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   Walt Perko to Bob Campbell   
   Re: PRINT #1 TAB(A); ???   
   20 Sep 22 22:26:19   
   
   From: r4rguy@gmail.com   
      
   On Tuesday, September 20, 2022 at 8:46:13 PM UTC-7, Bob Campbell wrote:   
   > Walt Perko  wrote:    
      
   > >    
   > > So the "TAB" feature in Model 100 TRS-80 basic doesn't send a series of    
   > > spaces like Microsoft BASIC-80?   
   > Not when going out the serial port using OPEN FOR OUTPUT AS 1. That is a    
   > text file. Again, there is no cursor to position in a text file.    
   >    
   > You can try PRINT #1, SPACE$(A);”*”;    
   >    
   > SPACE$(X) creates X number of spaces.   
      
      
   Hi,    
      
   Okay, changed just line 130 to SPACE(A) and although it's not giving me a sine   
   wave on the screen, it's making a pattern that might be a 360 column sine   
   wave.  It's kind of interesting.     
      
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