Remote Processing CAMBASIC - Manual (Page 2)

Preface - 1
HOW TO USE THIS MANUAL
This m anual contain s inform ation on C AM BASIC and its com mands. You will find that some inf orm ation is duplicated in
this manua l. T his is done on pur pose, as you will pr obably wa nt to skip over some sec tions to read those of imm ediate
interest. We have included c aution and warn ing notes that are designed to steer you away fr om potential trouble ar eas.
Symbols And Terminology
Throughout this manual, the following symbols and term inology are used:
& A prefix “ &” denotes a hexadecimal number. A decimal number has no pr efix.
For example , & 1000 and 40 96 are e quivalent.
@ A prefix “ @” denotes a binary num ber. Only numbers from 0– 255 or
@00000000 to @11111111 can be represented. @10101010= 170.
< > Characters within “< > ” indicate a single keystroke.
NOTE: I n fo r m a ti on u nd e r th is h ea d in g pr e se n ts h el pf u l t ip s fo r u si ng C A M BA S IC .
CAUTION: Informa tion under this heading show s you how to avoid potential prob lems.
WARNING: Information under this heading warns you of situations which
might cause catastrophic or irreversible program damage.
>_ This symbol indicates the prompt (> ) and the cursor position (_).
. A column of pe riods is used in progr am exam ples
. to indicate that a portion of the program is omitted.
.
% This symbol indicates special var iables.
address Indicates any address from &0000 to &F FFF or 0 to 65535.
n, m Lower– case letters, a thru z, are used to represent quantities or expressions. They
are not CA MBASIC variables.
segment Refers to a 64K block of memor y.
string When used as part of a function or command, string may be a variable or text
enclosed in quotes.
[ ] Brackets ind icate that the item enclosed is option al.
( ) Means that parentheses are requir ed.
bit Indicates the bit number from (0 to 7) of an I/ O address.
Text in this type style is sample code.