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On 25/08/10 12:02, John wrote: > On Wed, 2010-08-25 at 10:35 +0100, Gordon Henderson wrote: > >> Hm.. From the article: >> >> "Because there's no copy and paste, if you do something wrong it takes >> time to go back and fix it," said Joe Gritton. "You cannot take out >> sections and move them around." >> >> There very much was copy & paste on the BBC from what I remember. I'm also >> fairly sure the renumber command could move blocks of lines about too. > > Yea I am sure you are right on the renumber command, after using BBC's > at school I missed that on my C64. > > The BBC's ability to use assembly language mixed in with basic was a > great feature too. > I am sure i have programs in some issues of your sinclair that mixed basic and Hex, or rather as part of the program the hex would be poked in to the upper address spaces. 32768 - 65535 area, or was 32000 i think hex started at. of course you could do things like poke 23609,255 to make the keyboard beep on key presses. Paul -- Next Paignton meeting - Saturday 7th September 2010 - 3pm Lighthouse, Paignton, NOTE - to be confirmed Next Holsworthy Meeting - Saturday 18th September @ The White Hart, Holsworthy. SOFTWARE FREEDOM DAY 2010 SATURDAY 18th SEPTEMBER 2010 - LIGHTHOUSE, PAIGNTON -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq