T.SPRITE PRINTER

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00000870: 0D                                                |.               |

..^U:HACKER...     SPRITE PRINTER FOR TH
E C-128.                 BY.            
MARK JORDAN..COMMODORE MAGAZINE.MAY 1987
..*************************************.
NOTE: BECAUSE THIS PROGRAM IS WRITTEN.FO
R THE C-128, IT CANNOT BE RUN LIKE.OTHER
 PROGRAMS ON LOADSTAR.  TO RUN.THE PROGR
AM, PRESS RESET ON THE.C-128.  THIS PUTS
 THE COMPUTER IN.128 MODE AND DISPLAYS A
 MENU OF ALL.128 PROGRAMS ON SIDE 2 OF T
HE DISK..CHOOSE THE PROGRAM TO RUN FROM 
THIS.MENU...NOTE: THIS PROGRAM WAS DESIG
NED TO BE.USED WITH EPSON AND STAR TYPE.
PRINTERS.  IF YOU HAVE A DIFFERENT.TYPE 
PRINTER, THE PROGRAM MAY NOT.WORK WITHOU
T MODIFICATION..************************
*************..  WHILE SPRITE PRINTER AL
LOWS YOU TO.DESIGN, LOAD, AND SAVE SPRIT
ES, IT IS.THE ABILITY TO PRINT SPRITES T
HAT.MAKES IT UNUSUAL.  THE PROGRAM IS RU
N.FROM A MAIN MENU WITH OPTIONS TO:..-- 
EDIT SPRITES,..-- LOAD SPRITES,..-- SAVE
 SPRITES,..-- PRINT SPRITES,..OR QUIT TH
E PROGRAM...  THE "EDIT SPRITES" OPTION 
USES THE.C-128'S BUILT-IN SPRITE DEFINIT
ION.MODE (SPRDEF).  THE DIRECTIONS FOR.U
SING THIS SIMPLE SPRITE EDITOR ARE.DISPL
AYED WHEN YOU CHOOSE THIS.OPTION.  LIKEW
ISE, THE LOAD AND SAVE.OPTIONS WORK AS Y
OU MIGHT EXPECT --.JUST ENTER THE FILENA
MES OF THE.SPRITES YOU WISH TO LOAD OR S
AVE...  WHEN A SET OF SPRITES HAS BEEN.L
OADED, USE THE "PRINT SPRITES".OPTION TO
 MAKE A HARD COPY.  YOU MAY.SET THESE PA
RAMETERS:..-- SINGLE OR DOUBLE-DENSITY P
RINTING...-- REGULAR OR EXPANDED SIZE...
-- WHERE ON THE PAGE TO START.PRINTING. 
 NOTE: THE PROGRAM ASKS YOU.TO CHOOSE A 
COLUMN FROM 0 TO 615..THIS REFERS TO THE
 DOT COLUMN RATHER.THAN THE CHARACTER CO
LUMN.  CHOOSING."307" BEGINS PRINTING NE
AR THE CENTER.OF THE PAGE...-- HOW MANY 
SPRITES TO PRINT...-- AND, HOW FAR APART
 TO PRINT THE.SPRITES (IN DOT COLUMNS)..
.  A NOTE FOR GEMINI PRINTER USERS: TO.U
SE SPRITE PRINTER, YOU MUST CHANGE A.FEW
 LINES OF CODE.  IN LINE 100,.CHANGE THE
 "5" TO A "6".  IN LINE.110, CHANGE "CHR
$(16)" TO "CHR$(8)"...  TO TEST THE PROG
RAM, CHOOSE LOAD.SPRITES FROM THE MAIN M
ENU AND ENTER."SPRITE.SAMPLE" AS THE FIL
ENAME....DISK FILES THIS PROGRAM USES:..
SPRITE PRINTER.1   SPRITE.SAMPLE.T.SPRIT
E PRINTER..        **** END OF TEXT ****
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