File: MISCL1.RE of Tape: Sources/Focal/fc3
(.FC,.FO Focal format converted to 'WRITE' listing)
C-PS/8 FOCAL, 1971 01.05 C MISCL1.RE 01.10 L C FOCAL.TM 01.20 I (-FABS(Q-.2))1.25;S K3=0;L G INDEX.RE 01.25 T "***** MISCELLANEOUS"!!!! 01.30 T "WORDS AND PHRASES LISTED UNDER MISCELLANEOUS IN THE INDEX BUT NOT GIVEN"! 01.40 T "IN THE 'BULK' PRINT OUT ARE FOUND UNDER THEIR OWN NAMES. 'FILES', FOR"! 01.50 T "EXAMPLE, IS DESCRIBED UNDER 'FILE COMMANDS'."!!!! 01.60 G 3.1 02.10 D 3.22;D 3.24;D 3.26;D 3.28;T !!!! 03.10 T "***** CHANGES FROM FOCAL,1969:"!! 03.11 T "PROGRAMS WRITTEN IN FOCAL,1969 SHOULD REQUIRE ONLY ONE CHANGE TO"! 03.12 T "RUN UNDER PS/8 FOCAL,1971:"!! 03.13 T :5,"THE INPUT DEVICE IS SWITCHED TO THE HIGH SPEED PAPER TAPE READER"! 03.14 T :5,"WITH THE 'OPEN INPUT PTR:' COMMAND AND SWITCHED BACK TO THE TERMINAL"! 03.15 T :5,"WITH 'OPEN INPUT TTY:,ECHO' INSTEAD OF WITH THE '*' COMMAND OF"! 03.16 T :5,"FOCAL,1969."!!!!"OTHER CHANGES INCLUDE:"!!! 03.18 T " 1) EXTENDED LIBRARY FEATURES WITH DEVICE-INDEPENDENT CHAINING"! 03.20 T :5,"AND SUBROUTINE CALLS BETWEEN PROGRAMS."!! 03.21 T " 2) " 03.22 T :5,"FILE READING AND WRITING COMMANDS, 10 DIGIT PRECISION, AND/OR STANDARD"! 03.24 T :5,"TRIG FUNCTIONS, WHICH MAY BE DELETED BY THE INITIAL DIALOGUE TO ALLOW UP TO"! 03.26 T :5,"222 VARIABLES WITH 5500 CHARACTER PROGRAMS; WITH ALL FEATURES"! 03.28 T :5,"RETAINED, 98 VARIABLES AND 3500 CHARACTERS REMAIN."!! 03.30 T " 3) COMPUTED LINE NUMBERS."!! 03.32 T " 4) TABULATION."!! 03.34 T " 5) IMPROVED DISTRIBUTION AND 'PSEUDO-RANDOM' INITIALIZATION OF 'FRAN()',"! 03.36 T :5,"THE PSEUDO-RANDOM NUMBER FUNCTION."!! 03.38 T " 6) UNLIMITED LINE LENGTHS."!! 03.40 T " 7) CHARACTER MANIPULATIONS HANDLED WITH 'FIN()' AND 'FOUT()'."!! 03.42 T " 8) FSGN(0)=0 [FSGN(0)=1 IN FOCAL,1969]"!! 03.44 T " 9) 'ERASE ALL' AND 'MODIFY' DO NOT ERASE VARIABLES."!! 03.46 T "10) IN ADDITION TO THE FDIS() DISPLAY FUNCTION FOR DEC'S 34D DISPLAY,"! 03.48 T :5"VERSIONS ARE AVAILABLE WITH DISPLAY AND JOYSTICK FUNCTIONS FOR "! 03.50 T :5,"THE TEKTRONIX T-4002 GRAPHIC COMPUTER TERMINAL."!! 03.52 T "11) 3 SPECIAL VARIABLES ARE PROTECTED FROM THE 'ERASE' COMMAND ---"! 03.54 T :5,"'!', '";S DU=FOUT(162);T "',AND '#'. '#' IS SET TO 1 BY THE INITIAL DIALOGUE"! 03.56 T :5,"IF ALL OPTIONAL FEATURES OF PS/8 FOCAL ARE DELETED, AND TO 2310 IF"! 03.58 T :5,"STANDARD FEATURES ARE RETAINED."!! 03.60 T "12) PS/8 FOCAL'S STARTING ADDRESS IS 10200 (FIELD 1)."!!!! 03.70 T " CTRL/P IS THE BREAK CHARACTER"! 03.80 T " ------ -- --- ----- ---------"!!! 03.90 T "NOTE: PS/8 FOCAL DATA FILES ARE COMPATIBLE WITH EDIT AND TECO-8;"! 03.92 T :8"HOWEVER, PS/8 FOCAL PROGRAM FILES ARE SAVED AS CORE IMAGES."!!!!!!!! 07.10 G 7+Q 07.20 L R COMMA1.RE 1.2 07.61 L R MISCL2.RE 8.1