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- 10 REM BUILDSUB.BAS by Keith Petersen, W8SDZ 1/24/81
- 20 REM This illustrates how to execute another program from
- 30 REM BASIC. The secret is setting up a submit file, which
- 40 REM CP/M then automatically executes when we leave this
- 50 REM program and return to CP/M.
- 60 OPEN "O",1,"A:$$$.SUB":REM This is the submit file
- 70 REM Now lets tell CP/M to do a "DIR" after we reboot.
- 80 REM This could just as well be a name of a .COM file
- 90 REM we want to execute.
- 100 PRINT #1,CHR$(3);"DIR";CHR$(0)
- 110 REM length of ^ the command string
- 120 REM the command ^^^ string
- 130 REM and a terminating zero ^
- 140 CLOSE
- 150 POKE 4,0 : REM Assure we are on drive A: so submit will work
- 160 SYSTEM
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