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Message from discussion RFC: ULA Replacement for ZX Spectrum SE
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Dominic Morris  
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 More options May 15 2000, 3:00 am
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From: Dominic Morris <d...@jb.man.ac.uk>
Date: 2000/05/15
Subject: Re: RFC: ULA Replacement for ZX Spectrum SE
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Andrew Owen <ao...@brandnewco.org> wrote:
> Actually there is one unused system variable (the one that's supposed to be
> unused in the manual but actually isn't) except that you can't use it
> because lots of programs already use it because they think it's unused (if
> you see what I mean. Hmm, "They think it's unused... it is now!"

As you said it is used..and it can be used by programs as well for almost
its original purpose:

10 FOR n=64 TO 71
20 POKE 23681,n
30 LPRINT "fish"
40 NEXT n

cheers,

d.
[procrastinating..what me?!?!]


 
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