Re: re. KEGS and Graphics Question?

["ict@ccess" <gids.rs@sasktel.net>]

On Mar 27, 8:50 am, Doug Mitton <doug_mit...@hotmail.com.invalid>
wrote:
> "ict@ccess" <gids...@sasktel.net> wrote:
> >On Mar 26, 6:30 am, Doug Mitton <doug_mit...@hotmail.com.invalid> wrote:
> >> Hello all;
>
> >> I'm dusting off some of my disk images and the Kegs emulator to give a
> >> nostalgic Apple // demonstration at our computer club.
> >> I have a problem that I can't remember the solution to for the life of
> >> me.  I have a menu "launcher" in 80 column mode.  I have a selection
> >> of "Mathland" (ie. Nibble Sept 86 page 70) programs.  When I select
> >> one, the Kegs emulator screen just becomes a static pattern of
> >> multicolored pixels instead of the geometric plot that its supposed to
> >> be.  The mathland programs use HGR mode.
> >> Is there some specific settings that I'm supposed to use to get these
> >> to display properly?  I'm certain I'm just forgetting something silly,
> >> its been almost 10 years since I got rid of my Apple // hardware and I
> >> only use the emulators when nostalgia raises its head.
>
> >> Thanks in advance.
> >if your multi colored screen is showing more than the normal six
> >colors of black, white, orange, blue, violet and green, i.e you see
> >yellow, red, etc. ... then it is possible the double hi-res screen is
> >engaged.
>
> >Are your Mathland programs, applesoft programs?
>
> >Use  ? CHR$(21);  at the beginning of the program to disengage 80
> >columns
>
> >Rob
>
> Yes, they are 4 line applesoft programs and they start off with HGR;
> POKE 49234,0
>
> That didn't seem to help (the CHR$(21).
>
> I thought sure this was something that used to be a common problem BUT
> I just can't seem to get my poor old gray-matter around it.
>
> Anyway, thanks for the response.
>
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Look through the applesoft code and see if any shape tables get loaded
with a CHR$(4).  If they are not included in the program, they might
have been loaded manually at the prompt before running the applesoft
program

Rob