[Coco] Fujistu FM-7

[coco at jechar.ca]

Is that the Dual 6309 machine used for film processing in the early-mid 
90's ?

On 2018-08-06 12:28, tim lindner wrote:
> At the VCFWest this weekend I got to use an FM-7 for the first time.
> 
> I got a chance to play with BASIC for a bit, here are my notes:
> 
> 1. The print statement does automatic word wrap. Crazy.
> 
> 2. The RND function seems to only return numbers from zero to one. It
> even accepted a parameter that seemed to be ignored. Same random
> sequence on every run of a program. I could not figure out how to set
> the seed.
> 
> 3. The EDIT command clears the screen and prints the BASIC line on
> top. You use the arrow keys to move the cursor, and there are INSERT
> and OVERWRITE keys on the keyboard to set the mode.
> 
> 4. The TIMER variable returned two number like this: "7636 0". The
> first number kept incrementing, but the second stayed at zero. I could
> not figure how to set a TIMER value. Both numbers and strings gave
> "?Type Mismatch" errors.
> 
> 5. Oh yeah, and also long error names.
> 
> 
> --
> --
> tim lindner
> 
> "Proper User Policy apparently means Simon Says."