Beginning Programming Using Retro Computing: Learn BASIC with a Commodore Emulator

© Gerald Friedland 2019

Gerald FriedlandBeginning Programming Using Retro Computinghttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-4146-2_6

6. Graphics

Gerald Friedland¹ 

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Berkeley, CA, USA

 

So far, you have drawn by hand. Now you will let the computer draw!

Type this:

GRAPHIC 2,1

Press RETURN.

The result looks like this:

You have switched the computer into the graphics mode.

Now, you can type this:

BOX 1,0,0,100,100

Press RETURN.

Take a look at the result:

A box! But the command BOX takes so many numbers!

How does this work?

Let’s take a look again. The command was ...