Commander X16

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Additional note: after the above procedure, SAVE does save a basic program with the header bytes (correctly) set as 01 04.  Later if the file is loaded with ,8,1 it would position it at $0401.  But as I mentioned before, if loaded with just ,8, it will load to wherever TXTTAB is currently set.

What am I thinking, I even mentioned the TXTTAB pointer.<br /> You can make BASIC start at $0400, if you want.<br /> Here's how: POKE 224,4:POKE 1024,0:NEW It's that easy.<br /> What that does is pokes a 4 (where normally there's an 8 ) into the high byte of the TXTTAB pointer.  Pokes a 0 at $0400 ...

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Yeah, don't get me wrong, I wasn't advocating for moving BASIC down..  ?

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It's fairly obvious what the general term means, but when you consider my whole sentence, the "30 year old (ish) tech" part, well, we're IN the future of this tech, by about 30 years.

(reconsidered this post, so, mostly deleted)

Bottom line: I dunno what "future proofing" 30 year old (ish) tech even means.

afaik it's instantaneous, so just the number of cycles it takes to execute INC, DEC, or LDA/STA

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