You are probably right about doing something like that today. But then again, how much easier everything was when it was all DOS based. Even Win 95 that was DOS based made it easy to really customize how the system started.
Now, while you checked that program to make sure it worked was impressive. What would have really impressed me would be if you disassembled the code...
(Waving flags, anyone....???)
and so what uranus is a star - Rob
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Kruger
09-23-2020, 01:24 AM (This post was last modified: 09-23-2020, 01:30 AM by Blaze.
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Even with the hardware you can't physically type those inverted down arrows. I had to write the string to a file with PUT #1,ASC([char value]) then MERGE the file into the listing. And since you threw down the gauntlet, here you go:
68 PLA
A2 00 LDX $00
A9 0B LDA $0B
9D 42 03 STA $0342,X
68 PLA
9D 45 03 STA $0345,X
68 PLA
9D 44 03 STA $0344,X
68 PLA
9D 49 03 STA $0349,X
68 PLA
9D 48 03 STA $0348,X
4C 56 E4 JMP $E456 (CIOV: Central Input/Output (CIO) utility entry. CIO handles all of the
I/O operations or data transfers. Information placed in the
IOCB's tells CIO what operations are necessary.)
Oooh, nice! I don't remember those special characters being all that difficult; and I used to type in tons of programs that were listed in Compute! each month...
and so what uranus is a star - Rob
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Kruger
The special characters aren't that difficult to type in. I still remembered how to do my old username. It's those inverted down arrows I'm telling you cannot be typed in by hand...
Whew, I know my memory has some holes, but for some reason it's the insignificant memories of typing in Atari 8-bit programs that are still stuck in there...
and so what uranus is a star - Rob
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Kruger
Ah, yes, the Victoria Secrets catalog. You always scrutinized those bra pictures because even with the amount of lace in them, you could never see a nipple. Now old me likes getting this catalog to look at all the neat gadgets that I still can't afford...
Beavis and Butthead is a worthy response!! There are far too many double entendres those two provided as adolescent humor that will always make me chuckle...
and so what uranus is a star - Rob
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Kruger