Tandy 1000 Basic Reference Manual

Chapter 10 I BASIC Keywords
The comma tells BASIC to tab between A and B, which creates
10 extra spaces in the file. Generally you do not want to use up
storage space this way,
so you use semicolons instead of commas.
PRINT# 1, A; ” , ‘I*
This time BASIC writes the data as:
123.45,l .303
An INPUT# statement reads this as 2 separate fields.
If string variables contain commas, semicolons,
or leading
blanks, enclose them in quotation marks. For example:
A$ = CAMERA, AUTOMATIC
E$ = 102382
PRINT# 1, A$; E$
writes the data as:
CAMERAMMM~MMMM~~AUTOMATICl82382
An INPUT# statement reads this as 2 separate fields
A$ = CAMERA
E$ = AUTOMATIC182382
To separate these 2 strings properly in the file, write quotation
marks using the hexadecimal representation CHR$(34). For
example
:
PRINT# 1, CHR$(34); A$; CHR$(34); E$; CHRs(34)
BASIC writes the following image to the file:
“CAMERA, AUTOMATIC”1 02382”
The statement INPUT# 1, A$, B$ reads “CAM-
ERA,AUTOMATIC” into A$ and “102382” into B$.
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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