dept. CC,
		+	Cincinnati, OH 45205. n5
		+	INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC
		+	If you play or teach violin, trumpet,
		+	flute or clarinet, now use your TI as
		+	tutor in daily practice􀂯 These music
		+	educator acclaimed programs provide
		+	unison tuning, major scales,
		+	chromatic fingerings, and metronome.
		+	Clear graphics show instrument
		+	fingerings, note name and position
		+	on staff while note plays the
		+	correct pitch with tone color of
		+	instrument. Violin and trumpetB
		+	ASIC. Flute and clarinetXBASIC.
		+	Cassette only. No other
		+	hardware needed. Each $15.00 Postpaid.
		+	Guaranteed. UNISONIC
		+	RESOURCES, 922 Sherman, Toledo,
		+	OH 43608. n3
		+	Tl99/4A PRODUCTS
		+	ASSEMBLY LANGUAGE TUTORIAL
		+	(step by step guide) for the
		+	TI99/4A ..... $14.50. 10 Examples in
		+	ASSEMBLY LANGUAGE (including
		+	DSR, BITMAP MODE, SORT,
		+	SPRITE, PRINT) ..... $10. 00. Program
		+	Writer, an advanced programming
		+	tool to allow you to create,
		+	document, update BASIC or
		+	Extended BASIC programs in a word
		+	processing environment. (Editor
		+	and tutorial manual included)...
		+	$18.00. Send check or money order
		+	to: The Softies, 7300 Gallagher Ste
		+	220, Edina, MN 55435. n5
		+	EXTENDED BASIC PROGRAMS
		+	Telephone Tone Dialer, SUPER SORTER,
		+	Math Teacher. Cassette $14.95,
		+	disk $19.95, each program. Alpha2,
		+	4859 South Spencer, Seattle, WA 98118.
		+	n3

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 ==Adventurous words==
-Members of the Cedar Valley 99er
+Members of the Cedar Valley 99er Users Group of Grand Rapids, Iowa, know that a good vocabulary can lead to success in adventure gaming. Here's some words to remember from Grand Rapids: east, west, north, south, go, climb, drop, enter, exam (examine), help, leave, light, look, move, pull, push, quit, read, save game, say, take, wear, lift, score, open, unlock, lock, unlight, close, dig, jump, crawl, feel, touch, poke, get, drink, chew, eat, give, put, ride, fix, up, down, left and right.
 Users Group of Grand Rapids, Iowa,
-know that a good vocabulary can lead
+==Looking better==
 to success in adventure gaming.
-Here's some words to remember from
+Those who use a black and white television with their computers can do something to make a clearer display. The Arizona 99 Users Group recommends that you add this line to the beginning of your programs: CALL SCREEN (15). This will disable the color-generating circuit in the computer and remove the vertical lines often seen on black and white televisions. They say it also increases the sharpness of the characters.
 Grand Rapids: east, west, north,
-south, go, climb, drop, enter, exam
+<small>'''User notes is a column of tips and ideas designed to help reader put their home computers to better use.'''</small>
 (examine), help, leave, light, look,
-move, pull, push, quit, read, save
+<small>'''The information provided here comes from many sources, including TI home computer user group newsletters. We encourage everyone to contribute items for publications in this column.'''</small>

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 FOR H=0 TO 100 STEP 50<br>
 FOR Q=0 TO 100 STEP 25<br>
 FOR D= 0 TO 100 STEP 10<br>
 FOR N=0 TO 100 STEP 5<br>
 FOR P=0 TO 100 STEP 5<br>
 IF (P+ N + D+Q+ H)( )100 THEN 90<br>
 C=C+ 1<br>
 PRINT C: P: N/5: D/10; Q/25; H/50<br>
 NEXT P<br>
 NEXT N<br>
 NEXT D<br>
-NEXT Q<br>
+==Cursor under control==
-NEXT H<br>
+This routine takes up 416 bytes and permits the user to move the cursor around the screen. It comes from the Sidney Australia Users Group via the Tri-State Users Group in Lincoln, Rhode Island.
-PRINT "TOTAL": C<br>
+CALL CLEAR<br>
 Members of the Cedar Valley 99er
 Users Group of Grand Rapids, Iowa,

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 After the title screen comes on, input the *#* code. The screen will ask for the number of players. Then you will be asked to select the number of alpiners you wish to start with. Then you will be asked to input player names followed by the level of difficulty. The game will then start. The screen will display up to six shoes, each shoe equaling one alpiner.
-'''Star Trek:''' Inputting the *#* code
+'''Star Trek:''' Inputting the *#* code after the title screen comes on results in an unspecified supply of shields and photon torpedoes. A reasonably good player should be able to parlay these resources into a million points. However, the Klingons seem to be more aggressive in this mode and the first screen that you face has many of them, most of which turn white very quickly. Warp power also seems to be replenished rapidly so you can outmaneuver the Klingons for a while. Be warned, however, that once you've entered the test mode in this game, the only way to get out of it is to hit Function QUIT.
-after'the title screen comes on results
-in an unspecified supply of shields and
+Also, if you've got a speech synthesizer attached, you can turn the voice off by simply entering * at the title screen. I don't know why anyone would want to do this, but ours is not to reason why.
 photon torpedoes. A reasonably good
-player should be able to parlay these
+==More on scrolling==
 resources into a million points. However,
-the Klingons seem to be more
+There's more than_ one way to get your TI to scroll. Last month's User Notes column carried an item about using the Function REDO key to scroll forward and backward in Extended BASIC. According to Jeff Schultz of Sprite-O-Lite, scrolling is easy to do in
-aggressive in this mode and the first
+BASIC, too. All you need to do is to enter the line number you wish to start scrolling and theh hold the Function X (down arrow) key down. Depress the up arrow key (Function E) to scroll up.
 screen that you face has many of
-them, most of which turn white very
+==Another benchmark==
 quickly. Warp power also seems to be
-replenished rapidly so you can outmaneuver
+Benchmark programs are often used to compare one computer with another. While no single such program will provide any definitive conclusions about what computer is best, running a number of them provide insight into a machine's strengths and weaknesses.
-the Klingons for awhile. Be
-warned, however, that once you've
+This program, written in BASIC, will run on most microcomputers. What it does is calculate 292 change combinations for a dollar. Some machines will run it in less than a second while others take nearly an hour. The program had to be aborted on a mainframe it was running on after 25 minutes because the main processor was so occupied with it that it had almost stopped processing all other tasks.
 entered the test mode in this game, the
-only way to get out of it is to hit Function
+By the way, it runs perfectly well inExtended BASIC, too.
 QUIT.
-Also, if you've got a speech synthesizer
+FOR H=0 TO 100 STEP 50<br>
 attached, you can turn the voice
-off by simply entering * at the title
+FOR Q=0 TO 100 STEP 25<br>
 screen. I don't know why anyone
-would want to do this, but ours is not to
+FOR D= 0 TO 100 STEP 10<br>
 reason why.
-More on scrolling
+FOR N=0 TO 100 STEP 5<br>
 There's more than_ one way to get
-your TI to scroll. Last month's User
+FOR P=0 TO 100 STEP 5<br>
 Notes column carried an item about
-using the Function REDO key to scroll
+IF (P+ N + D+Q+ H)( )100 THEN 90<br>
-forward and backward in _Extended
-BASIC. According to Jeff Schultz of
+C=C+ 1<br>
 Sprite-O-Lite, scrolling is easy to do in
-BASIC, too. All you need to do is to
+PRINT C: P: N/5: D/10; Q/25; H/50<br>
 enter the line number you wish to start
-scrolling and theh hold the Function X
+NEXT P<br>
 (down arrow) key down. Depress the
-up arrow key (Function E) to scroll
+NEXT N<br>
 up.
-Another benchmark
+NEXT D<br>
 Benchmark programs are often
-used to compare one computer with
+NEXT Q<br>
 another. While no single such program
-will provide any definitive conclusions
+NEXT H<br>
 about what computer is best, running
-a number of them provide insight into
+PRINT "TOTAL": C<br>
-a m a c h i n e's s t r e n g t h s a n d
 weaknesses.
 Cursor under control
 This routine takes up 416 bytes and

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 ==Test screens==
-Just about anybody can get a high
+Just about anybody can get a high score in Munch Man, Alpiner and Star Trek using a simple code that provides the user with the keys to the kingdom, so to speak.
 score in Munch Man, Alpiner and Star
-Trek using a simple code that provides
+This code opens the cartridge-based  games to a test mode that lets the user get additional men in Alpiner and Munch Man and provides virtually unlimited photon and torpedo supplies in Star Trek.
 the user with the keys to the kingdom,
-so to speak.
+The code that brings up the test mode for all three cartridges is SHIFT 8, SHIFT 3, SHIFT 8, or*#*.
 This code opens the cartridge-based
-games to a test mode that lets the user
+Following is how to input the code for the three cartridges:
 get additional men in Alpiner and
-Munch Man and provides virtually
+'''Munch Man:''' Input *#* immediately after the title screen comes on. If you've done it properly you should see the following line: RND (0-2). This stands for the round number. The higher the round number, the faster the Hoo nos move. Select the round number and then press the enter key. This will produce a second line: SCN (0-19). This refers to the screen number. After entering the screen number, a third line appears: MM (1-9). This lets you choose the number of munch men you want to start with, up to nine. After entering the number the game will start at the round number and screen number your chose. The screen will indicate that you have only four munch men in reserve if you chose four or more. However, they will be replenished until you've used the
-unlimited photon and torpedo supplies
+number you selected.
 in Star Trek.
-The code that brings up the test
+'''Alpiner:''' The test mode in this climbing game lets you start play with as many as nine alpiners. You also get to choose the level of difficulty, ranging from 1 to 18.
 mode for all three cartridges is SHIFT
-, SHIFT 3, SHIFT 8, or*#*.
+After the title screen comes on, input the *#* code. The screen will ask for the number of players. Then you will be asked to select the number of alpiners you wish to start with. Then you will be asked to input player names followed by the level of difficulty. The game will then start. The screen will display up to six shoes, each shoe equaling one alpiner.
 Following is how to input the code
-for the three cartridges:
+'''Star Trek:''' Inputting the *#* code
 after'the title screen comes on results
 in an unspecified supply of shields and

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 ==Bucks for tips==
-You won't be able to retire on this,
+You won't be able to retire on this, but the Compendium will pay $10 for tips sent in by readers that appear in the User Notes column. In case of duplicate tips, the earliest received will be used. We are most interested in publishing information that will be of interest to BASIC and Extended BASIC programmers. Ideas that help users overcome hardware problems or limitations are also welcome. Please send items to the Compendium, P.O. Box 1343, Round Rock, TX 78680. Include your name, phone number and address with each submission. Unused submissions cannot be acknowledged or returned.
 but the Compendium will pay $10 for
-tips sent in by readers that appear in
+==Nonstop running==
 the User Notes column. In case of
-duplicate tips, the earliest received
+Protecting software from being copied is an increasing problem for TI home computer programmers. While this tip isn't going to stop everyone from copying an Extended BASIC program, it will stymie most. The Central Iowa 99/4A Users Group suggests that in addition to using the Extended BASIC p ro tection feature, programmers included an ON BREAK NEXT command to prevent their programs from being cleared. This command disables the CLEAR (Function 4) key so that the program can't be stopped after the RUN command is issued.
 will be used. We are most interested in
-publishing information that will be of
+==Test screens==
 interest to BASIC and Extended
 Just about anybody can get a high
 score in Munch Man, Alpiner and Star