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Re: use of BLOAD and BSAVE



David Empson writes ...
> 
> Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net> wrote:
> 
> > After a BLOAD you can enter
> >
> > PRINT PEEK(43634) + PEEK(43635)
> > to get the BLOAD address.
> 
> That should be PRINT PEEK(43634) + 256 * PEEK(43635).
> 
> (The same error is repeated in your example, presumably due to
> cut-and-paste.)
> 
> > PRINT PEEK(43616) + 256*PEEK(43617)
> > to get the length.
 ....

     Right. Too much cutting and pasting to save time. Thanks for catching
the error.

     One of the first things we added to our custom II+ monitor PROM back in
the 80's was a little ESC key routine to display address and length of the
most recent BLOAD. It's surprising how often this information is useful.



Rubywand