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Here's a little more information about the Dragon's poor keyboard response. A couple more items on keyboard related matters: DRAGON BASIC’s routine to poll for entry from the keyboard is somewhat less efficient then CoCo’s. I’m not a speed typist but, in the two years I’ve been computing, I’ve gotte...

Steve Woolham sent me this via e-mail the other day and asked me to post it here after testing. The BASIC example program works perfectly and is safe to use even with DragonDOS running. I have included a listing of the BASIC program so that you can type it in directly if you prefer. 0 'SPEEDKEY V1.0...

Thanks Simon! I have duplicated this, and other relevant topics from the other forums.

Regards,
Steve

I would prefer a tech hints/tips type section added to the forum.

Here is a routine which restarts a BASIC program when an error is encountered, or the reset button pressed. The machine code routine is position independent. 10 'ERROR-RUN V1.0 20 'FOR THE DRAGON 32/64 30 'BY STEPHEN J WOOLHAM 40 '*************************** 50 'BASIC EXAMPLE PROGRAM 60 '***********...

I agree, but all these snippets are exclusive to this forum ATM. All are welcome to archive them elsewhere though.

Regards,
Steve

Here's an alternative method which restarts the BASIC program every time Break is pressed. The machine code routine is position independent. 10 'BREAK-RUN V1.0 20 'FOR THE DRAGON 32/64 30 'BY STEPHEN J WOOLHAM 40 '*************************** 50 'BASIC EXAMPLE PROGRAM 60 '*************************** ...

Here is a routine to disable the BREAK key from within a Dragon BASIC program. The machine code routine is position independent, and compatible with all versions of DragonDOS, SuperDOS, DOSPlus, and DeltaDOS. 10 'BREAK KEY DISABLE V1.0 20 'FOR THE DRAGON 32/64 30 'BY STEPHEN J WOOLHAM 40 '**********...

(1) It won't work on the Dragon. You should buy a CoCo if you wan't to use this. (2) I haven't tried BBC or Spectrum BASIC, so can't answer this one. (3) If you are using MS Windows, try XROAR with my Starter Kit from the ' Uploads ' section. Look here for a list of games to try. Regards, Steve

Cartridge Detach (DOS) for the Dragon 32/64, and Tandy Color Computer models 1, 2, and 3