Re: Apple logo in Lores

["Craig Bower" <to.email.me@post.a.request>]

"Simon D. Williams" <bb065@chebucto.ns.ca> wrote in message 
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> On Sat, 6 Sep 2008, Craig Bower wrote:
>
>> Really, all I've gotta re-write in ML is the cursor control, plotting
>> control, color select, and disk tasks.
>
> And add the missing "save as executable" function ;-)
>
> ] SIMON D WILLIAMS

Hi Simon,

I'll could try to write a routine to do that, but it's looking to be
a real headache to make 'nice' code out of a screen scan.  And as
you must know, if you have a full picture with a lot of different colors
and screen data, the applesoft code will draw it extremely slowly.

Then again, I could make the executable code into a relocatable
ML routine to set GR mode, and blast the picture up instantly.
The downside to this is people would have to know how to access
it and append it to an applesoft program properly.  That or how to
include a PRINT CHR$(4);"BRUN PICTURE" line?!

What do you think would be better?  Save as executable function that
creates an applesoft program to draw the picture, or a machine language
version that 'hosts' the picture and can display it instantly?

Oh and check out the NEW Simon's Apple ...

http://www.turbo-2.com/apple/Simons-Apple.dsk

Cheers,
Craig