GIGATEXT by Rick O'Neill from Your Sinclair, August 1989 Text utilities aren't exactly new to Pitstop, but here's one that'll blow your lips off. For not only will Rick O'Neill's masterpiece print in characters four (yes, four) times the usual size, it will do it in any of eight (that's right, eight) different styles. And all with the grace and speed that only 100% Machine Code can provide. What's more, it's unbelievably easy to use. Just type in the Basic loader/demo and save it with SAVE "GIGA TEXT" LINE 10. Then type in the Hex Listing with the Hex Loader, and save it after the first part. It really is that simple, folks. Finer Details On reloading the program you see a quick demonstration, and then it's over to you. First, choose a style of text, from one to eight. These are as follows: 1. Bold 2. Outlined 3. Light shadow 4. Heavy shadow 5. Bold offset 6. Outlined offset 7. Outlined bold 8. Inline Then, define a string M$. Say, for instance, you wanted to print "Rooibostea", outlined, at a position 75 pixels across and 63 pixels down. You'd type in: LET M$=CHR$ 75+CHR$ 63+"2Rooibostea" and then: RANDOMIZE USR 65000 to print it. Et, well, voila! Now, who's going to write Tera Text?