BASIC 7.0 Programming Tricks

Sources for improving your programs and programming skills...

Breaking the Basic Speed Limit
RUN Magazine February 1991 P. 30-32
by: Stephen Dirshauer

Supercharge your Basic programs with these seven simple secrets.

The SCALE command
RUN Magazine February 1991 P. 47
by: Mark Jordan

Scale the heights of Basic 7.0 with this neglected graphics command.

Self-Modifying BASIC Programs.

* "...you can write a program that changes itself via the dynamic keyboard technique(March '85 Gazette, pp. 20-21)". [Note: The BASIC example is for the C64 - However, modifications can be made for the 128]