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- This disk contains an extended demonstration of APL68000 for the ATARI-ST.
- Ideally, APL and it's extensive graphics requirements should be a splendid
- interactive language for the ATARI-ST, especially considering the $300.00
- price tag on the full product. Some built-in implementation difficulties re-
- main,but the demonstration package contains a great deal of promise,as well
- as some unexpected and unpromised workspace save capabilities.The demonstra-
- tion was downloaded from the Space-Mast West BBS early in July, 1987.
- Performance and feature content in hi-rez mode is excellent. The program
- work either with or without GDOS and,as well,with or without an APL8x16.FED
- font that I created. The supplied character set has a few blemishes which
- are correctable with the fed font process.
- Performance in med-rez mode is equally good without GDOS, but with a GDOS
- environment required to support correction of the graphics blemishes, bombs
- are created(requiring autoboot) on the second use of the provided programs.
- The problem occurs on the third call to VDI thru trap #2 with D0 = 0x0073L.
- The cure is not obvious, but I provide the fed font demo, anyway. The work-
- space KEYTEST.AWS was prepared to demonstrate these fed fonts.
- This APL exploits GEM in several attractive demonstrations, especially in
- monochrome. The keyboard, cursor and mouse combination is always available,
- reminding me of the actions of a very intelligent 1st-word editor., etc.
- Compare the function KEYBOARD with ASCIIBOARD when you have installed.
-
- FILES:
- 18 files (316500 bytes, 309 K)
- ------ 111780 Jul 27 07:29 1987 apl.prg the provided execution program -
- ------ 3576 Jul 27 07:31 1987 apl.rsc a very necessary resource
- ------ 662 Aug 02 15:49 1987 readme.doc this description
- ------ 1436 Jul 27 07:29 1987 apl68000.doc general information on the tests
-
- ------ 7936 Jul 27 07:29 1987 arbio.aws i/o workspace demo
- ------ 28580 Jul 27 07:29 1987 demo.aws AES demo
- ------ 22884 Jul 27 07:30 1987 dialog.aws AES demo
- ------ 3880 Jul 27 07:30 1987 dummy.aws set up for 14 digit calculator
- ------ 45788 Aug 02 15:27 1987 keytest.aws set up for ATARI key demo.
- ------ 16726 Jul 27 07:30 1987 menus.aws AES demo
- ------ 50216 Jul 27 07:30 1987 stgraph.aws excellent graphics demo
- ------ 14536 Jul 27 07:31 1987 tools.aws utility demo
-
- ------ 320 Aug 02 15:37 1987 aplmfont.prg loads APL8X16.FED font
- ------ 512 Jul 27 07:29 1987 aplkeys.prg loads ASCKEY example
- ------ 4698 Aug 02 15:37 1987 apl8x16.fed try function ASCIIBOARD
-
- ------ 320 Jul 27 07:29 1987 aplfont.prg loads APL8X8.FED font
- ------ 512 Jul 27 07:29 1987 aplkeys.prg loads ASCKEY example
- ------ 2650 Jul 27 07:31 1987 apl8x8.fed try once, before bombs.
-