Okay programmers, how many of you would like someone
else to write the complicated routines so that you can just lift them
and drop them into your own programs? This set of routines in Basic by
John Navas could be just what you need. Here you will find routines to
perform Boolean logic on strings, a high performance routine to convert
bytes to printable hexadecimal characters, a general purpose
device-to-device utility that enables you to process disk sectors and
cassette records directly, a routine to read and write disk sectors
directly bypassing the normal file processing, a routine to format
numbers for neat printing, a routine to search a string for a substring,
another to plot text characters on a graphics screen, including
redefined characters. Any graphics screen can be used. There is also a
good in-RAM sorting routine, a routine to get the current 'real time'
clock value and another to disable Basic. Lots of useful routines but
what makes them even more special is that every one is documented. With
ready written routines like these you are sure to be able to add extra
features to your programs.
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