WELCOME TO THE ANTIC MONTHLY DISK¢¢¢SPECIAL DISK BONUS:¢This side of the Antic Monthly Disk contains the winning entries from¢Antic's popular ATARI'TOONS contest.¢¢The menu that appeared on the screen when you booted the disk will only¢RUN programs with a .BAS extender. If you try to run a program and the¢response is 'cannot run Filename', check the file extender with the¢following list:¢¢.BAS BASIC saved program, use menu RUN or LOAD and RUN.¢.LST BASIC listed program, ENTER then RUN.¢.SHO Atari'Toons cartoon file. View with ATARTOON.BAS.¢.FNT Atari'Toons redefined character set file.¢¢If you've never used Atari'Toons before, here's a guide to help¢you use the program. See the August, 1985 issue of ANTIC for¢complete Atari'Toons documentation.¢¢ ATARI'TOONS HELP FILE¢¢With ATARI 'Toons you can create amusing cartoon shows that are¢easily animated with Atari's [CONTROL] key functions. ATARI¢'Toons will put together simple editing functions, memorize¢them, and play back simple character graphics movie shows¢which can be saved to disk.¢¢The main ATARI 'Toons program is on your disk with the filename¢ATARTOON.BAS. You can select it from the menu or, from BASIC,¢type RUN "D:ATARTOON.BAS".¢¢Note: If you choose to move the ATARTOON.BAS file to another¢disk, you must also move the ATARTOON.SYS file.¢¢ATARI'TOONS MENU¢¢When you RUN ATARI 'Toons, a menu will appear, showing the¢current size of your cartoon buffer -- or memory space -- and¢how much room is left to add onto your cartoon.¢¢Load a Show -¢you may enter a filename, or press [RETURN] to see the¢directory of any drive. You can also press [ESC] at any time to¢return to the menu. If a cartoon is already in memory,¢you will be prompted to delete the current show first.¢When the load is complete, the buffer figures will reflect¢the size of the cartoon file.¢¢Play back Show - Play the cartoon show at the proper¢speed (see below) of one to 256, using the¢last character set enabled.¢¢ -->>> *** The Winner *** <<<--¢¢¢CLASS.SHO, by Brian Hastings, should be played at 248¢with the cursor OFF. Use the standard Atari character¢set to view this Atari'Toon.¢¢ *** RUNNERS-UP ***¢¢¢COUNTRY.SHO, by Dennis Bennett, Should be played at 230¢with the cursor OFF. Remember to Load COUNTRY.FNT¢before viewing this Atari'Toon.¢¢FIREWRKS.SHO, by Albert Baggetta, should be played at 253¢with the cursor OFF. Use the standard Atari character¢set to view this Atari'Toon.¢¢HELPTOON.SHO, by Alan Kirk, should be played at 223¢with the cursor OFF. Remember to Load HELPTOON.FNT¢before viewing this Atari'Toon.¢¢MARTIAL.SHO, by Peter Ritchie, should be played at 240¢with the cursor OFF. Use the standard Atari character¢set to view this Atari'Toon.¢¢WIZARD.SHO, by Edward Lim, should be played at 249¢with the cursor OFF. Remember to Load WIZARD.FNT¢before viewing this Atari'Toon.¢¢You may interrupt the show at any time by pressing [START].¢Press the [SPACE] bar to start and stop the display.¢¢You may load a custom character set for use during EDIT and¢Playback. If you don't choose this option, ATARI 'Toons will¢use the standard Atari set. If you want ATARI 'Toons to¢automatically load and enable your favorite character set, put¢it on your ATARI 'Toons disk and name it CHAR.SET. Other¢character sets may be loaded using menu option 8.¢¢Quit ATARI 'Toons - Exit the program. All RAM previously¢reserved for the character set and screen flipping will be¢returned for program use.¢
