ATTRACT.XEX, BY ATRACT. MIT LICENCE: ITS SOURCE.
A RAINBOW THAT WRITES 0 TO LOCATION 77 ON EVERY SCAN LINE, SO IT NEVER SLEEPS. THE SITE DREW THIS PICTURE BY RUNNING IT, AS THE GALLERY WILL DRAW EVERY PROGRAM'S.
ASSEMBLE TRACE REVERSE ANNOTATE COMMENT TINKER
LOCATION 77 ($4D). MAKING STUFF FOR THE 8-BIT ATARI, WITH OPEN TOOLS. OPENING SOON AT ATRACT.ORG.
READY
REM THE FIRST PROGRAM
REM WHY LOCATION 77
ON AN 8-BIT ATARI, MEMORY LOCATION 77 IS CALLED ATRACT. THE OPERATING SYSTEM ADDS ONE TO IT EVERY FOUR SECONDS OR SO, AND ANY KEY PRESS PUTS IT BACK TO 0. WHEN IT PASSES 127, NOBODY HAS TOUCHED THE MACHINE FOR ABOUT NINE MINUTES, SO THE OS STARTS SHIFTING THE SCREEN'S COLOURS TO SAVE THE TV FROM BURN-IN. THAT IS ATTRACT MODE, AND THIS SITE IS NAMED AFTER THE BYTE THAT STARTS IT.
IT ALSO SPELLS WHAT YOU DO HERE: ASSEMBLE, TRACE, REVERSE, ANNOTATE, COMMENT, TINKER.
THIS PAGE IS THE SCREEN: ITS COLOURS ARE COLOUR REGISTERS, AND THE COUNTER ABOVE IS THE SAME RULE. POKE 77,128 SHOWS IT NOW. TURN IT ON STARTS A REAL ATARI IN YOUR BROWSER, WITH A FREE OPERATING SYSTEM AND BASIC, AND FROM THEN ON THE PAGE FOLLOWS THE MACHINE'S OWN MEMORY.
REM THREE IDEAS
- 10OPEN TOOLS, OPEN LICENCES. A PROGRAM COMES WITH ITS SOURCE.
- 20NO COPYRIGHTED ROMS OR GAMES. EVERYTHING HERE IS SOMETHING ITS AUTHOR CAN SHARE.
- 30NO SIGN-UP, NO TRACKING. YOU SIGN WHAT YOU PUBLISH WITH A KEY THAT STAYS IN YOUR BROWSER.
REM BUILD LOG
DIR D1: EACH ENTRY'S SIZE IN 125-BYTE SECTORS. FOLLOW IT WITH THE ATOM FEED.
- MAGAZINENEW002A NEW FACE FOR THIS PAGE: A COMPUTER MAGAZINE FROM THE EIGHTIES, WITH A PROGRAM YOU CAN TYPE IN, OR LET THE PAGE TYPE IT FOR YOU.
- LOOKSXE002THE SITE CAN LOOK LIKE THE REAL MACHINES: THE ATARI'S OWN SCREEN AND LETTERS, THE 65XE COMPUTER, OR THE 1050 DISK DRIVE, WHERE EACH PROGRAM IS A FLOPPY YOU SLIDE IN.
- COMMENTTXT001COMMENT ON ANY PROGRAM, MAKE YOUR OWN COPY OF IT, AND OFFER YOUR CHANGES BACK TO ITS AUTHOR.
- DOMAINSORG001TWO NAMES: ATRACT.ORG IN ENGLISH AND ATRACT.CL IN SPANISH.
- PUBLISHPUB001ANYONE CAN PUBLISH WHAT THEY MAKE, AND A PERSON LOOKS AT EVERY UPLOAD BEFORE IT APPEARS.
- PLAYERRUN001PROGRAMS RUN RIGHT IN YOUR BROWSER, ON A FREE STAND-IN FOR THE ATARI'S OWN SYSTEM. NOTHING TO INSTALL.
- 699 FREE SECTORS