A Very "BASIC" Program Launcher

voidstar · Post by **voidstar** » Sun Jun 09, 2024 4:05 am

If you want a very "bare bones" startup menu of quick programs, you can use the following BASLOAD program.

Save it to STARTMENU.PRG or even use it as your AUTOBOOT.X16

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BASLOAD "STARTMENU.BASL.TXT"
SAVE "@:STARTMENU.PRG"

Then you can have the AUTOBOOT.X16 load the STARTMENU.PRG or just copy it over to the AUTOBOOT.X16 itself.

Another feature in this version is that it will "auto-pick" a menu option after a counter down is expired. Let fate decide what activity you get LOADed up into

And if the selection frustrates you, just CTRL+ALT+DEL and the count-down will randomly pick something else.

You'll need to modify the "LOAD.xxx" labels in the BASLOAD code to suite your particular file configuration - it's not so much "code" but "CMDR-DOS commands". So just consider this file as a template for ideas on how to setup a menu like this, and the example should be pretty straightforward to follow.