HINTS-27


    JUST FOR FUN -
              Go to BASIC and on the empty screen, type  P.$&FE45
                   and press  ENTER.  Puzzled ?  I think so.
                       See the last line on this sheet.


    Z88 "STATES"
        Various books on the Z88 make reference to the position or  current
        condition of the machine.  This should clarify  what  is  meant  by
        these :-

        COMA    -  Shut down.
        DOZE    -  Running but no display ( as when saving to the EPROM ).
        SNOOZE  -  Display on, waiting for a keyboard input.
        ACTIVE  -  display on, program running.


    CATALOGUING FILES
        Some  books have some of the short-cuts when cataloguing files in a
        RAM. Here are ALL of the relevant ones :-

        After  selecting  the CATALOGUE FILE command you can enter these as
        the NAME

           Just ENTER   See all files in the current directory
        //*    &  "     All files in the current RAM
        :*//*  "  "     All files in all RAMs
        :*//file  "     A file called "file" anywhere.
        file*     "     All files starting with  file
        *.txt     "     All files with  txt  extension
        *.*       "     All files having an extension.


    QUESTION -
        Put these two lines in Basic :-    10 #CLI ARE YOU GOING?
                                           20 INPUT "WHERE",N$
        EXACTLY like that.

        Why, when it is RUN do we get  -   WHERE ARE YOU GOING?

        I don't know - that's why I'm asking.

        Try this one -  10 *CLI I AM OVER HERE
                        20 INPUT "WHERE ARE YOU?",XYZ$


    FAIL
        This message in the top  right  corner  of  your  screen  is  often
        disregarded once a Soft Reset has been made and everything seems to
        be right.  It can however be more serious than people  think.   The
        internal  memory  may  have  been corrupted and at some time, quite
        unconnected with what is going on at  the  time,  there  can  be  a
        "crash", requiring a HARD reset.


       She was the lady-friend of Richard Russell who did the Z88 BASIC.

       Jack Lawrie  15 Sycamore Grove  Southam  Leamington Spa  CV33 0EY

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