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Re: My First Computer

Ross Simpson wrote ...

>I like this one:
>
>BEGIN
> REPEAT
>  WRITELN('Hello');
>  DELAY(1);
> UNTIL KEYPRESSED;
>END.
>
>except the keypress requires a bit of pressing down.

Is this simple enough?  (In QuickBasic)

DO UNTIL INKEY$ <> ""
    PRINT "Hello World!  ";
LOOP

Or this?  (In Commodore Basic 7.0)

10 do while a$ = ""
20 print "Hello World!  ";
30 get a$
40 loop

And neither requires much of a keypress to stop.

Best regards,

Sam Gillett aka Mars Probe @ Starship Intrepid 1-972-221-4088
     Last 8-bit BBS in the Dallas area.  Commodore lives!