=*=*=*=› (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.› or› BYE, hit READY, then hit RESET!›            ***********›› 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?)›› =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-››