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00000460: CF D2 2E C3 C8 C1 D3 C5  2E CF 2C 20 54 48 45 20  |.........., THE |
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000004A0: 55 52 43 45 0D 43 4F 44  45 20 43 41 4E 20 42 45  |URCE.CODE CAN BE|
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000005A0: 4C 20 4D 4F 56 45 0D C3  CF D5 CE D4 C5 D2 C3 CC  |L MOVE..........|
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00000610: 20 43 4F 4C 4F 52 20 4D  41 52 51 55 45 45 20 45  | COLOR MARQUEE E|
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00000650: 20 20 C9 20 48 4F 50 45  20 59 4F 55 20 4C 49 4B  |  . HOPE YOU LIK|
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000006C0: 20 54 4F 20 53 45 4C 45  43 54 22 20 4D 45 4E 55  | TO SELECT" MENU|
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00000740: 0D 0D C6 C9 CC C5 D3 20  D4 C8 C9 D3 20 D0 D2 CF  |....... .... ...|
00000750: C7 D2 C1 CD 20 D5 D3 C5  D3 3A 0D 0D C2 C9 D4 D3  |.... ....:......|
00000760: 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20  20 20 20 20 20 20 20 C3  |               .|
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00000790: D4 2E C2 C9 D4 D3 0D 0D  20 20 20 20 20 20 20 2A  |........       *|
000007A0: 2A 2A 2A 2A 20 C5 4E 44  20 4F 46 20 D4 45 58 54  |**** .ND OF .EXT|
000007B0: 20 2A 2A 2A 2A 2A 0D                              | *****.         |

..^U:ZERO.        C O L O R   C H A S E 
R..           BY SCOTT E. RESH..    ONE 
DAY JEFF JONES, A COMPILER.KIND OF GUY, 
LOOKED AT ME AND SAID."HEY SCOTT, HOW 'B
OUT A ROUTINE THAT.DOES THIS...".  WHAT 
HE WANTED WAS AN.ASSEMBLY LANGUAGE ROUTI
NE THAT 'CHASES.COLORS' ON ANY RECTANGLE
 ON THE.SCREEN.  BLACK IS 'CHASED' BY WH
ITE,.WHITE IS 'CHASED' BY RED, RED IS.'C
HASED' BY CYAN, ETC.  THIS GIVES.THE EFF
ECT OF THE COLORS CHASING EACH.OTHER.  B
UT THEY'RE NEVER ABLE TO.CATCH ONE ANOTH
ER......    COLOR CHASER REQUIRES TWO SY
S.COMMANDS.  ONE INITIALIZES THE.DIMENSI
ONS OF YOUR RECTANGLE; THE.SECOND SYS PE
RFORMS THE ACTUAL.CHASING.  REPEATEDLY C
ALLING THE.SECOND SYS ADDRESS CREATES TH
E.CHASING EFFECT.  THIS IS THE CODE YOU.
NEED TO ADD TO YOUR BASIC PROGRAM... 100
 POKE251,#:REM TOP LEFT X (0 - 38). 110 
POKE252,#:REM TOP LEFT Y (0 - 23). 120 P
OKE253,#:REM CHARS WIDE (2 - 39). 130 PO
KE254,#:REM CHARS HIGH (2 - 24). 140 SYS
49152 :REM START BOX & COLOR. 150 SYS491
55 :REM CHASE ONE TIME. 160 GOTO 150 :RE
M INFINITE CHASE....    THERE ARE THREE 
ADDITIONAL COLOR.CHASE FILES ON THIS DIS
K..COLOR.CHASE.PAL, THE SOURCE CODE;.COL
OR.CHASE.O, THE OBJECT CODE; AND.BITS, T
HE DEMO PROGRAM.  THE SOURCE.CODE CAN BE
 LOADED AND LISTED JUST.LIKE AN ORDINARY
 BASIC PROGRAM.  THE.SOURCE CODE IS HEAV
ILY COMMENTED AND.STRAIGHTFORWARD.  HERE
'S A LITTLE.CHALLENGE FOR THE CREATIVE P
ROGRAMMER.OUT THERE.  BY CHANGING ONE CO
MMAND IN.THE SOURCE CODE, THE COLORS WIL
L MOVE.COUNTERCLOCKWISE INSTEAD OF CLOCK
WISE..WHICH COMMAND IS IT?..    COLOR CH
ASER'S INTENT IS TO EASILY.ADD A COLOR M
ARQUEE EFFECT TO YOUR.BASIC MENU SCREEN 
OR WHATEVER...    I HOPE YOU LIKE COLOR 
CHASER AND.USE IT OFTEN.  IT CAN ADD A L
ITTLE.ZIP TO AN OTHERWISE LIFELESS "PRES
S.RETURN TO SELECT" MENU.  I ENCOURAGE.A
LL M-L PROGRAMMERS TO TINKER WITH.THE SO
URCE CODE.  WHO KNOWS WHAT CAN.BE DONE T
O COLOR CHASER?...FILES THIS PROGRAM USE
S:..BITS               COLOR.CHASE.O.COL
OR.CHASE.PAL    T.BITS..       ***** END
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