Draw7_Atari texts softwarelibrary_atari_a8sp softwarelibrary_atari softwarelibrary emulation David Beifeld 1984 <div class="page" title="Page 1"> <div class="layoutArea"> <div class="column"> <p><font face="Courier" size="3">Draw7 - a shareware graphics program for </font><font face="Courier">the</font><font face="Courier" size="3"> Atari 400/800 computer, and an upgraded version (Draw7 XE) for the Atari XE </font><font face="Courier">computers.</font></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Courier;">DRAW7 GENERAL INFORMATION </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Courier;">DRAW7 is a unique graphics drawing program contaning many useful features not fo und in other drawing programs, particularly for manipulation screen images. It has been modeled and developed by David Beifeld after a program by Steven Chanin </span><span style="font-family:Courier;font-size:12pt;">in the November 1983 issue of Softside Magazine. DRAW7 also incorporates a mod ified version of Charles Brannon's TextPlot subroutine for adding fixed sized up per and lower case text including 3-D and inverse type characters in different c olors.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Courier;">The DRAW7 program is basically designed to draw screen pictures with a joystick in two modes, Graph mode and Zoom mode. Graph mode uses the equivalence of Grap hics 7 1/2 (Antic mode 14) to draw full screen pictures. Zoom mode uses Graphic s 3 as a full screen window to "zoom" in to a selected portion of a Graph mode p icture for detail display and modification. Both modes support powerful screen manipulation controls and four screen colors in a variety of hues. A Text mode is also available for entering text on Graph or Zoom mode screens. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Courier;">DRAW7 Graph mode files are directly compatable with Micropaint and (uncompressed ) Miro Illustrator (e.g. Koala and Atari) software. Separate utilities are incl uded for converting compressed (and uncompressed) Micro Illustrator files. The u lilities preserve screen colors as does the direct transfer of files between DRA W7 and Micropaint. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Courier;">The source code for DRAW7 is written in BASIC and supported by several assembly language subroutines. The program requires 48K of memory, a disk drive and a jo ystick. It will run on all 6502 Atari models. Optional equipment would be a se cond disk drive and a printer for printing screen images. The print routine in DRAW7 is for a direct screen dump to a C. Itoh Prowriter. Because of file compa tability with other drawing programs, their are a variety screen file print util ities available commercially and in the public domain for printing saved DRAW7 f iles. </span></p> </div> </div> <div class="layoutArea"> <div class="column"> <p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Courier;">Joystick, keyboard and console keys are used to call on DRAW7 ilities. Refer to the initial DRAW7 menu for a list of DRAW7 ting and exceptional results can be obtained by experimenting nations of these commands. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Courier;">An overview of DRAW7 features and capabilities follow: - Draw and move cursor with a joystick.<br /> - Plot and draw lines.<br /> - Draw rectangle or blank out last rectangle drawn. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Courier;">- Draw circle or disk or blank out last circle or disk drawn. - Draw dotted and wide lines.<br /> - Draw in Graph and Zoom modes.<br /> - Use special cursor manipulation keys. </span></p> </div> <div class="column"> <p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Courier;">features and capab commands. Interes with various combi </span></p> </div> </div> <div class="layoutArea"> <div class="column"> <p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Courier;">- Save and load Graph and Zoom mode screen files.<br /> - Display disk directories and select file names for saving and loading. - Replicate chosen Zoom mode screen throughout Graph mode screen.<br /> - Change, rotate and remember screen colors.<br /> - Add text to Graph and Zoom mode screens.<br /> - Print displayed Graph or Zoom mode screen (using Prowriter). </span></p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="page" title="Page 2"> <div class="section"> <div class="layoutArea"> <div class="column"> <p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Courier;">- Print displayed Graph or Zoom mode screen (using Prowriter). </span></p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="section"> <div class="layoutArea"> <div class="column"> <p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Courier;">- Shift displayed screen left or right, up or down. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Courier;">- Horizontally or vertically mirror, duplicate or reverve chosen half of display ed screen image. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Courier;">- Mirror or duplicate chosen quarter of displayed screen image. - Flip screen over top to bottom or right to left.<br /> - Draw lines in inverse color of displayed screen colors.<br /> - Inverse all screen colors in chosen rectangular area. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Courier;">- Reverse or continue effect of drawing inverse rectangular screen area. - Blank with color chosen rectangular area (or window). </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Courier;">- Repeat last blank with color, in effect erasing a chosen window area that was blanked and drawn in. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Courier;">- Erase selected color from screen. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Courier;">- Ability to move saved Zoom mode screens into different areas of one or more Gr aph mode screens. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Courier;">- Permits viewing of Graph mode screens in Atari graphic modes 9, 10 and 11. Th is funtion also allows the changing of background colors while viewing in these Atari modes. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Courier;">- Dot and cross-hair cursors are available. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Courier;">- Overlay screen with saved picture file while allowing current draw color to be predominate. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Courier;">- Plus other features. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Courier;">The DRAW7 disk contains the following program and data files: AUTORUN.SYS - Automatically runs BASIC DRAW7 Menu program below. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Courier;">DRAW7.MNU - Menu program to load and execute compiled version of DRAW7 or displa y or print (any printer) selected DRAW7 documentation. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Courier;">DRAW7.ABC - Compiled version of DRAW7.<br /> DRAW7.BAS - BASIC source code for DRAW7.<br /> DRAW7.CMD - List of DRAW7 commands and functions (called by DRAW7.MNU). DRAW7.GEN - General information on DRAW7 (called by DRAW7.MNU). DRAW7.ML - Machine language subroutine used to initialize DRAW7. DRAWP.ML - Printer subroutine of DRAW7. </span></p> </div> </div> <div class="layoutArea"> <div class="column"> <p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Courier;">DRAWT.ML - Text display subroutine </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Courier;">KOALA2MP - Converts Koala or Micro Creative Computing Magazine 6/84). </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Courier;">MP2KOALA - Converts Micropaint (or Illustrator file (by Bruce Frumker </span></p> </div> <div class="column"> <p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Courier;">of DRAW7.<br /> Illustrator screen file (by Bruce Frumker in </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Courier;">DRAW7) file to non-compressed Koala or Micro in Creative Comuting Magazine 6/84). </span></p> </div> </div> <div class="layoutArea"> <div class="column"> <p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Courier;">PIC.7 - Pre-allocated DRAW7 default screen file for Graph mode (Graphics 7 1/2). </span></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="page" title="Page 3"> <div class="section"> <div class="layoutArea"> <div class="column"> <p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Courier;">PIC.7 - Pre-allocated DRAW7 default screen file for Graph mode (Graphics 7 1/2). </span></p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="section"> <div class="layoutArea"> <div class="column"> <p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Courier;">Comes with Moire pattern that displays five colors. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Courier;">PIC.3 - Pre-allocated DRAW7 default screen file for Zoom mode (Graphics 3 screen ). </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Courier;">SMEN - Sorted disk directory program offering various file options (called by DR AW7.MNU). </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Courier;">During program execution, if the DRAW7 disk is to be replaced with another to se parately save screen files, first add the DRAWT.ML and DRAWP.ML modules to the r eceiving disk using Atari DOS with the "O" copy option. This will allow the tex t and print screen commands to be available (if desired) while the DRAW7 disk is </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Courier;">not on-line. The alternative is to keep the DRAW7 disk in drive 1 and to save a nd load screen files from drive 2 (if available). </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Courier;">Certain common drawing functions have been left out of DRAW7 to permit compilati on with the ABC Compiler and to allow room for the many unique features of this program. The functions that are missing, if needed, can be performed by compata ble drawing programs through the transfer of screen image files. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Courier;">Common missing functions of DRAW7 include the following: </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Courier;">- Area fill with patterns.<br /> - Dependable area fill with solid color (DRAW7's is weak). - Rubber band type drawings. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Courier;">DRAW7's BASIC source code is included on this disk for those who may be interest ed. The code is condensed and sparcely commented for compactness. Comments and </span><span style="font-family:Courier;font-size:12pt;">questions can be directed to the following:</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Courier;">David S. Beifeld<br /> 12900 Lyme Bay Drive Herndon, Virginia 22071 </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Courier;">End of DRAW7 General Information. </span></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> eng Internet Archive HTML5 Uploader 1.6.3 Atari 800 Atari XL Atari XE Draw7 Shareware Atari software 2016-03-01 16:54:44 kay@archive.org 2016-03-01 16:54:44 [curator]validator@archive.org[/curator][date]20160301170027[/date][comment]checked for malware[/comment] http://archive.org/details/Draw7_Atari ark:/13960/t7jq58657 300 ABBYY FineReader 11.0 4 ia906101_6 0