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Well whats this then AMOSers? Yet  another  extension to AMOS, but let
me point out that this is a very good extension. What does craft stand
for then? Well it  stands  for  Command,  Requesters, Audio, Fractals,
Turtles. I think that basically sums up what CRAFT is about.

Whats that i hear? You want some  more details about CRAFT. Ok then. I
for got to mention how good this extension is. Craft adds well over 160
new instructions to both AMOS and AMOS Pro.

You want Julia or  Mandelbort  fractual  graphics?  You got it! Bloody
quick as well may i point out. Almost as quick as assembler.

You want requesters quickly and professionally? You have got that too!
Simply use a command called "SYS  REQUEST" and with various perimeters
you can have them all over the shop.

Easy listening with the Audio instructions.  You can play both SAMPLES
and MUSIC  with  the  CRAFT  music  system.  Previously  that  was not
possible with AMOS but CRAFT manages it. Want a Soundtracker module to
load? Simply use "ST Load file$,bank number" and bobs your uncle. Also
as i said you can have samples as  well in your programs. This is very
good for games programmes i think. A definite plus there i think.
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Fractals! What are they? Where did  they  come from. To put it simple,
it's a mathematical  creature  which  has  got  an  infinite amount of
details. Fractals can be used for  example to model trees, bushes etc.
Why? They have near the origin  of a geometrical system of coordinates
which are easy to produce  but  as  we  have mentioned require lots of
maths. All this maths takes up time.  You  can do fractals in AMOS but
they are very sllooowwww! Thats where CRAFT  comes in. If you have had
to wait about 25 seconds  for  a  picture  to  be  drawn in AMOS using
fractals then count the seconds it takes  to draw the same fractual in
CRAFT. It could take 2, 3, 5 seconds to do. Now thats FAST!!

What  are  "Turtle"  graphics?  If  anybody  remembers  a  programming
language called LOGO from a few years ago  then they should know about
turtles.When you use the  turtle  graphics,  you control an invisible
turtle. You can move it forward  and backwards, and turn it clock-wise
and anti-clockwise. This  is  the  main  point  where  turtle graphics
differ from normal graphics. Remember with  a turtle, it always points
somewhere and always moves  away  or  towards that direction. commands
such as:

        Tr Forward d     -where "d" is a number of pixles forward)

...moves the turtle forward by "d". Similarly:

        Tr Back d         -will go back by "d"
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You see its a very simple  operation of drawing graphics. Don't expect
to draw 256 colour AGA graphics though. Get DPAINT 4 AGA or something.

You can use CRAFT on any  AMOS  program  such  as AMOS 1.3x, AMOS Pro,
AMOS PRO 1.11 etc. The install program  doesn't take to long and it is
straight forward. Simply select the  required  AMOS  you have and away
you go. What could be easier?

Basically CRAFT can make your program  operations quicker and give you
more flexibility when using AMOS.  I  would  heartily recommend CRAFT to
the AMOS user.

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