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Filename : 256COLOR.BAS

' 256COLOR.BAS -- M. Covington 1990

DEFINT A-Z
DIM P(0 TO 256) AS LONG ' the palette

' Set video mode

SCREEN 13
PRINT " Remapping colors..."

' Redefine colors 1-253

DIM L(3)
L(1) = 0 ' initial red, green, and blue levels
L(2) = 0
L(3) = 42

C = 1 ' which color is being defined (1-252)
W = 2 ' which element of V is changing
I = 1 ' what's being added to L(I)

FOR S = 1 TO 6 ' 6 sectors of color wheel
FOR N = 1 TO 42 ' 42 colors in each
P(C) = L(1) + 256 * L(2) + 65536 * L(3)
C = C + 1
L(W) = L(W) + I
NEXT
W = (W MOD 3) + 1
I = -I
NEXT

' Define the remaining colors

P(0) = 0
P(254) = P(253) + 5
P(255) = P(254) + 5

' Set the palette

PALETTE USING P(0)

' Demonstrate the results

FOR C = 0 TO 255
LINE (C + 32, 0)-(C + 32, 180), C
NEXT

END