Tandy 1000 Basic Reference Manual

Chapter 10 I BASIC Keywords
POKE
Statement
POKE memory location, data byte
Writes data byte into memory location.
Both memory location and data byte must be integers. Memory lo-
cation must be in the range -32768 to 65535.
POKE is the complementary statement of PEEK. The argument
to PEEK is a memory location from which a byte is to be read.
PEEK and POKE are useful
for storing data efficiently, loading
assembly-language subroutines, and passing arguments (or re-
sults)
to and from assembly-language subroutines.
See also VARPTR.
Example
POKE &H5A00, CHFF
writes a hexadecimal FF into memory location 5A00.
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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