├AN YOU BELIEVE THAT YOU CAN CUSTOMIZE THE COMPUTER TO YOUR OWN WISHES? ┘OU CAN ADD ┬┴╙╔├ KEYWORDS, FOR INSTANCE. ╫E WON'T DO IT HERE. ╘OO AMBITIOUS. ╫E'LL TRY SOMETHING SIMPLER. ╫E CAN REDESIGN THE APPEARANCE OF THE LETTERS. ╘HIS CHAPTER SHOWS THE STEPS NEEDED TO DO JUST THAT. ╘HE ROUTINES ARE GENERAL TO PERMIT CHANGING ANY CHARACTER YOU WISH.
╥EDESIGNING THE CHARACTERS IS FAIRLY SIMPLE BUT THE COMPUTER SOMETIMES GETS A BIT CONFUSED. ╘HE PROGRAMS INCLUDED IN THIS CHAPTER HELP THE COMPUTER OUT OF ITS CONFUSION USING A SIMPLE PROCEDURE. ╘HIS APPROACH SHOULD BE GENERALL ENOUGH TO BE APPLICABLE TO ALL PROGRAMS WHICH REDEFINE THE COMPUTER'S CHARACTERS. ╫E WILL, IN FACT, USE THE REDEFINED CHARACTERS AND SOME SOUND TO ADD TO A SCREEN DISPLAY.
┘OU CAN EXPERIMENT WITH THE PROGRAMS IN WAYS SUGGESTED IN THE TEXT. ┘OU CAN CHOSE YOUR OWN CHARACTERS FOR REDEFINITION AND YOU CAN DESIGN YOUR OWN SHAPES OF THINGS. ╫HILE YOU DO THIS YOU WILL LEARN MORE ADVANCED FEATURES OF BOTH THE COMPUTER AND THE LANGUAGE: BINARY REPRESENTATION OF NUMBERS, SCREEN CODES, AND EVEN PEEK INTO THE COMPUTER'S MEMORY.
