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Introduction AMSTRAD CPC6128 Integr
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Contents Chapter I Foundation Cours
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Chapter 8 More about the Bank Manag
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Connecting the computer to a monito
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Switching on - CPC6128 and MP2 Modu
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( Part 2: Connecting your periphera
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Connect the end of the lead which i
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Part 3: About Discs .... The AMSTRA
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Some other compact floppy discs emp
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Type mismatch .... means that you h
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On the screen you will see: he L L
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Reset the computer to clear the mem
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The single quote mark ' (which can
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Division (use unshifted ? key for d
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Mixed Calculations (+,-,*,/) Mixed
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Part 7: Save It .... Now that you'v
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To look briefly at some of the CP/M
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Make sure that you don't close the
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On the screen you will see: Drive A
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Part 8: Understanding Modes, Colour
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So it is with the computer. Using t
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Now let's change to a new paper. Wh
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For further demonstration of the co
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Just to prove that this is on the t
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PLOT Unlike the L 0 CAT E command,
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Circles Circles can either be plott
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440 cy(st+1)=cy(st)+1.5*r(st)*COS(s
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Now reset the computer [CONTROL] [S
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Envelope Number This is the referen
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Number of Steps This parameter spec
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Typing in for example: la Load "fi
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If you have connected an additional
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Write protection Note that you will
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At the A> prompt, type: disckit3 Se
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Part 11: Introducing the Bank Manag
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The contents of Screen 1 are copied
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.... where r % is an integer variab
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I BAN K FIN D will start at the cur
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Chapter 2 Beyond FoundationslIlSlBl
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But hang on! We said that we want t
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32 PRINT " 1 • enter info" 33 PRI
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100 ON ms GOSUB 120,210,270 110 GOT
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Directing data to stream # 8 sends
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This L 0 CAT E s where the menu I N
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440 FOR x=1 TO 100 450 WRITE #9,NAM
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AFTER AFT E R [, ] GO SUB 10 AFTER
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BIN$ BIN $ ( [, ] ) PRINT BIN$(64,
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CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR COMMAND: Clears a
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CURSOR CUR S 0 R [][ , ] 10 CURSOR
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DEFINT DE FIN T
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DELETE DEL E T E DELETE 100-200 CO
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DIM D I M 10 C LS 20 DIM friend$(5
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The optional determines how the in
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Parameter 2: This parameter must b
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If2 parameters are used, these are:
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ERR ERR GOTO 500 Line does not exis
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FIX F I X ( ) PRINT FIX(9.99999) 9
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GOSUB GO SUB ,line number> GOSUB 21
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HIMEM HIMEM PRINT HIMEM 42619 FUN C
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The state of [SHIFT] and [CONTROL]
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INSTR INS T R ( [ , J , ) 10 CLS 2
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The given in the KEY command may b
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LINE INPUT L I NE IN PUT [# ,][;][
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LOG LOG ( ) PRINT LOG(9999) 9.2102
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MEMORY M EM 0 R Y MEMORY &20AA COM
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MOD MOD PRINT 10 MOD 3 1 PRINT 10
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NEW NEW NEW COMMAND: Deletes the cu
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ON GOSUB ON GO SUB
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COMMAND: GOes to a BASIC SUB-routin
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OUT OUT , OUT &FBF4,&FF COMMAND:
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PI PI PRINT PI 3.14159265 FUNCTION:
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Note that when a semicolon; is used
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String Formats 10 CLS:a$="abcdefghi
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RELEASE RE LEA S E 10 SOUND 65,100
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RESTORE RE SI 0 R E [] 10 READ a$:P
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RIGHT$ RIG H-T $ ( , ) 10 MODE 1:
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SAVE S A V E dilename>[, diletype>]
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If the parameter is zero, the soun
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SPEED KEY S P E E D KEY , 10 CLS:
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STEP (See FOR) STOP STOP 10 FOR n=1
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To allocate space in the CPC612S's
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S Y M B 0 L AFT E R will NOT operat
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TEST T EST ( , ) 10 CLS 20 PRINT
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TRorr TRON TROFF TRON 113 TROFF:PRI
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WAIT W A I T
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WINDOW SWAP WIN D 0 W SW A P , 10
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XPOS XPOS 10 MODE 1:DRAW 320,200 20
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Backup Master Discs It is most impo
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When you have only one built-in dri
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Creating a Turnkey CP/M disc As wel
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Three useful sets of keyboard codes
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Part 2: Cassettes If you wish to us
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LOAD "" LOAD "",&1F40 MERGE '"' RUN
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LIST #9 OPENOUTandCLOSEOUT PRINT #9
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If the first character of the filen
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Disc directory Every disc has two s
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Notwithstanding the contents of the
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250 y=0:b=150:GOSUB 400 260 x=575:a
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ICPM ICPM COMMAND: Switch to altern
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ITAPE.IN ITAPE.IN COMMAND: Use tape
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cOPYTO: AMSTRADBASIC on tape * Bina
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Reference guide to AMSDOS error mes
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Part2:CP/M CP/MPlus Subjects covere
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Profile files can be constructed us
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Switching default drives If you hav
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Transient commands To perform more
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Colour Hex Decimal Colour Hex Decim
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The commands: .... or .... SET24X80
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PIP KEYBOARD.CPM=KEYS.CCP .... make
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Each disc can be assigned a label,
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Advanced programming Side 2 of your
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The program is menu-driven and when
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Chapter 6 Introduction to L This Se
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First Steps .... The? prompt tells
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Occasionally, when nearly all the n
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The BASIC in your Amstrad computer
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Whose afraid of the jargon? As with
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If this process sounds cumbersome,
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Reconsidering the table that introd
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Some of the characters that you wil
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(Each character has a corresponding
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PRINT 10 AND 1000 Results in 8 agai
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Print formatting The PR I N T comma
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PRINT USING "\ test s \";"test stri
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Each of the following commands may
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.... and you will see that the 4th
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Usmgdata .... In a program that alw
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10 DIM a(5),b(5),s$(5) 20 FOR ;=1 T
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The sound of music .... Of all the
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Unless you are a very slow typist,
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Relative Volume Change 15 14 13 10
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The final part that can be added on
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In a complete program that may be m
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24111 IF p1$="." THEN ch1%=I1I:RETU
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Now RUN, and once again the dotted
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Ink modes It is possible to draw us
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10 REM latch animation 20 ON BREAK
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1410 I B 1420 IF fLag=2 THEN 1470 1
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2240 CLS:undraw=0:PRINT cmnd$(ro);:
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From then on, simply press the appr
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ppendixl Digital Research & AMSTRAD
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6. Registration Card DRI may from t
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ALU Arithmetic Logic Unit. The part
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Base The prime numeric consideratio
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Built-in commands Commands that are
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Compiler A complex program that con
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Download The transfer of informatio
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Gate Logical gates permit the passa
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Interpreter A further extension of
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Machine Code The programming langua
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Numeric keypad The area on the keyb
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Pixel The smallest accessible area
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Raster A system of 'writing' on the
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Software Programs themselves. May b
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Transient program A CP/M utility pr
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Appendix 3 Some Programs For You ..
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Bomber A variation on a classic the
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Telly tennis The one that started i
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75" PRINT" A 6 UP" 76" PRINT" Z 3 D
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760 ' 770 pwpe=(p1wp=p2wp):IF p1sa
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1540 1550 1560 1570 1580 1590 1600
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1130 IF VRX%=0 GOTO 890 1140 IF P%(
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2290 IF C%(J%,IC%)=6 GOTO 2310 2300
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3010 DATA 310,355,310,375,350,355,3
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1160 RETURN 1170 ON rm GOTO 1180,11
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2410 ' 2420 'Draw switches 2430 ' 2
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c I BANKREAD ......................
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D DATA ............................
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I IBM format ......................
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N o MID$ ..........................
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RETURN key ........................
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T Switching on ....................
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x y WORD ..........................
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