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- From: yabi@ellis.uchicago.edu (Scott Thomas Yabiku)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
- Subject: Happy Cursor
- Message-ID: <yabi.21.727920854@ellis.uchicago.edu>
- Date: 25 Jan 93 00:14:15 GMT
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- Organization: University of Chicago
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- I was going through some of my old atari 8-bit disks with my ibm compatible
- (using the ATARTIO program), and I found this nifty little program/demo that
- I wrote years ago.
- The program utilizes VBIs, DLIs, and PM graphics to change the cursor into
- a multi-colored happy face. I got the idea from an old Analog article by
- Tom Hudson, "An Alternative Cursor." (although his cursor was just an
- underline).
- Problem is, I'm not sure if this file will work. I don't have my 8-bit
- with me, and I can't test it. So....I'm posting the object file here,
- uuencoded. I'd appreciate if someone could test it, see if it works. If
- it's okay (respond to me through email), I'll upload the program (along
- with the Mac/65 source) to the 8-bit archive.If I remember correctly, the
- program initially loads about 250 bytes starting at $6000. After it runs,
- it leaves the $6000 area free, but then uses page four and page six (for the
- player/missile address base, VBI and DLI routines), I think. So if you're
- running any programs that use those areas, "bad" things might happen (i.e.,
- lockup!).
-
- thanks,
- scott
-
- section 1 of uuencode 2.8 of file happycur.obj
-
- begin 644 happycur.obj
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- MJ>6-``*I&(T!`JT.U`F`C0[48&`8_QBI`*J=``3HT/JE5`H*"M@8:2B%S#CI\
- M"*J@`+G5&)T`!.C(Y,S0]*55"@H8:2Z-`-"ERTI*2BD!T`6I`(T`T.;+K3`"E
- MA0"M,0*%`:3-L0!)@)$`I530!:`"3+\8&&D$J*54R0'0`J`#L0`)@)$`A,V,@
- M\`),8N0\?MO_O=MF/&1D___(R$9&2(I(I4+0$*(`C0K4O=T8C1+0Z.`(T/)HV
- )JFA`X`+A`@!@6
- ``
- end
- size 234
-