ÈAPPYàÈOLIDAYS
ÂY ËENNETH ÈOKE

ÔHE HOLIDAY SEASON IS ONCE AGAIN ALMOST UPON US.  ÉN PREPARATION, HERE IS A Ã-128, 40 COLUMN ANIMATED SCREEN DISPLAY FEATURING ÓANTA AND HIS REINDEER.  ÏLD ÓAINT ÎICK IS SURE TO ADD A FESTIVE TOUCH TO YOUR DEN, OFFICE, OR LIVING ROOM!  
ÔHE PROGRAM'S ANIMATION TECHNIQUE IS FAIRLY SIMPLE.  ÆIVE SPRITES ARE SENT PERPETUALLY MOVING ACROSS THE SCREEN WITH THE ÍÏÖÓÐÒ COMMAND.  ÓPRITE #1 IS LOADED WITH THE IMAGE OF ÓANTA IN HIS SLEIGH.  ÔHE POINTERS FOR ÓPRITES 2-5 ARE ALTERNATED BETWEEN ÓPRITE DEFINITION AREAS 2 AND 3, WHICH CONTAIN DATA FOR TWO DIFFERENT REINDEER POSES.  ÔHE RESULT IS THE ILLUSION OF FLYING REINDEER!

ÍORE INFORMATION ON THIS ANIMATION TECHNIQUE CAN BE FOUND IN "ÃÏÍÐÕÔÅ'S 128 ÐROGRAMMER'S ÇUIDE" OR THE "ÃOMMODORE 128 ÐROGRAMMER'S ÒEFERENCE ÇUIDE" FROM ÂANTAM ÂOOKS.  ÔHE FORMER IS OUT OF PRINT, BUT CAN BE FOUND IN MANY PUBLIC LIBRARIES OR ÕSER'S ÇROUPS.  ÔO MY KNOWLEDGE, THE LATTER BOOK CAN STILL BE FOUND OR ORDERED THROUGH THE LARGER BOOKSTORES.  ÈAPPYàÈOLIDAYS!!