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- RS2MS.DOC - Documentation for RS2MS.BAS
-
- RS2MS.BAS (originally named MYRS2MB) Version 1.0 was written by Ed Mahoney
- 28 May 1983. This program will convert a Radio Shack Model I or Model 3
- BASIC (or Disk BASIC) program to a Microsoft BASIC 5.1 program.
-
- REQUIREMENTS:
-
- 1) Your computer that will be running the Microsoft program
- must be able to 'print at' specific locations on your screen.
-
- 2) The Radio Shack program that is to be converted, must exist
- on disk and be stored in ASCII format.
- a) This program must not have line numbers 1 or 2 (the conversion
- process will place statements in these positions)
- b) The statements in the Radio Shack program must not be extremely
- long, say greater than 220 characters long. (The program will
- expand each line.)
- c) The Radio Shack Program should not have the following statements:
- PEEK POKE SET(x,y) RESET(x,y) POINT(x,y). (These statements
- are machine dependent). If these 5 statements are present, they
- will be passed on to the MBASIC with a REM statement appended to
- the end that warns you that you will have to do some additional
- conversion (good luck!).
-
- 3) FINAL WARNING: This is only version 1.0. This utility has not been
- extensivly tested.
-
- WHAT IT DOES:
-
- 1) converts the RND function to MBASIC standards
- 2) converts Radio Shack's CLS statement to a print code
- 3) converts Radio Shack's PRINT @ ##, to a printable code
- 4) 'pads' all statements with spaces which MBASIC requires (and Radio
- Shack does not).
- 5) Identifies statements that are machine dependent (ex. PEEK or SET
- with a warning at the end of the statement and provides a table of
- the bad statements at the end of execution.
-
- INSTALLATION:
-
- The conversion process will make certain Radio Shack statements
- into printable 'escape codes'. You must know the two escape code
- sequences for your computer (or terminal):
- 1) clear the screen and home the cursor
- 2) print at a screen location (Row,Column)
-