››(Ed. Note: You may have seen some or›all of this article before, but it is›info of use to new and old hands!  Ye›Olde EDITORS)›››           OL' HACKERS›          BITS O' BYTES›         by ALEX PIGNATO››Say, did you ever get your peeks all›mixed up with your pokes? Or not even›know your right poke from your left›poke (pun intended)?››Well maybe this article might help ›most of our members (except for you ›exceptional guys who know it all).››For instance, did you know that to›get out of BASIC if you forgot to›hold down the option key when booting›up with an XL or XE, you type:›POKE 1016,1 [RETURN]..now press›[RESET] and you will go to the DOS›menu!›           ***********››That to determine which revision of ›Basic you are using? Just type:›PEEK(43234)››If the screen shows:›        162 - You have Rev. A.›        96  - You have Rev. B.›        234 - You have Rev. C.›(Rev. C is the best naturally)›           ***********››Do you turn off your computer every›time you are re-booting? Why not give›your micro a COLD START (without any›booster cables too) just type:›POKe 580,1 [RESET] ›or›A=USR(61733) which does same thing.›           ***********››Need a random number in the program›you are masterminding? Just type:›100 Print PEEK(53770)›110 IF PEEK(53770)=173 THEN PRINT ›››"YOU ARE RIGHT!"›           ***********››Forgot to boot up a 'MEMSAV' file›while in basic? No sweat, type:›A=USR(5947)›(NOTE, XL & XE owners press [RESET]›when drive stops spinning!›           ***********››You also forgot to format a disk-and›you have 400 lines of your newest &›best program, RIGHT? Easy solution is›to type:›A=USR(3352)›and you will format a disk in single›density from BASIC›           ***********››Small innocent fingers tend to foul›up your high score game while you›weren't looking? Why not disable the›KEYBOARD? Type in:›POKE 16,255›Press [RESET] to enable it again!›           ***********››ALTHOUGH I WAS GOING TO NOTE JUST›PEEKS AND POKES, I THREW IN A COUPLE›USR ROUTINES. NOW ALL I HOPE IS THAT›THEY ALL WORK AS THEY ARE SUPPOSED›TO. DONT BLAME ME IF THEY DON'T, I›DISCLAIM ANY EXTRA ABILITY AT THIS›COMPUTER STUFF!›››(IF SOME OF OUR MEMBERS, (or you the›reader) SEND ME THEIR FAVORITE BASIC›TIPS, we can spread them around, so›drop me a note, wont you?)›                                      ›                                  › =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=››              Part 2››           ALEX P. HACKER›       MORE LITTLE BYTES N pieces!››TO  SILENCE  THE  COMPUTER DURING DISK›I/O--- POKE 65,0 ---››FOR SOUND BACK --- POKE 63,0 ---››IF  YOU  DON'T  WANT  SCREEN TO CHANGE›COLORS   WHILE   PROGRAM  DOESN'T  USE›KEYBOARD --- POKE 77,0 ---››TO  USE  PRINTER AS A SCREEN (WORKS ON›ALL ATARI'S): ›S1=PEEK(838):S2=PEEK(839)POKE›838,PEEK(58422):POKE 839,PEEK(58423)››TO RETURN THINGS TO NORMAL:›POKE  838,S1:POKE  839,S2 (FROM ANALOG›6/85-PG.6)››TO GET RID OF EXTRA BYTES WHEN EDITING›AND   RE-SAVING   A  PROGRAM,  DO  THE›FOLLOWING:›LOAD  "D:PROG" THEN LIST "D:PROG" THEN›TYPE  NEW, AND THEN ENTER "D:PROG" AND›FINALLY SAVE "D:PROG".››FOR  800XL  OWNERS  TO SEE IF YOU HAVE›REVISION   B.   WHICH   HAS  BUGS,  OR›REVISION C. WHICH IS THE BETTER OF THE›TWO, TYPE:›10 IF PEEK(43234) THEN PRINT "YOU HAVE›REVISION B, SORRY!"››THE   REVISION   C  CARTRIDGE  CAN  BE›ORDERED    FOR    $15.00   (if   still›available), FROM:›ATARI CUSTOMER SERVICE›390 CARIBBEAN DR.›SUNNEYVALE, CA. 94088››TO  DELETE 'WRITE VERIFY' AND SPEED UP›LOADING IN A PERMANENT WAY:›LOAD FROM DS "L"-'SETUP.COM' FILE FROM›DOS  2.5, AND MAKE THE CHANGE AND SAVE›BY USEING 'WRITE DOS' OPTION.›››FOR  A TEMP. CHANGE (LOST WHEN COMP IS›SHUTDOWN) TYPE: POKE 1913,80›››         Gathered   by   ALEX  PIGNATO›