SCRBASE

Syntax

SCRBASE [adress]

Location

Fast PLOT/DRAW Toolkit

All commands belonging to the fast graphics Toolkit use the specified parameter set with this command as the base address for their operations: SCLR, PLOT, DRAW and REFRESH. This is intended to allow background drawing. The default address is the address of the visible screen, SCREEN.

Example 1

A simple demonstration and an animated version:

100 SCRBASE ALCHP(32768): SCLR 0
110 FOR t=0 TO 2*PI STEP PI/32
120   x1=188*SIN(t)+255: y1=127*COS(t)+127
130   x2=188*SIN(t+PI)+255: y2=127*SIN(t+PI)+127
140   DRAW x1,y1 TO x2,y2 ,7
150 END FOR t
160 REFRESH: CLCHP
100 Pics=INT((FREE_MEM-4096)/32768)
110 DIM base(Pics)
120 FOR c=2*PI/Pics TO 2*PI STEP 2*PI/Pics
130   base(c/2/PI*Pics)=ALCHP(32768)
140   SCRBASE base(c/2/PI*Pics): SCLR 0
150   FOR t=0 TO 2*PI STEP PI/4
160     x1=188*SIN(t)+255: y1=127*COS(t)+127
170     x2=188*SIN(t+c)+255: y2=127*SIN(t+c)+127
180     DRAW x1,y1 TO x2,y2 ,7
190   END FOR t
200 END FOR c
210 :
220 REPeat Animation
230 FOR c=1 TO Pics: SCRBASE base(c): REFRESH
240   IF KEYROW(1)=8 THEN EXIT Animation
250 END REPeat Animation
260 CLCHP

Example 2

Varying the base address by steps equal to the value of SCRINC (normally 128) simulates vertical scrolling. The first program views memory, the other one loads an uncompressed 32K screen and then ‘scrolls it in’.

100 FOR A=0 TO 786432 STEP 128
110   SCRBASE A
120   REFRESH
130 END FOR A

The second program appears on the next page.

100 SCRFILE$="MDV1_SCREEN_SCR"
110 SCROLLSPEED=4 120 :
130 ADR=ALCHP(65536)
140 LBYTES SCRFILE$,ADR+32768
150 POKE$ ADR,FILL$(CHR$(0),32767): POKE SCREEN+32766,0
160 FOR A=ADR TO ADR+32768 STEP SCROLLSPEED*SCRINC
170   SCRBASE A
180   REFRESH
190 END FOR A
200 RECHP ADR

CROSS-REFERENCE

See SCLR, PLOT, DRAW and REFRESH for fast background drawing. SCR_STORE and SCR_REFRESH are ideal to create and display animated displays. Compare SCR_BASE!