solution@disk.UUCP (Bill Mayes) (06/27/90)
In article <90167.004040QQ11@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK> QQ11@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK (Alan Thew) writes: >I used to use a HP 2000 system in the late 1970's which had (for >then) a very good version of BASIC. If anyone can remember back that >far ( :-)) can you possibly give me the full syntax for the > ENTER >statement? I have a program I would like to translate sometime to >GW BASIC (it's all I've got :-)). Quoting from the "HP 20854A Timeshared BASIC/2000 Level F Pocket Guide" (#5952- 4491, Aug. 1975) for BASIC on a HP 2000C used at the University of Louisville, Kentucky, USA, in the late 1970's: Name Example Purpose ---- ------- ------- ENTER 400 ENTER #T Fills the first variable (#T) with the user 410 ENTER A,B,C terminal number and/or allows the user a 420 ENTER #T,A,B,C$ specified number of seconds to reply (A), returns the actual response time (B) and returns the value entered (C,C$). On time out, the response time is set to -256. On illegal input type, the response time is negated. Leading blanks, quotes and null entries are accepted as valid string char- acters by ENTER. 430 ENTER 25,B,C Same as examples 410, 420 except a constant (25) or variable can be used to specify the number of seconds allowed. I hope this helps. :-) -- Bill Mayes "We do everything."--U.S.E.R., Inc., slogan uunet!ukma!corpane!disk!solution **OR** solution@disk.UUCP Disclaimer: Any similarity between my opinions and anyone else's is entirely coincidental, but it shows good taste on his or her part.