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From: treesh@bach.helios.nd.edu
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Subject: Re: inputting from the modem port in commdore basic
Message-ID: <1991Jan7.022456.29756@news.nd.edu>
Date: 7 Jan 91 02:24:56 GMT
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I have put your code to use, and the overall speed imporvment was good
but still not good enough.  It still took an average of about 1 second 
per byte to process.  This extreemly slow time may also be the 
result of having arround 200 or some other variables in ram at the time
thus making any string functions extreemly slow to execute when dealing
with variables.
 
I have written an ML routine that will speed-slam bytes from the modem
into ram.  It also keeps track of the total length of the string, and
a chr$(13) actally is the only way out of the ML before it RTS's back
to basic.  
 
What I need now is a fast (Super Fast ML) way to get this data into the 
basic variable A$.  Using a loop of basic peeks will put be right back
into the same boat as before with a speed problem.  Anyone know a good way
to take a set of ascii bytes in sequential ram and get them into a 
basic string variable via the use of ML???   I sure dont!!
 
Any hot-shots out there?  These are the specs:
 
 
ram : 7377 - 7461 : this is the buffer of ascii thats received by the
      previously mentioned ML routine, the last byte of the string
      will have a 13 signifing that the end.
ram : 7376 : This is the lenght of the string including the 13.

Can someone tell me how to use ML, knowing these things how to put 
that string of bytes into the basic varable A$??

PS - This is on a C128 in 80 colum mode.

ctfm