Epson FX that, have a, 200 NEXT R, 90 FOR Z=1 TO, 80 B=N: E=7: S=-1, 110 FOR P=B TO E STEP 7*S, 160 LPRINT: NEXT P: NEXT Z, 170 LPRINT CHR$(27)"@": END, P+6*S

70 LPRINT CHR$(27)"3"CHR$(20);CHR$(7);

80 B=N: E=7: S=-1

90 FOR Z=1 TO 2

100 IF Z=2 THEN B=1: E=N-6: S=1

110 FOR P=B TO E STEP 7*S

120 PRINT "LOADING ROWS";P;"TO"; P+6*S

130 LPRINT CHR$(27)"*"CHR$(0)CHR$(2*N)CHR$(0); 140 FOR C=N TO 1 STEP -1: GOSUB 180: NEXT C 150 FOR C=1 TO N: GOSUB 180: NEXT C

160 LPRINT: NEXT P: NEXT Z

170 LPRINT CHR$(27)"@": END

180 F=0: FOR R=P TO P+6*S STEP S

190 IF A(R,C)=1 THEN F=F+2^ABS(P+6*S-R)

200 NEXT R

210 IF F>8 AND F<14 THEN F=F-5

220 LPRINT CHR$(F);: RETURN

O.K., now RUN the program (you can have a few cups of coffee while you’re waiting).

In the printout can you see white stars against the blackness of outer space?

The design above demonstrates that symmetry can increase the size of a complex figure produced by a two-dimensional array. The only problem is that the array for this figure uses over 20,000 bytes, which

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