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⌂ ∞ Elite on the BBC Micro and NES

Version analysis of RLINE

This code appears in the following versions (click to see it in the source code):

Code variations between these versions are shown below.

       Name: RLINE
       Type: Variable
   Category: Text
    Summary: The OSWORD configuration block used to fetch a line of text from
             the keyboard



.RLINE

Code variation 1 of 1Related to an enhanced feature

The enhanced versions allow the "{" character in commander names, which is not allowed in the cassette version.

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Cassette, Electron
Docked, 6502SP, Master
 EQUW INWK              \ The address to store the input, so the commander's
                        \ name will be stored in INWK as it is typed

 EQUB 7                 \ Maximum line length = 7, as that's the maximum size
                        \ for a commander's name

 EQUB '!'               \ Allow ASCII characters from "!" through to "z" in
 EQUB 'z'               \ the name

 EQUW INWK+5            \ The address to store the input, so the text entered
                        \ will be stored in INWK+5 as it is typed

 EQUB 9                 \ Maximum line length = 9, as that's the maximum size
                        \ for a commander's name including a directory name

 EQUB '!'               \ Allow ASCII characters from "!" through to "{" in
 EQUB '{'               \ the input