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1. PADDLE GRAPHICS 1980 ON LINE SYSTEMS PICTURE WHEN THIS PROCESS HAS FINISHED YOU WILL BE ASKED FOR THE NAME UNDER WHICH TO SAVE YOUR UPDATED SHAPE TABLE PRESSING RETURN WILL CAUSE THE SHAPE TABLE TO NOT BE SAVED BUT KEPT IN FOR ADDITIONAL UPDATING OR DISPLAYING ENTERING WILL CAUSE THE SHAPE TABLE TO BE WRITTEN TO DISK IT IS STILL IN MEMORY THOUGH IN CASE YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD TO IT OR USE THE SHAPE TABLE INSPECT FUNCTION AT THIS POINT YOU WILL BE RETURNED TO THE ORIGINAL PROMPT WHICH ASKED WHETHER YOU WOULD LIKE TO WORK WITH A OR EXISTING SHAPE TABLE SPECIFYING 0 WILL RETURN YOU TO THE MAIN MENU PADDLE GRAPHICS C 1980 ON LINE SYSTEMS 9 PICTURE CREATION USING SHAPE TABLES AFTER A SHAPE TABLE HAS BEEN BUILT USING THE SHAPE TABLE CREATION ROUTINES IT MAY BE RECALLED AND DISPLAYED OR PRINTED ON THE HI RES SCREEN TO DO THIS SPECIFY 4 FROM THE MAIN MENU YOU WILL BE ASKED TO ENTER A SHAPE TABLE PRESSING RETURN AT THIS POINT WILL CAUSE THE SHAPE TABLE ALREADY IN MEMORY TO BE USED IF YOU REQUEST THAT SHAPE TABLE BE LOADED MAKE SURE THE DISK IT 15 ON IS IN THE DRIVE BEFORE PRESSING RETURN WHEN YOU HAVE SPECIFIED A SHAPE TABLE YOUR PICTURE WILL APPEAR WITH THE FIRST ENTRY IN YOUR SHAPE TABLE AS THE CURSOR THIS SHAPE MAY BE MOVED ANYWHERE ON THE SCREEN USING THE PADDLES IN ADDITION THE FOLLOWING ACTIONS MAY TAKEN SPACE EAR PRINT THE SHAPE ON THE SCREEN AT ITS CURRENT LOCA
2. EXPANSION EACH SHAPE YOU ALLOW ROOM FOR TAKES 2 BYTES IN THE DIRECTORY 4 PADDLE GRAPHICS C 1980 ON LINE SYSTEMS BUT DOESN T HASTE ANY OTHER SPACE UNTIL IT IS ACTUALLY USED THEREFORE DON T SPECIFY ANY FEWER THAN YOU THINK YOU LL NEED FOR IF YOU GUESS LOW YOU LL BE OUT OF LUCK WHEN YOU RUN OUT OF DIRECTORY SPACE IF YOU SPECIFY THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO WORK WITH AN EXISTING TABLE YOU WILL BE PROMPTED FOR THE TABLE NAME IF YOU SIMPLY PRESS RETURN YOU HAVE SPECIFIED YOU HOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE TO USE THE SHAPE TABLE THAT IS ALREADY IN MEMORY SPECIFYING ANYTHING ELSE WILL CAUSE SHAPE TABLE OF THAT NAME TO BE LOADED BEFORE ENTERING THE NAME PLACE THE DISK WITH THE SHAPE TABLE INTO THE DISK DRIVE AFTER THE SHAPE TABLE IS BROUGHT INTO MEMORY YOU WILL BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO REDEFINE THE LAST SHAPE YOU WOULD LIKE REPLY OTHERWISE YOUR NEW SHAPE WILL BE ADDED THE END OF THE TABLE AT THIS POINT YOUR PICTURE WILL APPEAR YOU SHOULD MOVE THE CURSOR TO THE UPPER LEFT CORNER OF THE OBJECT YOU WOULD LIKE IN YOUR SHAPE TABLE TO FIND THIS POINT IMAGINE A POX SURROUNDING THE OBJECT ON THE SCREEN THE UPPER LEFT CORNER IS WHERE YOU SHOULD PLACE THE CURSOR AT THIS POINT PRESS THE SPACE BAR TO LOCK THE POSITION THEN MOVE THE CURSOR TO THE LOWER RIGHT CORNER THE IMAGINARY BOX AND PRESS THE SPACE BAR AGAIN A BOX WILL APPEAR AROUND THE OBJECT AND YOU WILL SEE PADDLE GRAPHICS TRACING THE
3. GREEN VIOLET SILVER DARK GREEN DARK PURPLE LIME GREEN PINK BROWN AQUA PADDLE GRAPHICS C 1980 ON LINE SYSTEMS 11 RECALLING 5 TABLES FROM YOUR PROGRAMS TO USE A SHAPE TABLE FROM YOUR PROGRAM YOU MUST POKE ITS ADDRESS INTO ADDRESS E8 E9 THIS MUST BE POKED INTO MEMORY LO BYTE FIRST 50 THAT HEX ADDRESS 9000 WOULD BE PUT INTO MEMORY AS 00 IN AND 90 IN IN DECIMAL THIS WOULD POKE 232 0 AND POKE 233 144 BEFORE YOU REFERENCE THE SHAPE TABLE YOU MUST BLOAD IT INTO MEMORY THE ADDRESS YOU POKED YOU MAY LOAD YOUR SHAPE TABLE INTO MEMORY AT ANY LOCATION THAT DOES NOT INTERFERE WITH BASIC OR DOS WE SUGGEST HEX 4000 DECIMAL 16384 IF USING HIRES PAGE 1 OR HEX 6000 DECIMAL 24576 IF USING PAGE 2 BECAUSE OF THE WAY SHAPE TABLES WORK YOU HILL FIND THAT YOUR SHAPE TABLE WILL RETAIN ITS ORIGINAL COLORS ONLY IF 1 THE SHAPE TABLE AND THE BACKGROUND ARE ALL FROM THE SAME COLOR GROUP 2 THE SHAPE IS DRAWN ON AN ODD OR EVEN X COORDINATE DEPENDING ON WHERE IT WAS WHEN IT WAS CREATED THIS REALLY ISN T AS DIFFICULT AS IT SOUNDS GIVE SOME THOUGHT TO RULE 1 ABOVE WHEN CREATING YOUR SHAPE AND BACKGROUND THEN WHEN CALLING IT BACK UP TEST DRAWING AT AN EVEN THAN ODD X COORD TO PADDLE GRAPHICS C 1980 ON LINE SYSTEMS SEE WHICH GIVES THE CORRECT COLORS YOU WILL THEN HAVE TO PUT A FIX INTO YOUR PROGRAM IF YOU ARE ANIMATING THE SHAPE TO ONLY DRAW IT ON EVEN OR ODD X COORDS AS APPROPRIATE
4. ANYWHERE ON THE HI RES SCREEN PADDLE GRAPHICS C 1980 ON LINE SYSTEMS YOU WISH TO EXPERIMENT WITH TRANSPARENCIES DRAW YOUR PICTURE ON PAPER HAVE PRINT SHOP MAKE A TRANSPARENCY FROM IT THEN TAPE THE TRANSPARENCY TO THE FROM OF YOUR TV IN THIS MANNER OUTLINE MODE CAN BE USED TO TRACE YOUR PICTURE THE AUTHORS HAVE HAD GREAT LUCK WITH DLs IN SUMMARY PLEASE FEEL FREE TO EXPERIMENT WITH PADDLE GRAPHICS AND REMEMBER TO FREQUENTLY SAVE YOUR PICTURE WHEN PIONEERING WE DO SUGGEST THAT YOU READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS AS YOU GO THOUGH AS PADDLE GRAPHICS 15 85 COMPLEX r IT 15 POWERFUL PADDLE GRAPHICS C 1980 ON LINE SYSTEMS 2 THE COMMAND HIERARCHY PADDLE GRAPHICS IS OPERATED AS SERIES OF MENUS AND PROMPTS IN GENERAL RESPONDING Q TO ANY PROMPT OR MENU WILL RETURN YOU TO THE PRIOR ONE PADDLE GRAPHICS C 1980 ON LINE SYSTEMS OUTLINING A FIGURE THIS OPTION IS REACHED BY SPECIFYING 1 OUT OF THE MAIN MENU IT IS USED TO DO DRAWING OR CORRECTING OF PICTURES ALL DRAWING MODES UNDER THIS FUNCTION WORK ONLY IN THE STANDARD 8 APPLE HI RES COLORS IF YOU WISH A FIGURE TO BE ONE OF THE NON STANDARD COLORS OUTLINE IT IN WHITE OR BLACK AND USE THE COLOR FILL FUNCTION FIRST PRESENTED WITH A COLOR PICK A COLOR OR Q TO RETURN TO YOU ARE SELECTION MENU THE MAIN MENU AFTER PICKING THE COLOR YOU WILL BE ASKED TO CHOOSE A DRAW MODE THEY ARE A DUAL PADDLE THIS IS THE STANDARD PADDLE O X PA
5. DDLE 1 Y DRAWING MODE IT SEEMS BEST SUITED RAPID MOVEMENT OF THE CURSOR POSITION FOR USE WITH SINGLE PADDLE DRAW MODE OR FOR DRAWING OF STRAIGHT LINES IT IS PROBABLY THE FASTEST AND EASIEST WAY TO DRAW BUT ALSO THE LEAST PRECISE THE AUTHOR HAS NEVER SUCCESSFULLY COME CLOSE TO BEING ABLE TO SIGN HIS NAME IN THIS MODE B SINGLE PADDLE THIS DRAW MODE IS FANTASTIC FOR DRAWING CURVES LINE PLOT THIS DRAW MODE IS USED FOR PADDLE GRAPHICS C 1980 ON LINE SYSTEMS PRECISION DRAWING OF STRAIGHT LINES SLOWER THAN DUAL PADDLE BUT WORTH IT D DRAW MODE USED FOR DRAWING THICK LINES FUNCTIONS LIKE DUAL PADDLE BUT CAN DRAW A LINE SO THICK IT CAN BE THOUGHT OF AS PAINTING VERY HANDY FOR ERASING GOOFS TO THE BACKGROUND COLOR PRESSING 0 FROM ANY OF THESE DRAW MODES WILL RETURN YOU TO THE DRAW MODE SELECTION MENU ENTERING Q FROM THE DRAW MODE SELECTION MENU WILL RETURN YOU TO THE COLOR SELECTION MENU DUAL PADDLE DRAW USE PADDLE 0 TO CONTROL THE HORIZONTAL POSITION OF THE CURSOR AND PADDLE 1 TO CONTROL VERTICAL POSITION THE SPACE BAR WILL TOGGLE BETWEEN DRAWING AND NOT DRAWING SINGLE PADDLE DRAW AFTER SELECTING SINGLE PADDLE DRAW YOU WILL BE ASKED TO SELECT A SPEED 1 THE SLOWEST TO 9 THE FASTEST THIS WILL CONTROL THE SPEED AT WHICH YOU DRAW AND AS SIDE EFFECT THE CONTROL YOU HAVE OVER THE CURSOR FOR INSTANCE IF YOU NEED A CIRCLE UNDER ABOUT A HAL
6. E DO NOT EXPERIENCE THIS PROBLEM THIS OPTION WILL ALLOW YOU TO SELECT THE COLOR IN WHICH YOUR LETTERS WILL BE WRITTEN ON THE HI RES SCREEN ADDITIONAL COMMENTS ON COLOR APPEAR THE PREVIOUS SECTION ON SIZE COLOR ERASE STORE RECALL THIS SECTION IS PROVIDED AS FASTER METHOD OF SAVING RETRIEVING OR ELANKING THE HI RES SCREEN WITHOUT HAVING RETURN TO THE MAIN MENU THESE FUNCTIONS OPERATE THE SAME AS OPTIONS 9 7 AND 78 IN THE MAIN MENU AND ARE PROVIDED THIS POINT FOR CONVENIENCE ONLY 1980 ON LINE SYSTEMS PADDLE GRAPHICS 6 21980 ON LINE SYSTEMS FONT THE CHARACTER SET WITH WHICH PADDLE GRAPHICS WRITES TEXT MAY EITHER ENGLISH OR GREEK TO SPECIFY ENGLISH RESPOND E AFTER SELECTING THIS OPTION OR G FOR GREEK WE ARE HOPING TO ADD OTHER CHARACTER SETS IN THE FUTURE WRITE AFTER YOU HAVE SELECTED THE OPTIONS FOR WRITING TEXT ENTERING WILL PUT YOU INTO THE MODE TO WRITE TEXT AND YOUR PICTURE WILL APPEAR MOVE THE FLASHING CURSOR WHERE YOU WOULD LIKE THE FIRST CHARACTER AND BEGIN TYPING TYPING ANY CHARACTER WILL CAUSE THE PADDLES TO BE IGNORED IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MOVE TO A DIFFERENT PART OF THE SCREEN TO WRITE TEXT ENTER CTRL N THIS WILL RETURN CONTROL TO THE PADDLES ALLOWING YOU TO ONCE AGAIN MOVE THE PADDLES TO RETURN TO THE TEXT WRITER OPTION SELECTION MENU TYPE CTRL L TO SWITCH TO LOWER CASE PRESS THE KEY PRESSING IT AGAIN WILL RETURN YOU
7. F INCH YOU WILL NEED SPEED 1 TO USE SINGLE PADDLE DRAW MOVE THE CURSOR TO WHERE YOU WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN DRAWING USING DUAL PADDLE MODE THEN SELECT A SPEED AN ARROW HEAD PADDLE GRAPHICS C 1980 ON LINE SYSTEMS WILL APPEAR ON THE SCREEN THIS INDICATES THE DIRECTION YOU WILL DRAW WHEN YOU START DRAWING TURNING PADDLE WILL TURN THE ARROW HEAD YOU MAY ONLY TURN THE ARROW HEAD 360 DEGREES IF THE PADDLE WILL NOT TURN ANY FARTHER JUST STOP DRAWING TURN THE PADDLE ALL THE WAY THE OTHER DIRECTION AND START DRAWING AGAIN BOTH THE PUTTON ON PADDLE AND THE SPACE BAR WILL TOGGLE BETWEEN DRAWING AND NOT DRAWING WHILE DRAWING USE THE PADDLE MUCH LIKE A STEERING WHEEL WOULD BE USED IN A CAR TO DRIVE THE ARROW AROUND THE SCREEN LINE PLOT LINE PLOT HAS FOUR SUBCOMMANDS S H V AND E THESE ARE FOR START A LINE END A HORIZONTAL LINE END A VERTICAL LINE AND END A DIAGONAL LINE RESPECTIVELY THE PADDLES WILL MOVE THE CURSOR AS IN DUAL PADDLE MODE ONCE THE CURSOR IS POSITIONED WHERE YOU WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN DRAWING PRESS S IF YOU WOULD LIKE A HORIZONTAL LINE MOVE THE PADDLE TO WHERE YOU WOULD LIKE IT TO END AND PRESS H IN THIS MANNER YOU ARE GUARANTEED A STRAIGHT LINE AND ALSO GIVEN TIME TO BE CERTAIN OF PROPER POSITIONING IF THE END OF THIS LINE IS ALSO THE BEGINNING OF YOUR NEXT LINE YOU MAY MOVE THE CURSOR TO THE NEW END POINT ON THE SCREEN AND PRESS V OR E DEPENDING ON IF YOU WANT A VERTICAL OR DIAGONAL LINE ONE
8. ILL ALLOW YOU TYPE ONTO YOUR HI RES SCREEN TEXT MAY BE WRITTEN IN UPPER OR LOWER CASE AS WELL AS IN THE ENGLISH OR GREEK ALPHABETS TEXT MAY ALSO BE WRITTEN IN ANY DIRECTION OR IN ANY OF EIGHT COLORS TO INVOKE THIS FACIGITY SPECIFY 6 FROM THE MAIN MENU YOU WILL RECTEVE THE TEXT WRITER OPTION SELECTION MENU FROM THIS MENU YOU CAN CHANGE THE DEFAULTS THAT WILL BE USED TO WRITE TEXT THESE WILL BE DISCUSSED SEPARATELY 1 EXAMINE SETUP THIS SUBCOMMAND WILL CAUSE THE TEXT WRITING OPTIONS TO BE DISPLAYED FOR YOUR REVIEW BEFORE BEGINNING TO TYPE DISPLAYED WILL BE THE DIRECTION YOU WILL TYPE THE SIZE THE COLOR AND THE FONT FORMAT BY SELECTING THIS SUBCOMMAND YOU WILL BE ABLE TO REQUEST THAT TEXT BE WRITTEN LEFT TO RIGHT NORMAL FROM THE TOP THE SCREEN TO THE BOTTOM FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN TO THE TOP OR RIGHT TO LEFT BACKWARDS PADDLE GRAPHICS 3 4 5 SIZE THIS OPTION CONTROLS THE SIZE OF THE LETTERS PLACED ON THE SCREEN SIZE 1 IS THE SAME CHARACTER SET THE APPLE USES ON THE NORMAL TEXT SCREEN SIZE 5 PRODUCES APPROXIMATELY 2 INCH TALL LETTERS BECAUSE OF THE HAY IN HHICH THE APPLE II PROVIDES COLOR COLORED LETTERS SIZE 1 WILL APPEAR ELURRED THIS EFFECT IS EVEN WORSE WHEN WRITING SIDEWAYS TRY TO DEFINE YOUR PICTURES SO THAT COLORED LETTERS CAN BE DRAWN AT SIZE 2 OR LARGER THIS INCLUDES WHITE OR BLACK LETTERS DRAWN ON A COLORED BACKGROUND WHITE ON BLACK AND BLACK ON WHIT
9. ION OF THE OUTLINE WITH THE GREATEST UNINTERRUPTED DISTANCE BETWEEN THE TOP AND THE BOTTOM IF A PORTION OF THE FIGURE IS MISSED OR YOU WISH TO FILL SOME OTHER FIGURE SIMPLY MOVE THE CURSOR AND PRESS THE SPACE BAR AGAIN TO SELECT A DIFFERENT COLOR PRESS Q TO RETURN TO THE COLOR SELECTION MENU PADDLE GRAPHICS C 1980 ON LINE SYSTEMS 5 RETRIEVING A PICTURE FROM DISK TO RETRIEVE A PICTURE FROM DISK SELECT OPTION 8 FROM THE MAIN MENU YOU WILL BE PROMPTED FOR THE PICTURE NAME BEFORE YOU PRESS RETURN THE DISK CONTAINING THE PICTURE MUST BE IN THE DRIVE AFTER THE PICTURE HAS LOADED YOU WILL BE RETURNED TO THE MAIN MENU AT THIS POINT REINSERT THE PADDLE GRAPHICS DISK THE NEXT COMMAND YOU USE SUCH AS COLOR FILL WILL SHOW YOU YOUR PICTURE PADDLE GRAPHICS C 1980 ON LINE SYSTEMS 6 SAVING PICTURE TO DISK TO SAUE COMPLETE PICTURE TO DISK SELECT OPTION FROM THE MAIN MENU YOU WILL BE PROMPTED FOR THE PICTURE BEFORE PRESSING RETURN YOU MUST PLACE THE DISK UPON WHICH YOU WOULD LIKE THE PICTURE SAVED INTO THE DRIVE AFTER THE PICTURE 15 SAVED PADDLE GRAPHICS WILL RETURN TO THE MAIN MENU AT THIS TIME RE INSERT THE PADDLE GRAPHICS DISK INTO THE DEVE IF YOU CHANGE YOUR MIND ABOUT SAVING YOUR PICTURE YOU MAY RESPOND 0 TO THE ENTER PICTURE NAME PROMPT TO RETURN TO THE MAIN MENU PADDLE GRAPHICS C 1980 ON LINE SYSTEMS ADDING TEXT TO A PICTURE PADDLE GRAPHICS HAS A FACILITY WHICH W
10. OF THE NICEST FEATURES OF THIS MODE IS IN DRAWING BOXES MOVE THE CURSOR TO THE TOP LEFT CORNER AND PRESS 5 THEN TO THE PADDLE GRAPHICS C 1980 ON LINE SYSTEMS LOWER RIGHT AND PRESS H THEN U THEN MOVE THE CURSOR BACK TO THE TOP LEFT CORNER AND PRESS H THEN U AGAIN THIS WILL ALWAYS GET YOU A NICELY ALIGNED BOX OR RECTANGLE TO IN EFFECT LIFT YOUR PEN FROM THE PAPER MOVE THE CURSOR TO POSITION AND PRESS 5 3D DRAW MODE DRAW MODE FUNCTIONS LIKE DUAL PADDLE MODE WITH A VARIABLE PEN SIZE YOU MAY NOT TOGGLE BETWEEN DRAW AND DRAW SO POSITION YOURSELF FIRST USING DUAL PADDLE MODE SPECIFYING A COLOR OF WHITE OR BLACK WILL PERMIT YOU TO ERASE PORTIONS OF A PICTURE SO THAT YOU MAY RE OUTLINE AND COLOR FILL PADDLE GRAPHICS C 1980 ON LINE SYSTEMS 4 COLOR FILL COLOR FILL IS A FAST WAY OF FILLING A DRAWING WITH COLOR IT MAY ALSO BE USED TO COLOR THE ENTIRE SCREEN USE COLOR FILL SELECT A COLOR 51 821 YOUR PICTURE WILL SUDDENLY APPEAR WITH BLINKING CURSOR USING THE PADDLES POSITION THE CURSOR TO ANY WHITE OR BLACK PORTION OF THE SCREEN PRESSING THE SPACE BAR WILL CAUSE THE OUTLINED AREA WHERE THE CURSOR IS POSITIONED TO BE FILLED IN WITH THE COLOR YOU HAVE SELECTED THE COLOR FILL COMMAND WILL OCCASIONALLY NOT FILL ALL AREAS OF THE OUTLINED FIGURE WITH PRACTICE YOU WILL FIND THE BEST PLACE TO POSITION THE CURSOR TO FILL AN ENTIRE FIGURE IN THE LEAST TIME IN GENERAL FIND THE PORT
11. OLOR FILLING ON BLACK THE OUTLINE MAY BE ANY COLOR IN THE INSTANCE WHERE WE WANTED A BLUE BOX A BLUE OUTLINE ON BLACK BACKGROUND PADDLE GRAPHICS C 1980 ON LINE SYSTEMS WOULD WORK A WHITE OUTLINE WOULD HAVE PUT A BORDER AROUND THE AS YOU EXPERIMENT YOU WILL FIND WHETHER YOU PREFER A WHITE OR BLACK EACKGROUND TO START OUT IMPORTANT REMEMBER THE BACKGROUND MENTIONED IN THE STEP ABOVE CAN ONLY BE WHITE OR BLACK IF YOU INTEND TO USE COLOR FILL THIS SHOULD NOT BE A PROBLEM BECAUSE YOU CAN ALWAYS USE COLOR FILL TO CHANGE THE WHITE OR BLACK BACKGROUND TO THE DESIRED COLOR YOUR FINAL DRAWING THE INITIAL BACKGROUND COLOR IS CHOSEN BY COLOR FILLING AN EMPTY SCREEN OUTLINING MAIN MENU FUNCTION IS WHERE ALL FREE FORM DRAWING TAKES PLACE THERE IS ALSO A SUBCOMMAND UNDER THIS MODE FOR DRAWING THICK LINES WHICH WILL ERASE PORTIONS OF A PICTURE SO THAT IT MAY BE REDRAWN IN GENERAL SHOULD BE ADDED TO PICTURE AFTER COLOR FILL HAS TAKEN PLACE OTHERWISE IF YOU TRY TO FILL AROUND THE LETTERS SOME PARTS OF THE SCREEN WILL NOT FILL EASILY USE OF THE APPLE SHAPE TABLE CAPABILITIES ARE A GREAT WAY TO CREATE A PICTURE AS AN EXAMPLE OF THIS WE HAVE INCLUDED A SHAPE TABLE OF OURS ELECTRONIC SHAPES WITH WHICH SCHEMATICS MAY EASILY CONSTRUCTED YOU MAY WISH TO CREATE A SHAPE TABLE WITH TREES APPLIANCES YOUR COMPANY LOGO OR ANY OTHER COMMONLY DRAWN FIGURE ITS CONTENTS MAY EASILY RECALLED AND PRINTED
12. PADDLE GRAPHICS Copyright 1980 On Line Systems 39 95 Disk 48K Applesoft amp Machine Language RES ADVENTURE MYSTERY HOUSE 69 19606 ON LINE 09 ken and roberta villians PADDLE GRAPHICS C 1980 ON LINE SYSTEMS INDEX 1 INTRODUCTION 2 THE COMMAND HIERARCHY OUTLINING FIGURE COLOR FILL RETRIEVING PICTURE FROM DISK SAVING A PICTURE TO DISK ADDING TEXT TO A PICTURE CREATING A SHAPE TABLE oO M PICTURE CREATION USING SHAPE TABLES 10 COLOR CONFLICT 11 RECALLING SHAPE TABLES FROM YOUR BASIC PROGRAMS 12 BACKING UP YOUR PADDLE GRAPHICS PADDLE GRAPHICS C 1980 ON LINE SYSTEMS 1 INTRODUCTION THANK YOU FOR PURCHASING PADDLE GRAPHICS IT MAY TAKE A WHILE TO GET USE TO ESPECIALLY TRYING TO DO FREEFORM DRAWING BUT DO NOT BECOME IMPATIENT WE FEEL VERY COMPLEX DRAWINGS ARE POSSIBLE THE NORMAL APPROACH TO CREATING PICTURE WITH PADDLE GRAPHICS IS TO 1 CHOOSE A BACKGROUND COLOR 2 OUTLINE YOUR DRAWING 3 COLOR FILL IT 4 ADD ANY APPROPRIATE TEXT 5 ADD IN SHAPES FIRST IN ORDER TO SELECT A BACKGROUND COLOR AN UNDERSTANDING IS NECESSARY OF HOW THE COLOR FILL ROUTINES WORK COLOR FILL REFERS TO A FAST METHOD OF COLORING IN AN OUTLINED FIGURE FOR EXAMPLE IF A BLUE SQUARE WERE WANTED A SQUARE SHOULD BE OUTLINED ON THE SCREEN AND THE COLOR FILL FUNCTION USED TO FILL IT IN UNFORTUNATELY THE COLOR FILL ROUTINES WILL COLOR ONLY WHITE OR BLACK IF C
13. PADDLE GRAPHICS C 1980 ON LINE SYSTEMS 12 BACKING UP YOUR PADDLE GRAPHICS HE AT ON LINE SYSTEMS FEEL THAT IT IS UNFAIR AND NO FUN FOR USERS NOT TO BE ABLE TO UP THEIR OWN SOFTWARE UNFORTUNATELY WE ALSO HAVE TO EAT PRECLUDED BY EVERYONE PIRATING SOFTWARE AFTER MANY MONTHS OF EFFORT WE HAVE COME UP WITH A PROTECTION SCHEME WHICH SEEMS TO PROVIDE THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS THE PADDLE GRAPHICS DISK MAY BE BACKED UP BUT THE BACKUP WILL NOT EXECUTE SHOULD YOUR PADDLE GRAPHICS DISK EVER GET WIPED OUT BUT NOT MUNCHED SIMPLY COPY FROM YOUR BACKUP ONTO THE DISK SHOULD YOU MUNCH YOUR DISK COMPLETELY PLEASE SEND THE REMAINS WITH 5 DOLLARS TO ON LINE SYSTEMS 36575 Mudge Ranch Road Coarsegold CA 93614 209 683 6858 194 R 10 0 COLON Due to differences in color televisions and the manner these colors may year differently on your television in which APPLE II generates color apr
14. TION R ROTATE BY 45 DEGREES THE CURRENT SHAPE D DISPLAY THE NEXT SHAPE IN THE SHAPE TABLE CTRL D CAUSES YOU TO BE PROMPTED FOR THE EXACT DRAWING NUMBER TO BE DISPLAYED L LISTS THE CURRENT DRAWING NUMBER AND ROTATION Q RETURNS YOU THE PROMPT WHICH ASKS FOR SHAPE TABLE NAME WHEN ASKED TO ENTER SHAPE TABLE NAME YOU MAY ENTER Q TO RETURN TO THE MAIN MENU PADDLE GRAPHICS C 1980 ON LINE SYSTEMS 10 COLOR CONFLICT THANKS TO THE UNIQUE WAY IN WHICH THE APPLE 11 COMPUTER GENERATES COLOR SOME COLORS MAY NOT BE PLACED SIDE BY SIDE WITHOUT DISTORTION OF COLORS BASICALLY THE FOLLOWING RULES WILL EXPLAIN THE PROBLEM 1 NO INTERFERENCE WILL EVER OCCUR WHEN THO COLORS TOUCH AT THE TOP OR BOTTOM 2 BLUE WILL NEVER CLASH WITH ORANGE BLACK1 OR WHITE 3 GREEN WILL NEVER CLASH WITH VIOLET BLACK2 OR WHITE2 4 1 ELACK2 1 AND WHITE WILL CLASH INVISIBLY IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE MORE THAN THE STANDARD 8 HI RES COLORS PADDLE GRAPHICS MIXES COLORS THESE NEW COLORS BE THOUGHT OF AS TWO COLOR GROUPS WHICH WILL NOT CLASH WHEN PUT ONTO THE SCREEN NEXT TO A COLOR FROM THE SAME COLOR GROUP COLOR GROUP 1 BLUE ORANGE 1 BLACK2 2 WHITE2 5 ORANGE BLUE 9 AVOCADO 11 DARK ORANGE PA 15 15 17 19 21 10 12 14 16 18 20 DDLE GRAPHICS C 1980 ON LINE SYSTEMS DARK BLUE GOLD LIGHT BLUE LIGHT PURPLE LIGHT YELLOW COLOR GROUP 2 VIOLET GREEN BLACK 1 WHITE
15. TO UPPER CASE IF YOU MIS TYPE AND NEED TO BACKSPACE USE THE LEFT ARROW YOU MAY NOT BACKSPACE UP A LINE AND BACKSPACING AGAINST A COLORED BACKGROUND WILL LEAVE HOLES IN YOUR PICTURE OF COURSE THESE HOLES MAY BE FILLED BACK IN USING COLOR FILL MODE TO RETURN TO THE MAIN MENU ENTER Q FROM THE OPTIONS SELECTION MENU PADDLE GRAPHICS C 1980 ON LINE SYSTEMS 8 CREATING SHAPE TABLE APPLESOFT HAS A FEATURE WHICH PERMITS ENTIRE OBJECTS TO BE DISPLAYED AND ANIMATED VERY EASILY FROM AN APPLESOFT PROGRAM PADDLE GRAPHICS PERMITS THESE OBJECTS TO BE CREATED INFINITELY EASIER THAN THE METHOD OUTLINED IN THE APPLESOFT REFERENCE MANUAL SHAPE TABLE CAN CONTAIN ANY NUMBER OF DIFFERENT OBJECTS AND CAN BE STORED ON DISK TO BE EASILY RECALLED BY YOUR BASIC PROGRAM CONTRARY TO THE INSTRUCTIONS IN THE APPLESOFT USER MANUAL CREATING A SHAPE IS DONE BY OUTLINING IT BY USING OPTION 1 FROM THE MAIN MENU THEN SELECTING OPTION 2 TO COLOR IN AFTER IT IS ON THE SCREEN OF COURSE IT COULD HAVE BEEN CREATED BY SOFTWARE OTHER THAN PADDLE GRAPHICS SPECIFY 5 FROM THE MAIN MENU TO CALL UP THE SHAPE TABLE CREATION PROGRAM UPON ENTERING THE SHAPE MAKER YOU WILL BE ASKED WHETHER YOU WOULD LIKE TO WORK WITH A NEW SHAPE TABLE OR AN EXISTING ONE IF YOU WISH TO CREATE A NEW TABLE YOU WILL BE ASKED HOW MANY SHAPES YOU WOULD LIKE IT TO CONTAIN THIS 15 SO THAT SPACE MAY BE RESERVED IN THE INDEX PORTION OF YOUR SHAPE TABLE FOR FUTURE

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