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- ! COMMODORE-64 PROGRAMMING !
- ! ! 3/30/86
- ! HINTS & TIPS !
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- Hello, Commodore programmers! This
- file will show you some interesting
- SYS, POKE and PRINT features that
- will create some helpful (and neat)
- stuff on your 64!
-
- Ready? Okay, let's get to it!
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- POKE 808,225
-
- The above command will disable the
- RUN/STOP key and the LIST command.
-
- POKE 808,237 re-enables them.
- If it doesn't re-enable them, try
-
- PRINT PEEK (808)
-
- when you FIRST turn the power on.
- The number you get is the one to be
- POKEd into 808 to re-enable the
- RUN/STOP key and LIST command after
- you disable them.
-
- Next:
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- POKE 650,128
-
-
- Makes characters repeat if that
- key is held down.
-
- Next:
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- PRINT PEEK (56321)
-
- The above command tells you which
- direction the joystick in Port 1
- is being moved. The number you
- get means the following:
-
- 254 - UP 253 - DOWN
-
- 251 - LEFT 247 - RIGHT
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- 250 - UP/LEFT 246 - UP/RIGHT
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- 249 - DN/LEFT 245 - DN/RIGHT
-
- 239 - Fire button
-
- For coding a certain sentence,
-
- POKE 53272,N
-
- This ^ makes the characters on
- the screen become stran