Re: 1980 Basic Sought

On Mon, 7 Apr 2008 23:08:17 -0400, "Tom Lake" <tlake@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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wrote:

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>CHR$(PEEK(SADD(a$))) turns that ASCII value back 
>into a character and so the letter T will print.

Ok, I see where you are going.

Won't work with PDS or VBDOS far strings, as those strings are not in
the "DEF SEG".

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Wouldn't "LEFT$(a$,1)" be a lot easier?  :-)
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