GRAPHIC NOVEL APPLEWIN TUTORIAL
This is a Tutorial i have built to learn how to build a small Graphic Story all by yourself. 1) In Windows OS Download and install Buckshot from here: https://apple2.gs/buckshot/ The old one works perfectly! 2) In Windows OS Download and install Ciderpress from here: http://a2ciderpress.com/. 3) Go to You.com then inside chat and then in more and imagine and log in, give instruction to AI to build one per time 7 photos that can tell the story telling of your story. 4) Open in Ciderpress a PRODOS APPLE II DISK found here: https://prodos8.com/ and remove all files other then PRODOS and BASIC.SYSTEM. 5) In Windows download and open AppleWin and inside this folder make a copy of MASTER, select the MASTER disk copy in AppleWin disk button and press Apple Icon and after writing in your notebook in Windows OS this code copy paste it inside AppleWin with shift ins BUTTONS in your keyboard. 6) This is the text for notebook:
0 HOME : HGR 10 PRINT CHR$ (4);"BLOAD SPACE.BIN,A$2000" 30 VTAB 21: PRINT "" 40 PRINT "=========\SPACE SHIP ADVENTURE/=========" 41 FOR I = 1 TO 5000: NEXT I 50 PRINT "" 60 PRINT "PRESS SPACE TO START" 70 PRINT "" 80 GET A$ 90 IF A$ = " " THEN GOTO 110 100 IF A$ < > " " THEN GOTO 60 110 SPEED= 100 120 PRINT " AND IN THE WHILE SPACESHIP WAS GONE TO ABISS....." 130 HOME : HGR 140 PRINT CHR$ (4);"BLOAD SHIP.BIN,A$2000" 150 VTAB 21: PRINT "THE ASTRONAUT GO IN THE ABISS TO FIND THE SHIP" 160 VTAB 23: PRINT "IT HAS A PRECIOUS COMPUTER" 170 HOME : TEXT : HGR 180 PRINT CHR$ (4);"BLOAD COMPU.BIN,A$2000" 190 VTAB 21 : PRINT "THE ASTRONAUT FOUND INSIDE THE SPACESHIP A VERY RARE AMIGA COMPUTER" 200 VTAB 23 : PRINT "HE EVALUATE WITH HIS TEAM TO USE IT INSIDE THE VERNER SPACESHIP" 210 HOME : TEXT : HGR 220 PRINT CHR$ (4);"BLOAD COMPU1.BIN,A$2000" 221 VTAB 21 : PRINT "PRESS 1 TO START MISSION TO MARS" 222 VTAB 22 : INPUT G 223 IF G < > 1 THEN GOTO 210 224 IF G = 1 THEN GOTO 225 225 HOME : TEXT : HGR 226 PRINT CHR$ (4);"BLOAD MARS.BIN,A$2000" 227 VTAB 21 : PRINT "MARS APPROCING PREPARING TO GO TO THE GROUND" 228 HOME : TEXT : HGR 229 PRINT CHR$ (4);"BLOAD SURF.BIN,A$2000" 230 VTAB 21 : PRINT "LANDING....." 240 VTAB 22 : PRINT "PRESS 3 TO HOOK MARS LANDER TO COMPUTER" 250 VTAB 23 : INPUT J 260 IF J < > 3 THEN GOTO 228 270 IF J = 3 THEN GOTO 280 280 HOME : TEXT : HGR 290 PRINT CHR$ (4);"BLOAD LANDER.BIN,A$2000"
You can change the PRINT under "" contents like you prefer. Change the names of every PRINT CHR$ (4);"BLOAD SPACE.BIN,A$2000" command in this case SPACE.BIN with the name you have given to the images you previously created inside the floppys. Then save it writing SAVE STARTUP and press RETURN.
7) Open in Ciderpress the STARTUP floppy and copy the STARTUP file and paste it in the PRODOS disk early created. 8) Open in Buckshot one per time the 7 images created with ai and choose open source image and choose these settings Apple ][ Display Mode HGR choose a dithering you prefer by checking the preview and under preview palette select NEW or OLD AppleWin NTSC. Then click over save to prodos, give a name then 140kb and change the name SAVEDCH.BIN in something small but to remember like MARS.BIN click OK. 9) Open the MARS floppy with ciderpress and select MARS.BIN and copy and paste inside the prodos floppy, and repeat these steps for all the pictures. 10) Rename THE PRODOS disk inside Windows OS with a name of your choose and select it in AppleWin and boot the floppy.
Enjoy your new GRAPHIC NOVEL!
A Tutorial completly made by Matteo Trevisan aka Toolkitman