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╥┴╙╘┼╥ ─┼╙╔╟╬┼╥ ╓1.0 - ┬Y ╟ULLIBLE

─╧├╙ (03/27/91)

╚IYA! ╘HANK YOU FOR DOWNLOADING MY
PROGRAM! ╔ HOPE YOU WILL FIND IT
USEFUL AND/OR ENTERTAINING.

┼VEN IF YOU ARE A PROGRAMMER WHO IS
EXPERIENCED IN RASTER INTERRUPTS, YOU
MAY FIND THIS HELPFUL TOO. ╔T ALLOWS
YOU TO SEE WHAT A CERTAIN DISPLAY WILL
LOOK LIKE BEFORE YOU ACTUALLY PROGRAM
IT OUT THE HARD WAY.


╔╬╘╥╧─╒├╘╔╧╬

╥ASTER ─ESIGNER WILL LET YOU CREATE
FULL SCREEN COLOR RASTERS. ╘HESE CAN
THEN BE SAVED AND THEN LOADED AND RUN
(╙┘╙ 8100) BY THEMSELF.

┴T THE PRESENT TIME, THE SAVED RASTERS
CAN ONLY BE USED FOR SHOW. ┬UT, ╔ AM
THINKING ABOUT TURING THIS INTO A FULL
FEATURE INTRO/DEMO MAKER. ┘OU CAN
CONSIDER THIS TO BE ╨┴╥╘ 1 OF THE INTRO
MAKER. ┘OU WILL NOT HAVE TO DOWNLOAD IT
AGAIN. ╠ATER ╨ARTS WILL LET YOU ADD
MUSIC, SPRITES AND MAYBE A SCROLL TO
THE SAVED RASTERS.


╔═╨╧╥╘┴╬╘ ╬╧╘┼╙:

╔ HAVE SPENT QUITE A BIT OF TIME ON
THIS PROGRAM AND FOR THE MOST PART IT
IS BUG-FREE. ╚OWEVER, YOU CAN CRASH IT
IF YOU TRY HARD ENOUGH. :) ╔N ORDER TO
CUT DOWN ON SIZE, ╔ HAD TO REMOVE SOME
ERROR CHECKING THAT ╔ WOULD OTHERWISE
HAVE LEFT IN. ┬UT, ╔ HAVE PUT IN CHECKS
FOR THE MORE COMON ERRORS.

╚OWEVER, IF YOU DO GET AN ERROR MESSAGE
OR GET STUCK IN ARE AREA BY MISTAKE,
JUST HIT THE ╥╒╬/╙╘╧╨ ╥┼╙╘╧╥┼ COMBO AND
RE-RUN THE PROGRAM. ┘OUR WORK WILL NOT
BE LOST. ┴LSO, YOU MAY WISH TO SAVE A
COPY OF JUST THE ┬┴╙╔├ PORTION OF THE
PROGRAM. ┘OU CAN DO SO BY HITTING "┬"
ON THE MAIN MENU.

┴BOUT 1 IN 25 TIMES YOU MAY ALSO GET AN
ERROR ON THE DISK MENU. ╔F YOU DO, JUST
HIT ╥╒╬/╙╘╧╨ ╥┼╙╘╧╥┼ AND RE-RUN. ╘IP:
╘RY NOT TO SELECT ╓IEW WHILE THE DISK
DRIVE IS STILL SPINNING. ╘HIS HAS TO DO
WITH THE ╔╧ TIMING.

╔F YOU ARE USING A 64├ YOU MAY RECEIVE
AN ERROR AFTER EXITING THE VIEWING.
╘HIS IS NOT A BUG IN MY PROGRAM, BUT IS
BECAUSE OF A QUIRK IN THE 64├. ╔F YOU
DO GET AN ERROR, JUST RE-LOAD AND RUN
THE ┬┴╙╔├ PORTION. ┘OU MAY THEN WISH TO
GO TO THE DISK MENU AND SAVE YOUR WORK.

╔F YOU ARE ╬╧╘ USING A 64├ AND RECEIVE
AN ERROR WHEN EXITING THE VIEWING, LET
ME KNOW.


╨╥╧╟╥┴══╔╬╟ ├╚┴╠╠┼╬╟┼:

┴RE YOU AN EXPERIENCED ═╠ PROGRAMMER??

╔F NOT, SKIP TO "┬┴╙╔├ ╙╘╒╞╞"...

╔F SO, ╔ HAVE A CHALLENGE FOR YOU...

╔ HAVE SPENT QUITE A BIT OF TIME
WORKING ON THIS PROGRAM AND ╔ BELIEVE
IT IS THE MOST FLEXIBLE RASTER DESIGN
UTILITY THERE IS. ┬UT, AS IS, IT IS
ONLY USEFUL FOR SHOW OR TO HELP YOU
SEE WHAT A CERTAIN ROUTINE WILL LOOK
LIKE BEFORE YOU PROGRAM IT. ╘HIS IS
BECAUSE THE INTERRUPT ROUTINE ╔ USED
FIDDLES WITH $─011 TO GET THE PERFECT
RASTERS. ╚OWEVER, DOING SO CAUSES ANY
TEXT ON THE SCREEN TO GET SCRAMBLED.
╔ ORIGINALLY TRIED DOING IT WITH A 2ND
TABLE OF ╪ VALUES AND DOING A ─┼╪
BETWEEN THE LINES.. ┬UT, ABOUT EVERY
8TH LINE HAD A FLICKER. ╚OWEVER, ╔
THINK IT CAN BE DONE BY SOMEONE VERY
EXPERIENCED WITH RASTERS.

╙O... MY CHALLENGE. ╘O RE-WRITE THE
INTERRUPT USING THE SAME COLOR TABLE
AND DO THE RASTERS WITHOUT MESSING WITH
─011. ╧R AT LEAST HAVE THE ABILITY TO
HAVE TEXT/GRAPHICS ON THE SCREEN.

╔F YOU ARE INTERESTED, HERE IS WHAT YOU
NEED TO KNOW:

╘HE COLOR TABLE IS FROM $2000 UP TO
$─000 DEPENDING ON THE # OF BLOCKS.
00-├8 IN EACH BLOCK CONTAINS THE
COLORS. ╘HE RIGHT 4 BITS ARE FOR THE
BORDER COLOR AND THE LEFT 4 BITS ARE
FOR THE SCREEN COLOR. ╫HAT ╔ DID WAS
A: ╠─┴ $2000,┘ ╙╘┴ $─020, ╠─┴ $2000,┘
╠╙╥, ╠╙╥, ╠╙╥, ╠╙╥, ╙╘┴ $─021.
(TWO ╠─┴S ARE NEEDED SINCE BORDER AND
SCREEN MAY BE GOING AT DIFFERENT
SPEEDS.) ╘HE UPDATING OF THESE
LOCATIONS AND THE SPEED VALUES IS DONE
IN A 2ND INTERRUPT.

┘OU WOULDN'T HAVE TO CHANGE MY EDITOR
(UNLESS YOU WANT TO) ┘OU WOULD JUST
NEED TO WRITE A PROGRAM TO LOAD IN A
RD. FILE, TAKE OFF MY INTERRUPT
ROUTINE, PUT YOURS ON AND RESAVE THE
FILE.

╟OOD LUCK AND ╘HANKS!


┬┴╙╔├ ╙╘╒╞╞:

╚OW DOES IT WORK?

╘HIS RASTER DISPLAY IS DONE USING COLOR
BLOCKS. ╠ET ME EXPLAIN IT THIS WAY:
╘HE FIRST TIME THE SCREEN AND BORDER
COLORS GET UPDATED, THE COLORS COME
FROM BLOCK 1. ╘HE NEXT TIME, THEY WILL
COME FROM BLOCK 2, ETC. ╘HIS ALLOWS YOU
TO ANIMATE THE SCREEN AND BORDER WITH
VARIOUS COLOR PATTERNS. ┘OU CAN ALSO
CONTROL THE SPEED OF THE ANIMATION.


┬╠╧├╦╙:

┘OU CAN HAVE UP TO 176 BLOCKS OF COLORS
FOR THE SCREEN AND BORDER. ╘HE SCREEN
AND BORDER MAY BE A DIFFERENT AMOUNT,
BUT WHEN SAVED THE FILE WILL BE THE
SIZE OF THE LARGER OF THE TWO.

╔ SUGGEST USING A VALUE OF 8, 16 OR 32.
╘HESE VALUES GIVE YOU GOOD FLEXIBILITY
AND A RELATIVELY SMALL FILE SIZE.

*╬╧╘┼: ╔F YOU USE A VALUE GREATER THAN
128, SOME OF THE ┼DITOR COMMANDS:
├╧╠╧╥ ╙├╥╧╠╠, ╙╧╠╔─ ╠╔╬┼╙ AND ═╔╪┼─
╠╔╬┼╙ WILL NOT WORK PROPERLY ON
CHANGING THE COLORS OF BLOCKS 129-160.
╔F YOUR ROUTINE REQUIRES YOU TO USE
MORE THAN 128, YOU CAN USE THE ┬╠╧├╦
┼─╔╘ OR ├╧╨┘ OPTIONS TO WORK AROUND
THIS LIMITATION.

┴LSO, THE LARGER THE VALUE, THE LONGER
IT WILL TAKE FOR SOME OF THE COMMANDS
TO EXECUTE. ╔ USED ═╠ IN SOME AREAS
FOR SPEED, BUT OTHER THINGS ARE DONE
IN ┬┴╙╔├ SO THEY WILL BECOME SLUGGISH
IF THE VALUES ARE REAL HIGH. ╘RY A 128
LINE/128 BLOCK COLOR SCROLL IF YOU DO
NOT BELIEVE ME. :)


╠╔╬┼╙:

┼ACH BLOCK HAS A CERTAIN NUMBER OF
LINES YOU CAN DEFINE DEPENDING ON
WHETHER IT IS THE SCREEN OR BORDER.
╘HESE ARE:

┬╧╥─┼╥: 1-200
╙├╥┼┼╬: 8-199

╘HE 201ST LINE OF THE ┬ORDER CONTROLS
THE COLOR AT THE BOTTOM AND VERY TOP
OF THE SCREEN. ╘HIS COLOR CAN BE
CHANGED WITH EITHER THE ┬LOCK ┼DITOR OR
OPTION 1 ON THE ├HANGE ╙TATUS ═ENU.


╟┼╘╘╔╬╟ ╙╘┴╥╘┼─

╘O BEGIN, JUST ╠╧┴─ AND ╥╒╬ THE ╥┴╙╘┼╥
─┼╙╔╟╬ ╓1 FILE. ┴FTER A FEW SECONDS YOU
WILL GET THE MAIN MENU AND A LIST OF
THE CURRENT STATS AT THE TOP.

╚ITTING "╓" AT THIS MENU OR ALMOST ANY
MENU WILL LET YOU SEE THE CURRENT
RASTER DISPLAY. ╚IT ╙╨┴├┼ TO GET BACK
TO THE MENU.

╚ITTING "╪" WILL ALLOW YOU TO E╪IT. "╪"
ALSO WORKS ON ALMOST ANY MENU.


├╚┴╬╟╔╬╟ ╙╘┴╘╒╙:

╘HIS WILL LET YOU CHANGE THE CURRENT
VALUES. ┘OU SHOULD DO THIS BEFORE YOU
START DOING OTHER EDITING.


1: ╘╧╨/┬╧╘╘╧═

╘HIS WILL CONTROL THE COLOR THAT IS IN
THE BOTTOM FEW LINES AND THE VERY TOP
OF THE SCREEN. ╫HEN YOU SELECT IT YOU
╫ILL GET A ├╧╠╧╥? ╨ROMPT.

╬╧╘┼: ┼NTERING "─" AT THIS OR ALMOST
ANY OTHER ├╧╠╧╥? ╨ROMPT WILL DISPLAY
A LIST OF THE 16 COLORS.

├OLORS ═╒╙╘ BE ENTERED AS 0-15.
┼NTERING VALUES OUTSIDE OF THIS RANGE
MAY CAUSE AN ERROR OR UNDESIRED RESULTS
TO OCCUR.

╔F YOU ENTER "═" AT THIS PROMPT YOU
WILL BE ABLE TO DO A ═╔╪┼─ ├╧╠╧╥ (SEE
═╔╪┼─ ├╧╠╧╥╙ FOR MORE DETAILS). ╔F YOU
SELECT THIS OPTION YOU WILL BE ABLE TO
ENTER 2 COLORS.


2-5: ┬╧╥─┼╥/╙├╥┼┼╬...╙╨┼┼─/┬╠╧├╦╙

╘HESE OPTIONS ON THE ├HANGE ╙TATUS
MENU WILL LET YOU DEFINE THE NUMBER OF
BORDER AND SCREEN BLOCKS (1-176) AND
THE ╙╨┼┼─.  ╙╨┼┼─ WILL DETERMINE HOW
FAST THE DISPLAY WILL SWITCH FROM
BLOCK TO BLOCK. ┴ SPEED OF 1 MEANS
THE SWITCH WILL OCCUR EVERY 1/60TH OF
A SECOND. 2 MEANS EVERY 2/60THS OF A
SECOND AND SO ON. 1 IS GENERALLY ONLY
USEFUL IF YOU WISH TO DO ═IXED COLORS.
2-5 WORKS BEST FOR MOST DISPLAYS.


┬ACK TO ═AIN MENU....

╞: ╞╔╠╠/├╠┼┴╥

╘HIS WILL LET YOU CLEAR THE ENTIRE
RASTER DISPLAY (EXCEPT TOP/BOTTOM). ┘OU
HAVE THE OPTION TO ABORT. ╔F YOU ANSWER
┘, YOU CAN THEN SELECT THE COLOR FOR
THE FILL.


─: ─╔╙╦ ═┼╬╒

╘HIS DOES WHAT YOU EXPECT. ┘OU CAN ╙┴╓┼
AND ╠╧┴─ YOUR RASTER DESIGNS.

╞ILES WILL BE SAVED WITH AN ╥─. PREFIX.
┘OU DO NOT NEED TO TYPE THIS PREFIX
WHEN YOU ARE SAVING OR LOADING.

┴ SAVED FILE CAN THEN BE LOADED OUTSIDE
THE EDTIOR WITH:

╠╧┴─ "╥─.╞╔╠┼╬┴═┼",8,1

┴FTER THE LOAD IS COMPLETE, ENTER:
╙┘╙ 8100 TO START IT.

╚OWEVER, ╔ SUGGEST THAT IF YOU PLAN TO
UPLOAD A DISPLAY, THAT YOU COMPACT IT.
"├RUEL ├RUNCH 2.2" THAT ╔ UPLOADED TO
╤╠INK CAN DO THIS. ╚ERE IS THE INFO
YOU WILL NEED TO ENTER WHEN YOU RUN THE
├RUEL ├RUNCH COMPACTOR:

╠╧┴─ $: (NAME OF ╥─. FILE)
╙┴╓┼  : ╫HAT TO NAME ╙AVE FILE
╩╒═╨  : 1╞┴4
╙╨┼┼─ : 1
╙┼╘ 2─/2┼?: ┘

╘HEN HIT ╙PACE AT THE DISK PROMPTS.

├OMPACTING WILL REDUCE THE SIZE OF THE
FILE BY AT LEAST 50%  ╧FTEN MUCH MORE.

╔ LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOUR DISPLAYS!

╬╧╘┼: ┬E SURE TO KEEP A COPY OF THE
UNCOMPACTED FILE IF YOU WISH TO UPDATE
IT WITH MUSIC, ETC. IF AND WHEN ╔ WRITE
THE FULL INTRO/DEMO MAKER.


╬OW FOR THE FUN PART...


┼─╔╘╧╥:

╧PTION 1: ╙╧╠╔─ ╠╔╬┼╙

╘HIS WILL ALLOW YOU TO CREATE A SECTION
OF SOLID SINGLE COLOR LINES ON EITHER
THE SCREEN OR BORDER. ┘OU WILL BE ASKED
FOR THE COLOR AND THE ╘╧ AND ╞╥╧═.
┼NTER THE NUMBERS REMEMBERING THE
LIMITS FOR SCREEN AND BORDER AREA.


═╔╪┼─ ╠╔╬┼╙:

═IXED COLORS IS A WAY OF CREATING ╞┴╦┼
COLORS. ╘HAT IS, USING A ╙╨┼┼─ OF 1...
TWO COLORS ARE FLASHED..SWITCHING EVERY
PASS. ╘HIS TRICKS YOUR EYES INTO SEEING
DIFFERNT COLORS. ┘OU WILL WANT TO
EXPERIMENT WITH DIFFERENT COMBOS.
╟ENERALLY THE NON-BRIGHT COLORS WORK
BEST. ╧R COLORS OF EQUAL BRIGHTNESS.
╥┼─, ╨╒╥╨╠┼, ╟╥┼┼╬, ╧╥┴╬╟┼, ╠╘. ╥┼─ AND
A COUPLE SHADES OF THE ╟RAY ARE GOOD.

╬╧╘┼: ╞OR BEST RESULTS, THE ╙╨┼┼─ NEEDS
TO BE SET TO 1. ╚IGHER SPEEDS MAY STILL
WORK ON SOME COLORS, BUT THE FLASHING
WILL BE MORE NOTICEABLE.

╧THER EFFECTS CAN BE DONE BY ALTERNA-
TING THE ORDER OF THE COLORS FROM LINE
TO LINE. ╙AY YOU ARE USING COLORS 5 AND
10 ON THE SCREEN. ╘RY SETTING JUST
LINE 8 TO: 5 AND 10 AND THEN SET LINE
9 TO: 10 AND 5 (OPPISITE ORDER). ─O A
FEW LINES LIKE THIS AND SEE HOW IT
LOOKS. ╧R USE THE BLOCK EDITOR. ╠OOK AT
"╥─.═╔╪┼─ ├╧╠╧╥╙" FOR AN EXAMPLE.


┼─╔╘ ┬╠╧├╦:

╘HIS WILL ALLOW YOU TO MANUALLY EDIT
A BORDER OR SCREEN BLOCK. ╔T IS WITH
THIS EDITOR THAT THE MORE ELABORATE
DISPLAYS CAN BE CREATED. ╫ORKING BLOCK
BY BLOCK.

╘O EDIT A BLOCK, JUST SELECT ╙CREEN OR
┬ORDER AND ENTER THE BLOCK #. (1-176)

╘HE CURSOR WILL FLASH ON THE CURRENT
LINE COLOR. ┘OU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO
EDIT OUTSIDE OF THE LIMITS.

╘HE FOLLOWING COMMANDS WILL WORK IN THE
EDITOR:

├╥╙╥ ╦┼┘╙: ╠EFT, ╥IGHT, ╒P, ─OWN. TO
           MOVE AROUND IN THE BLOCK.
+ / -    : ╘O INCREASE/DECREASE THE
           COLOR OF A LINE.
╙╨┴├┼    : ╨LOT THE CURRENT COLOR
           (DEFAULT IS BLACK) AND MOVE
           ON.
├        : ├HANGE CURRENT COLOR.
╚╧═┼     : ═OVE TO FIRST POSTION
^        : ═OVE TO LAST POSITION
╟        : ╟OTO A ╠INE (INPUT LINE)
├╠╥/╚╧═┼ : ├LEAR THE ENTIRE BLOCK
╙        : ╙HIFT/FILL A SECTION. ╘HIS
           LETS YOU COPY A SECTION OF
           LINES OR FILL IT WITH A
           CERTAIN COLOR. ┼NTER A 0 AT
           THE ╘╧ PROMPT FOR A FILL.
┬        : ┬UFFER THE BLOCK. ╘HIS WILL
           NOT SAVE IT. ┬UT, WILL
           CAPTURE IT TO MEMORY FOR THE
           ╥ COMMAND.
╥        : ╥ECALL BUFFER. ╘HUS, YOU CAN
           COPY ONE BLOCK TO ANOTHER OR
           COPY A SCREEN BLOCK TO THE
           BORDER, ETC. ╘HIS IS ALSO
           HELPFUL IN DOING COLOR
           SCROLLS.
╪        : E╪IT THE ┼DITOR (NO SAVE)
╥┼╘╒╥╬   : ┼XIT AND ╙┴╓┼/UPDATE BLOCK.


┬ACK TO EDITOR MENU...

├╧╠╧╥ ╙├╥╧╠╠:

╘HIS OPTION ALLOWS YOU TO CREATE A
SCROLLING (OR STATIONARY) COLOR PATTERN

╬╧╘┼: ╔F YOU ARE DOING A SCROLL, THEN
THE # OF COLORS MULTIPLIED BY THE
SCROLL SPEED MUST GO EVENLY INTO THE #
OF BLOCKS. ╔F IT DOESN'T, YOU WILL BE
ABLE TO PROCEED, BUT THE RESULTS MAY
NOT BE AS DESIRED. ┴LSO, YOU SHOULDN'T
TRY TO MAKE A COLOR SCROLL IF THERE ARE
MORE THAN 128 BLOCKS.

╫HEN SELECTED, YOU WILL BE ASKED FOR
THE START AND END. (╘HIS WILL THEN
DETERMINE THE # OF LINES.) ╥EMEMBER,
THAT BOTH THE BEGINNING AND END WILL
COUNT. ╘O FIGURE OUT THE NUMBER OF
LINES USE: ┼╬─ - ╙╘┴╥╘ + 1 = ╠╔╬┼╙
╘HUS, 8-15 WILL BE 8 LINES.
      15-8 = 7 + 1 = 8

╧NCE YOU DO THIS, YOU WILL GO TO THE
┬╠╧├╦ ┼─╔╘╧╥. ┴LL COMMANDS ARE THE SAME
AS WHEN EDITING A BLOCK. ╫HEN YOU HIT
╥┼╘╒╥╬, YOU WILL THEN BE ASKED FOR THE
╙PEED. ┴ND THEN WHETHER YOU WANT THE
SCROLL TO GO UP OR DOWN.

╘HIS ╙╨┼┼─ SHOULDN'T BE CONFUSED WITH
THE ANIMATION SPEED. ╔F YOU ENTER A
╙PEED A 2, THEN THAT MEANS THAT THE
COLOR PATTERN WILL BE PUT IN TWO
CONSECUTIVE BLOCKS BEFORE IT IS SHIFTED
1 FOR THE NEXT FRAME OF ANIMATION.

─EPENDING ON THE # OF BLOCKS, THIS
MAY TAKE AWHILE. ╘HE COLORS WILL VANISH
FROM THE DISPLAY THOUGH AS THEY ARE
STORED BY THE PROGRAM.

╧H, WHEN DEFINING COLORS, REMEMBER THAT
IT IS A LOOP AND NOT JUST A BAR. ╘HAT
IS, YOU SHOULD TRY TO DO IT SO THAT THE
LAST COLOR BLENDS EVENLY WITH THE
FIRST. ╔F THE FIRST COLOR IS WHITE, YOU
DON'T WANT TO MAKE THE LAST ONE WHITE
BECAUSE IT WILL CAUSE TWO WHITE LINES
TO BE IN A ROW. (╒NLESS YOU ARE DOING A
STATIONARY COLOR PATTERN)

╘RY THESE COLORS AS AN EXAMPLE:
(8 LINES):

╫╚╔╘┼, ┘┼╠╠╧╫, ╠╘. ╥┼─, ╧╥┴╬╟┼, ╥┼─,
╧╥┴╬╟┼, ╠╘. ╥┼─, ┘┼╠╠╧╫.

╔F YOU ENTER "0" FOR THE SPEED, THEN
THE COLOR PATTERN WILL BE STATIONARY.

╔F SO, THEN THE # OF BLOCKS AND NUMBER
OF COLORS DOESN'T MATTER. ╘HUS, YOU
CAN QUICKLY CREATE A LARGE STATIONARLY
COLOR PATTERN.


├╧╨┘ ┬╠╧├╦:

╫ILL LET YOU COPY ONE BLOCK TO ANOTHER.
╘HIS OF COURSE CAN ALSO BE DONE USING
THE BUFFER ON THE EDITOR, BUT THIS LETS
YOU WORK RAPIDLY SINCE THE COPY ROUTINE
IS ═╠.


├╧╨┘ ╙. ╘╧ ┬. / ┬. ╘╧ ╙.

╫ILL LET YOU COPY LINES FROM ALL THE
SCREEN BLOCKS TO ALL THE BORDER BLOCKS
OR ┬ORDER TO SCREEN. ╔F YOU CREATE A
GOOD PATTERN ON THE SCREEN AND OR
BORDER AND WISH TO HAVE THE SAME ON
THE BORDER OR SCREEN THIS WILL LET YOU
DO IT. ╬╧╘┼: THE ╙PEED AND # OF BLOCKS
FOR THE BORDER AND SCREEN NEED TO BE
THE SAME IF YOU WISH THEM TO REMAIN IN
SYNC.



├╧╬├╠╒╙╔╧╬...

╫ELL, ╔ HOPE ╔ COVERED EVERYTHING :) ╔
USED AND TESTED THE PROGRAM AS ╔ WAS
WRITING IT, SO ╔ INCLUDED MANY
DIFFERENT FEATURES. ╒SING THE BLOCK
EDITOR AND OTHER OPTIONS THERE ISN'T
MUCH LIMIT TO WHAT YOU CAN DO. ╔F YOU
WISH TO MAKE A LARGER COLOR SCROLL,
THEN TRY DOING IT IN PARTS (LIKE ╔ DID
ON THE EXAMPLE INCLUDED WITH THE
PROGRAM)...

╙INCE THE BORDER WAS 16 BLOCKS WITH A
SPEED OF 1. ╔ DEFINED 2 8 LINE
SECTIONS WITH A SCROLL PEED OF 2, RIGHT
NEXT TO EACH OTHER. ╘HUS, IT LOOKS LIKE
A 16 LINE COLOR SCROLL WHEN IT IS
ACTUALLY 2 8 LINE SCROLLS.

╘HE GREENISH/YELLOW? SCREEN BAR THAT IS
MOVING UP AND DOWN WAS DONE WITH THE
EDITOR A BLOCK AT A TIME. ═AKING A 1
LINE SHIFT CHANGE BETWEEN BLOCKS.

┴NOTHER TIP: ╔ GUESS IT IS BEST TO DO
ANIMATION SUCH AS A MOVING BAR FIRST.
╘HAT WAY, YOU CAN USE THE BLOCK COPY OR
BUFFER OPTION AND THE SHIFT TO MAKE
THINGS EASIER. ╙OLID LLINES, MIXED
LINES AND THE COLOR SCROLL CAN BE PUT
IN LATER WITHOUT EFFECTING THE REST OF
THE BLOCK.


╫ELL, ╘HATS ABOUT ALL ╔ HAVE TO SAY.
┴SK OR POST IF YOU HAVE ANY PROBLEMS.
╧R IF YOU HAVE ANY SUGGESTIONS FOR
IMPROVEMENTS.





╞╔╬┴╠ ╬╧╘┼: ╔F ╔ RECEIVE AT LEAST 10
POSITIVE COMMENTS ABOUT THIS PROGRAM ╔
WILL TURN IT INTO A FULL INTRO/DEMO
MAKER. ╔T WILL INCLUDE THE ABILITY TO
ADD MUSIC, ╙PRITES (WITH SOME LIMITA-
TIONS) AND A TEXT SCROLL. ┼ITHER AT THE
BOTTOM (WITH THE LOSS OF A FEW LINES)
OR ANYWHERE IF ╔ GET A BETTER INTERRUPT
ROUTINE.


-┼╬─ ╧╞ ╘┼╪╘-