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Chapter 7, IBASIC Controller
PROGram Subsystem
Syntax (length of program known)
PROGram[:SELected]:DEFine <#><of digits in count field>
<count field: of data bytes in program><program data bytes>
The following notation is used in the command description:
The data starts with a header which begins with a “#”, followed by a single non-zero
digit in the range 1-9 which specifies the number of digits in the following count field,
followed by a series of digits in the range of 0-9 which gives the number of data bytes
being sent, followed by the number of data bytes specified by the count field.
Example
#16<data byte><data byte><data byte><data byte><data byte><data by
te>
Example BASIC program to download an IBASIC program to Test Set
10 OUTPUT 714;"PROG:DEL:ALL" !Delete current program
20 OUTPUT 714;"PROG:DEF #257" !Create program, send header
30 OUTPUT 714;"10 FOR J = 1 TO 10" !18 characters + CR + LF
40 OUTPUT 714;"20 DISP J" !9 characters + CR + LF
50 OUTPUT 714;"30 BEEP" !7 characters + CR + LF
60 OUTPUT 714;"40 NEXT J" !9 characters + CR + LF
70 OUTPUT 714;"50 END"!6 characters
80 END
:DEFine? The :DEFine? query command is used to upload an IBASIC program
from the Test Set to an external controller.