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├╧═┴╠ ╞╧╥ ╘╚┼ ├╧══╧─╧╥┼ 64
╫ELCOME TO ├╧═┴╠, THE LANGUAGE DESIGNED
TO REPLACE ┬┴╙╔├.
╘HIS INFORMATION IS AS OF ═ARCH 1, 1984
AND IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE.
├╧═┴╠ ╘╧─┴┘ NEWSLETTER IS THE SOURCE
FOR UP TO DATE INFORMATION ABOUT ├╧═┴╠,
AS WELL AS MANY HELPFUL HINTS AND
TUTORIAL ARTICLES. ├ONTRIBUTORS TO THIS
NEWSLETTER INCLUDE ┬ORGE ├HRISTENSEN
(FOUNDER OF ├╧═┴╠), ╒NI├OMAL ┴PS
(┴UTHORS OF ALL ├┬═ ├╧═┴╠ SYSTEMS), ╠EN
╠INDSAY (AUTHOR OF ├╧═┴╠ ╚┴╬─┬╧╧╦),
╙TEVE ┴NSON-├ARTWRIGHT (OF ├OMMODORE
├ANADA), ╟REG ┬EAUMONT (AUTHOR OF
╙├╥╔┬┬╠┼╥), ╩ESSE ╦NIGHT (MACHINE CODE
EXTRODINAIRE), ╙TEVE ╦ORTENDICK (NOW IN
HIS 3RD YEAR OF ├╧═┴╠ PROGRAMMING), AND
MANY MORE. ╔T IS PUBLISHED BY THE ├╧═┴╠
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$14.95 PER VOLUME. ╘HE FIRST ISSUE WAS
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├╧═┴╠ ╚┴╬─┬╧╧╦ FIRST EDITION CAN BE
USED AS REFERENCE FOR VERSION 0.14.
(╫HENEVER THE BOOK MENTIONS VERSION
0.12, JUST REPLACE IT WITH 0.14). ╘HE
ONLY DIFFERENCE IS IN SELECTING THE
OUTPUT LOCATION. ╓ERSION 0.12 USED
╙┼╠┼├╘ ╧╒╘╨╒╘ "╠╨" AND ╙┼╠┼├╘ ╧╒╘╨╒╘
"─╙". ╓ERSION 0.14 USES ╙┼╠┼├╘ ╧╒╘╨╒╘
"╠╨:" AND ╙┼╠┼├╘ ╧╒╘╨╒╘ "─╙:". ╘HE
COLON IS NOW REQUIRED. ┴LSO NOTE THAT
THE ╨┼┼╦ AND ╨╧╦┼ VALUES FOR A ╨┼╘/├┬═
ARE LISTED, AND THEY ARE DIFFERENT ON
THE ├OMMODORE 64.
╘HE GRAPHICS, SPRITE, AND TURTLE
COMMANDS WILL BE DOCUMENTED BY THE BOOK
├╧══╧─╧╥┼ 64 ╟╥┴╨╚╔├╙ ╫╔╘╚ ├╧═┴╠ TO BE
PUBLISHED BY ╥ESTON ╨UBLISHING ╞ALL
1984. ┴ BRIEF SUMMARY OF THESE ADDED
COMMANDS AND STATEMENTS ARE INCLUDED IN
THE ╚┼╠╨ FILES ON THIS DISK.
╘HERE ARE TWO WAYS TO STORE PROGRAMS ON
THE DISK, AND TWO CORRESPONDING WAYS TO
RETRIEVE THEM:
╙┴╓┼ "╬┴═┼"
╘HIS SAVES THE PROGRAM CURRENTLY IN THE
COMPUTER ONTO DISK AS A BINARY FILE
WITH THE NAME YOU SPECIFIED INSIDE
QUOTES. ╔T CAN BE RETRIEVED VIA ╠╧┴─,
BUT ONLY WITH AN EXACT SAME ├┬═ ├╧═┴╠
VERSION.
╠╔╙╘ "╬┴═┼.╠"
╘HIS STORES THE PROGRAM CURRENTLY IN
THE COMPUTER ONTO DISK AS AN ┴╙├╔╔ FILE
WITH THE NAME YOU SPECIFIED INSIDE
QUOTES (WE SUGGEST THAT YOU END THE
FILE NAME WITH A .╠ TO REMIND YOU LATER
THAT THE FILE IS A ╠╔╙╘ FILE). ╘HE FILE
IS A BIT LARGER THAN THE SAME PROGRAM
STORED VIA ╙┴╓┼. ╚OWEVER, THIS ┴╙├╔╔
FILE HAS MANY ADDITIONAL USES. ╔T CAN
BE RETRIEVED BY ┴╬┘ ├┬═ ├╧═┴╠ VERSION.
╔T CAN BE MERGED WITH ANOTHER PROGRAM
AT A LATER TIME. ╔T CAN BE READ BY
ANOTHER PROGRAM USING ╔╬╨╒╘ ╞╔╠┼
STATEMENTS.
╠╧┴─ "╬┴═┼"
╘HIS WILL ERASE THE CURRENT PROGRAM
FIRST, THEN WILL RETRIEVE THE PROGRAM
STORED ON DISK WITH THE NAME YOU
SPECIFIED INSIDE QUOTES. ╘HEN TO RUN
THE PROGRAM ISSUE THE ╥╒╬ COMMAND.
├╚┴╔╬ "╬┴═┼"
╘HIS IS SIMILAR TO THE ╠╧┴─ COMMAND,
BUT THE PROGRAM WILL ╠╧┴─ AND ╥╒╬
AUTOMATICALLY.
┼╬╘┼╥ "╬┴═┼.╠"
╘HIS WILL MERGE THE PROGRAM OR PROGRAM
SEGMENT FROM DISK WITH THE ONE
CURRENTLY IN THE COMPUTER (REMEMBER THE
SUGGESTED .╠ AT THE END OF THE FILE
NAME). ╠INE NUMBERS ARE SIGNIFICANT
DURING THIS PROCESS. ╔F A LINE IS
┼╬╘┼╥ED WITH A SAME LINE NUMBER AS ONE
ALREADY EXISTING IN THE COMPUTER, THE
PREVIOUS LINE IS DELETED AND THE NEW
LINE ┼╬╘┼╥ED REPLACES IT. ╘O AVOID THIS
PROBLEM, SIMPLY ╥┼╬╒═BER A PROGRAM OR
PROGRAM SEGMENT TO HIGH LINE NUMBER
BEFORE ╠╔╙╘ING IT TO DISK (IE, ╥┼╬╒═
8000). ╘O RETRIEVE A WHOLE PROGRAM,
ISSUE THE ╬┼╫ COMMAND FIRST, THEN THE
┼╬╘┼╥ COMMAND.
╘O LIST THE PROGRAM CURRENTLY IN THE
COMPUTER TO THE PRINTER:
╙┼╠┼├╘ ╧╒╘╨╒╘ "╠╨:"
╠╔╙╘
╘O SEE WHAT IS ON YOUR DISK:
├┴╘
╙╨┼├╔┴╠ ╬╧╘┼:
─UE TO A PECULIARITY IN THE ├64 SERIAL
╔┼┼┼ TO DISK AND PRINTER YOU CANNOT
SELECT OUTPUT TO PRINTER AND THEN DO A
├┴╘. ┬UT THE ├╧═┴╠ ╒SERS ╟ROUP, ╒.╙.┴.,
╠IMITED HAS PROVIDED YOU A WAY TO PRINT
A DISK DIRECTORY ON THE PRINTER
BYPASSING THIS PROBLEM. ╘RY THE PROGRAM
CALLED "╨╥╔╬╘'─╔╥┼├╘╧╥┘".
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╨ROGRAMS WRITTEN FOR VERSION 0.12 WILL
RUN ON VERSION 0.14. ┬UT ╠╔╙╘ THEM TO
DISK FROM VERSION 0.12 AND ┼╬╘┼╥ THEM
INTO 0.14.
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