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A few more suggested snippets for your 'Graphics' section. 10 PMODE3,1:SCREEN1,0 20 X=RND(-TIMER) 30 PCLS 40 X=RND(255):IF X=PEEK(1536) THEN 40 50 FOR I=1536 TO 7679:POKE I,X:NEXT 60 GOTO 30 This one is similar to your 'confetti display' program, but on the HIRES PMODE 3 graphics screen. 10 PMODE 3,...

Here's a nice little program which I suggest for your ' Graphics ' section. This simple BASIC program demonstrates the use of some HIRES graphic commands, random numbers, and TIMER function. 10 X=RND(-TIMER):Z=0 20 PMODE 3,1:SCREEN 1,Z:PCLS 30 TIMER=0 40 X=RND(256):Y=RND(192):R=RND(20):C=RND(4) 50 C...

The code below is a suggested modification to improve your current example for reading joystick input. 10 CLS 20 PRINT @1, "right joystick" 30 PRINT @32, JOYSTK(0) 40 PRINT @64, JOYSTK(1) 50 RB=PEEK(65280) AND2 60 PRINT @97, "button";RB 70 REM 80 PRINT @161, "left joystick" 90 PRINT @192, JOYSTK(2) ...

Feel free to use anything posted by myself in the "Hints and Tips" section on your site. Steve Woolham has also asked me to pass on the same message.

Good luck with the new site!


Regards,
Steve

...but we have also had some genuine members, who have contributed value to the forums, coming in during the last few months. I'd hate to see a policy where these members did not feel welcome. My suggestion is for a single post just to say 'Hi', which would secure their membership. IMHO a rule like...

Here's a suggested alternative keyboard input routine for continuous movement. This method will also work on the Tandy Color Computer. 'POKE 337,0' in line 40 (which should be omitted for use on the Tandy CoCo) improves keyboard response by enabling rollover for all keys. 'FOR I = 338 TO 345:POKE I,...

No, you're not the only one to have doubts. I've been carefully watching the membership grow over the past couple of months, and quite a few of the names have been very suspicious. IMHO it would be a good idea to delete any members that don't make a first post to introduce themselves. After all - th...

I see the same thing is happening again. I still think that my original suggestion is the only way to stop it permanently.

Regards,
Steve

Thanks for checking. :) You have there one of the earliest Dragon's to come off the production line. Those early models suffer from very poor picture quality, and have a hardware problem which prevents the use of some semigraphic modes. If you buy another one, try to get one of the latest models fit...

Not that I'm aware of. The Dragon has only one hardware sound channel (not counting single bit sound) which is accessed via the D/A converter. Music composition programs, and games with multi-channel sound use a software technique involving producing mixed waveforms from the D/A - each 'channel' has...