
 Party: LoveByte party
  Date: 11-13.02.2022
 Scene: ZX Spectrum
 Compo: ZX 256b intro compo
  Name: Kolos - basic intro
  Need: ZX 128k in USR0 mode
   Who: Busy soft & hard
 Email: busy@centrum.sk

Simple full-screen attribute animation
running in pure ZX basic on 25 FPS
to show how powerful the ZX basic can be :)

No machine code is used.

If you love ZX basic, you can see demos:

  - Cowina (released at JHcon 2014)
  - Balik (released at Forever 2018)

These demos are written in pure ZX basic too
and they shows what is possible to do in the basic.


Intro Kolos256 comes in two tap files:

  - Kolos256.tap .... official intro 256 bytes long
  - KolosPlay.tap ... "snap" with precalculated data

Official intro takes about two hours to prepare data.
If you do not want to waste so much time, there is provided
a "snap" with data already prepared and it runs immediatelly.


System requirements:

  - ZX Spectrum 128k (or any comatible)
  - USR 0 mode (48 basic with 128 banks enabled)
  - Basic begins from standard address 23755

Please run this intro in USR0 mode only.
Go to 128 or +3 basic and enter USR 0 as command.
On many systems (MB02, bsdos, esxdos, residos) there
the USR0 mode is by default so no turn to USR0 needed.

It leads to crash when started on 128/+3 basic.
It does nothing when started with 128 banks disabled
(ZX Spectrum 48k or selected 48 basic from 128 menu)

Please do not use systems what moves the basic higher
(interface1 & microdrive, trdos)
