---
title: "The Incredible Shrinking Screen"
type: "article"
slug: "the-incredible-shrinking-screen-2"
url: "http://localhost/article/the-incredible-shrinking-screen-2/"
markdown_url: "http://localhost/article/the-incredible-shrinking-screen-2.md"
published_at: "2026-03-15T00:08:00+00:00"
modified_at: "2026-03-15T00:08:00+00:00"
featured_image:
  url: "http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/20230809-041332.jpg"
excerpt: "A Spectrum/TS2068 BASIC program that progressively reduces the active screen display through a series of PLOT/DRAW and PRINT operations, creating a visual effect of the display shrinking to a smaller and smaller area. Submitted as an entry in a proposed 'most outrageous program' contest."
category:
  - name: "Timelinez"
    slug: "timelinez"
    taxonomy: "category"
    url: "http://localhost/category/periodicals/timelinez/"
post_tag:
  - name: "BASIC (programming language)"
    slug: "basic-programming-language"
    taxonomy: "post_tag"
    url: "http://localhost/tag/basic-programming-language/"
  - name: "TS 2068"
    slug: "ts2068"
    taxonomy: "post_tag"
    url: "http://localhost/tag/ts2068/"
  - name: "Type-in program"
    slug: "type-in-program"
    taxonomy: "post_tag"
    url: "http://localhost/tag/type-in-program/"
model:
  - name: "Sinclair ZX Spectrum"
    slug: "zxspectrum"
    taxonomy: "model"
    url: "http://localhost/model/zxspectrum/"
  - name: "Timex/Sinclair 2068"
    slug: "ts-2068"
    taxonomy: "model"
    url: "http://localhost/model/ts-2068/"
indiv:
  - name: "William J. Pedersen"
    slug: "william-j-pedersen"
    taxonomy: "indiv"
    url: "http://localhost/indiv/william-j-pedersen/"
publication_r:
  id: 21571
  title: "Timelinez"
  type: "periodical"
  url: "http://localhost/periodical/timelinez/"
authors_r:
  - name: "William J. Pedersen"
    slug: "william-j-pedersen"
    taxonomy: "indiv"
    url: "http://localhost/indiv/william-j-pedersen/"
volume: "6"
issue: "11"
issues_articles:
  - id: 38861
    title: "Timelinez v6 n11"
    type: "issue"
    url: "http://localhost/issue/timelinez-v6-n11/"
pages: "5"
pubdate: "November 1988"
archive_link: false
---

A Spectrum/TS2068 BASIC program that progressively reduces the active screen display through a series of PLOT/DRAW and PRINT operations, creating a visual effect of the display shrinking to a smaller and smaller area. Submitted as an entry in a proposed ‘most outrageous program’ contest.