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Amstrad Action Christmas 1986 Type-Ins

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Moved content from [[AA Type Ins]] entry, and added gallery of screenshots and link to DSK file
The following listings were published in the Christmas 1986 issue of ''[[Amstrad Action]]'':

=== Type-Ins ===

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

=== Problem Attic ===

* Bingo (Adrian Pegg) - a response to a request from a reader in the [[Amstrad Action, Issue 15, Dec 1986|December 1986]] issue (#15)
* Back to cassette loading - disables all ROMs, including [[AMSDOS]], which frees memory and allows certain very old CPC software to run successfully
* Speed Checker (John Keneally)

=== Hot Tips ===

* DATA from nowhere (JT) - creates BASIC DATA statements automatically
* Bordering on superdazzle (Roy Makely) - a response to the "Dazzling border" listing that was published in the [[Amstrad Action December 1986 Type-Ins|December 1986]] issue
* Muddling modes (Paul Smith) - a set of RSXs to display 20- and 40-column text in MODE 2

The "DATA from nowhere" listing is set up to work on CPC464 machines. Instructions are provided within the <tt>REM</tt> statements of the listing to set it up for CPC664 and CPC6128 machines.

The "Muddling modes" listing only works on CPC464 machines.

== Bugs ==

''Artist'' contains several bugs, including one where the screen can become corrupted.

== Download ==

* [[Media:AmstradActionType-Ins_016.dsk.zip|DSK file]]

== Screenshots ==

<center><gallery style="clear: both">
Image:AmstradActionType-Ins_016_Calendar.png|<center>Calendar</center>
Image:AmstradActionType-Ins_016_FastBasicDouble-Height.png|<center>Fast Basic Double-Height</center>
Image:AmstradActionType-Ins_016_Snowstorm.png|<center>Snowstorm</center>
Image:AmstradActionType-Ins_016_Artist.png|<center>Artist</center>
Image:AmstradActionType-Ins_016_WanderingThroughSpace.png|<center>Wandering Through Space</center>
Image:AmstradActionType-Ins_016_Pyramid.png|<center>Pyramid</center>
Image:AmstradActionType-Ins_016_Bingo.png|<center>Bingo</center>
Image:AmstradActionType-Ins_016_SpeedChecker.png|<center>Speed Checker</center>
Image:AmstradActionType-Ins_016_BorderingOnSuperdazzle.png|<center>Bordering on superdazzle</center>
Image:AmstradActionType-Ins_016_MuddlingModes.png|<center>Muddling modes</center>
</gallery></center>

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