Atari 800

Atari BASIC Reference Guide 137
The LOAD statement is used with the Program Recorder or a
disk. The
LOAD statement can only be used to recover programs
that were previously saved with a SAVE statement.
When a LOAD statement is executed, the computer's memory is
cleared before the new program is loaded. Also, the I/O
channels are closed (except 0), and the sound voices are shut off.
With the Program Recorder , the LOAD statement does not use a
filename. The cassette tape must be correctly positioned before
the LOAD statement is executed. Only the device name "C" is
necessary. When the LOAD "C" statement is executed, the tone
sounds once to remind the operator to press PLAY on the
Program Recorder, followed by RETURN on the keyboard.
With a disk, the LOAD statement must include a device name
along with a filename. If more than one disk is in use, the device
name must also include the number of the disk. If only one disk is
in use, the device name "D :" is sufficient.
LOCATE (LOC.)
EXAMPLE
LOAD "D2:GRADES"
The LOCATE statement is used to place the cursor at the
specified position , and assign the COLOR data at that point to
the specified numeric variable.
CONFIGURATION
LOCATE a, b, X
The first
argument (a) indicates the column that the cursor is
moved to. The second argument (b) indicates the row. The third
argument is the numeric variable that is assigned the COLOR
data at the cursor position . A LOCATE statement can only be
used
if a GRAPHICS statement has been executed.
The COLOR data in graphics mode 0 corresponds to the