Star for Atari BASIC Author: dmsc Category: Christmas Challenge System: Atari 8-bit Language: BASIC Len source code: 84 Len exe file: 84 Len code only: 84 Instructions: With the provided ATR disk image, boot to BASIC, type ENTER "D:STAR.LST" to load the program, and type RUN. Description: This program uses the function: U = ABS(Y) V = ABS(X) S = (U>4) AND (V>4) OR (ABS(U-V)>4) This is calculated for each point in the X and Y ranges from -8 to 8, drawing a space or a star character. Comments: To minimize size, this program asumes the screen is 38 columns, calculating the function for all columns and avoiding to print new-lines. Atari BASIC is slow at calculations, so the program takes a while to print the full star.