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00000000: 00 80 5E 55 3A 5A 45 52 4F 0D 20 20 20 20 20 20 |..^U:ZERO. | 00000010: 20 C2 20 C9 20 D4 20 D3 20 3A 20 20 C1 20 32 CD | . . . . : . 2.| 00000020: 48 5A 20 C3 36 34 3F 0D 0D 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |HZ .64?.. | 00000030: 20 20 20 42 59 20 D3 43 4F 54 54 20 C5 2E 20 D2 | BY .COTT .. .| 00000040: 45 53 48 0D 0D 0D 20 20 20 20 D9 45 53 2C 20 42 |ESH... .ES, B| 00000050: 45 4C 49 45 56 45 20 49 54 20 4F 52 20 4E 4F 54 |ELIEVE IT OR NOT| 00000060: 20 28 4E 4F 2C 20 4D 59 0D 4C 41 53 54 20 4E 41 | (NO, MY.LAST NA| 00000070: 4D 45 20 49 53 4E 27 54 20 D2 49 50 4C 45 59 29 |ME ISN'T .IPLEY)| 00000080: 2C 20 59 4F 55 20 C3 31 32 38 0D 4F 57 4E 45 52 |, YOU .128.OWNER| 00000090: 53 20 4F 55 54 20 54 48 45 52 45 20 43 41 4E 20 |S OUT THERE CAN | 000000A0: 44 4F 55 42 4C 45 20 54 48 45 20 53 50 45 45 44 |DOUBLE THE SPEED| 000000B0: 0D 4F 46 20 54 48 45 20 36 34 20 4D 4F 44 45 2E |.OF THE 64 MODE.| 000000C0: 0D 0D 20 20 20 20 D4 48 49 53 20 41 53 50 45 43 |.. .HIS ASPEC| 000000D0: 54 20 4F 46 20 59 4F 55 52 20 C3 31 32 38 20 28 |T OF YOUR .128 (| 000000E0: 57 48 49 4C 45 0D 49 4E 20 C3 36 34 20 4D 4F 44 |WHILE.IN .64 MOD| 000000F0: 45 29 20 43 41 4E 20 42 45 20 54 41 4B 45 4E 20 |E) CAN BE TAKEN | 00000100: 41 44 56 41 4E 54 41 47 45 0D 4F 46 20 42 59 20 |ADVANTAGE.OF BY | 00000110: 53 50 45 43 49 46 49 43 20 50 52 4F 47 52 41 4D |SPECIFIC PROGRAM| 00000120: 53 2E 20 20 CF 4E 45 20 45 58 41 4D 50 4C 45 0D |S. .NE EXAMPLE.| 00000130: 57 4F 55 4C 44 20 42 45 20 41 20 50 52 4F 47 52 |WOULD BE A PROGR| 00000140: 41 4D 20 54 48 41 54 20 4D 55 53 54 20 50 45 52 |AM THAT MUST PER| 00000150: 46 4F 52 4D 0D 41 20 4C 4F 54 20 4F 46 20 4D 41 |FORM.A LOT OF MA| 00000160: 54 48 45 4D 41 54 49 43 41 4C 20 41 4E 44 2F 4F |THEMATICAL AND/O| 00000170: 52 20 53 54 52 49 4E 47 0D 4D 41 4E 49 50 55 4C |R STRING.MANIPUL| 00000180: 41 54 49 4F 4E 2E 20 20 C9 20 57 4F 55 4C 44 20 |ATION. . WOULD | 00000190: 4C 49 4B 45 20 54 4F 20 54 48 41 4E 4B 0D CA 4F |LIKE TO THANK..O| 000001A0: 53 48 55 41 20 D7 59 41 54 54 20 46 4F 52 20 54 |SHUA .YATT FOR T| 000001B0: 45 4C 4C 49 4E 47 20 55 53 20 41 42 4F 55 54 0D |ELLING US ABOUT.| 000001C0: 54 48 49 53 20 4E 45 41 54 20 54 52 49 43 4B 2E |THIS NEAT TRICK.| 000001D0: 0D 0D 20 20 20 20 C8 4F 57 45 56 45 52 2C 20 54 |.. .OWEVER, T| 000001E0: 48 45 20 32 CD 48 5A 20 4D 4F 44 45 20 48 41 53 |HE 2.HZ MODE HAS| 000001F0: 20 54 57 4F 0D 44 52 41 57 42 41 43 4B 53 2E 20 | TWO.DRAWBACKS. | 00000200: 20 D4 48 45 20 46 49 52 53 54 20 49 53 20 54 48 | .HE FIRST IS TH| 00000210: 41 54 20 54 48 45 0D 53 43 52 45 45 4E 20 49 53 |AT THE.SCREEN IS| 00000220: 20 44 49 53 41 42 4C 45 44 2E 20 20 D4 48 45 20 | DISABLED. .HE | 00000230: 53 45 43 4F 4E 44 0D 44 52 41 57 42 41 43 4B 20 |SECOND.DRAWBACK | 00000240: 49 53 20 54 48 41 54 20 41 20 50 52 4F 47 52 41 |IS THAT A PROGRA| 00000250: 4D 20 43 41 4E 4E 4F 54 0D 41 43 43 45 53 53 20 |M CANNOT.ACCESS | 00000260: 54 48 45 20 44 49 53 4B 20 44 52 49 56 45 2C 20 |THE DISK DRIVE, | 00000270: 50 52 49 4E 54 45 52 2C 0D 4F 52 20 4B 45 59 42 |PRINTER,.OR KEYB| 00000280: 4F 41 52 44 20 57 48 49 4C 45 20 49 4E 20 54 48 |OARD WHILE IN TH| 00000290: 45 20 32 CD 48 5A 20 4D 4F 44 45 2E 0D C9 20 48 |E 2.HZ MODE... H| 000002A0: 41 56 45 4E 27 54 20 54 52 49 45 44 20 54 4F 20 |AVEN'T TRIED TO | 000002B0: 44 4F 20 41 4E 59 20 D2 D3 32 33 32 20 C9 2F CF |DO ANY ..232 ./.| 000002C0: 0D 42 55 54 20 C9 20 44 4F 55 42 54 20 49 46 20 |.BUT . DOUBT IF | 000002D0: 57 49 4C 4C 20 57 4F 52 4B 20 45 49 54 48 45 52 |WILL WORK EITHER| 000002E0: 2E 0D 0D 20 20 20 20 CF 4B 2C 20 4C 45 54 27 53 |... .K, LET'S| 000002F0: 20 41 43 54 55 41 4C 4C 59 20 2A D5 D3 C5 2A 20 | ACTUALLY *...* | 00000300: 54 48 49 53 0D 32 CD 48 5A 20 43 4F 4E 54 52 41 |THIS.2.HZ CONTRA| 00000310: 50 54 49 4F 4E 21 20 20 C9 53 20 49 54 20 45 41 |PTION! .S IT EA| 00000320: 53 59 20 54 4F 20 55 53 45 3F 0D D9 4F 55 20 42 |SY TO USE?..OU B| 00000330: 45 54 21 0D 0D 20 20 20 20 D4 4F 20 C5 CE C1 C2 |ET!.. .O ....| 00000340: CC C5 3A 20 20 20 D0 CF CB C5 35 33 32 39 36 2C |..: ....53296,| 00000350: 32 35 33 0D 20 20 20 20 D4 4F 20 C4 C9 D3 C1 C2 |253. .O .....| 00000360: CC C5 3A 20 20 D0 CF CB C5 35 33 32 39 36 2C 30 |..: ....53296,0| 00000370: 0D 0D 20 20 20 20 D7 48 45 57 21 20 20 C9 20 57 |.. .HEW! . W| 00000380: 4F 52 4B 45 44 2D 55 50 20 41 20 53 57 45 41 54 |ORKED-UP A SWEAT| 00000390: 20 4F 4E 20 54 48 41 54 0D 4F 4E 45 2E 0D 0D 20 | ON THAT.ONE... | 000003A0: 20 20 20 C4 4F 4E 27 54 20 46 4F 52 47 45 54 2C | .ON'T FORGET,| 000003B0: 20 59 4F 55 52 20 50 52 4F 47 52 41 4D 20 43 41 | YOUR PROGRAM CA| 000003C0: 4E 27 54 0D 41 43 43 45 53 53 20 54 48 45 20 50 |N'T.ACCESS THE P| 000003D0: 52 49 4E 54 45 52 20 4F 52 20 44 49 53 4B 20 44 |RINTER OR DISK D| 000003E0: 52 49 56 45 20 57 48 49 4C 45 0D 49 4E 20 54 48 |RIVE WHILE.IN TH| 000003F0: 45 20 32 CD 48 5A 20 4D 4F 44 45 2E 20 20 C9 46 |E 2.HZ MODE. .F| 00000400: 20 59 4F 55 52 20 50 52 4F 47 52 41 4D 0D 4E 45 | YOUR PROGRAM.NE| 00000410: 45 44 53 20 54 4F 20 50 52 4F 43 45 53 53 20 41 |EDS TO PROCESS A| 00000420: 20 4C 4F 54 20 4F 46 20 D3 C5 D1 55 45 4E 54 49 | LOT OF ...UENTI| 00000430: 41 4C 0D 46 49 4C 45 53 2C 20 4C 4F 41 44 20 54 |AL.FILES, LOAD T| 00000440: 48 45 4D 20 49 4E 20 46 49 52 53 54 2E 20 20 D4 |HEM IN FIRST. .| 00000450: 48 45 4E 2C 20 48 41 56 45 0D 59 4F 55 52 20 50 |HEN, HAVE.YOUR P| 00000460: 52 4F 47 52 41 4D 20 53 57 49 54 43 48 20 54 4F |ROGRAM SWITCH TO| 00000470: 20 32 CD 48 5A 20 4D 4F 44 45 20 41 4E 44 0D 50 | 2.HZ MODE AND.P| 00000480: 52 4F 43 45 53 53 20 54 48 45 20 44 41 54 41 20 |ROCESS THE DATA | 00000490: 54 4F 20 59 4F 55 52 20 48 45 41 52 54 27 53 0D |TO YOUR HEART'S.| 000004A0: 43 4F 4E 54 45 4E 54 2E 20 20 CC 45 54 27 53 20 |CONTENT. .ET'S | 000004B0: 53 55 50 50 4F 53 45 20 54 48 41 54 20 C9 20 4E |SUPPOSE THAT . N| 000004C0: 45 45 44 0D 54 4F 20 47 45 4E 45 52 41 54 45 20 |EED.TO GENERATE | 000004D0: 41 20 48 41 52 44 43 4F 50 59 20 4F 46 20 53 43 |A HARDCOPY OF SC| 000004E0: 49 45 4E 54 49 46 49 43 0D 44 41 54 41 20 53 54 |IENTIFIC.DATA ST| 000004F0: 4F 52 45 44 20 4F 4E 20 44 49 53 4B 2E 20 20 C6 |ORED ON DISK. .| 00000500: 49 52 53 54 2C 20 C9 20 4D 41 4B 45 0D 53 55 52 |IRST, . MAKE.SUR| 00000510: 45 20 4D 59 20 50 52 4F 47 52 41 4D 20 49 53 20 |E MY PROGRAM IS | 00000520: 52 55 4E 4E 49 4E 47 20 41 54 20 22 4E 4F 52 4D |RUNNING AT "NORM| 00000530: 41 4C 22 0D 53 50 45 45 44 2E 20 20 D4 48 45 4E |AL".SPEED. .HEN| 00000540: 20 C9 20 52 45 41 44 20 49 4E 20 41 4C 4C 20 4E | . READ IN ALL N| 00000550: 45 43 45 53 53 41 52 59 0D 44 41 54 41 2E 20 20 |ECESSARY.DATA. | 00000560: D3 57 49 54 43 48 20 54 4F 20 54 48 45 20 32 CD |.WITCH TO THE 2.| 00000570: 48 5A 20 4D 4F 44 45 2E 0D D0 52 4F 43 45 53 53 |HZ MODE...ROCESS| 00000580: 20 54 48 45 20 44 41 54 41 20 54 48 45 4E 20 47 | THE DATA THEN G| 00000590: 4F 20 42 41 43 4B 20 54 4F 20 53 4C 4F 57 0D 4D |O BACK TO SLOW.M| 000005A0: 4F 44 45 2E 20 20 CE 4F 57 20 54 48 45 20 44 41 |ODE. .OW THE DA| 000005B0: 54 41 20 43 41 4E 20 42 45 20 50 52 49 4E 54 45 |TA CAN BE PRINTE| 000005C0: 44 2E 0D 0D 0D 0D 0D 0D 20 20 20 20 D7 48 45 4E |D....... .HEN| 000005D0: 20 C9 20 4D 45 4E 54 49 4F 4E 45 44 20 41 42 4F | . MENTIONED ABO| 000005E0: 56 45 20 54 48 41 54 20 54 48 45 0D 53 43 52 45 |VE THAT THE.SCRE| 000005F0: 45 4E 20 49 53 20 44 49 53 41 42 4C 45 44 2C 20 |EN IS DISABLED, | 00000600: C9 20 4D 45 41 4E 54 20 54 4F 54 41 4C 4C 59 21 |. MEANT TOTALLY!| 00000610: 0D C9 46 20 59 4F 55 20 45 4E 4A 4F 59 20 54 48 |..F YOU ENJOY TH| 00000620: 45 20 4C 49 47 48 54 20 53 48 4F 57 2C 20 42 59 |E LIGHT SHOW, BY| 00000630: 20 41 4C 4C 0D 4D 45 41 4E 53 20 4C 45 41 56 45 | ALL.MEANS LEAVE| 00000640: 20 49 54 20 49 4E 20 42 55 54 20 49 46 20 59 4F | IT IN BUT IF YO| 00000650: 55 20 57 41 4E 54 20 41 0D 42 4C 41 4E 4B 20 53 |U WANT A.BLANK S| 00000660: 43 52 45 45 4E 20 49 4E 53 54 45 41 44 20 4F 46 |CREEN INSTEAD OF| 00000670: 20 54 48 45 20 46 4C 41 53 48 49 4E 47 0D 45 46 | THE FLASHING.EF| 00000680: 46 45 43 54 2C 20 55 53 45 20 54 48 49 53 20 43 |FECT, USE THIS C| 00000690: 4F 4D 4D 41 4E 44 20 54 4F 20 42 4C 41 4E 4B 20 |OMMAND TO BLANK | 000006A0: 54 48 45 0D 53 43 52 45 45 4E 20 C2 C5 C6 CF D2 |THE.SCREEN .....| 000006B0: C5 20 59 4F 55 20 47 4F 20 49 4E 54 4F 20 54 48 |. YOU GO INTO TH| 000006C0: 45 20 32 CD 48 5A 0D 4D 4F 44 45 3A 0D 0D 20 20 |E 2.HZ.MODE:.. | 000006D0: 20 D0 CF CB C5 35 33 32 36 35 2C D0 C5 C5 CB 28 | ....53265,....(| 000006E0: 35 33 32 36 35 29 C1 CE C4 32 33 39 0D 0D 41 4E |53265)...239..AN| 000006F0: 44 20 54 48 49 53 20 54 4F 20 52 45 53 54 4F 52 |D THIS TO RESTOR| 00000700: 45 20 54 48 45 20 53 43 52 45 45 4E 20 C1 C6 D4 |E THE SCREEN ...| 00000710: C5 D2 0D 59 4F 55 20 47 4F 20 42 41 43 4B 20 54 |...YOU GO BACK T| 00000720: 4F 20 31 CD 48 5A 20 4D 4F 44 45 3A 0D 0D 20 20 |O 1.HZ MODE:.. | 00000730: 20 D0 CF CB C5 35 33 32 36 35 2C D0 C5 C5 CB 28 | ....53265,....(| 00000740: 35 33 32 36 35 29 CF D2 31 36 0D 0D 0D 0D 0D 20 |53265)..16..... | 00000750: 20 20 20 C8 45 52 45 27 53 20 41 20 4E 49 43 45 | .ERE'S A NICE| 00000760: 20 4C 49 54 54 4C 45 20 50 52 4F 47 52 41 4D 0D | LITTLE PROGRAM.| 00000770: 54 48 41 54 20 44 45 4D 4F 4E 53 54 52 41 54 45 |THAT DEMONSTRATE| 00000780: 53 20 48 4F 57 20 54 4F 20 55 53 45 20 54 48 45 |S HOW TO USE THE| 00000790: 20 32 CD 48 5A 0D 4D 4F 44 45 2E 20 20 CA 55 53 | 2.HZ.MODE. .US| 000007A0: 54 20 45 4E 54 45 52 20 54 48 45 20 50 52 4F 47 |T ENTER THE PROG| 000007B0: 52 41 4D 20 41 53 0D 53 48 4F 57 4E 20 41 4E 44 |RAM AS.SHOWN AND| 000007C0: 20 D2 D5 CE 20 49 54 2E 0D 0D 20 20 31 30 30 20 | ... IT... 100 | 000007D0: C1 24 20 3D 20 D4 C9 24 0D 20 20 31 31 30 20 C6 |.$ = ..$. 110 .| 000007E0: CF D2 20 D8 20 3D 20 31 20 D4 CF 20 35 30 30 30 |.. . = 1 .. 5000| 000007F0: 20 3A 20 CE C5 D8 D4 0D 20 20 31 32 30 20 D0 CF | : ..... 120 ..| 00000800: CB C5 20 35 33 32 36 39 2C 32 35 33 0D 20 20 31 |.. 53269,253. 1| 00000810: 33 30 20 C2 24 20 3D 20 D4 C9 24 0D 20 20 31 34 |30 .$ = ..$. 14| 00000820: 30 20 C6 CF D2 20 D8 20 3D 20 31 20 D4 CF 20 35 |0 ... . = 1 .. 5| 00000830: 30 30 30 20 3A 20 CE C5 D8 D4 0D 20 20 31 35 30 |000 : ..... 150| 00000840: 20 C3 24 20 3D 20 D4 C9 24 0D 20 20 31 36 30 20 | .$ = ..$. 160 | 00000850: D0 CF CB C5 20 35 33 32 36 39 2C 30 0D 20 20 31 |.... 53269,0. 1| 00000860: 37 30 20 C4 31 20 3D 20 D6 C1 CC 28 C2 24 29 20 |70 .1 = ...(.$) | 00000870: 2D 20 D6 C1 CC 28 C1 24 29 0D 20 20 31 38 30 20 |- ...(.$). 180 | 00000880: C4 32 20 3D 20 D6 C1 CC 28 C3 24 29 20 2D 20 D6 |.2 = ...(.$) - .| 00000890: C1 CC 28 C2 24 29 0D 20 20 31 39 30 20 D0 D2 C9 |..(.$). 190 ...| 000008A0: CE D4 20 C4 31 2C C4 32 0D 0D 0D 0D 0D 20 20 20 |.. .1,.2..... | 000008B0: 20 D7 48 45 4E 20 54 48 45 20 50 52 4F 47 52 41 | .HEN THE PROGRA| 000008C0: 4D 20 45 4E 44 53 2C 20 4C 4F 4F 4B 20 41 54 0D |M ENDS, LOOK AT.| 000008D0: 54 48 45 20 54 57 4F 20 4E 55 4D 42 45 52 53 20 |THE TWO NUMBERS | 000008E0: 54 48 41 54 20 57 45 52 45 20 50 52 49 4E 54 45 |THAT WERE PRINTE| 000008F0: 44 2E 0D CE 4F 54 49 43 45 20 54 48 41 54 20 54 |D...OTICE THAT T| 00000900: 48 45 20 D3 C5 C3 CF CE C4 20 4E 55 4D 42 45 52 |HE ...... NUMBER| 00000910: 20 49 53 20 48 41 4C 46 0D 54 48 45 20 53 49 5A | IS HALF.THE SIZ| 00000920: 45 20 4F 46 20 54 48 45 20 C6 C9 D2 D3 D4 20 4E |E OF THE ..... N| 00000930: 55 4D 42 45 52 2E 20 20 D4 48 49 53 0D 42 41 53 |UMBER. .HIS.BAS| 00000940: 49 43 41 4C 4C 59 20 54 45 4C 4C 53 20 55 53 20 |ICALLY TELLS US | 00000950: 54 48 41 54 20 54 48 45 20 53 45 43 4F 4E 44 0D |THAT THE SECOND.| 00000960: C6 CF D2 2D CE C5 D8 D4 20 4C 4F 4F 50 20 57 41 |...-.... LOOP WA| 00000970: 53 20 50 52 4F 43 45 53 53 45 44 20 54 57 49 43 |S PROCESSED TWIC| 00000980: 45 20 41 53 0D 46 41 53 54 20 41 53 20 54 48 45 |E AS.FAST AS THE| 00000990: 20 46 49 52 53 54 20 C6 CF D2 2D CE C5 D8 D4 20 | FIRST ...-.... | 000009A0: 4C 4F 4F 50 2E 0D 0D 20 20 20 20 C9 54 27 53 20 |LOOP... .T'S | 000009B0: 48 41 52 44 20 54 4F 20 42 45 4C 49 45 56 45 20 |HARD TO BELIEVE | 000009C0: 54 48 41 54 0D 41 4E 59 54 48 49 4E 47 20 43 41 |THAT.ANYTHING CA| 000009D0: 4E 20 42 45 20 44 4F 4E 45 20 4F 4E 45 20 4D 49 |N BE DONE ONE MI| 000009E0: 4C 4C 49 4F 4E 0D 54 49 4D 45 53 20 41 20 53 45 |LLION.TIMES A SE| 000009F0: 43 4F 4E 44 2C 20 4D 55 43 48 20 4C 45 53 53 20 |COND, MUCH LESS | 00000A00: 54 57 4F 20 4D 49 4C 4C 49 4F 4E 0D 54 49 4D 45 |TWO MILLION.TIME| 00000A10: 53 20 41 20 53 45 43 4F 4E 44 2E 20 20 C4 4F 4E |S A SECOND. .ON| 00000A20: 27 54 20 54 48 49 4E 4B 20 41 42 4F 55 54 0D 49 |'T THINK ABOUT.I| 00000A30: 54 2E 20 20 CA 55 53 54 20 55 53 45 20 54 48 49 |T. .UST USE THI| 00000A40: 53 20 4E 49 46 54 59 20 D0 CF CB C5 20 41 4E 44 |S NIFTY .... AND| 00000A50: 20 4C 45 54 0D 59 4F 55 52 20 C3 31 32 38 20 44 | LET.YOUR .128 D| 00000A60: 4F 20 54 48 45 20 43 4F 55 4E 54 49 4E 47 2E 0D |O THE COUNTING..| 00000A70: 0D 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 2A 2A 2A 2A 2A 20 C5 4E |. ***** .N| 00000A80: 44 20 4F 46 20 D4 45 58 54 20 2A 2A 2A 2A 2A 0D |D OF .EXT *****.|
..^U:ZERO. B I T S : A 2MHZ C64?.
. BY SCOTT E. RESH... YES, B
ELIEVE IT OR NOT (NO, MY.LAST NAME ISN'T
RIPLEY), YOU C128.OWNERS OUT THERE CAN
DOUBLE THE SPEED.OF THE 64 MODE... TH
IS ASPECT OF YOUR C128 (WHILE.IN C64 MOD
E) CAN BE TAKEN ADVANTAGE.OF BY SPECIFIC
PROGRAMS. ONE EXAMPLE.WOULD BE A PROGR
AM THAT MUST PERFORM.A LOT OF MATHEMATIC
AL AND/OR STRING.MANIPULATION. I WOULD
LIKE TO THANK.JOSHUA WYATT FOR TELLING U
S ABOUT.THIS NEAT TRICK... HOWEVER, T
HE 2MHZ MODE HAS TWO.DRAWBACKS. THE FIR
ST IS THAT THE.SCREEN IS DISABLED. THE
SECOND.DRAWBACK IS THAT A PROGRAM CANNOT
.ACCESS THE DISK DRIVE, PRINTER,.OR KEYB
OARD WHILE IN THE 2MHZ MODE..I HAVEN'T T
RIED TO DO ANY RS232 I/O.BUT I DOUBT IF
WILL WORK EITHER... OK, LET'S ACTUALL
Y *USE* THIS.2MHZ CONTRAPTION! IS IT EA
SY TO USE?.YOU BET!.. TO ENABLE: PO
KE53296,253. TO DISABLE: POKE53296,0
.. WHEW! I WORKED-UP A SWEAT ON THAT
.ONE... DON'T FORGET, YOUR PROGRAM CA
N'T.ACCESS THE PRINTER OR DISK DRIVE WHI
LE.IN THE 2MHZ MODE. IF YOUR PROGRAM.NE
EDS TO PROCESS A LOT OF SEQUENTIAL.FILES
, LOAD THEM IN FIRST. THEN, HAVE.YOUR P
ROGRAM SWITCH TO 2MHZ MODE AND.PROCESS T
HE DATA TO YOUR HEART'S.CONTENT. LET'S
SUPPOSE THAT I NEED.TO GENERATE A HARDCO
PY OF SCIENTIFIC.DATA STORED ON DISK. F
IRST, I MAKE.SURE MY PROGRAM IS RUNNING
AT "NORMAL".SPEED. THEN I READ IN ALL N
ECESSARY.DATA. SWITCH TO THE 2MHZ MODE.
.PROCESS THE DATA THEN GO BACK TO SLOW.M
ODE. NOW THE DATA CAN BE PRINTED.......
WHEN I MENTIONED ABOVE THAT THE.SCRE
EN IS DISABLED, I MEANT TOTALLY!.IF YOU
ENJOY THE LIGHT SHOW, BY ALL.MEANS LEAVE
IT IN BUT IF YOU WANT A.BLANK SCREEN IN
STEAD OF THE FLASHING.EFFECT, USE THIS C
OMMAND TO BLANK THE.SCREEN BEFORE YOU GO
INTO THE 2MHZ.MODE:.. POKE53265,PEEK(
53265)AND239..AND THIS TO RESTORE THE SC
REEN AFTER.YOU GO BACK TO 1MHZ MODE:..
POKE53265,PEEK(53265)OR16..... HERE'
S A NICE LITTLE PROGRAM.THAT DEMONSTRATE
S HOW TO USE THE 2MHZ.MODE. JUST ENTER
THE PROGRAM AS.SHOWN AND RUN IT... 100
A$ = TI$. 110 FOR X = 1 TO 5000 : NEXT.
120 POKE 53269,253. 130 B$ = TI$. 14
0 FOR X = 1 TO 5000 : NEXT. 150 C$ = TI
$. 160 POKE 53269,0. 170 D1 = VAL(B$)
- VAL(A$). 180 D2 = VAL(C$) - VAL(B$).
190 PRINT D1,D2..... WHEN THE PROGRA
M ENDS, LOOK AT.THE TWO NUMBERS THAT WER
E PRINTED..NOTICE THAT THE SECOND NUMBER
IS HALF.THE SIZE OF THE FIRST NUMBER.
THIS.BASICALLY TELLS US THAT THE SECOND.
FOR-NEXT LOOP WAS PROCESSED TWICE AS.FAS
T AS THE FIRST FOR-NEXT LOOP... IT'S
HARD TO BELIEVE THAT.ANYTHING CAN BE DON
E ONE MILLION.TIMES A SECOND, MUCH LESS
TWO MILLION.TIMES A SECOND. DON'T THINK
ABOUT.IT. JUST USE THIS NIFTY POKE AND
LET.YOUR C128 DO THE COUNTING...
***** END OF TEXT *****.
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