Manual for ScreenDesign, a SCREEN$ design program for the TS2068 written by James Edwards, © 1986, from Arrow Software and distributed exclusively through RMG Enterprises of Oregon City, Oregon. The program itself is not yet in the archive; this five-page manual describes how it worked.
ScreenDesign builds a full screen in all eight colours using up to 18 user-defined graphics at a time. LOAD "scd" first shows a demonstration screen with a side-scrolling message, then loads the main program, which offers to design a screen, load any SCREEN$ or make a back-up. The design menu is lettered A to V: large letters in several styles (A–J), four fonts (K–P) placed with the cursor keys, open or solid circles (Q), lines (R), an eraser (S), a colour changer (T), a graphics designer that also gives the DATA for each graphic (U) and a command to place graphics on the screen (V). Lines 1109, 1850 and 1225 can be changed to save to other storage devices.
The last page covers the separate Side Scroll routine (LOAD "sc", code at 50000), which scrolls a message across a saved screen like a video bulletin board. A short BASIC program sets M$ to the text with embedded codes for ink, paper, flash, wait, speed and rainbow colours, and starts it with RANDOMIZE USR 50000. Arrow Software and RMG thank the SMUP users group of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, for the routine, which first appeared on the AERCO boot disk.
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