Re: Applesoft problem with reading text files

[Hugh Hood <hughhood@earthlink.net>]

Brandon,

Yep, that 'COPY' command that Bredon's Pro Command adds to Basic System was
the main reason I purchased that package all those years ago. The other
commands it offered were just gravy.

I use 'COPY' in all my important BASIC programs in order to enforce backups
of the changing data files.

An added benefit of the COPY command, if you do much BASIC programming of
longer, slower-to-execute programs, is that it compiles without modification
under the Beagle Compiler, provided you don't issue the 'RESET' command at
the end of the routine. FWIW, not using the 'RESET' command never caused me
any grief with my compiled programs on either a 128K //e or a IIGS.

If you find that your program running Bredon's 'TYPE' command is too slow
for your tastes, give the Beagle Compiler a spin on it. It's _remarkable_
how much speedup you get.

It's available from the usual suspects, as well as from the reliable ones.
<g>


Hugh Hood

P.S. - If you do start using the Beagle Compiler on your BASIC programs, run
it using version 1.1 of BASIC.SYSTEM, which is present on the Beagle
Compiler disk. It seems that later versions of BASIC.SYSTEM and the Beagle
Compiler had conflicts.




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7a016dd9-30d9-43dc-ae9a-c4b1a73b108e@k11g2000vbf.googlegroups.com,
DMn2004404 at dmn2004404@gmail.com wrote on 9/28/10 4:53 PM:


> Nevertheless, it's a really cool batch of commands that I never knew
> Applesoft BASIC could execute, including a command that lets me COPY
> files!
>