Skyhigh 15 Editorial - Revision history

Ymgve at 14:52, 31 August 2007

2007-08-31T14:52:45Z

Ymgve at 14:45, 31 August 2007

2007-08-31T14:45:56Z

Ymgve at 14:44, 31 August 2007

2007-08-31T14:44:43Z

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==Editorial==

Yohooooooo.

Finally SKYHIGH is released again. - Yes I did promise
in the previous issue that Skyhigh would be released
on a regular basis again. So why the hell did you have
to wait almost 2 months again???
well it could be that Skyhigh should be released on a
bi-monthly basis??? Nooooooooot!!!!!!

No the reason should be clear to everbody by now!
Yes you guessed it. The improved outfit.
Some time ago Raz of Camelot visited my girl and me
for a couple of days here at our house. Ofcoz we
spent some hours infront of our commies..
Well to make a long story short (if it isn't too late!!!)
then we began talking about some very old ideas for
an improvement of the outfit.
I had talked for a very long time about having a pro-
portional font upscroll instead of the 40 chars we've
used so far. Actually then I asked Raz for such an
upscroller almost a year ago. At that time he said it
couldn't be done. Or atleast it couldn't be done so it
worked properly. Well things luckily do change, and
Raz had an idea how it could be done. So he started
coding.

I have dreamt of beeing the first mag with this kind of
upscroller for a long time, so I were shocked that my
friends in Entropy (now ANGRY) also wanted to relea-
se The Tribune with such a routine..
Damn now I had to work fast, coz I still wanted to be
numero uno.

To Barry & Elvira :

Hi you two!! Believe me when I'm saying that I have
played with the idea for more than a year. What I am
trying to say is that I haven't ripped off your idea
what so ever. But I know that you believe me.
The problem was, that I was convinced it couldn't be
done at all, untill Raz found a way to do it..
So here it is....

OK, back to the editorial. Well Raz left, and continued
the coding at home. 'Unfortunately' he's studying at
the university, so Skyhigh had to have 2nd priority.
I know he has had a hard time at the university lately
so I had to be patience and simply wait. It have not
been easy, but there were nothing I could do about it

This is not meant as a lame excuse for the delay! No,
it's simply to give you all an explanation why you had
to wait.

Now it's interesting if other mags will start using the
same kind of rutines in their mags too!! Somehow I got
the feeling that SKYHIGH won't be the only one!! If
everything goes as planned then The Tribune should
also come out with a similar upscroller soon.
And I think much more will follow in the future. So I
guess we'll have to wait and see - right!!

what else has been changed in the outfit ?

Besides the proportional font upscroller we have
also changed the colours slightly. I found the grey
colours better-looking than $0b on $00. Sure most
proportional rutines are using these colours, but
what the hell. They still are the best in my opinion!!

The 'Headline' has also been changed a bit. Now the
yellow 'line' is also in the border. Furthermore then
we have changed the headline/zakname routine a bit.
No big change, but still a nice one I think!

The ifli sprite has also been moved to a new position.
Also nothing revolutionary, but simply to make the
layout look better.

The last changes in the text-reading part is the con-
trol system.
In the previous issue you had 2 different speeds to
scroll up'n'down. This time we have made it quite dif-
ferent.

===UPSCROLLER===

To use the upscroll routine you can use joystick in
port 2, or the following keys :

Text up and down : joy up'n'down - crsr key up/down<br/>
Return to menu : fire - return

===PAGE SHIFT===

Page shift : joy left'n'right - crsr key left/r.<br/>
return to menu : fire - return

Yep that's the changes in the reading part, but more
changes has been done!

The old loader system has been replaced with an irq-
loader sytem coded by GLASNOST of CAMELOT. It's de-
packing while it's loading, exactly as the old one, but
now its even a irq.

The tunes are no longer in memory, so they'll have to
be loaded from the disk now. This shouldn't mean any-
thing what so ever. On the contrary then it's possible
to have an unlimited amount of tunes now...

The menu is the same as in the previous issue. Also
the control is the same. Either use joystick in port 2,
or the cursor-keys.
Simply move the pointer over the chapter you want to
load and press fire/return. The outfit ofcoz won't
load a chapter which is already in memory; it'll just
return to the upscroller.

===HOW TO RETURN TO THE UPSCROLL..===

I think that someone might not know this :
To return to the upscroll you must move the pointer
to left upper corner and press fire/return on the
star, or you can simply press the '*' on the keyboard.
Ok - no more about the outfit for now.
I hope you'll write to me about your opinion about the
improvements.

So what can SKYHIGH offer you this time ?

Yep you can read the story about me and RRR. What
has happend, and how is the situation now? You can
also see whether the rumours about me and Camelot
are true or not. (Eventhough it's no longer rumours!!)

You'll find the information in the chapters :
'tha Biz-mix!' & (Why RRR, why?)

Dont miss the interview with the hungarian composer
Taki. A member of Natural Beat. A quite good music-
lable I think!

Dow Jones is back with another letter concerning the
growing nazism. As you might know then he's here for
the second time.

You shouldn't miss the party invitations either. Yep
that's right more parties are on the way...

'Help me' is a chapter written by me. Well I think the
word encouragement is better than chapter, but why
not check it out yourselves.

Finally I would like to mention the extras for this
time. There's no less than 4 extras this time.

===Anti Nazi part by Excess===

Yep the dudes in Excess also did a part for the demo,
but they didn't manage to mail it in time. So I decided
to bring it with this issue of Skyhigh instead. I have
included a loader so it reloads Skyhigh when space is
pressed. (btw all the extras are located on the flip-
side !!!!)

===Cracking competition by E.B.E.S.===

This is nothing less than a competition for crackers.
Electric Boys Entertainment Software are giving away
prizes for the best crack of a certain game. Read all
about it yourself. (You can't return to Skyhigh from
this one!!!)

===MAD Picture===

Just as it says : a picture by Mad of padua. Done in
i-fli and with the possibility to reload Skyhigh...

===DEADLINE===

Nope this is not what it sounds like.
This is the a 2 level version of the game 'Deadline'
done by Phil Nicholsen, or maybe better known as :
Betrayer of Spirit. Do you like this game ? Well why
not buy the entire game then ???
(Here's also no return to Skyhigh!!!!)

ok that's all I'll write about the chapters, now it's up
to you to do the rest.

Next time Skyhigh will be powerfull as never before!
Mad of Padua will be there with his chapter. Cupid of
Angry will start writing for me e aswell, and finally
The Intruder of Avantgarde has accepted a place as
co-editor. I have an idea what he should do, but I will
not reveal it now. So all you can do is to wait....

Yep, time to end this chapter. And why not do it with
some creditz !

SKYHIGH

* Code by Raz/Camelot
* Grafix by Biz Kid/Camelot
* Irq-loader by Glasnost/Camelot

Music composed by

# 'Depressions' by Fanta/Plush/Natural Beat
# 'Why go away' by Rap/Jabole/Lepsi/No Name
# 'Partytime' by Peace/Noice

Mad pic was done by Mad/Padua (surprise!!!!)
The code was also by Mad and the tune is composed
by Rap/Jabole/Lepsi/No Name and is entitled :
'Strange Planet'

Yep that's all for now my friends. So all there's left
to say is : See ya somewhere else!!!

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SKYHIGH - THE NEXT GENERATION
BIZ KID

@@ Line 17: / Line 17: @@
 then we began talking about some very old ideas for
 an improvement of the outfit.
-I had talked for a very long time about having a pro-
+I had talked for a very long time about having a proportional font upscroll instead of the 40 chars we've
-portional font upscroll instead of the 40 chars we've
 used so far. Actually then I asked Raz for such an
 upscroller almost a year ago. At that time he said it
@@ Line 28: / Line 27: @@
 I   have dreamt of beeing the first mag with this kind   of
 upscroller for a long time, so I were shocked that my
-friends in Entropy (now ANGRY) also wanted to relea-
+friends in Entropy (now ANGRY) also wanted to release The Tribune with such a routine..
-se The Tribune with such a routine..
 Damn now I had to work fast, coz I still wanted to be
 numero uno.
@@ Line 79: / Line 77: @@
 layout look better.
-The last changes in the text-reading part is the con-
+The last changes in the text-reading part is the control system.
-trol system.
 In the previous issue you had 2 different speeds to
-scroll up'n'down. This time we have made it quite dif-
+scroll up'n'down. This time we have made it quite different.
-ferent.
 ===UPSCROLLER===
@@ Line 102: / Line 98: @@
 changes has been done!
-The old loader system has been replaced with an irq-
+The old loader system has been replaced with an irq-loader sytem coded by GLASNOST of CAMELOT. It's depacking while it's loading, exactly as the old one, but
-loader sytem coded by GLASNOST of CAMELOT. It's de-
-packing while it's loading, exactly as the old one, but
 now its even a irq.
 The tunes are no longer in memory, so they'll have to
-be loaded from the disk now. This shouldn't mean any-
+be loaded from the disk now. This shouldn't mean anything what so ever. On the contrary then it's possible
-thing what so ever. On the contrary then it's possible
 to have an unlimited amount of tunes now...
@@ Line 141: / Line 134: @@
 Dont miss the interview with the hungarian composer
-Taki. A member of Natural Beat. A quite good music-
+Taki. A member of Natural Beat. A quite good music-label I think!
-lable I think!
 Dow Jones is back with another letter concerning the
@@ Line 164: / Line 156: @@
 to bring it with this issue of Skyhigh instead. I have
 included a loader so it reloads Skyhigh when space is
-pressed. (btw all the extras are located on the flip-
+pressed. (btw all the extras are located on the flip-side !!!!)
 side !!!!)
 ===Cracking competition by E.B.E.S.===

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 Yohooooooo.
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 to say is : See ya somewhere else!!!
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+SKYHIGH - THE NEXT GENERATION
-         SKYHIGH - THE NEXT GENERATION
-                                            BIZ KID
+BIZ KID