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?

