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Re: Interesting discovery...



"Jonathyn Bet'nct" <jonrelay@napanet.net> wrote in message news:<3cf6c9e0_1@corp.newsgroups.com>...
> "Ralph Glatt" <julian814@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> ce9c44dd.0205291030.329b43e0@posting.google.com">news:ce9c44dd.0205291030.329b43e0@posting.google.com...
> > "Jonathyn Bet'nct" <jonrelay@napanet.net> wrote in message
>  news:<3cf307f9_2@corp.newsgroups.com>...
> > > Apparently, when Apple modified BASIC to work with lowercase letters,
>  they
> > > didn't put an upper level on the range checking, and the input routine
> > > treats a tilde (~) as a caret (^).
> > >
> > > Has anybody else ever stumbled upon this, or am I the first one?
> >
> > This was already in the Beagle Brothers Big Tip book. Yeah, it's pretty
>  neat.
> >
> > I think I still have a spare copy, if you're interested?
> 
> Would it cost me anything?

I'll have to look for it first. Would the cost of shipping be too much
to ask? It's a good book, but it's mostly geared towards the //+ and
//e.



Ralph Glatt