Flashing Colours - AMSTRAD cpc 6128 User Instruction

Now let's change to a new paper. When a new paper is selected, the previous
background colour behind the characters will NOT change because that colour was
'printed' by a different PAP ER. To see this, type in:
paper
2
[RETURN]
Once again use Tables 1 and 2 to see why the·background colour for PAP E R number
2 is bright cyan. Change it to black by typing in:
ink 2,0
[RETURN]
On the screen now, we have characters written by PEN numbers
1
and 3, on a
background of PAP E R numbers 0 and 2. INKs can be changed in aPE N or PAP E R
that you are not currently using. For example, type in:
ink 1, 2
[RETURN]
.... which changes the colour of all the previous characters typed in with PEN
number 1.
Type in:
c
L
s [RETURN]
.... to clear the screen.
It should now be possible for you to instruct the computer to return to its original
colours TElue border- and background with bright yellow characters) using the
80 R D E R, PA PER, PEN, and INK commands. See if you can do so. If you can't, then
reset the computer using the [CONTROL] [SHIFT] and [ESC] keys.
Flashing Colours
It
is possible to make the colour of the characters flash between one colour and
another. This can be achieved by adding an extra colour number to the INK
command of the PEN.
To see the characters on the screen flashing between bright white and bright red,
reset the computer using [CONTROL] [SHIFT] [ESC], and type in:
ink 1,26,6 [RETURN]
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