[Coco] Colors.s - Help for selecting OS-9 Screen Colors that can be read.

[Stephen H. Fischer]

Hi,

The "20" is the code for space, I.E. blanks.

The file was extracted from a OS-9 disk image using Windows Vista "Wordpad" 
It looks good but I will not be able to actually test it until next week 
when I get Jeff's emulator working. Too much Football in the weekends now.

I will have to try and read the entire set of my personal OS-9 disks again, 
I cannot find either the DVD or CDs that have the images of them.

So the search for the file that describes the Window Descriptors will take 
even more time. The plus side is that I discovered that I do not have a CD 
copy of them, in a few more years or even now they might not be readable.

> there's a handy Basic program there called (I think)
> coloradj.bas that lets you use the arrow keys to step through the
> various foreground/background/border combinations while displaying
> onscreen the current selected color values so you can make a note of
>the combinations you like.

Colors.s is designed so that you can see all combinations on the screen at 
the same time.

SHF

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Gault" <robert.gault at worldnet.att.net>
To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Friday, January 08, 2010 8:20 PM
Subject: Re: [Coco] Colors.s - Help for selecting OS-9 Screen Colors that 
can be read.


> Stephen H. Fischer wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I finally found one of the two files I was looking for. I need to look
>> at it more closely, it appears to not do what is wanted currently.
>>
>> The Shell Script I used in selecting screen colors is here. When you
>> have several windows on the same screen it is most useful to use
>> different background colors for each. Then the foreground color must be
>> chosen so the text can be read. Your "good", "fair', "poor" ratings may
>> be different.
>> ...
>> SHF
>>
>
> The commands should work if you remove the enclosing 20's. There is no 
> reason for the presence of the 20 unless there are other numbers missing.
> 5 20 turn off cursor
> 1f 20 reverse video
> 1b 20 DWSet