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File size: 0620 bytes
Load address: 8000
Exec address: 0000
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    �ROGRAM AND TEXT BY �EFF �ONES

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  ���49152+27,FILE$,DEVICE,LOCATION

    �HIS COMMAND WILL ���� A
STANDARD ����� TEXT FILE INTO MEMORY
AND PLACE A ZERO AT THE END OF THE
FILE TO MARK THE END.  �T CAN ALSO BE
USED AS A REGULAR ����.

    ����$ IS THE FILENAME OF THE FILE
YOU WANT TO ����.

    ������ IS ANY LEGAL DEVICE
NUMBER.

    ������� IS ANYWHERE IN ��
EXCEPT THE �� AREA $�000-$����.
�GAIN, YOU REALLY SHOULD TAKE
ADVANTAGE OF AREAS OUTSIDE OF ����
AND BENEATH ���.

    �OU CAN INDEED USE PACKED TEXT IF
YOU ���� IT WITH �����, PUBLISHED ON
������ #122 AND THE �������
���������.


 ��� '�� ��
 -----------

 ���49152+48,LOCATION

    �HIS COMMAND SIMPLY ITEMIZES
EVERY LINE IN A TEXT FILE THAT YOU'VE
����ED SO THAT IT CAN BE USED AS A
MENU.  �OINTERS FOR EACH LINE IN THE
TEXT FILE WILL BE LOCATED STARTING
FROM THE END OF THE FILE.  �O DON'T
���� A FILE THAT ENDS TOO CLOSE TO
$���� OR THE BEGINNING OF IMPORTANT
DATA.

    �% TELLS YOU THE NUMBER OF LINES
IT HAS ITEMIZED.  �AVE THIS INTO
ANOTHER VARIABLE BECAUSE YOU WILL
NEED THE VALUE TO SET A LIMIT
(BOTTOM) TO ANY MENU MADE WITH THE
����ED DATA.


 ���� ���� �����
 ----------------

    �OU WOULD SIMPLY ���� A TEXT
FILE USING THE AFFORMENTIONED
COMMAND, AND THEN ��� �� ��.  �EXT
JUST DEFINE A REGULAR MENU WIDE
ENOUGH TO ACCOMMODATE THE TEXT
ANYWHERE ON THE SCREEN.  �ON'T FORGET
TO PROMPT YOUR USERS TO PRESS ������
TO EXIT THE READER (WHICH IS REALLY A
BIG MENU).

  ������ �� ���� ����� -- ��, ����

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