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CHAPTER
13
GRAPHICS
In
addition
to
the
five
text
displaying
modes
described
in
the
last
chapter,
the
Atari
XL
has
eleven
graphics
modes.
The
different
modes
offer
many
variations
in
the
number
of
colours
available,
and
in
resolution
(the
number
of
rows
and
columns
in
the
display).
The
same
commands
are
used
to
control
displays
in
all
the
graphics
modes.
Graphics
Modes
The
modes
are
selected
by
the
command
GRAPHICS
followed
by
the
number
of
the
desired
mode.
The
display
modes
are
numbered
from
0 to
15;
modes
0, 1, 2, 12
and
13
display
text,
as
described
in
Chapter
12;
modes
3 to 11
and
14
and
15
are
the
graphics
displays.
Try
the
command
GRAPHICS 5
You
will
see
the
screen
turn
black,
except
for a
four
line
high
blue
area
at
the
foot
of
the
screen.
The
black
area
is
for
drawing
graphics,
and
the
blue
region
is
a
text
'window'
-a
smaller
version
of
the
mode
0
text
display.
As
in
modes
1
and
2,
you
can
remove
the
text
window
by
adding
16 to
the
number
of
the
mode
following'
the
GRAP-HICS
command,
but
you
cannot
control
windowless
displays
directly
from
the
keyboard
as
the
XL
will
snap
back
into
mode
0
as
soon
it
has
obeyed
the
GRAPHICS
command
so
that
it
can
display
the
(Ready'
message.
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BrandAtari
ModelXL
CategoryDesktop
LanguageEnglish

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