Vector Basic Interpreter Basic 80 Reference Manual - page 8
utility,
su::h as calling
up MSASIC. You accomplish
this
by creating
an
"auto"
command, which you do by running the CONFIG
utility
present on the
CP/M2 serialized
diskette.
If your auto camnandcontains
"MBASIC"
followed
by the
name of a BASICprogrClllon the same diskette,
optionally
followed
by
other parasneters,
followed
by
a RETURN,
then \lben you boot up the system, it
will
bypass
all
executives
and automatically
begin
executing
the BASIC
program.
(This assumes MBASIC.CCM
and the BASICprogram are on the
system
diskette
aloD; with CP/M.) This allows creation
of an attractive
"turn-key"
package.
Appendix 0 explains
several
other canmands and aspects
of BASIC-aethat
deal specifically
with CP/M. Use it
as an integral
part of this
manual.
Please note the followirJ;J points when usirJ;J this
manual:
It
is NOTnecessary to create
a file
tnder the CP/Mexecutive
before
it
can be used by BASIC-aa.
To return
to the CP/Mexecutive
fran the BASIC-8eexecutive,
tyPe SYSTEM
followed
by
the RETURN
key.
Whenusin;r a Vector System B, Memorite II,
Vector 3"311l,or other
Vector
Graphic system having "memorymappedvideo" and using the option gv Extended
Systems M:>nitor, do NOTpress the LF or LINEFEED
key in order to continue
a
BASIC line
on a second line on the screen.
Instead,
the video driver
will
cause the text
to
"wrap
aro\.md" automatically.
The same is
true
for
any
serial
terminal
that has automatic wrap around.
~en
listing
progran text or output,
BASIC-a"assunes it
is outputting
to
a l32-character
widtb printer.
If
your system's
printer
is narrower, it
will
be able to print
lOn;J lines
only if the printer
or the
printer
driver
software
in the operating
system has the
ability
to automatically
wrap
around at the end of a line.
'1bis is dePendent on the
particular
pr inter
you are using.
References to "printing"
in this manual, as in most BASICmanuals,
refer
to displaying
text
on the operator's
console,
which is usually
a video
screen.
'!be tem
"printing"
derives
fran the original
use of Teletype
and
other
hard-copy
printin;J
terminals.
'!be manual will
refer
specifically
to
the "line printer"
when referring
to output intended for the system's output
printer,
(sometimes called
the
"lister"),
which is
usually
a separate
peripheral
fran the operator's
console.
OUtput directed
by
BASIC-Sillto the
"line
printer"
is sent
by
BASIC-aeto CP/M's logical
lister
output routine,
which normally saRis the data out via a channel connected electronically
to
a printer
of some kind.
The t"'lOcanmands that cause BASIC-a"to send data
in this way to the "line pr inter"
are LLISTand LPRINT.
Reference
is made in several
places to the console's
bell.
This is only
relevent
if
the terminal
you are
using
has a bell.
The Vector
Graphic
memory-mapPed
video console at this
time has no bell.