BBS: Inland Empire Archive Date: 04-01-93 (23:48) Number: 303 From: EARL MONTGOMERY Refer#: NONE To: MIKHAIL FERDMAN Recvd: NO Subj: 256 Colors Conf: (2) Quik_Bas
'Part 3 of 4 parts.
SCREEN 13
CLS
ct = 1
cc = 7
y = 0
lnrtn:
OUT &H3C8, cc
LINE (1, y)-(319, y), cc
OUT &H3C9, 10
OUT &H3C9, 22 * ct
OUT &H3C9, 10
ct = ct + .1
y = y + 1
cc = cc + 1
t = TIMER
WHILE TIMER < t + .1
WEND
IF y > 200 THEN
GOTO pause1
ELSE
GOTO lnrtn
END IF
pause1:
t = TIMER
WHILE TIMER < t + 4
WEND
SCREEN 9
CLS
COLOR 14
PRINT "Instructive but not very impressive. Maybe we can end";
PRINT "this with a jazzed up demo. Look at the source to see";
PRINT : PRINT "how it is accomplished."
t = TIMER
WHILE TIMER < t + 8
WEND
SCREEN 13
CLS
REM KEY OFF
X = 1: y = 1: fx = 11: fy = 11: t = 0
jazz:
CIRCLE (X, y), 10, 15
c = c + 1
IF c = 15 THEN
c = 16
END IF
IF c > 255 THEN
c = 1
END IF
OUT &H3C8, c
OUT &H3C9, RND * 63
OUT &H3C9, RND * 63
OUT &H3C9, RND * 63
PAINT (X, y), c, 15
CIRCLE (X, y), 10, c
borders:
X = X + fx
y = y + fy
IF X < 1 THEN
fx = RND(1) * 11 + 1
GOTO borders
END IF
' End of part 3 of 4 parts.
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