Tips

TIPS


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Two very short cuts from Paul Hemmingway of Hull. First a short


machine code routine to flash the whole screen without disturbing its


contents.





Enter the following lines:





9000 FOR n=60000 TO 60017: READ a: POKE n,a: NEXT n


9010 DATA 33,0,88,1,192,2,62,128,86,130,119,35,11,120,177,32,245,201





After this has been set up, either in a program or by RUNning it you


cause the screen to flash by typing or using RANDOMIZE USR 60000;


using it a second time reverts the screen to normal.





Next is a short routine to enable someone to enter a word without it


being displayed, useful for entering a password or for two-player


games when the entry needs to be secret.





1000 POKE 23609,255: POKE 23624,63: INPUT a$: POKE 23609,0: BORDER 7





If you require a different border colour during input then change the


POKE 23624,63 to POKE 23624,9*colour required, and alter the BORDER colour.