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EXAMPLES:
LOAD
LOAD
"HELLO"
LOAD A$,8
LOAD"HELLO",8
Reads in the next program from tape.
Searches tape for a program called
HELLO, and LOADs it if found.
LOADs the program from disk whose
name is stored in the variable A$.
Looks for the program called HELLO on
disk drive number 8, drive 0. (This is
equivalent to DLOAD "HELLO").
LOAD"MACHLANG",8,1 LOADs the machine language program
called "MACHLANG" into the location
from which it was SAVEd.
The LOAD command can be used within a BASIC program to find
and RUN the next program on a tape or disk. This is called chaining.
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LOCATE
—Position the bit map pixel cursor on the screen
LOCATE x,y
The LOCATE statement places the pixel cursor (PC) at any specified
pixel coordinate on the screen.
The pixel cursor (PC) is the coordinate on the bit map screen where
drawing of circles, boxes, lines and points and where PAINTing
begins. The PC ranges from X and Y coordinates 0,0 through
320,200 (unsealed). The PC is not visible like the text cursor but it can
be controlled through the graphics statements (BOX,CIRCLE,DRAW
etc.) The default location of the pixel cursor is the coordinate speci
fied as the X and Y portions in each particular graphics command.
So the LOCATE command does not have to be specified.
The X and Y values can place the pixel cursor at absolute coordi
nates such as (100,100) or at coordinates relative to previous posi
tion (+ / - x and + / - y) of the pixel cursor such as (+ 20, - 10). The
coordinate of one axis (x or y) can be relative and the other can be
absolute. Here are the possible combinations of ways to specify the
x and y coordinates:
x,y
+ /-x,y
x, + /-y
absolute x, absolute y
relative x, absolute y
absolute x, relative y
relative x, relative y
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