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From: mattd@Apple.COM (Matt Deatherage)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Applesoft BASIC
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Date: 18 Aug 90 02:11:42 GMT
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In article <1990Aug18.012334.4055@laguna.ccsf.caltech.edu> toddpw@tybalt.caltech.edu (Todd P. Whitesel) writes:
>Try it and see. The WRITE turns off screen output, and Applesoft uses the
>cursor position to tell it when to wrap -- so you do in fact get what you want,
>an EXEC'able text file that can easily be run into Appleworks.
>
>Todd Whitesel
>toddpw @ tybalt.caltech.edu

The behavior of WRITE in this fashion is not guaranteed.  Admitted it's a)
true as you write it and b) not likely to change, there's also c) the fact that
lots of people read this group and file such tidbits for later use, and d)
without the POKE 33,33 the technique could fail in future BASIC.SYSTEM releases
and will not work under DOS 3.3.

I'm not used to giving answers that aren't guaranteed.

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