Short: Power BASIC AGA 256 col 24 bit extension Author: simon@studio.woden.com (Simon N Goodwin) Uploader: simon studio woden com (Simon N Goodwin) Type: dev/basic Version: 1.0 Architecture: m68k-amigaos Overview Early versions of Maxxon BASIC, HiSoft BASIC 1 and Power BASIC were written before the launch of AGA systems, and therefore lack support for 24 bit palette and 256 colour screens. This HiSoft Power BASIC AGA support demo shows you how to program an overscan 8 plane screen and set any of the 256 colours to any 24 bit colour. Files Colour.bas is the demonstration program - it includes the crucial: SUB Palette32(pen%,red%,green%,blue%) which takes four parameters, 0 to 255, setting a given pen to the 24 bit colour indicated by the last three parameters. PowerAGA.text is an explanation of the program. Graphics.bmap is an extended BMAP file which includes AGA functions as well as the original 16 bit Amiga system calls. Requirements HiSoftBASIC.library to run the compiled code supplied, as it is not a stand-alone task. HiSoft, Power or Maxxon BASIC to recompile the source. Distribution This program is copyright 2000 Simon N Goodwin. It may be freely distributed and included in other programs, but only with attribution. Contact the author simon@studio.woden.com if you use this, please, to encourage the release of other such BASIC extensions.