1 Jan
1999
1 Jan
'99
12:10 a.m.
On Dec 31, 20:01, Sam Ismail wrote:
AppleSoft didn't have a PRINT @ statement so chalk
that one up to my
arrogant ignorance. Interestingly though, Woz squeezed the '@' symbol
on to the original Apple ][ keyboard above the P key (shift-P = @). Who
knows why. The @ wasn't used for anything inherent in the Apple.
It follows teletype usage, I think; CTRL-SHIFT-@ = CTRL-@ = NUL Probably
Woz had a use for 'NUL' rather than '@'.
w.r.t. "PRINT @", several BASICs (but not Applesoft) had "PRINT AT"
instead.
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Pete Peter Turnbull
Dept. of Computer Science
University of York