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NQTE
2:
"
XFC"
is
the ASCII
representation
of the
phoneme
code i xst
.
•The
line
is
created
by
VSEDIT,
which
saves
the
line
to
disk
as
an
ASCII
file.
This
file
can later
be
added
to
your
program
with
the
"MERGE"
command.
Simply
make
certain
that
your
program
lines
don't
conflict
with
the
new
ones
created
by
VSEDIT.
Let's
use
an
actual
example:
We
want to
use a
large
number
of
pre
-set
warning
or
welcome
messages.
Each
one
will
be
created
by
the
following
sequence
:
•Type
your
message
and
fine
tune
it.
•Type
*
. (Use
shift key)
•The
computer
will
ask
you for the
disk
file
name.
•Answer
with
any
valid
disk
file
that
you AREN'T
using
yet. Let's
use
VOICE/TXT
(TXT
is
the
standard
extension
for
ASCII
files).
You
can of
course
specify
any
drive
number
as
well
i.e.
VOICE/TXT:!.
•Press
enter,
then
you are
asked
for a
line
number.
•Pick
a line
number
that
isn't
used
in your
program.
•When
you
press
enter,
VSEDIT
will
take
a
few seconds
to
create
the
BASIC
line,
then
it
will save
it to
the
disk
file
you
chose,
•After
saving
the file,
VSEDIT
asks
if you
want
to
clear
the
phonemes.
Answer
"Y" or "N"
. You
then
return
to
the menu.
•You
c^n create
many
messages
and
save
them
in the
same
manner
.
•
NOTE
1:
Except
for
TRSDOS
on the
model
I,
you can
save
more
than
one
subroutine
in
each
file.
(Be
sure
to
use
different
line
numbers).
If
you are
using
TRSDOS
on the
Model
I, use
different
file
names
for
each
message
.
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NOTE
2:
If
you
are using
NEWDOS/80
Version
2.0, then
the
line
numbers
must
be
in ascending
order
.
NEWDOS
doesn
'
t
order
the
lines
when
you
MERGE,
other
DOSes
do.
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