Tandy 1000 Basic Reference Manual

Chapter 10 I BASIC Ke-ywords
The data item ends when BASIC encounters a terminating char-
acter
or when a terminating condition occurs. The terminating
characters vary, depending on whether BASIC is inputting
to a
numeric or a string variable:
Numeric: BASIC ends input when it encounters a carriage
return
or a comma.
String: BASIC ends input when it encounters a carriage re-
turn or
a comma, unless the first character is a quotation
mark(
" ). If the first character is a quotation mark, BASIC
ends input when
it encounters a second quotation mark.
Thus, a quoted string may not contain a quotation mark
as
a character.
Examples
INPUT#l, A,B
sequentially inputs 2 numeric data items from the file opened to
Buffer
1 and places them in A and B.
INPUT#4, A$, E$, C$
sequentially inputs 3 string data items from the file opened to
Buffer
4 and places them in A$, B$, and C$.
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Tandy 1000 Specifications

General

Processor	Intel 8088
Processor Speed	4.77 MHz
RAM	128 KB (expandable to 640 KB)
Operating System	MS-DOS 2.11
Manufacturer	Tandy Corporation
Release Year	1984
Storage	Single or double 5.25" floppy disk drive (360 KB), optional hard drive
Sound	Tandy 3-voice sound
Ports	Parallel, Serial
Graphics	CGA (Color Graphics Adapter)
Graphics Modes	320x200, 640x200