[Coco] Re: S.E.C.S.

[Brad Grier]

Thanks Steve - that stirs the memories a bit. I think I bought SECS for 
the added graphics commands. I was pretty young at the time and didn't 
know how to do that stuff in assembly.

If I only knew then what I know now.

Brad

Steve Bjork wrote:
> Hi Brad,
> SECS was Screen Editor Control System.
> 
> It was an extension to the Color Basic (in the days before Extended 
> Color Basic) that let you edit basic statement lines on the screen.  
> (remember, non-extended Basic did not have a line edit command.)
> 
> It also had a few extra commands hi-res graphics commands too. (once 
> again, not part of standard basic.)
> 
> Once Extended Basic came out the product was no longer needed.
> 
> Oh yes, the "/" was used for an "end-of-line" code for the editor.
> 
> The program is a throw back to the good old days when you needed 
> something then you just wrote it yourself.
> (I hated retyping a basic line statement because of small syntax error.)
> 
> Steve Bjork
> 
> At 10:35 PM 1/25/2004 -0600, you wrote:
> 
>> I found a cassette labeled "S.E.C.S" from Datasoft published in 1981. 
>> I loaded the program and I just get a "/" with a flashing cursor. Is 
>> this some kind of assembler/disassember? I just can't remember.
>>
>> Does anyone knows what this is and what commands it accepts?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Brad
>>
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