T.BITS
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FILENAME(S): T.BITS
FILE TYPE(S): PRG
FILE SIZE: 4.6K
FIRST SEEN: 2025-11-30 18:05:24
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..^U:ZERO. BITS: ALL ABOUT "SHOPPING B
AG.O".. BY FENDER TUCKER.. T
HIS LITTLE OBJECT FILE HAS GROWN.FROM 2
BLOCKS TO 4 BLOCKS SINCE IT.WAS FIRST CR
EATED BY SCOTT RESH, AND.IT IS POWERFUL!
IT'S THE DRIVING.FORCE BEHIND PRINT SH
OPPING BAG. ALL.OF THE BASIC CODE THAT
MAKES UP PSB.IS MERELY A WAY TO CHOOSE F
ILES TO.RUN THROUGH "SHOPPING BAG.O"'S.W
RINGER. THIS IS THE BABY... THE FOLL
OWING ARTICLE EXPLAINS.HOW TO USE "SHOPP
ING BAG.O"'S POWER,.BECAUSE I THINK THAT
AN IMAGINATIVE.PROGRAMMER CAN COME UP W
ITH OTHER.USES FOR IT BESIDES PSB...
THE NEW FEATURE THAT SCOTT ADDED.THIS WE
EK IS THE "VIEW" FUNCTION. IT.BASICALLY
TAKES AN IMAGE'S DATA AND.CREATES PART
OF A FONT OUT OF IT..THE FIRST 77 REVERS
ED CHARACTERS ARE.USED. KEEP THIS IN MI
ND -- IT MEANS.THAT YOU CAN'T USE REVERS
ED CHARACTERS.ON THE SAME SCREEN AS AN I
MAGE... MORE ABOUT THE VIEW FUNCTION.
LATER, LET'S START WITH THE BEGINNING.OF
"SHOPPING BAG.O", AT 49152 (#C000)..IN
THIS TEXT, PS OR S MEANS PRINT.SHOP AND
PM OR M MEANS PRINTMASTER.......* CONVER
T 3-BLOCK PS TO 2-BLOCK PS..SYS49152,PAG
E POINTER,LOGICAL FILE #.. "PAGE POINTER
" MEANS THE PAGE. WHERE THE IMAGE DATA I
S LOADED. IF. YOU USE THIS SYNTAX TO LO
AD AN IMAGE.. SYS57812"FILENAME",8,0:POK
E780,0:. POKE781,0:POKE782,96:SYS65493
.. THEN THE PAGE POINTER IS 96... A CONV
ERTED FILE WILL BE SAVED TO. DISK. YOU
MUST OPEN A FILE BEFORE. MAKING THE SYS
CALL..... HERE'S THE SYNTAX TO USE TO OP
EN A. FILE FOR WRITING A CONVERTED FILE.
.. OPENFILE#,DEVICE #,1,FILENAME.. I USE
THIS IN PRINT SHOPPING BAG... OPEN2,DN,
1,D$.. 2 IS THE FILE NUMBER. DN IS 8, 9
,. 10 OR 11, DEPENDING UPON THE DEVICE.
CHOSEN BY THE USER. 1 MEANS "WRITE". RA
THER THAN "READ", AND D$ IS THE. FILENAM
E I WANT THE CONVERTED FILE. TO BE CALLE
D... SO, WHATEVER LOGICAL FILE YOU OPENE
D,. USE THAT NUMBER IN THE SYS COMMAND..
.* CONVERT 3-BLOCK PS TO 2-BLOCK PS..SYS
49155,PAGE POINTER,LOGICAL FILE #.. EVER
YTHING ABOUT THIS IS THE SAME. AS FOR SY
S49152...* CONVERT BETWEEN PS AND PM (3-
BLOCK)..SYS49158,"S" OR "M",PAGE POINTER
,. LOGICAL FILE #.. "PAGE POINTER" AND
"LOGICAL FILE #". ARE THE SAME AS ABOVE.
.. USE "S" FOR PS TO PM. USE "M" FOR PM
TO PS...* CONVERT PM TO 2-BLOCK PS..SYS4
9161,PAGE POINTER,LOGICAL FILE #.. SAME
AS ABOVE...* CONVERT 2-BLOCK PS TO PM..S
YS49164,PAGE POINTER,LOGICAL FILE #.. SA
ME AS ABOVE... THE FOLLOWING COMMANDS
ARE FOR.THE "VIEW" FUNCTION.......* INI
TIALIZE IMAGE VIEWER...SYS49167,FONT PAG
E,X COORD,Y COORD.. THIS COMMAND DOES NO
T DISPLAY. ANYTHING -- IT ONLY GETS THE
PROGRAM. READY FOR DISPLAYING... "FONT P
AGE" IS THE HIGH-BYTE OF THE. AREA WHERE
YOUR FONT IS STORED. YOU. MUST BE USIN
G A CUSTOM FONT IN YOUR. PROGRAM. THE D
EFAULT FONT WON'T. WORK. IF YOUR FONT I
S LOCATED AT. 14336 ($3800) THEN THE HIG
H BYTE IS. $38, OR 56 DECIMAL. USE 56 A
S "FONT. PAGE"..... THE X COORDINATE IS
A NUMBER BETWEEN. 0 AND 29 THAT TELLS WH
ERE ON THE. SCREEN THE IMAGE WILL BE SHO
WN. YOU. CAN'T USE A NUMBER LARGER THAN
29. BECAUSE AN IMAGE MAY BE UP TO 11. C
HARACTERS ACROSS... THE Y COORDINATE IS
A NUMBER BETWEEN. 0 AND 18. AN IMAGE MA
Y BE AS TALL. AS 7 CHARACTERS...........
* DISPLAY AN IMAGE..SYS49170,PAGE POINTE
R,TYPE OF IMAGE.. THE "TYPE OF IMAGE" US
ES THIS CODE:.. 1 - PM IMAGE. 2 - 2-BLOC
K PS IMAGE. 3 - 3-BLOCK PS IMAGE..* DISA
BLE VIEWER..SYS49173.. DO THIS WHEN YOU
ARE THROUGH VIEWING. AN IMAGE. SINCE TH
E VIEWER USES A. COPY OF YOUR CUSTOM FON
T, THIS IS. NEEDED TO RESTORE YOUR FONT.
..* CLEAR BUFFER AREA (FOR PS ONLY)..SYS
49176,PAGE POINTER,2 OR 3.. SINCE DIFFER
ENT VERSIONS OF THE. PRINT SHOP PROGRAM
BY BRODERBUND. SAVE IMAGES DIFFERENTLY,
IT MAY BE. NECESSARY TO CLEAR OUT THE AR
EA. WHERE YOU PLAN TO LOAD THE IMAGES..
IF YOU SEE GARBAGE AT THE VERY. BOTTOM O
F AN IMAGE, YOU NEED TO. USE THIS SYS BE
FORE LOADING THE. IMAGE. USE 2 AS THE L
AST PARAMETER. FOR A 2-BLOCK IMAGE, AND
3 FOR A. 3-BLOCK IMAGE...... THERE TH
EY ARE, THE COMMANDS USED.IN "SHOPPING B
AG.O". TRY LOADING.SEVERAL IMAGES INTO
PRINT SHOPPING.BAG AND VIEW THEM HOLDING
THE CRSR.KEY DOWN AND YOU'LL SEE THAT T
HE.IMAGES FLIP BY PRETTY FAST. WITH.MOR
E SPECIFIC CODE THIS FLIPPING CAN.BE DON
E QUITE A BIT FASTER. FAST.ENOUGH FOR P
S OR PM ANIMATION... I'D BE INTERESTE
D IN SEEING WHAT.A GRAPHICS AFICIONADO C
AN COME UP.WITH USING "SHOPPING BAG.O" A
ND A.BUNCH OF SLIGHTLY DIFFERING IMAGES.
.THE BUFFER AREA USED IN PSB IS.LIMITED
TO 18 IMAGES, BUT THERE'S NO.REASON WHY
YOU CAN'T USE DOZENS OF.IMAGES... THA
NKS FOR JOINING US ON OUR.PRINT SHOPPING
BAG ADVENTURE. IT'S A.NEVER-ENDING SAG
A OF GOOD VERSUS.EVIL, FRAUGHT WITH DANG
ER AND.PESTILENCE. LET'S HOPE NO INSECT
-.LIKE CREATURES INHABIT THIS LATEST.VER
SION OF PRINT SHOPPING BAG..
FT. **** E
ND OF TEXT ****.
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