Your First Graphic Character; Size Of The Screen - Commodore VIC-20 User Manual

Now, it's your turn. Type these two lines:
LUl ■-■'■:- IEEE® SHE UB\l\[o][yourname]
The semicolon
means print
everything next
to each other.
and press
[r] QJ] [nJ and press
Wow! Now that you're a TV star, what does your name do on
the screen? The "illusion" of movement depends on the
number of characters in the message.
Again, when you want to stop the action, press the ^~A key.
YOUR FIRST
GRAPHIC CHARACTER
Ciear the screen (hold down HH and l*LJ ). Now
type VPfiB AND S You should get a blue heart on the
screen. Try it again. You have just typed your first graphic
character.
Try typing other graphics. Now hold down the LI key and
type some graphics — this is the left side graphics set. Left
side graphics are very good for designing business forms,
charts and graphs Typing the I ' ■■■'■"t I and Pj keys al
the same time lets you use upper and lower case letters. See
Chapter 3 for an explanation.
SIZE OF THE SCREEN
How big is the screen on the VIC? Let's find out. Do this: Clear
the screen and type the following:
NJ IEJ W\ and press
EH EWE m HEED LI
To type a blue heart, hold down
(
(
c
c
c
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