Re: Pointer at the start of a BASIC line: what good is it?

From: David Wood <*jbevren_at_gmail.com*> Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2021 13:02:49 -0400 Message-ID: <CAAuJwio=PiMe731vD0k_LUL5EOb4Jgbmkc882Gbqm_8bEupKrA_at_mail.gmail.com> · jbevren_at_gmail.com

On Tue, Nov 2, 2021 at 12:55 PM Michał Pleban <lists_at_michau.name> wrote:
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> Rhialto wrote:
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> > And did you know that you can OPEN files on the keyboard device (0) or
> > the screen (3)? You can PRINT# to the screen and GET# / INPUT# from
> > both. And it works differently in some details than the usual GET and
> > INPUT.
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> IIRC, INPUT# from the keyboard device does not display the "?" prompt.

A quick test verifies this, using device 0 to get a line of input
suppresses the question mark. :)

> Regards,
> Michau.
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