★ APPLICATIONS ★ DIVERS ★ FLIPPY V2.2 (CPC ATTACK!) ★ |
| Flippy v2.2 (CPC Attack!) | Applications Divers |
No, this isn't a seal simulator (or was that Flipper?), anyway, flippy is one of those programs, that once you start using it you'll wonder how you ever did without it! When run it sets up 4 commands. These are:-
The BASIC program limit is 15000 (&3A98) bytes. HIMEM is lowered to &7fff. The LENGTH of the current BASIC program can be discovered (by typing |BASINF). Once FLIPPY has been installed (by typing |FLIPON) it will save the current BASIC program into the expanded RAM on a CPC 6128 (or expanded 664/464) automatically every 11 seconds. This means that should a crash (or reset) occur all the user has to do is reload the FLIPPY program and type "|RESCUE" and the program will be restored at the point where is was last saved by the program. Because the program runs under interrupt, you don't even know it's there, so to show the user that it is still operating, when the program is saved the BORDER will toggle between BLACK and BLUE. If a program is to be rescued after a crash or reset then |FLIPON SHOULD NOT be used until the program has been saved to disk or tape, otherwise the contents of the RAM bank will be filled with zero's (the BASIC ram with nothing in!)
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