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╙PECTRUM V1.0
├OPYRIGHT 1992 ╟REG ╚ARMAN
╙EE PROGRAM FOR REGISTRATION DETAILS.
╙PECTRUM V1.0 IS A FULL FEATURED
GRAPHICS PROGRAM, WHICH ALLOWS YOU TO
CREATE DIFFERENT GRAPHICS, AND THEN
USE THEM IN YOUR OWN BASIC PROGRAMS.
40 X 25 ┼DITOR
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╘HE 40 X 25 ┼DITOR ALLOWS YOU TO CREATE
LOW-RESOLUTION SCREENS, USING ALL 16
COLORS AT ONCE TO USE IN YOUR BASIC
PROGRAMS. ├HARACTERS MAY BE PRINTED
TO THE SCREENS MADE WITH THIS EDITOR.
╥EMEMBER (FOR ALL EDITORS, NOT JUST
THIS ONE) TO HAVE YOUR DATA DISK READY
BEFORE YOU BOOT THE PROGRAM. ╚ERE IS A
LIST OF COMMANDS FOR USE IN THE 40 X 25
EDITOR:
╔ - MOVE CURSOR UP
╩ - MOVE CURSOR LEFT
╦ - MOVE CURSOR RIGHT
═ - MOVE CURSOR DOWN
╙ - SAVE CURRENT SCREEN
╪ - EXIT TO ╙PECTRUM V1.0
┌ - EXIT TO BASIC
(CLR) - CLEAR SCREEN
_ - CHANGE CURRENT COLOR TO BLACK
1 - " " " WHITE
2 - " " " RED
3 - " " " CYAN
4 - " " " PURPLE
5 - " " " GREEN
6 - " " " BLUE
7 - " " " YELLOW
8 - " " " ORANGE
9 - " " " BROWN
0 - " " " LIGHT RED
+ - " " " DARK GRAY
- - " " " MEDIUM GRAY
\ - " " " LIGHT GREEN
Q - " " " LIGHT BLUE
W - " " " LIGHT GRAY
╙PRITE ┼DITOR
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╘HE SPRITE EDITOR MAY BE USED TO CREATE
YOUR OWN SPRITES FOR USE IN BASIC
PROGRAMS.á├OMMANDS ARE AS FOLLOWS:
╔ - MOVE CURSOR UP
╩ - MOVE CURSOR LEFT
╦ - MOVE CURSOR RIGHT
═ á- MOVE CURSOR DOWN
╙PACE - PLOT DOT AT CURSOR
╙ - SAVE SPRITE
╠ - LOAD SPRITE
(CLR) - CLEAR SPRITE
╪ - EXIT TO ╙PECTRUM V1.0
╒ - UPDATE SPRITE (VIEW SPRITE)
┼ - SET SO THE SPACE BAR ERASES
─ - SET SPACE BAR TO DRAW
═ULTI-├OLOR ╙PRITE ┼DITOR
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═ULTI-COLOR SPRITES ARE LIKE NORMAL
SPRITES, BUT USE UP TO 4 COLORS AT
ONCE. ╘HERE IS A DRAWBACK TO USING
MULTICOLOR SPRITES, THOUGH. ╘HE
RESOLUTION IS ONLY HALF AS GOOD, BUT
DON'T WORRY IF THE EDITOR LOOKS LOP-
SIDED. ╘HE SPRITE WILL TURN OUT ╧╦.
╩UST PRESS ╒áTO VIEW THE SPRITE AS
IT WILL LOOK IN A PROGRAM. ┴LL COMMANDS
FROM THE ╙PRITE ┼DITOR APPLY, BUT
HERE ARE A FEW ADDITIONAL COMMANDS:
1 - CHANGE TO THE COLOR SET AS #1
2 - " " " " " " #2
3 - " " " " " " #3
4 - ERASE (DRAW IN BACKGROUND COLOR)
╘HE ─ & ┼ COMMANDS ARE NOT USED IN
═ULTI-COLOR SPRITE MODE.
╚I-╥ESOLUTION ┼DITOR
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╘HIS EDITOR LETS YOU USE THE FULL
GRAPHICS CAPABILITIES OF YOU ├OMMODORE.
╘HIS IS JUST A PAINT PROGRAM, WHICH
SAVES SCREENS IN A FORMAT READABLE BY
THE SUBROUTINE THAT YOU INSERT INTO
YOUR OWN PROGRAMS (MORE ON THAT LATER).
╔T HAS 320 X 200 PIXEL RESOLUTION,
YOU MAY USE TWO COLORS AT A TIME, AND
SEVERAL DIFFERENT SIZED BRUSHES ARE
INCLUDED. ╘HE COMMANDS:
├ONTROL THE ARROWS DIRECTIONS WITH A
JOYSTICK IN PORT 2.
╒SE THE FIREBUTTON TO DRAW.
╙ - SAVE SCREEN
╠ - LOAD SCREEN
╪ - EXIT TO ╙PECTRUM V1.0
─ - DRAW
┼ - ERASE
0-9 SET BRUSH SIZE
═ULTI-├OLOR ╚I-╥ESOLUTION ┼DITOR
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╘HIS ALLOWS YOU TO DRAW YOU HI-RES
SCREENS IN UP TO 4 COLORS, BUT THE
RESOLUTION IS ONLY 160 X 320 PIXELS.
╘HE COMMANDS ARE THE SAME BUT HERE
ARE A FEW ADDITIONS:
╤ - ACTIVATE COLOR #1
╫ - ACTIVATE COLOR #2
┼ - ACTIVATE COLOR #3
╥ - ACTIVATE BACKGROUND COLOR
├ - CHANGE CURRENT COLOR
╘HE ─ COMMAND IS NOT USED IN MULTI-
COLOR MODE.
┴DDING THE GRAPHICS TO ┬ASIC PROGAMS
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┬Y USING THE INCLUDED DISK MERGE
UTILTY, YOU CAN INSERT THE INCLUDED
SUBROUTINES INTO YOUR OWN BASIC
PROGRAMS.
┴ FEW THINGS TO REMEMBER WHEN DOING
THIS:
* THE GRAPHIC FILE MUST BE ON THE SAME
DISK AS YOUR PROGRAM
* THE GKS/L ROUTINE MUST ALSO BE ON THE
SAME DISK (USING THE INCLUDED FILE
COPIER) IF THE GRAPHIC FILE IS FROM
EITHER OF THE TWO ╚I-╥ES EDITORS
* RENUMBER EITHER YOUR PROGRAM OR THE
SUBROUTINES BEFORE MERGING THEM
TOGETHER TO PREVENT LOSS OF DATA
* WHERE THE SUBROUTINE SAYS
..."FILENAME"... INSERT THE NAME OF
THE GRAPHIC FILE BETWEEN THE QUOTES
* WHERE THE SUBROUTINE USES THE
VARIABLE, ├, INSERT THE NUMBER (0-15)
OF THE COLOR YOU WANT IN PLACE OF THE
├. ╧R IF IT USES ├1, ├2, ETC...
PUT THE NUMBER OF THE COLOR FOR
COLOR 1, COLOR 2, ETC...
* ╔F YOU DONT KNOW HOW TO PROGRAM
SPRITES, ╔ RECOMMEND THE ╨ROGRAMMERS
REFERENCE GUIDE FOR A START, BUT IT
IS POORLY WRITTEN, AND HARD TO
UNDERSTAND, SO YOU MAY ALWAYS WRITE
TO ME FOR HELP...
╧THER ╒TILITIES
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┴LSO INCLUDED WITH THIS PROGRAM IS
A FILE MERGE UTILITY, TO HELP MERGE
THE SUBROUTINES INTO YOUR OWN PROGRAMS,
AND A FILE COPIER TO COPY GRAPHICS
FILES AND THE GKS/L FILE TO THE SAME
DISK AS YOUR PROGRAM. ╔ DID NOT WRITE
THESE, AND ANY ADDITIONAL REGISTRATION
OR COMPLAINTS ABOUT THOSE SHOULD BE
SENT TO THEIR AUTHOR, AND NOT ME.
┼NJOY ╙PECTRUM V1.0!!!!!