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** ╚OW TO RETURN TO ┬┴╙╔├ FROM ├╧═┴╠
╘YPE COMMAND:
BASIC
** ╚OW TO SEE WHAT IS ON A DISK
╨UT DISK INTO DRIVE. ╘YPE:
CAT
╘HE ├╘╥╠ KEY SLOWS DISPLAY SCROLL.
** ╚OW TO RETRIEVE A PROGRAM FROM DISK
╨UT DISK INTO DRIVE. ╞IND PROGRAM NAME
(SEE ├┴╘ ABOVE). ╘YPE COMMAND (REPLACE
NAME WITH THE NAME OF THE PROGRAM YOU
WANT):
LOAD "NAME"
** ╚OW TO RUN A PROGRAM ALREADY IN THE
COMPUTER
╔SSUE COMMAND:
RUN
** ╚OW TO RUN A PROGRAM FROM DISK
╨UT DISK INTO DRIVE. ╘YPE COMMAND:
CHAIN "NAME"
** ╚OW TO STOP A RUNNING PROGRAM
╨RESS ╙╘╧╨ KEY. ╔F THAT DOESN'T WORK,
PRESS ╥┼╙╘╧╥┼ KEY AND ╙╘╧╨ KEY
SIMULTANEOUSLY (RESETS ├╧═┴╠).
** ╚OW TO LOOK AT A PROGRAM
╔F THE PROGRAM IS NOT IN THE COMPUTER,
FIRST ╠╧┴─ THE PROGRAM:
LOAD "NAME"
╘O SEE A PROGRAM IN THE COMPUTER TYPE:
LIST
╘HE ├╘╥╠ KEY SLOWS DOWN THE DISPLAY. ╘O
PAUSE IT, PRESS THE ╙╨┴├┼ ┬┴╥. ╨RESS
╙╨┴├┼ AGAIN TO RESUME.
** ╚OW TO WRITE A NEW PROGRAM
╔SSUE COMMANDS:
NEW
AUTO
╬OW, TYPE IN THE PROGRAM. ╚IT ╥┼╘╒╥╬
TWICE IN A ROW TO STOP THE ┴╒╘╧ MODE.
** ╚OW TO ERASE LINES IN A PROGRAM
╞IND THE LINE NUMBER OF THE LINE TO BE
ERASED (LINE 100 IN THIS EXAMPLE), THEN
ISSUE A ─┼╠ COMMAND:
DEL 100
┘OU MAY DELETE A BLOCK OF LINES ALL AT
ONCE. ╞IND THE FIRST AND LAST LINE
NUMBERS IN THE BLOCK OF LINES (LINES
500 THRU 750 FOR THIS EXAMPLE), THEN
ISSUE A ─┼╠ COMMAND:
DEL 500-750
** ╚OW TO ADD LINES TO END OF A PROGRAM
╘HE PROGRAM MUST BE IN THE COMPUTER.
╞IND THE LAST LINE NUMBER CURRENTLY
USED (630 FOR THIS EXAMPLE). ╙PECIFY A
STARTING LINE THAT IS 10 MORE THAN THE
LAST LINE WITH THE COMMAND:
AUTO 640
** ╚OW TO ADD LINES IN THE MIDDLE OF A
PROGRAM
╘HE PROGRAM MUST BE IN THE COMPUTER.
╠OCATE THE PLACE YOU WISH TO ADD A
LINE. ╞OR EXAMPLE, BETWEEN THE
FOLLOWING:
0040 ╨╥╔╬╘ "╚ELLO."
0050 ╨╥╔╬╘ "╟OOD ╠UCK."
╘YPE IN THE LINE TO ADD, USING A LINE
NUMBER BETWEEN THE TWO LINES.
45 ╨╥╔╬╘ "─O YOUR BEST."
╬UMBERING A PROGRAM BY 10'S ALLOWS YOU
TO EASILY ADD UP TO 9 LINES BETWEEN ANY
CURRENT LINES.
** ╚OW TO RENUMBER A PROGRAM
╘O RESTORE THE PROGRAM TO BE NUMBERED
BY 10'S, ISSUE COMMAND:
RENUM
** ╚OW TO STORE A PROGRAM ON DISK
╘YPE THE COMMAND:
SAVE "NAME"
** ╚OW TO LIST A PROGRAM TO A PRINTER
╘HE PROGRAM MUST BE IN THE COMPUTER.
╔SSUE COMMANDS:
SELECT "LP:"
LIST
** ╚OW TO SET PRINTER AUTO LINEFEEDS
LINEFEED+ // TURN ON
LINEFEED- // TURN OFF
** ╚OW TO ACCESS DEVICE AND SEC ADDR
╙END OUTPUT TO PRINTER DEVICE 4,
SECONDARY ADDRESS 7 (LOWER CASE MODE):
OPEN FILE 255,"LP:",UNIT 4,7,WRITE
SELECT "LP:"
╙END OUTPUT TO DEVICE 5 PRINTER:
OPEN FILE 255,"LP:",UNIT 5,WRITE
SELECT "LP:"
┴CCESS DISK DRIVE #9 RATHER THAN
DEFAULT #8 BY ADDING A ",9" AT THE END
OF SOME COMMANDS:
SAVE "NAME",9
LOAD "NAME",9
CHAIN "NAME",9
** ╚OW TO FLIP TEXT / GRAPHICS SCREENS
╔NITIALIZE THE GRAPHICS SCREEN THE
FIRST TIME (CHOOSE 0 OR 1):
SETGRAPHIC 0 // <-- HI RES
SETGRAPHIC 1 // <-- MULTI-COLOR
╧NCE THE SCREEN IS CHOSEN, YOU CAN FLIP
BETWEEN GRAPHICS AND TEXT WITH THE
FUNCTION KEYS:
F1 - FLIP TO TEXT SCREEN
F3 - FLIP TO GRAPHICS SPLIT SCREEN
WITH TEXT WINDOW AT TOP
F5 - FLIP TO GRAPHICS SCREEN