T.MASTER BOOT
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FILENAME(S): T.MASTER BOOT
FILE TYPE(S): PRG
FILE SIZE: 4K
FIRST SEEN: 2025-11-30 18:05:26
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| DISK TITLE | FILENAME | FILE TYPE | COLLECTION | TRACK | SECTOR | ACTIONS |
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| LOADSTAR 58 S 4 | T.MASTER BOOT | PRG | Xii | 21 | 7 | DOWNLOAD FILE |
| LOADSTAR 58 S 4 | T.MASTER BOOT | PRG | Sailor, Ganheden | 21 | 7 | DOWNLOAD FILE |
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..^U:HACKER. M A S T E R I N P U
T.. BY JAMES IANNI.. WHEN
YOU ARE WRITING A PROGRAM.FOR YOURSELF,
YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY.ABOUT NICETIES L
IKE ERROR-TRAPPING.AND CONTROLLED INPUT.
AFTER ALL, YOU.KNOW WHAT THE PROGRAM I
S LOOKING FOR,.DON'T YOU?.. WELL, AT
LOADSTAR WE RARELY.PUBLISH PROGRAMS THAT
ONLY WE USE..LOADSTAR PROGRAMS ARE FOR
EVERYONE,.AND THAT INCLUDES A LARGE NUMB
ER OF.PEOPLE WHO CAN'T READ OUR MINDS, O
R.EVEN OUR LIPS. THAT'S WHY WE ARE.FANA
TICS ABOUT CONTROLLED INPUT AND.DON'T LI
KE BASIC'S INPUT COMMAND... WE'VE PUB
LISHED A FEW.ALTERNATIVES TO INPUT AND S
O WE WERE.HESITANT ABOUT SUBJECTING YOU
TO ANY.MORE BUT JAMES IANNI'S MASTER INP
UT.IS SO WELL DONE AND HANDY WE COULDN'T
.RESIST LETTING YOU SEE IT... USUALLY
WE PUT OUR SIMULATED.INPUT INTO A SUBRO
UTINE BUT MASTER.INPUT IS A MACHINE LANG
UAGE ROUTINE.THAT RESIDES AT $C100 (5120
0) AND IS.CALLED WITH A SYS COMMAND WITH
.PARAMETERS WHENEVER YOU WANT TO GET.INP
UT FROM THE USER. BY CHOOSING.YOUR PARA
METERS WISELY YOU CAN.PREVENT A USER FRO
M ENTERING.SOMETHING THAT WILL CAUSE YOU
R.PROGRAM TO CRASH OR OTHERWISE ACT UP..
THIS IS THE SYNTAX YOU USE... SYS
51200,TY,LN,DF,C1,C2,A$.. -- EXPLANAT
ION OF PARAMETERS --..TY - TYPE OF INPUT
ALLOWED... 1 - NUMBERS (POSITIVE INTEGE
RS).. 2 - LETTERS.. 4 - UPPERCASE/GRAPHI
CS.. 8 - ARITHMETIC SYMBOLS, LIKE THE.
MINUS SIGN AND DECIMAL POINTS..16 - C
ONTROL CHARACTERS LIKE CMDR. AND CTR
L CODES..32 - REVERSE ALL CHARACTERS..64
- WILL CHANGE ALL DEFAULTED. CHARAC
TERS TO SPACES. IF THE. DEFAULT PAR
AMETER IS, SAY, 43. (ASCII FOR A PLU
S SIGN), THEN. A PLUS WILL BE PRINTE
D AS A. CURSOR. IF TY IS 64 THEN WH
EN. THE USER PRESSES RETURN THESE.
PLUSES WILL BE CHANGED TO SPACES...12
8 - MASTER INPUT WILL USE A$ AS A. D
EFAULT 'MESSAGE' (IN ASCII).. SIMPLY
PRESSING RETURN WILL. RETURN THIS '
MESSAGE', WHICH CAN. BE UP TO 40 CHA
RACTERS IN LENGTH.....THE FUNCTIONS ABOV
E CAN BE COMBINED..FOR EXAMPLE, WE WANT
LETTERS-ONLY AND.WE WANT THEM IN REVERSE
VIDEO. WE ADD.2 TO 32 AND GET 34. IF T
Y WERE 34.THEN THE USER WOULD ONLY BE AB
LE TO.ENTER LETTERS AND THEY WOULD APPEA
R.IN REVERSE VIDEO. IF TY WERE 9, THEN.
THE USER COULD ENTER POSITIVE AND.NEGATI
VE INTEGERS OR DECIMALS... NOW ON WIT
H THE REST OF THE.PARAMETERS...LN - THEN
MAXIMUM NUMBER OF CHARACTERS. THE U
SER IS ALLOWED TO ENTER.. THE MAXIMU
M VALUE FOR LN IS 40....DF - THIS IS THE
ASCII VALUE FOR THE. CHARACTER PRIN
TED WHEN ANY OF THE. FOLLOWING OCCUR
... 1. SPACE BAR IS PRESSED.
2. DELETE KEY IS PRESSED. 3. I
NSERT MODE ACTIVATED..C1 - THIS IS THE C
OLOR OF THE ENTERED. CHARACTER...C2
- THIS IS THE COLOR OF THE DEFAULT.
CHARACTER (THE DF CHARACTER)...A$ - THIS
IS THE NAME OF THE STRING. WHERE TH
E ENTERED DATA WILL BE. STORED. ANY
NON-SUBSCRIPTED. STRING VARIABLE CA
N BE USED.. (B$ - OKAY G$(3) - NOT
OKAY)..IMPORTANT!!! YOU MUST DEFINE THE
.STRING VARIABLE YOU PLAN TO USE IN.YOUR
SYS CALL BEFORE YOU CALL THE.ROUTINE TH
E FIRST TIME. WE RECOMMEND.PUTTING THIS
AT THE BEGINNING OF THE.PROGRAM... 10
A$=" "..OF COURSE IF YOU USE A DIFFERENT
.STRING VARIABLE IN YOUR SYS COMMAND,.DE
FINE THAT STRING BEFORE USING THE.SYS CO
MMAND. WE RECOMMEND USING A$.ALL THE TI
ME AND SIMPLY MAKE THE.STRING YOU WANT T
O INPUT EQUAL TO A$.AFTER THE SYS COMMAN
D. DON'T USE A.CLR AFTER THE STRING VAR
IABLE IS.DEFINED... MASTER INPUT IS A
N ML ROUTINE.THAT YOU, AS A PROGRAMMER,
CAN USE IN.YOUR OWN PROGRAMS. IF YOUR P
ROGRAM.IS SMALL AND HAS FEW PLACES WHERE
THE.USER IS EXPECTED TO ENTER IN.INFORM
ATION, USING MASTER INPUT WOULD.BE OVERK
ILL BUT IN PROGRAMS WHERE A.LOT OF DATA
CAN BE LOST DUE TO AN.IMPROPER INPUT, IT
WILL BE WORTH YOUR.WHILE USING IT...
IT LOOKS GOOD, TOO. WHEN YOU.CHOOSE RU
N IT FROM THE LOADSTAR MENU.YOU WILL BE
TREATED TO A DEMO OF FOUR.TYPICAL INPUT
USAGES. LIST THE.PROGRAM TO SEE THE EXA
CT SYNTAXES.USED FOR EACH SECTION....DIS
K FILES THIS PROGRAM USES..MASTER BOOT
MASTER INPUT.OBJ.T.MASTER BOOT..
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