Persist

Description

In the primary version, 15 small white boxes move

 

back and forth between diagonal guide lines. The

 

lines form 15 side-by-side tracks. The size of each

 

box is scaled to the light meter box size set by the

 

MSIZ system parameter. The box in the center track

 

moves one scan line vertically and one pixel

 

horizontally for each vertical frame of refresh. The

 

seven boxes in the tracks to the right of the center

 

track move 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 pixels and lines

 

per frame. These boxes are marked 2X through

 

8X at the bottom of the tracks. The seven boxes to

 

the left of the center track move one scan line

 

vertically and one pixel horizontally for every 2,

 

3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 vertical frames of refresh. These

 

boxes are marked /2 through /8 at the bottom of

 

the tracks.

 

In cases where the next move would cause the

 

box to move beyond the end of its track, it

 

immediately reverses and moves the correct

 

distance in the opposite direction for the next

 

frame.

 

A continuously running counter appears in the

 

upper left-hand corner of the image. The number

 

shown is the number of vertical frame refreshes

 

that have occurred since the generator was first

 

powered up.

 

The secondary version draws a black image on a

 

white background.

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Quantum Data 801GC, 801GF, 801GX manual Persist