Spherical Objects

Popular Computing Weekly

30 October � 5 November 1986 Page 44



Spherical Objects



Geoffrey Wearmouth



This program, for any model Spectrum, takes an ordinary screen picture and

processes it into a spherical shape. This strange design can then be saved to

tape, or printed out, and be loaded into most graphics packages including Art

Studio, for manipulation.



After running the program, a menu appears at the bottom of the screen. Pressing

�L� will load in the screen you wish to transform. Then press �G� to start the

process, a radius of 81 is recommended, and sit back and wait for the screen to

be redrawn. It takes around eight minutes on average.



Once drawn the screen can be dumped to any printer accepting the COPY command on

a 48K Spectrum or an Epson compatible on a 128K/Plus 2, or saved for use in art

type programs.