Difference between revisions of "Programmers Toolbox"

Revision as of 15:15, 5 August 2024

A collection of ROM utilities and tools aimed to help programmers. It was written and distributed by Micro Power Ltd.

ROM details:

Rom type:	 Background
Version:	 0.21
Rom Name:	 P T

Commands:

Command	Description
MEDIT	A Memory Editor
UNPROTECT	Unprotect a Basic file
DUMP	Dump the screen to the printer
CIRCLE
VDU
INFO	Display information about a file
COMPACT
CDUMP	Shaded screen dump to printer, depicting up to 9 colours.
COMMAND	Display the list of commands sorted by command type
TURTLE
XREF
TUNE	Play a tune, eg \|tune,"DEFEB B A DEGEAAG DEGEG A F# DDAGDEGEBBA"
ECHO.ON	Redirect screen output to the printer.
ECHO.OFF	Turn off screen redirection.
EDITOR	Start up a multi-window basic editor.
NORMAL	Disable editor.
W1	Switch to Window 1 if the editor is enabled.
W2	Switch to Window 2 if the editor is enabled.
W3	Switch to Window 3 if the editor is enabled.
FIND	Search the currently loaded BASIC file for a string and edit that line.
PAGE.ON	Enable paging mode. The screen will pause if displaying a large file, eg \|page.on:\|command
PAGE.OFF	Disable paging mode.
CHARACTER
SCREEN	Page screens in and out, eg \|screen,1:print "Hello world":\|screen,2:print "Screen 2"
PICTURE
LTRON	Send trace output to printer
LTROFF	Disable tracing
SOUNDLAB	Interactive sound envelope editor
KEYBOARD	Toggle keyboard settings, eg \|keyboard,1 enables caps lock.
BAUD
ROMS	Display a list of roms and the commands that they provide.
ASSEMBLE
KILL	Disable ROMs, eg \|KILL,1,2
TIDYLIST	List a BASIC file with an easier to read format, eg Loops are indented, multiple lines are split out etc.

@@ Line 65: / Line 65: @@
 | PICTURE||
 |-
-| LTRON||
+| LTRON||Send trace output to printer
 |-
-| LTROFF||
+| LTROFF||Disable tracing
 |-
 | SOUNDLAB||Interactive sound envelope editor