T.GET STRAIGHT.1

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00000780: 54 20 2A 2A 2A 2A 0D                              |T ****.         |

..^U:HACKER...       GETTING IT STRAIGHT
 128.                 BY.              I
AN ADAM..COMMODORE MAGAZINE.JULY 1987..*
************************************.NOT
E: BECAUSE THIS PROGRAM IS WRITTEN.FOR T
HE C-128, IT CANNOT BE RUN LIKE.OTHER PR
OGRAMS ON LOADSTAR.  TO RUN.THE PROGRAM,
 PRESS RESET ON THE 128..THIS PUTS YOUR 
COMPUTER INTO 128 MODE.AND DISPLAYS A ME
NU OF ALL 128.PROGRAMS ON SIDE 3 OF THE 
LOADSTAR.DISK.  CHOOSE THE PROGRAM YOU W
ANT TO.RUN FROM THIS MENU...IF YOU ARE A
LREADY IN 128 MODE, DO.NOT PRESS RESET. 
 PRESS THE SPACEBAR.TO RETURN TO THE 128
 MENU..*********************************
****..  ON MOST COMPUTERS, INCLUDING THE
.C-128, PIXELS AREN'T QUITE SQUARE..BECA
USE OF THIS, SCREEN IMAGES ARE.USUALLY D
ISTORTED.  SQUARES ARE.SELDOM SQUARE; CI
RCLES ARE HARDLY.EVER PERFECTLY ROUND.  
ON THE 128,.SHAPES ARE USUALLY 40% TALLE
R THAN.THEY ARE WIDE, BUT THE AMOUNT OF.
DISTORTION VARIES WITH EVERY.COMPUTER/MO
NITOR COMBINATION...  FORTUNATELY FOR C-
128 OWNERS, THE.128'S SCALE COMMAND CAN 
CORRECT.DISTORTION.  USING THE COMMAND..
           SCALE 1,X,Y..THE USER SPECIFI
ES THE X AND Y.COORDINATES TO ADJUST SCR
EEN.PROPORTIONS.  HOW DO YOU FIND THE.RI
GHT COORDINATES?  BY TRIAL AND.ERROR... 
 THAT'S WHERE IAN ADAM'S PROGRAM.COMES I
N.  IT DRAWS A TEST PATTERN OF.SQUARES A
ND CIRCLES ON THE SCREEN..BY PRESSING TH
E "+" AND "-" KEYS, YOU.CAN MAKE THE PAT
TERNS BECOME TALLER.OR SHORTER.  WITH A 
FLEXIBLE RULER TO.MEASURE THE SHAPES AND
 A LITTLE.EXPERIMENTATION, YOU CAN ADJUS
T THE.SCALE TO CORRECT THE DISTORTION. W
HEN.THE TEST PATTERNS LOOK RIGHT, PRESS.
"Q" TO DISPLAY THE SCALE COMMAND YOU.SHO
ULD USE...  TO CORRECT SCREEN DISTORTION
 WHEN.YOU WRITE A GRAPHICS PROGRAM, CLEA
R.THE GRAPHICS SCREEN WITH A GRAPHIC.1,1
 STATEMENT, THEN INCLUDE YOUR.PERSONAL S
CALE COMMAND.  ANY PATTERN.PLOTTED SHOUL
D HAVE PROPER.PROPORTIONS....DISK FILES 
THIS PROGRAM USES:..GET STRAIGHT.128   T
.GET STRAIGHT.1..        **** END OF TEX
T ****.

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