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- COMMAND: BASICA (Advanced Basic)
-
- FUNCTION: Executes an interpretted BASIC program or initiates the BASIC
- sub-system.
-
- FORMAT: BASICA [filespec] [/F:files][/S:bsize][/C:combuffer]
- [/M:[workspace][,blocksize]][/D]
-
- TYPE: DOS external command
-
- REMARKS: filespec specifies the program to be loaded and immediately run.
- It may contain a path specification and it has the default extension
- .BAS. If omitted, you are put into the BASIC program editor.
- /F:files sets the maximum number of files that may be open at any one
- time during BASIC program execution to files. The default is 3 and
- the maximum is 15. The total number of open files is controlled by
- the CONFIG.SYS command FILES=. BASIC uses 4 files by default.
- /S:bsize sets the buffer size for use with random files to bsize
- bytes. The default is 128 bytes and the maximum is 32767 bytes.
- The record length parameter in an OPEN statement may not exceed this
- value.
- /C:combuffer sets the size of the buffer for receiving data through a
- serial port to combuffer bytes. The default is 256 bytes and the
- maximum is 32767 bytes. The buffer for transmitting data is always
- 128 bytes. /C:0 disables support for serial communications.
- /M:workspace[,blocksize] sets the maximum number of bytes in the
- BASIC workspace (up tp 64K bytes) and, optionally, allocates space
- above the BASIC workspace in multiples of 16 byte paragraphs. The
- default is 4096, for 65536 bytes of space for DATA and STACK
- segments.
- /D turns on double precision for transcendental functions.
- In addition, input and output from BASIC can be diverted using the
- DOS redirection features. If filespec is omitted, you may exit from
- the BASIC program editor by entering SYSTEM and pressing Enter.