Tandy 1000 Basic Reference Manual

Contents
Introduction to BASIC 7
About this Manual 7
Notations 7
Terms 8
Chapter 1 / About BASIC for MS-DOS 11
Disk Files 11
Pathnames 12
Directory Paths 12
Names 13
Wildcards 13
Device Names 14
Chapter 2 / Loading MS-DOS and BASIC 17
Loading MS-DOS 17
Making Backups 17
One Drive System 18
Two Drive System 18
Loading BASIC 19
Loading BASIC via BASICA 19
Options for Loading BASIC 20
Redirection of Input and Output
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Chapter 3 / Sample Session 27
Loading BASIC 27
Typing the Program 27
Saving the Program on Disk 28
Loading the Program into Memory 28
Chapter 4 / General Information 33
Sample Editing Session 34
The Key 38
Editing 33
Special Keys 36
The Key 39
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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