Cool AppleSoft BASIC trick I never thought of before

From: Vintage Computer GAWD! <foo_at_siconic.com>
Date: Thu May 18 23:13:18 2000

On Thu, 18 May 2000, Charles P. Hobbs (SoCalTip) wrote:

> > Well then this brings me back to wondering how those programs that allowed
> > mixed video modes on the Apple ][ worked. They required no hardware mods.
> > Hmmm.
>
> I wasn't aware that any such programs existed, especially for the II. Any
> examples I should be on the lookout for?
>
<...>
>
> I have a bunch of Softdisk disks, mostly for the GS though (some will
> work on earlier machines). I haven't really looked through them all

You need to get issues from the '83-'86 range to find the demos I'm
talking about. SoftDisk had an advertising "section" on each issue and
there was one company that sold development tools to build programs with
mixed mode screens that advertised almost every issue.

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