Exploring Atari ACTION!

[Table of Contents] | [ Disk Image ]  From page 81 of the Action! Language Reference Manual . PROC factorials() ;**** This procedure will print out the factorials ;up to some specified number (the variable 'amt')    CARD fact=[1],  ;the factorial of 'num'         num=[1],   ;the counter         amt=[6000] ;the upper bound of testing    Print("Factorials less than ")    PrintC(amt)     ;prints the upper bound    PrintE(":")     ;print a ':' and carriage return    PutE()          ;prints a carriage return    WHILE fact*num < amt  ;test next factorial       DO                 ;start of WHILE loop       fact==*num       PrintC(num)        ;print the number       Print(" factorial is ") ...

[ Table of Contents ] [ Disk Image ] BACKTRACK (BACKTRACK.ACT) is an ATARI 8-bit game written in ACTION! by Sam Teague. It uses the joystick, redefined character sets, player/missile graphics, sound, three-frame-animation, multiple screens, and more. The source code can be found on the atariwiki.org website. I copied the source code and pasted it into an  Altirra  session running the ACTION! cartridge.  There is also an atarimania page . And an archives.org page . As the source code on the atariwiki.org web site doesn't have any special ATARI ATASCII characters displayed, I'm not 100% sure that the code was correct. That being said, I was able to get it entered, saved, compiled, and executing. The program is too large to compile in memory, so I saved it to disk, rebooted, than compiled it from disk and ran it. To compile the program from disk, boot the disk image with the ACTION! cartridge installed. Go to the Monitor (<CTRL><SHIFT> M). Then  C "D1:BAC...

[ Table Of Contents ] | [ Disk Image  ] This program, Action Logo , comes from the atariwiki.org website.  ; CIS NOTICE:                  ; I AM PROVIDING THE PROGRAM FOR YOU ; TO LOOK AT AND MAYBE HELP OU GET ; STARTED WITH ACTION!.  IT WAS ; WRITTEN 'QUICK AND DIRTY' AND AS ; SUCH DOES NOT HAVE MANY COMMENTS ; AND IS NOT THE BEST OF CODE IN MANY ; PLACES.  FEEL FREE TO SHOW IT TO ; ANYONE YOU LIKE AS LONG AS YOU KEEP ; THE COPYRIGHT NOTICE. ; IN CASE YOU ARE INTERESTED, THIS IS ; THE COMPANY LOGO FOR ACTION ; COMPUTER SERVICES (ACS). ;              - CLINTON PARKER 70435,625 ; PS: HIT ESC TO EXIT PROGRAM ; COPYRIGHT 1983 BY ACTION COMPUTER SERVICES ; LAST MODIFIED APRIL 13, 1983 MODULE ; LOGO.ACT DEFINE RTI = "$40",                 PHA = "$48",                 PLA = "$68",          ...

[Table Of Contents] | [ Disk Image ] This program, HELLOW.ACT, comes from page 4 of the ACTION! System Reference Manual . To put the Editor in Insert mode, enter <CTRL><SHIFT> I. To save source code to disk, from the Editor, enter <CTRL><SHIFT> W. Enter a valid filename. To load source code to disk, from the Editor, enter <CTRL><SHIFT> R. Enter a valid filename. To switch from the Editor to the Monitor, enter <CTRL><SHIFT> M. To compile the code, from the Monitor, enter C<RETURN>. To run the compiled code, from the Monitor, enter R<RETURN>. To return to the Editor, from the Monitor, enter E<RETURN>.