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   Brandon Taylor to All   
   Flash the whole screen?   
   13 Jul 21 09:13:09   
   
   From: br.ta.2818@gmail.com   
      
   I'm familiar with three commands in Applesoft BASIC which let you manipulate   
   the way text gets displayed on the screen. There's INVERSE, which prints black   
   text on a white background; FLASH, which basically just does what it says on   
   the tin; and finally    
   NORMAL, which cancels both of the above commands. But my question is, how do   
   you set the entire SCREEN to INVERSE, FLASH or NORMAL? I know it will go to   
   INVERSE at the end of a game of "The Match Machine" which can be found on "The   
   Shell Games" disk; but    
   I don't know is how that little effect was accomplished. The reason I'm asking   
   is I'm in the process of writing a game in Applesoft BASIC which, ideally,   
   will set the entire screen to FLASH, or at least INVERSE if FLASH is not   
   possible.   
      
   In case you need a refresher, I have the entire program listing of "The Match   
   Machine" game here. https://mega.nz/file/woMUwJDT#LhO4jjSpjJ3Ei5   
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