AA Type Ins

AA 001 - October 1985

No listings published in this issue

AA 002 - November 1985

No listings published in this issue

AA 003 - December 1985

• Disk Image - instructions and screenshots are also included
• Screenshots:

001 - Zebra Windmills

002 - Lissajoux Figures

003 - Dionysian Spiral

AA 004 - Christmas 1985

• User Defined Graphics (David Muir)

• Disk Image - instructions and screenshots are also included
• Screenshots:

004 - User Defined Graphics

AA 005 - February 1986

• Music Composer (Simon Selway)

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Screenshots

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  Music Composer

AA 006 - March 1986

• Amstrad Drumkit (John Keneally)
• Psychedelic Plot (John Keneally)
• Disk Menu (Mike Singleton)
• Graphic Patterns (Martin Scarland)

A modification to Amstrad Drumkit was published in the June 1986 issue (#9). The modified version later appeared on the covertape included with the Christmas 1986 issue (#16), and again on the covertape included with the November 1991 issue (#74).

John Keneally also programmed the game Dervish, which was published by The Power House in 1988.

Graphic Patterns is a slightly modified version of a listing that was published in the CPC464 User Instructions. This was confirmed by a reader who wrote a letter to Amstrad Action, which was published in the May 1986 issue (#8).

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Screenshots

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  Amstrad Drumkit
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  Psychedelic Plot
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  Disk Menu
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  Graphic Patterns

AA 007 - April 1986

• Codebreaker (Paul Taylor) - a modification was also provided for users of green screen monitors

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Screenshots

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  Codebreaker
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  Codebreaker, modified for use on green screen monitors

AA 008 - May 1986

• Conveyor Belt (Roger Wilson)
• Swirl (Paul Fairhurst)
• Rotating Sphere (James Cadwallader)

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Screenshots

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  Conveyor Belt
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  Swirl
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  Rotating Sphere

AA 009 - June 1986

• Drumkit Revisited (Peter Newman) - a modification to Amstrad Drumkit that allows each sound channel to be reset
• Unerase (Alexander Clark) - separate versions are provided for system/vendor format discs and data format discs
• Etch-a-Sketch (Dick Ruck)
• Typing Tutor (Dick Ruck)
• Trix (Philip Gardner)
• Key-RSX (Philip Pepperell)

A correction to Unerase was published in the August 1986 issue (#11), which fixed a problem where the wrong line number was displayed if the user typed in the DATA statements incorrectly. However, the program still works without the correction if it is typed in without any mistakes.

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Screenshots

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  Drumkit Revisited
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  Unerase
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  Etch-a-Sketch
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  Typing Tutor
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  Trix
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  Key-RSX

AA 010 - July 1986

• Speed 3K (Chris Rollo)
• CAT#8 (Justin Macklin)
• Blitter (Paul Bond)

Two versions of CAT#8 were supposed to be published in this issue - one version for CPC464 machines, and a shorter version for CPC664 and CPC6128 machines, which used the COPYCHR$ command. However, Amstrad Action forgot to print the 464 version. It was published in the August 1986 issue (#11).

Blitter later appeared on the covertape included with the Christmas 1986 issue (#16).

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Screenshots

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  Blitter

AA 011 - August 1986

• Bouncers (Justin Hedden)
• CAT#8 (Justin Macklin) - the 464 version, which was mistakenly omitted from the July 1986 issue (#10)

The 464 version of CAT#8 also works on CPC664 and CPC6128 machines.

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Screenshots

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  Bouncers

AA 012 - September 1986

• Letter Puzzler (Simon Watson)
• Manuscript (Colin Powell)

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Screenshots

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  Letter Puzzler

AA 013 - October 1986

• GIGO (John C. Ablett)

GIGO later appeared on the covertape included with the Christmas 1986 issue (#16).

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  GIGO

AA 014 - November 1986

• Poster Maker (Peter Doel)
• Torus (Roger Wilson)
• Simon (T. Magee)

Amstrad Action neglected to mention that Simon only works on CPC664 and CPC6128 machines, due to its use of commands that are only available in BASIC 1.1. This was noted in the December 1986 issue (#15), and they offered "apologies to any frustrated 464 users." A reply to a letter from a reader that was published in the Christmas 1986 issue (#16) also stated that the type-in only works on CPC664 and CPC6128 machines.

Simon also contains a minor bug; when entering the playing speed, you must enter F or S in upper case. The program does not accept lower case letters. Amstrad Action did not print a correction in any subsequent issues.

The Problem Attic section of this issue contains a feature on vertical and horizontal hardware scrolling, which includes several example type-ins.

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Screenshots

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  Torus
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  Simon

AA 015 - December 1986

From this issue, the Type-Ins section was expanded to five pages, allowing many more type-ins to be published in each issue. A new typesetting process was also used in order to make them easier for users to enter correctly.

• Sound Digitizer (Richard Monteiro)
• Motor Control (Alex Aird)
• Kaleidoscope (Alex Gough)
• Patterns (P. P. Tunstall)
• Hypnotic (Simon Tully)
• Spiralu and Spirald (B. A. Knight) - Spirald is very similar to Spiralu, but some lines have been altered
• Stained Glass (Alastair Scott) - requires BASIC 1.1, as it uses the FILL command (Amstrad Action remembered to mention this fact this time!)
• Double Height (Leighton Derrick and Richard Montiero) - Leighton Derrick's version is written entirely in BASIC, and Richard Monteiro's version uses machine code

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Screenshots

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  Sound Digitizer
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  Motor Control
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  Kaleidoscope
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  Patterns
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  Hypnotic
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  Spiralu
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  Spirald
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  Stained Glass
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  Double Height
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  Double Height with Machine-Code
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  Dazzling Border

AA 016 - Christmas 1987

• Fast BASIC Double-Height (Chris Boothman)
• Calendar (R. Bellerby)
• Snowstorm (Shaun Garrad)
• Artist (Simon Watson)
• Wandering Through Space (Julian Smalley)
• Pyramid (Adrian Sill)
• Shady Dump (Mark Gannon)
• Screen Squash (Simon Solway)

AA 017 - February 1987

• Disk Image
• Screenshots:

001 - 3D Loops

002 - 3D World

003 - AGRAL - 86

004 - Budgie

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005 - Electronic Rainbow

006 - Landscapes

007 - Multi-coloured Modes

008 - Rotating Triangle

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009 - Screen Flip

010 - Variable Height

011 - Window Saver