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Hi Mike,

The Hints and Tips forum is a new addition, so there's very little info there ATM. Did you try typing EXEC [ENTER], or RUN [ENTER] after loading?


Regards,
Steve

Seems like it could be a handy little utility. I'm interested...

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Steve

This routine allows you to pause BASIC, and wait for a key press without using the INKEY$ function. The machine code routine is position independent, and DOS compatible. Three bytes ($00D5 - $00D7) are used by the program as follows. POKE213,0 (default) = Wait for key press POKE213,1 (or any other v...

Here's an example of what to expect when you auto-run a BASIC program using the above methods. Attached is a copy of Mario Zamora's Flipper saved to cassette with Steve Woolham's BASIC AUTO-RUN V2.0, ERROR-RUN V1.0, and BREAK KEY DISABLE V1.0 routines. The BASIC source code is included. CLOADM to lo...

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Steve

This routine modifies the Dragon's original RESTORE command to optionally accept line numbers. The machine code routine is position independent, and DOS compatible. 10 'RESTORE-LINE-NUMBER V3.0 20 'FOR THE DRAGON 32/64 30 'BY STEPHEN J WOOLHAM 40 '*************************** 50 'BASIC EXAMPLE PROGRA...

Here's an alternative routine which utilises the CLS command to greatly improve execution speed of the BASIC program. The machine code routine is position independent, and DOS compatible. 10 'RESTORE-LINE-NUMBER V2.0 20 'FOR THE DRAGON 32/64 30 'BY STEPHEN J WOOLHAM 40 '*************************** 5...

The Dragon's RESTORE command can only restore the data pointer to the start of a BASIC program. You can't do the following. 10 RESTORE 200:READ A$ 20 RESTORE 300:READ B$ 30 RESTORE 100:READ C$ 40 PRINT A$;" ";B$;" ";C$ 50 END 100 DATA THREE 200 DATA ONE 300 DATA TWO Here's a quick example of how the...

Here's an alternative method of auto-running a BASIC program. EDIT: Updated 2nd December, 05:15 pm First you must type in one of the following BASIC programs, RUN it, and save the machine code to cassette using the START, END, and EXEC addresses displayed on screen. e.g. Dragon: CSAVEM"ARUNDGN",1536...

This routine will allow you to restore to a line number. The machine code routine is position independent, and DOS compatible. 10 'RESTORE-LINE-NUMBER V1.0 20 'FOR THE DRAGON 32/64 30 'BY STEPHEN J WOOLHAM 40 '*************************** 50 'BASIC EXAMPLE PROGRAM 60 '*************************** 70 M...