This program mimics certain high-powered - and higher priced -micros with their exceedingly fat graphics capabilities. The demo is of a huge red and white ball, constantly rotating and bouncing around a grid background. After you have watched in amazement for a while; you may wonder how on earth Paul manages this mighty feat with only 3k of Basic. The secret is that rather than moving the ball around, he moves the whole screen. This is an in-built hardware feature of the Amstrad and can be carried out gracefully and effortlessly. Be patient - it takes a while to construct the picture but the wait is well worth it TAU |