=*=*=*=¢ (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?)¢¢ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-¢¢
