UTILITY NEWS
LC240 EPROM is a program to adjust the settings of the internal Eprom of the STAR LC printer to the user's choice. A full range of customization is possible, and the help notes go to great lengths to warn against its use on other printers! Might be fun to see what happens! Programmer: Carl Murray (UK).
Datel have finally run out of the +D system and are not undertaking any more repairs. Systems still under a year old should be covered by the guarantee. The Datel bloke to hassle is called Mark!
FPD has been granted permission to distribute SCENE disczine in the UK. Issue three has just been released and features articles (all written in German!—well, it is from Austria), demos, animation and the FFONT volumes 1–6. Programmer Tigers Claw is also putting the finishing touches to his new game, LEGACY OF THE ZER EMPIRE.
DROP OUT is a new utility that may be able to restore a Screen$ file that has been stored on a dodgy tape. Tape-level drop-outs usually mean the file is lost forever, but give this util a spin. Programmer: Graham Collier (UK).
DESKTOP is a brand-new package aimed at simple yet attractive desktop publishing. Designed by Creepy Crawley man Phil Peacock, the Tape/+3 version is out now, with the +D version to follow shortly.
MPRINT is the dedicated print routine that comes with it, but it can be used on its own as a handy screen dump utility.
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