Apple ][ Coding Challenge: Fractal Tree

Take a trip back in time and let's learn all about GR (graphics) and HGR (high resolution graphics) in AppleSoft BASIC on a restored Apple II+ computer! Can we render a fractal tree? Code: https://thecodingtrain.com/challenges...

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AppleSoft BASIC:
🍎 The AppleSoft Tutorial: http://cini.classiccmp.org/pdf/Apple/...
🍎 Basic Programming Reference Manual: https://mirrors.apple2.org.za/Apple%2...
🪧 Peeks, Pokes and Pointers: https://archive.org/details/peeks-pok...
🔢 Renumber: https://www.callapple.org/programming...

Apple II Emulators:
☕ Applesoft BASIC in JavaScript: https://www.calormen.com/jsbasic/
🍎 Apple IIjs: https://www.scullinsteel.com/apple2/
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Timestamps:
0:00 Hello from 1981!
0:16 Coding Together Theme
1:10 Getting started
1:30 Graphics Mode (GR)
1:56 Apple II+ Screen Capture
2:08 Plotting Points and Lines
3:33 Bouncing Ball
13:01 Adding Sound
14:39 High Resolution Graphics (HGR)
17:43 Fractal Tree
18:10 Trigonometry Explanation
20:05 Coding the Tree
23:12 Explaining Recursion
33:00 Adding User Input
34:52 Share your version!

Editing by Mathieu Blanchette
Animations by Jason Heglund
Coding Together Theme by Will from America (  / willfromamerica  )
Eye of the Tiger cover by Leon from ‪@neoexplains‬
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