[net.micro.6809] Colors where there are none

mckay@princeton.UUCP (09/22/83)

	A sort a fun thing to try on the coco is a simple program which scans
down the screen plotting a random series of pixels.  This results in a
rainbow of colors with very little (Like about 30 seconds) work.
			-Now if only OS-9 were here...
				-Dwight McKay
				...princeton!mckay

knudsen@ihnss.UUCP (09/23/83)

To elaborate on Dwight's scheme: you want to plot white and black
*vertical lines* at random horizontal locations.  Be sure to use
PMODE 4 and SCREEN n,1 to get the full benefit.  I wrote such a program
a year ago, and you can let it run for hours as the display gradually
changes.  It looks a lot like a view thru a spectroscope, except of
course the colors aren't sorted from left to right.
Should take about 5 lines of Ext Basic.
	mike k

jlw@ariel.UUCP (09/23/83)

If the program is short enough to be worthwhile typing in,
please post it to this newsgroup.  I'm not suggesting that
huge amounts of source go around, but little things would
be fun to have.

Glad to see this newsgroup getting some action.



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