markr@molihp.UUCP (Mark Reid) (02/21/86)
[] After waiting over three months for my basic from Atari, I finally received it. Either the manual is incorrect or maybe I'm thick but I can't get some of the functions to work as described in the manual. I would appreciate any help... 1) inp() function is supposed to read from the keyboard single characters. I tried inp(-4) to read the status and it only returns 16. Try inp(4) which also returns 16. Anybody know how this works? 2) wave() function for producing sound. Manual page is missing the table for envelope shape. Would like a complete explaination. 3) buf graphics what is this? I didn't understand it's use. 4) large files If you try to load in a very large basic program the 520 will load the file from the disk in one large piece, then several small pieces. It tells you of no errors. The real magic is it will give you all sorts of undefined errors, none of which are out of memory errors. Thanks in advance for any help with the above problems. As I have a manual I am willing to help others without, just send me which functions you would like descriptions of. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mark Reid ubc-vision!molihp!markr
neil@atari.UUcp (Neil Harris) (02/26/86)
In article <146@molihp.UUCP>, markr@molihp.UUCP (Mark Reid) writes: > After waiting over three months for my basic from Atari, I finally > received it. Either the manual is incorrect or maybe I'm thick > but I can't get some of the functions to work as described in the > manual. I would appreciate any help... > > 1) inp() function is supposed to read from the keyboard single > characters. I tried inp(-4) to read the status and it only > returns 16. Try inp(4) which also returns 16. Anybody know > how this works? The manual is in error -- use INP(2) and INP(-2). Using SYSTAB to turn off GEM will make this work very well. > 2) wave() function for producing sound. Manual page is missing the > table for envelope shape. Would like a complete explaination. WAVE a,b,c,d,e a=voice to enable. 1 is the default (which is why the SOUND command only uses 1 voice normally. Add 2 to use voice 2, add 4 to use voice 3. Add 8 to use noise on voice 1, 16 for noise on 2, 32 for noise on 3. b=envelope enable, to use the programmable envelope instead of pure tone. Add 1 for voice 1, 2 for voice 2, 4 for voice 3. c=which envelope to use. 0-3= \________ 4-7= /|_______ 8= \|\|\|\|\| 9= \_________ 10= \/\/\/\/\/ 11= ________ \| 12= /|/|/|/|/| 13= _________ / 14= /\/\/\/\/\ 15= /|_________ d=period of envelope. Use large numbers, in hundreds or thousands. e=duration of sound before next BASIC command is executed. Usually 0. NOTE: Best technique seems to be to set WAVE then set SOUND for each voice, setting delay>0 only on the _last_ SOUND command. > 3) buf graphics what is this? I didn't understand it's use. This sets up a 32K graphics buffer, so menus and other windows do not obliterate your graphics. > 4) large files If you try to load in a very large basic program > the 520 will load the file from the disk in one large piece, > then several small pieces. It tells you of no errors. > The real magic is it will give you all sorts of undefined > errors, none of which are out of memory errors. Are you sure? I never had that problem with my programs. How large is large? --->Neil @ Atari Usenet: ...lll-crg!vecpyr!atari!neil CIS: 70007,1135 BIX: neilharris Atari BBS: 408-745-5308