Re: Elementary BASIC question - loading another file

"Rod Gasson" <rod@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

>>>10 IF PEEK(56)<>48 THEN POKE55,0: POKE56,48:CLR:LOAD"FILE",8,1

>>Why is everyone still using LOAD?

>Because it is a heck of a lot easier to remember than........

>>10 poke55,0:poke56,48:clr:sys57812"file",8,1:poke780,0:sys65493

Not necessarily -- I did that from memory. Once you know how ... ;)

I don't use naked LOADs in program text anymore because of all its
quirks and disadvantages. I only use them from direct mode, or in a
dynamic keyboard situation (essentially direct mode also).

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