From: duhas...@gmail.com   
      
   On Monday, April 12, 2021 at 11:47:11 PM UTC-4, g...@sasktel.net wrote:   
   > > Is there a more elegant way to display text files in Applesoft besides:    
   > >    
   > > 10 onerr goto 100    
   > > 20 input fn$    
   > > 30 ?chr$(4);"open ";fn$    
   > > 40 ?chr$(4);"read ";fn$    
   > > 50 input a$    
   > > 60 print a$    
   > > 70 goto 50    
   > > 100 ?chr$(4);"close"    
   > >    
   > > Waiting for an error seems....not the best way.   
   > A couple of other methods come to mind. There are commands which can be   
   installed into either DOS or ProDOS, such that one can just use: ?   
   CHR$(4)"TYPE textfilename".    
   >    
   > Under ProDOS one can also just use BLOAD, as in:    
   >    
   > LN = ?? : REM enter length of text file when doing a CATALOG or get length   
   from Basic.System    
   > ? CHR$(4)"BLOAD textfile,TTXT,A$2000" : FOR I=0 to LN-1: ? PEE   
   (8192+I);:NEXT    
   >    
   > I think there is also a way to BLOAD a textfile under DOS 3.3 but it has   
   been too long.   
      
   I am using Prodos, and I'm seen the addons.  I already have an add on   
   installed, and I'm using the hires page.  Is there a good way to find the free   
   memory space to bload to?  I know you can check the length of an Applesoft   
   program, but then variable    
   space, and the Prodos buffers and addons....   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)