├-128 PROGRAM UTIL/ F-KEY PROGRAMER/PROGRAM LISTING SCROLLER
╩UST A FEW NOTES ARE NEEDED WITH THIS HANDY LITTLE PROGRAM, AS IT IS VERY EASY TO USE. ╔T IS ALSO COMPATABLE WITH THE ├-128 BASIC EXTENSION CALLED ┬ASIC 7.1.... IF ┬ASIC 7.1 IS INSTALLED FIRST! ╙OME OTHER PROGRAMS DO NOT WORK QUITE AS WELL WITH ┴╙╙╔╙╘-128. ┘OU'LL JUST HAVE TO TRY IT OUT WITH ANY OTHER UTILITIES IN QUESTION.
╚ERE GOES THE SAME OLD STORY YOU'VE HEARD FOR YEARS! ╘HE ├-128 IS A GREAT MACHINE WITH ONE OF THE BEST EDITIONS ┬┴╙╔├ LANGUAGE AVAILABLE FOR ├OMMODORE COMPUTERS BUT WITH A FEW FEATURES LEFT OUT. ╚AVING USED THE OLD & WONDERFUL ╚┼╙╦╔╘ UTILITY CARTRIDGE ON THE ├-64 THERE WAS ONE FEATURE ╔ DEARLY MISSED ON THE THE ├-128; A PROGRAM LISTING SCROLLER. ╫ELL; ONE NIGHT LONG AGO, WHILE DIGGING THROUGH OUR OLD CLUB LIBRARIES (═╒├: ═ID ╬EBRASKA ╒SERS OF ├OMMODORE IN ╟RAND ╔SLAND), ╔ STUMBLED ONTO A ├-128 LISTING SCROLLER BY SOME UNKNOWN OR LONG LOST AUTHOR. ╔ HAVE NO IDEA WHERE THIS PROGRAM ORIGINATED AS THERE WERE NO CREDITS OR INSTRUCTION ACCOMPANYING IT. ╔ ALWAYS THOUGH IT MAY OF COME FROM ╤LINK, BUT WAS NEVER ABLE TO LOCATE IT. ╔T MAY OF WELL COME TO US VIA ╘╨╒╟, BUT ╔ CANNOT BE CERTAIN, ANY WAY HERE IT IS!
╔ ADDED THE ╞-KEY SELECTIONS FROM SOME OF THE ONE ╔ USE MOST OFTEN WHEN ╔ PROGRAM IN BASIC.
1.- TO LOAD "┴╙╙╔╙╘-128.1", OR "┴╙╙╔╙╘-128.2" SIMPLY TYPE EITHER OF THE FOLLOWING: ╥╒╬ "┴╙╙╔╙╘-128.1" OR D╠"┴╙╙╔╙╘-128.1" AND TYPE RUN.
* THE PROGRAM CONTAINS BOTH A BASIC PROGRAM AND A BASIC LOADER.
2.- ╘HE SCREEN WILL DISPLAY A BLUE WINDOW AT THE TOP OF THE SCREEN WITH A BRIEF DISCRIPTION OF WHAT THE ╞-KEYS ARE PROGRAMED TO DO.
╘HERE IS A MESSAGE TO ╨╠┼┴╙┼ ╫┴╔╘. ╘HE BASIC LOADER IS INSTALLING THE MACHINE LANGUAGE SCROLLER. ╫HEN THIS IS DONE YOU WILL BE GREATED BY THE FAMILIAR ╥┼┴─┘ AND A BLINKING CURSOR.
3.- ╬OW YOU CAN EITHER START PROGRAMING OR LOAD A PROGRAM TO BE EDITED. ╘O INITIATE THE SCROLLER FIRST LIST THE PROGRAM OR A PORTION OF IT.
╘HE ╙├╥╧╠╠┼╥
============
╒SING THE ╒╨ & ─╧╫╬ CURSORS YOU CAN NOW SCROLL UP AND DOWN THROUGH THE PROGRAM LISTING.
* * ╘HERE APPEARS TO BE A SMALL BUG IN THE SCROLLER WHEN SCROLLING UP THROUGH A LISTING. ╧CCASSIONALLY IT WILL HANG UP AND CREATE A BOGUS LINE NUMBER (USUALLY THE LINE BEGINS WITH THE NUMBER 3).
╘O GET OUT OF THIS BUG SIMPLY ╙╨┴├┼ ┬┴╥ OVER THE NUMBER (CLEARING IT FROM THE SCREEN) AND RETURN THE CURSOR BACK TO THE FAR UPPER RIGHT CORNER OF THE SCREEN AND CURSOR UP TO SCOLL ON AGAIN. ┘OU CAN ALSO MOVE ON BY CURSORING DOWN SO THAT THE BOGUS LINE IS SCROOLED OFF THE TOP OF THE SCREEN, THEN HIT ╚╧═┼ KEY (RETURNING THE CURSOR TO THE THE FAR UPPER RIGHT SIDE OF THE SCREEN) AND CONTINUE TO CURSOR (SCROLL) UP!
╫HEN SCROLLING DOWN PAST THE LAST PROGRAM LINE IT WILL SKIPP A COUPLE LINES AND THEN DISPLAY (SCROLL) THE BEGINNING PROGRAM LINES. ╫HEN SCOLLING ╒╨ PASSED THE BEGINNING LINE OF THE PROGRAM IT WILL SKIPP A COUPLE LINES AND THEN BEGIN DISPLAYING (SCROLLING) FROM THE BOTTOM LINES OF THE PROGRAM.
╘HE TOGGLE FOR THE SCROLLER IS ╙┘╙ 5120. ╞8 FUNCTION KEY IS PROGRAMED TO ACT AS A TOGGLE FOT THE SCOLLER.
╘HE ╞ KEYS
==========
╘HE F KEYS ARE RE-PROGRAMED WITH SEVERAL OF THE ├-128'S BUILT IN FEATURE WHICH COME IN HANDY WITH PROGRAMING IN BASIC. ┘OU CAN CHANGE THEM IF YOU LIKE.
┴╙╙╔╙╘-128.1 F KEYS
---------------------
╞1- SWITCH TO LOWER CASE / PRINT RED ON BLACK SCREEN / LIST PROGRAM
╞2- ╠OAD PROGRAM FROM THE DISK DIRECTORY
╞3- ─ISK DIRECTORY
╞4- ╔╬╙┼╥╘ ═╧─┼ ON
╞5- ╔NSERT ONE BLANK SCREEN LINE
╞6- ╔╬╙┼╥╘ ═╧─┼ OFF
╞7- ├LEAR SCREEN FROM CURSOR POSITION TO END OF SCREEN
╞8- ╙CROLLER TOGGLE (ON/OFF)
┴╙╙╔╙╘.2 F KEYS
-----------------
╙AME AS ABOVE WITH THE FOLLOWING EXCEPTION:
╞4- ╙AVE TO DISK A PROGRAM OR PART OF PROGRAM THAT IS TO BE MERGED.
╞6- ═ERGE A PROGRAM ON DISK (SAVED WITH THE ╞4 ROUTINE) WITH A PROGRAM CURRENTLY IN MEMORY.
╘HIS MERGE FEATURE IS THE SAME SUGGESTED IN ╘╫╔╬ ├╔╘╔┼╙ 128 NEWSLETTER.
PRESS ╞4 AND ADD THE ╬┴═┼ OF THE PROGRAM YOU WANT TO EVENTUALLY MERGE WITH ANOTHER, THEN PRESS THE RETURN KEY.
╘HEN AFTER THE FILE HAS BEEN SAVED YOU CAN MERGE IT TO ANOTHER PROGRAM IN MEMORY BY PRESSING ╞6 AND SUPPLING THE PROGRAM ╬┴═┼ TO BE MERGE.
╫AIT UNTIL THE ╥┼┴─┘ AND BLINKING CURSOR ARE DIPLAYED.
