Commodore PET - Poke; Print

OPEN 54,8,10
POKE
Open logical file 54 for IEEE device 8 and
send secondary address code 10.
data
address
The
POKE statement provides the ability to store a specified byte value into
a specified location in PET memory.
Format:
POKE address,data
where:
is a numeric constant variable, or expression in
the range 0<address::::;65535 representing an
address in PETs
read/write (RAM) memory.
is a numeric constant variable, or expression in
the range 0 < data::::; 255 representing a byte
va lue to be stored.
Only RAM and display memory locations are affected by a
POKE.
Examples:
10 POKE l.A
POKE 32768.ASC("A")-64
PRINT
The PRINT statement prints data items on the display screen.
Format:
where:
l
PRINTlldata
data,data, .. " data
? ~data;data; ... ;data
Print data item.
Print data items tabbed.
Print data items continuous.
?
data
(question mark)
is an abbreviation accepted by
PET BASIC for the word PRINT.
is a constant variable, or expression represent-
ing a data item
to be printed. If the data item is
a string, it is enclosed in double quotation
marks.
Data Conversions
When printing a number, PET BASIC prints it in standard representation if it
is in the range 0.01 ::::;n::::;999999999 and in scientific notation if it is outside that
range.
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