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Contents

Laser Projections - A Meeting Of Art

And TechnologyGreg Lowry

"Cover story. Technological art, using lasers,

electronics and computers."Machine--

Level-G

on page 14

Bennett's Tutor ia l- Relative Files

Chris Bennett

"Random-access disk files explained"

Machine-ALevel- I

on page 19

Th e Beginner And Th e Disk - Part IV

David A . Hook

"How to scratch disk files and validate

(collect) disks."

Machine-A

Level-B

on page 22

Th e Commodore B-128 Computer

Jim B u t t e ~ f i e l d "A description of a little-known computer."

Machine--

Level -G

on page 26

C-64 MI L Development System]. Allan Farquharson

"A Product Review."Machine -C

Level - A

on page 28

Menu Handling - Part I IJohn Easton

"Some useful BASIC routines for user

friendl y programs."

Machine-A

Level- I

on page 31

TPUG COMAL Course-Part IIIBorge Christensen"How to create branches in COMAL."

Machine - C/ PLevel- Ion page 35

Integral Adventure Game

Brad Bjorndahl

"Exploring number theory with the aid of

a computer."

Machine-A

Level- I

on page 39

SuperPET 6809 Assembler-Part IV

Brad Bjorndahl

"Machine language for the 6809 processor."

Machine-S

Level-A

on page 41

U sing Th e User Port - Part IDavid Williams

"How to program your computer's user

port."

Machine-A

Level-G

on page 45

Forecasting With Th e 8032-Part IV

John Shepherd

"The use of movi ng averages in forecasting."Machine- P

Level- I

on page 50

Accurate C-64 Timekeeping

Glen C. Bodie

"Keeping accurate time in C-64 programs."Machine-C

Level- I

on page 51

A=all, C=C-64, V=VIC 20, P=PET/CBM, S=SuperPET, a=none

G=General, B=Beginner , I=Intermediate, A=Advanced

C-64 Thermostat

John Vanderkooy

"Using a home computer to automate home

comfort ."

Machine - C/Y

Level- I

on page 55

Th e New SYS

Robert Rockefeller

"How to make full use of the Commodore

64 's improved SYS command."

Machine-C

Level-A

on page 59

Departments

Books 62

- Commodore 64 Color GraphicsJohn Moore

- Defending Th e Galaxy

Lon'en Gabel

Calendar of TPUG Events

Editorial

Games

- WizardMalcolm O'Bn'en

- Trivia

George Sht"'1nian

- Creative CreatorRich Westerman

- Kids On KeysRich Westerman

Ham Operators

Help!

Product Parade

This And That

Don's Bradley

TPUG Associate Club

Chapter Meetings

TPUG BBS Password

TPUG Contacts

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Digital Techniques

Digital computer technologyplays a

partin several stages of th eproduction of a laser display. For example, outlines of three

dimensional objects are often needed. These can be generated

digitally by feeding a computer with a set of co-ordinates represent

ing the three-dimensional shape of the object, then processing

these to project a two-dimensional outline. This can be done repeat

edly to portray the object in various orientations, and the sequences

of images can be recorded on magnetic tape, as described earlier.

When the tape is played through the laser projection system, ananimated, moving image of the object is produced.

Digital storage can also be used, in place of magnetic tape, to hold

the instructions for the production of images. A sequence of numbers,

representing successive X and Y positions of the laser beam, is

burned into an EPROM. Th e projection equipment can read these

numbers back to produce the image . Th e system which I usecontains many of these pre-programmed images, which I can call

up whenever I need them.

Conclusion

A dry, technologicaldescription of the processes which are used in '

laser projection can do lillie to portray the artistic aspect of my

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"

TPUG COMAL COURSEBorge ChristensenTonder, Denmark

Part IIIIn Parts I and II of this series (TPUG Magazine, July and August September 1984) Mr. Chn'stensen discussed COMAL p7'ocedures,

variable-passing, recursion and conditional looping. In this article, he explores methods of bra7lching .

5. HOWTO FIGURE OUT A STRING.

Clear the workspace and the screen and enter this fun ct ion:

0010 FUNC VALUECTS}0020003000400050006000700080

0090010001.10

NUM:=OFOR C:= l TO 8 DO

IF TS(C:C)="l" THEN

BIT:=lELSE

BIT:=O

ENDIF

NUM:+NUM+BITEND FOR CRETURN NUM

0120 ENDFUNC VALUE

0130 IIT ype RUN and enter this command:

PR IN T VALUE(HOOOOIOOO " )

Note the number returned by the function. Th en try these commands one by one:

;VALU E( HOOOOI11 1")

;VALUE(H 10000000" )

;VALUE("l1 1111 11" )Th e character ";" may replace the keyword PRINT. I think you have figured out what the function is doing. In any case thi s is how

it operates:

PRINT VALUE("OOOOll11")

/FUNC VALUE(H)

NUM:=O

FOR C:=l TO 8 DO

IF H(C:C)="l" THEN

BIT:=l

ELSE

BIT:=O

ENDIF

NUM:+NUM+BIT

ENDFOR C

RETURN NUM

ENDFUNC VALUE

Th e function is called; i.e. you

ask for a number to be returned

and printed out.

Th e string "00001111" is passed

as a value to the formal

parameter T$.

A value of 0 is assigned to NU M

Th e string held by T$ is scannedcharacter by character, and

if the C'th character is a "1"

BI T is assigned a value of 1,

but if it is anything else

BI T is assigned a value of O.

Th e pr esent value of NU M is

doubled and BI T is added to it ,

thus the binary equivalent of

T$ is accumulated in NUM

whose value is returned to be

used in the calling statement

in the place of function.

End of definition of VALUE. continued overleaf


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One of the statemen ts in the FOR loo p may need a littl e more attention:

IF T$(C:C)=="I" THEN

Th e expression T$(C:C) returns a one character substring of TS, i.e. s impl y the C't h character of TS. rr this character is equal to " I",

the Boolean expression in the IF statement comes out T RUE ; ot herwise it comes o ut FALSE. W sha ll hav e more to say about

substrings later in this article.

In CO MAL th e truth vallie TR U E is repr ese nted as a numerical I , an d the truth va lue FALSE is represented as a numerical O. Th isfact can be uti lized to simpl i y th e function V ALU E.

Remove the lines 40-80 by us ing the command:

DEL 40-80

and insert thi s one :

40 BI T :==(T$(C:C)=="I")

Ty pe th e command RENUM (don't forget to press < RETURN » and then LIST to see th e foll owing on the screen:

00100020

00300040005000600070

0080

FUNC VALUE <T$)NUM:=O

FOR C:=l TO 8 DOBIT:=(T$(C:C)=ll")NUM:+NUM+BIT

ENDFOR CRETURN NUM

ENDFUNC VALUE0090 II

Note h ow the lin es hav e been renumbered to become o rd erl y sequ enced . Type R N an d then use some callin g comman ds like th e

ones g iven above to test the function's wor king.

Since it is on ly tested whethe r an individua l cha racter is a " I" or not , ot her patterns than those ap p li ed before may be used. Tr y

(;ommands lik e this:

;VALU E("ABCDIII I")

or sim p ly

;VALUE(" IIII ") There are four blanks in the string

and not e the re sults. Then change lin e 40 to become:

BIT := (T$(C:C)=="X")

T ype RUN an d tr y this command:

PRINT VALUE(" XXX X") There are four leading blanks.

Then try some of your own. What is the printout from thi s one:

PRINT VALUE("TXPXUXC;X ")

It is an important fact that patte rns can be ev aluated in different ways. We ar e go ing to used thi s ex tens ive ly in th e fo llowi ng.

Important note . In revision 0. 14 if an error occurs during a direct mode ca ll of a function or a procedu re, th e prepass is injured .

Therefore in such case you have to r es tore the internal states by ap p lying the RU N command before yo u can use the function or

procedur e aga in . In revision 2.00 the pr e pass state recovers aut omatica lly after a runtim e er ror.

As yo u ma y know a l rcady, a nu m ber writte n in eight bits - binary digits - is ca ll ed a byte . So V ALU E simply converts a string

that represe nt .s a byte int o a decimal number .

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Enter the command

AUTO 100

and add this procedure to the one already in workspace:

01000110

012001300140015001600170

PROC INTERPRET(LINES)FOR 1:=1 TO 3 DO

BYTE:=VALUE(LINES(I*8-7:1*8»PRINT BYTE;ENDFOR IPRINT

ENDPROC INTERPRET/1

Type RUN and enter these commands (don't forget < RETURN > after each:

INTERPRET("XXXX xxxxxxxx XXXX")

INTERPRET(" XXXX xxXXXXXXXX XXX X ")

INTERPRET(" xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ")

24 chars. in all

Each string may be looked upon as a representation of three bytes; each "X" being a "I" and each blank being a "0". And each call

returns 3 decimal numbers, one for each byte .

Here is how INTERPRET works:

INTERPRET("XXXX XXXXXXXX XXXX")

It'PROC INTERPRET(LINE$)

FOR 1:=1 TO 3 DO

B YTE:=VALUE(LIN ES(I*8-7 :1*8))

PRINT BYTE;

ENDFOR IPRINT

ENDPROCINTERPRET

Let us take a closer look at this line:

BYTE:=VALUE(LINE$(I*8-7:l*9)

Th e string constant is

passed as a value to theparameter LINES, and the

value of LINES is then

divided in three substringseach of which is passed on

to VALUE. Th e numerical value

returned is assigned to BYTE

and this BYTE is displayed.

A linefeed follows,and all is done.

If I is equal to I, the substring LINES( I :8) is pointed out, which means the first eight characters of the string that has been assigned toLINE$. This eight-character string is taken to VALUE for evaluation, and the result is assigned to BYTE. Next the substring

LIN B(9: 16) is picked up, and finally the substring LINES( 17 :24) for similar processing.

What do you get out of this command:

INTERPRET("EXTRA FOR YOUR NEXT XMAS")

Tr y to make an answer without using the computer; then compare with an actual run.

Change line 130-150 of INTERPRET and add some lines to the program to get:

0010002000300040

FUNC VALUE(TS)NUM:=OFOR C:=l TO 8 DO '

BIT:=(TS(C:C)="X")0050 NUN:+NUN+BIT0060 ENDFOR C0070 RETURN NUN

0080 ENDFUNC VALUE0090 / /

0100011001200130014001500160

PROC INTERPRET (LINES)

FOR 1:=1 TO 3 DO

B Y T E : = V A L U E ( L ~ N E $ ( I * 8 - 7 : I * 8 » PRINT USING" i t i t i t " : BYTEVALUE' OF' TPUG: +BYTE

ENDFOR IENDPROC INTERPRET

0170 I I

continued overleaf


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