[Coco] Back to BASIC

Mon May 1 18:15:50 EDT 2017

P.S.  This description of the DRAW command in GWBASIC may have some or all
of the undocumented features of the Extended Basic DRAW command, as the two
versions of BASIC are very similar, probably coded by the same guy at
Microsoft.

http://www.antonis.de/qbebooks/gwbasman/draw.html

Art

On Mon, May 1, 2017 at 5:59 PM, Arthur Flexser <flexser at fiu.edu> wrote:

> I seem to recall that there are useful options in the DRAW command that
> were undocumented in the manuals and discovered by people who disassembled
> the ROM code.  A scaling option was one of them, I think, if that is not
> among the documented ones.  This was written up in at least one of the CoCo
> magazines.  Were you aware of this in writing the chapter?
>
> Art
>
> On Mon, May 1, 2017 at 5:51 PM, Steve Strowbridge <ogsteviestrow at gmail.com
> > wrote:
>
>> Part two of Chapter 21 is now online, Chapter 21 was released just before
>> CoCoFEST! and it's all about the DRAW command, it's a big chapter, as
>> there
>> are a lot of options to use with the DRAW command.
>>
>> The first part brought us up to a DIY challenge, which was to DRAW your
>> name using the DRAW command.
>>
>> Part 2, recorded and released today is my attempt at doing just that,
>> using
>> DRAW statements to display my name graphically, but I got a little fancy
>> with it, using string arrays to be able to print out letters in order or
>> randomly.
>>
>> Let me know what you think:
>> https://youtu.be/PSxezYqsqp0
>>
>>
>> Steve Strowbridge, aka
>> The Original Gamer Stevie Strow
>> http://ogsteviestrow.com
>> ogsteviestrow at gmail.com
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Apr 19, 2017 at 9:56 AM, Alexander Wallace <
>> alexander.o.wallace at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > I have a lot to catch up now! Thanks for all you do man!
>> >
>> > > On Apr 19, 2017, at 8:21 AM, Steve Strowbridge <
>> ogsteviestrow at gmail.com>
>> > wrote:
>> > >
>> > > Chapter 20 is now online covering the PAINT command, I'll try and add
>> > some
>> > > painting examples to the DIY graphics demo we've been building up
>> during
>> > > this series as well
>> > >
>> > > https://youtu.be/WT4IB_GPgGU
>> > >
>> > > Steve Strowbridge, aka
>> > > The Original Gamer Stevie Strow
>> > > http://ogsteviestrow.com
>> > > ogsteviestrow at gmail.com
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > On Sun, Apr 16, 2017 at 9:06 PM, Steve Strowbridge <
>> > ogsteviestrow at gmail.com>
>> > > wrote:
>> > >
>> > >> Happy Easter everyone!
>> > >>
>> > >> I have come up with a small demo showing off the CIRCLE command that
>> was
>> > >> recently covered in chapter 19 of my series.
>> > >> This demo shows off the various ways to create circles, including the
>> > >> RADIUS, the Height and Width, and starting and ending positions of
>> ARCs,
>> > >> both forward and reverse.
>> > >>
>> > >> I have showed what the demo looks like, and what to expect, and I
>> > thought
>> > >> it would be cool to set this up as a challenge for somebody to
>> re-create
>> > >> their own version of this demo and then send it to me, and I'll show
>> off
>> > >> the contributions I get.
>> > >>
>> > >> Here is the video of the demo:
>> > >> https://youtu.be/2lnav77mCFQ
>> > >>
>> > >> Love to see what people come up with.
>> > >>
>> > >>
>> > >> Steve Strowbridge, aka
>> > >> The Original Gamer Stevie Strow
>> > >> http://ogsteviestrow.com
>> > >> ogsteviestrow at gmail.com
>> > >>
>> > >>
>> > >> On Sat, Apr 15, 2017 at 8:09 AM, Steve Strowbridge <
>> > >> ogsteviestrow at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > >>
>> > >>> Thanks for the scratch tip Salvador.
>> > >>>
>> > >>> Chapter 19 is now on-line going over the CIRCLE command, and
>> expanding
>> > >>> upon a DIY graphics demo that's taking all the graphics commands
>> we're
>> > >>> learning and doing random graphics on the screen.
>> > >>>
>> > >>> I'm going to try and throw together another DIY program to better
>> > >>> demonstrate and visualize all the cool things you can do with the
>> > CIRCLE
>> > >>> command later today.
>> > >>>
>> > >>>
>> > >>> Steve Strowbridge, aka
>> > >>> The Original Gamer Stevie Strow
>> > >>> http://ogsteviestrow.com
>> > >>> ogsteviestrow at gmail.com
>> > >>>
>> > >>>
>> > >>> On Fri, Apr 14, 2017 at 2:31 PM, Salvador Garcia via Coco <
>> > >>> coco at maltedmedia.com> wrote:
>> > >>>
>> > >>>> If you and your daughter are going to get into Scratch, you might
>> find
>> > >>>> the following enjoyable:
>> > >>>>
>> > >>>> https://hourofcode.com/us
>> > >>>>
>> > >>>>
>> > >>>> At the top nav bar, click on Activities. Many of these are based
>> on a
>> > >>>> Scratch-like language. (They may be Scratch, but I don't know what
>> is
>> > going
>> > >>>> on behind the scenes of this Web site.)
>> > >>>>
>> > >>>> Salvador
>> > >>>>
>> > >>>>
>> > >>>>
>> > >>>>
>> > >>>>      From: Steve Strowbridge <ogsteviestrow at gmail.com>
>> > >>>> To: CoCo Mailing List <coco at maltedmedia.com>
>> > >>>> Sent: Friday, April 14, 2017 9:30 AM
>> > >>>> Subject: Re: [Coco] Back to BASIC
>> > >>>>
>> > >>>> That's awesome Bruce, I had to mostly teach myself, but we did swap
>> > ideas
>> > >>>> at clubs, and of course the Rainbow.
>> > >>>>
>> > >>>> What a great bonding experience to be able to share with your
>> > children.
>> > >>>>
>> > >>>> I'm going to go through a project with my 8 year old daughter in a
>> > >>>> language
>> > >>>> called Scratch that is a simple way to teach coding and create
>> Sprite
>> > >>>> based
>> > >>>> video games.
>> > >>>>
>> > >>>>
>> > >>>> On Apr 14, 2017 10:02 AM, "D. Bruce Moore" <bruce at gracenote.ca>
>> > wrote:
>> > >>>>
>> > >>>>> Steve,
>> > >>>>>
>> > >>>>> I have been teaching my son, Jacob, BASIC from out of the
>> manual.  We
>> > >>>> will
>> > >>>>> likely be looking at the later chapters (PMODE) later on and I can
>> > see
>> > >>>>> using these videos as a great teaching tool.
>> > >>>>>
>> > >>>>> Looks like our table is in the middle next to yours - see you at
>> the
>> > >>>> Fest!
>> > >>>>>
>> > >>>>>
>> > >>>>>> On Apr 14, 2017, at 8:14 AM, Steve Strowbridge <
>> > >>>> ogsteviestrow at gmail.com>
>> > >>>>> wrote:
>> > >>>>>>
>> > >>>>>> Happy Good Friday everyone!
>> > >>>>>>
>> > >>>>>> Chapter 18 is uploaded in 3 parts, it was a doozy, but we're
>> dealing
>> > >>>> with
>> > >>>>>> the PMODE command, and Page Switching, and Page copying, pretty
>> cool
>> > >>>>> stuff.
>> > >>>>>>
>> > >>>>>> So we cover PCLEAR, PMODE, and PCOPY.
>> > >>>>>>
>> > >>>>>>
>> > >>>>>
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