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Utils/!LoadBasic/!Help
This website contains an archive of files for the Acorn Electron, BBC Micro, Acorn Archimedes, Commodore 16 and Commodore 64 computers, which Dominic Ford has rescued from his private collection of floppy disks and cassettes.
Some of these files were originally commercial releases in the 1980s and 1990s, but they are now widely available online. I assume that copyright over them is no longer being asserted. If you own the copyright and would like files to be removed, please contact me.
| Tape/disk: | Home » Archimedes archive » Micro User » MU 1991-12.adf » PD-Stuff |
| Filename: | Utils/!LoadBasic/!Help |
| Read OK: | ✔ |
| File size: | 037E bytes |
| Load address: | 0000 |
| Exec address: | 0000 |
File contents
Steve Turnbull's Basic Loader ============================= Oh no, not another Basic Loader. Load methods: 1. Drag Basic program to icon. 2. Drag text file to icon. 3. Shift+Double-click on Basic program. Predefined function keys f3 SAVE|M f4 QUIT|M f5 EDIT.|M f6 RUN|M f7 TRACE ON|MRUN|M f12 QUIT|M This Basic Loader does not commit the heinous crime of changing the current directory, instead it sets a variable: <BasicSave$Dir> To the directory the file was loaded from. This is as useful as altering the current directory and doesn't upset any other (badly written) programs in the process. The BasicEdit module is copyright to Acorn (of course) but anyone who has an Archimedes/A3000 has got it anyway (and anyone who hasn't got on won't want this utility). As fas as I'm concerned this is PD and you can do what you like with it. [Recycle it as fire lighters for all I care.]
00000000 0a 20 53 74 65 76 65 20 54 75 72 6e 62 75 6c 6c |. Steve Turnbull| 00000010 27 73 20 42 61 73 69 63 20 4c 6f 61 64 65 72 0a |'s Basic Loader.| 00000020 20 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d | ===============| 00000030 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 0a 0a |==============..| 00000040 4f 68 20 6e 6f 2c 20 6e 6f 74 20 61 6e 6f 74 68 |Oh no, not anoth| 00000050 65 72 20 42 61 73 69 63 20 4c 6f 61 64 65 72 2e |er Basic Loader.| 00000060 0a 0a 4c 6f 61 64 20 6d 65 74 68 6f 64 73 3a 0a |..Load methods:.| 00000070 0a 31 2e 20 44 72 61 67 20 42 61 73 69 63 20 70 |.1. Drag Basic p| 00000080 72 6f 67 72 61 6d 20 74 6f 20 69 63 6f 6e 2e 0a |rogram to icon..| 00000090 32 2e 20 44 72 61 67 20 74 65 78 74 20 66 69 6c |2. Drag text fil| 000000a0 65 20 74 6f 20 69 63 6f 6e 2e 0a 33 2e 20 53 68 |e to icon..3. Sh| 000000b0 69 66 74 2b 44 6f 75 62 6c 65 2d 63 6c 69 63 6b |ift+Double-click| 000000c0 20 6f 6e 20 42 61 73 69 63 20 70 72 6f 67 72 61 | on Basic progra| 000000d0 6d 2e 0a 0a 50 72 65 64 65 66 69 6e 65 64 20 66 |m...Predefined f| 000000e0 75 6e 63 74 69 6f 6e 20 6b 65 79 73 0a 0a 66 33 |unction keys..f3| 000000f0 20 53 41 56 45 7c 4d 0a 66 34 20 51 55 49 54 7c | SAVE|M.f4 QUIT|| 00000100 4d 0a 66 35 20 45 44 49 54 2e 7c 4d 0a 66 36 20 |M.f5 EDIT.|M.f6 | 00000110 52 55 4e 7c 4d 0a 66 37 20 54 52 41 43 45 20 4f |RUN|M.f7 TRACE O| 00000120 4e 7c 4d 52 55 4e 7c 4d 0a 66 31 32 20 51 55 49 |N|MRUN|M.f12 QUI| 00000130 54 7c 4d 0a 0a 54 68 69 73 20 42 61 73 69 63 20 |T|M..This Basic | 00000140 4c 6f 61 64 65 72 20 64 6f 65 73 20 6e 6f 74 20 |Loader does not | 00000150 63 6f 6d 6d 69 74 20 74 68 65 20 68 65 69 6e 6f |commit the heino| 00000160 75 73 20 63 72 69 6d 65 0a 6f 66 20 63 68 61 6e |us crime.of chan| 00000170 67 69 6e 67 20 74 68 65 20 63 75 72 72 65 6e 74 |ging the current| 00000180 20 64 69 72 65 63 74 6f 72 79 2c 20 69 6e 73 74 | directory, inst| 00000190 65 61 64 20 69 74 20 73 65 74 73 20 61 0a 76 61 |ead it sets a.va| 000001a0 72 69 61 62 6c 65 3a 0a 0a 3c 42 61 73 69 63 53 |riable:..<BasicS| 000001b0 61 76 65 24 44 69 72 3e 0a 0a 54 6f 20 74 68 65 |ave$Dir>..To the| 000001c0 20 64 69 72 65 63 74 6f 72 79 20 74 68 65 20 66 | directory the f| 000001d0 69 6c 65 20 77 61 73 20 6c 6f 61 64 65 64 20 66 |ile was loaded f| 000001e0 72 6f 6d 2e 20 54 68 69 73 20 69 73 0a 61 73 20 |rom. This is.as | 000001f0 75 73 65 66 75 6c 20 61 73 20 61 6c 74 65 72 69 |useful as alteri| 00000200 6e 67 20 74 68 65 20 63 75 72 72 65 6e 74 20 64 |ng the current d| 00000210 69 72 65 63 74 6f 72 79 20 61 6e 64 0a 64 6f 65 |irectory and.doe| 00000220 73 6e 27 74 20 75 70 73 65 74 20 61 6e 79 20 6f |sn't upset any o| 00000230 74 68 65 72 20 28 62 61 64 6c 79 20 77 72 69 74 |ther (badly writ| 00000240 74 65 6e 29 20 70 72 6f 67 72 61 6d 73 0a 69 6e |ten) programs.in| 00000250 20 74 68 65 20 70 72 6f 63 65 73 73 2e 0a 0a 54 | the process...T| 00000260 68 65 20 42 61 73 69 63 45 64 69 74 20 6d 6f 64 |he BasicEdit mod| 00000270 75 6c 65 20 69 73 20 63 6f 70 79 72 69 67 68 74 |ule is copyright| 00000280 20 74 6f 20 41 63 6f 72 6e 20 28 6f 66 0a 63 6f | to Acorn (of.co| 00000290 75 72 73 65 29 20 62 75 74 20 61 6e 79 6f 6e 65 |urse) but anyone| 000002a0 20 77 68 6f 20 68 61 73 20 61 6e 20 41 72 63 68 | who has an Arch| 000002b0 69 6d 65 64 65 73 2f 41 33 30 30 30 20 68 61 73 |imedes/A3000 has| 000002c0 0a 67 6f 74 20 69 74 20 61 6e 79 77 61 79 20 28 |.got it anyway (| 000002d0 61 6e 64 20 61 6e 79 6f 6e 65 20 77 68 6f 20 68 |and anyone who h| 000002e0 61 73 6e 27 74 20 67 6f 74 20 6f 6e 20 77 6f 6e |asn't got on won| 000002f0 27 74 0a 77 61 6e 74 20 74 68 69 73 20 75 74 69 |'t.want this uti| 00000300 6c 69 74 79 29 2e 0a 0a 41 73 20 66 61 73 20 61 |lity)...As fas a| 00000310 73 20 49 27 6d 20 63 6f 6e 63 65 72 6e 65 64 20 |s I'm concerned | 00000320 74 68 69 73 20 69 73 20 50 44 20 61 6e 64 20 79 |this is PD and y| 00000330 6f 75 20 63 61 6e 20 64 6f 0a 77 68 61 74 20 79 |ou can do.what y| 00000340 6f 75 20 6c 69 6b 65 20 77 69 74 68 20 69 74 2e |ou like with it.| 00000350 20 5b 52 65 63 79 63 6c 65 20 69 74 20 61 73 20 | [Recycle it as | 00000360 66 69 72 65 20 6c 69 67 68 74 65 72 73 0a 66 6f |fire lighters.fo| 00000370 72 20 61 6c 6c 20 49 20 63 61 72 65 2e 5d |r all I care.]| 0000037e
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