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MINITERM 128
by
Michael LePaglia
COMMODORE MICROCOMPUTERS MAGAZINE
September/October, 1986.
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NOTE: Because of the nature of this
program, it cannot be run via
LOADSTAR's operating system. To
access MINITERM 128, you must BLOAD it
directly from the disk.
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MINITERM 128, is a machine-language
DRIVER for BASIC terminal programs.
Because you OPEN the channel to the
modem from your own BASIC program,
you can select your baud rate: 300,
1200, or 2400. The driver resides
from $1300 to $1700, thus you can
BLOAD it at the start of a session
and put the OPEN and SYS statements
on a function key. For example:
KEY2,"OPEN5,2,2,CHR$(6)+CHR$(0):
SYS4864:CLOSE5"
makes the F2 key open the channel to
the modem and enter the terminal
driver. Pressing the Commodore logo
key and the "M" key together closes
the channel to the modem.
MINITERM 128 has two ways to return
to BASIC. Pressing the Commodore logo
key and the "M" key at same time
returns to the next command in your
own BASIC program. Pressing the
Commodore logo key and the English
pound key at the same time places a
$FF in location $0088, allowing you
to branch to a different part of your
program.
MINITERM 128 has a small menu that
allows you to exit to BASIC, to a help
screen, or choose whether output goes
out in standard or Commodore ASCII.
Since line noise sometimes affects the
color of the cursor, the program's
author has also included code that
will return the cursor to its correct
color if this occurs.
To use this program, BLOAD MINITERM
128, assign KEY2 as previously
described and press F2. Whenever you
open the channel to the modem from
your own program, make sure you use a
5 as the channel number.
OPEN 5,2,2,CHR$(6)+CHR$(0) is the
proper syntax for the OPEN statement
in your BASIC program.
DISK FILES THIS PROGRAM USES:
MINITERM 128
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