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This graphics system lets you draw pictures using all the Dragon's hi-res modes and colour sets. One joystick is used to manipulate a moving cursor, and the keyboard controls the graphics facilities.

The eight-page manual supplied with the system explains the numerous features and commands that are available reasonably well, but you can go back to the "help" menu at any point if you get stuck.

You can choose to draw lines, boxes, arcs, ellipses, polygon or any kind of irregular shape. You can paint your picture with a "fill" command, and write in text of any size.

Having drawn your masterpiece, you can save it on cassette. The shapes you have created can also be stored in a shapes library so that they can be used later on.

The text feature in the graphics system is also supplied as a separate program and data file, so that you can easily incorporate text in hi-res mode in any of your own programs.

Once all the commands had been mastered, I found the system easy to use. With its comprehensive range of facilities, it otters a slick method of adding colourful graphics to your programs.

C.D.