[Color Computer] Re: [Coco] NT: BASIC educate {CoCo - DECB}

[Robert Gault]

Weird, when I typed the original, the : displayed correctly but in the 
received e-mail in Mozilla the same thing happened, changed to > or | 
depending on whether the mail was in text or html mode.

RGBDOS included FLEXIKEY by C.J.Stearman. That made use of the right 
arrow, shifted right/left arrows, and up arrow for line editing. There 
certainly are additional reserved words in RGBDOS/HDBDOS and undoubtedly 
ADOS, FDOS, or any other DOS. The commands for HDBDOS can be found at 
http://www.cloud9tech.com/. I can put together a list of the RGBDOS 
commands which are essentially identical to those of HDBDOS. Art can 
supply the ADOS command set. Disto controllers came with CDOS.

RGBDOS
COPY"filename.ext:drive"TO #
DIR# TO #
DOS#	specify the drive for the DOS command
DRIVE ON	drives 0-3 are hard drive
DRIVE OFF [#]	drives 0-3 floppy or 0-#
DRIVE RESTORE	recalibrate drive
DRIVE # n	selects scsi bus channel n=0-7
DRIVE SET n	selects Adaptec drive 0-1
DRIVE STOP [n]	parks drive, if Adaptec n=0-1
RENAME DRIVE #,"drive_name"	displays with the DIR command, stored in
                 T17,S18
RUNM"filename.ext:drive",offset		same as LOADM + EXEC

CDOS for the COCO3; the full syntax is not presented here
COLD	cold start the Coco
COCO D	disk to tape
COCO T	tape to disk
COCO F	does fast poke
COCO S	does slow poke
COCO U	remove all extra commands
SHIFT@	start screen editor
CLOCK	gets real time info
RDISK	starts a ramm disk
MRUN	LOADM+EXEC and turns off drive motors

Stephen H. Fischer wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> There is an Quirk in OE QuoteFix that apparently considers ":" at the start
> of the line the same as ">" so the ": separates statements on the same line"
> was missing the ":" and confused me until I looked at the raw message.
> 
> Any Way, Back to CoCo.
> 
> I am about to add to the allowable characters in Line Labels and Variables
> in the DECB Preprocessor (Urbane www.coco3.com/urbane ).
> 
> I have looked and have not found any more special character usage than what
> is in the list below. And the Operators.
> 
> Does "ADOS", "FDOS" and any of the other DECB extensions use any additional
> special Characters?
> 
> Where are the definite lists of keywords for these DECB extensions.
> 
> I want to add their keywords to "Urbane" and become aware of any special
> conditions that special processing must be added.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Stephen H. Fischer
> 
> Robert Gault wrote:
> 
>>Just "looking in all the wrong places". Special Characters are listed
>>in the Coco3 Quick Reference Guide,  p25 or the equivalent for the
>>Coco 1&2, an accordion fold-out.
>>
>>Special Characters
>>' abbreviation for REM
>>$ makes variable a string type
>>&H makes numeric constants hexadecimal (only listed in Coco3 book)
>>&O makes numeric constants octal       (only listed in Coco3 book)
>>
>>>separates statements on the same line
>>
>>? same as print
>>, PRINT punctuation - tab
>>; PRINT punctuation - no space between items
>>
>>Glen VanDenBiggelaar wrote:
>>
>>>Hi, all,
>>>I thought I would ask a question about BASIC, that's been bugging me
>>>for 25 years. Before I got my first CoCo (83) I learned BASIC on the
>>>old PET. one of the first things I discovered was that the "PRINT"
>>>statement could be substituted for just "?" (a question Mark). I
>>>then used this on many Apple 2's, C64's, and ultimately on the CoCo.
>>>My question is:
>>>How come this is not documented anywhere in the Tandy Manuals, or in
>>>the many programs in Rainbow, etc? Is using this flaky? Is it just
>>>bad educate? or is it just to confusing for some? I know its just
>>>saving 3 keystrokes, but when you are typing in a 6 page program, it
>>>does save a bit of time.
>>>-Glen
> 
> 
> 
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