New-fangled languages (was: BASIC

From: Derek Peschel <dpeschel_at_u.washington.edu>
Date: Thu May 13 16:52:16 1999

> I remember when I upgraded the ROMs in my C1P
> and got a RENUM command. Ah, those were the
> days.

There were two common tricks that renumber commands never dealt with:

1) storing line numbers in variables and GOTOing or GOSUBing them,
   e.g., GOSUB MYSUB

2) computing line numbers at the time of GOTO or GOSUB,
   e.g., GOTO (X+3)*35

Did the C1P let you do either of those tricks?

-- Derek
Received on Thu May 13 1999 - 16:52:16 BST