On Jan 9, 2014, at 1:40 AM, cctalk-request at
classiccmp.org wrote:
A program loadaed from magnetic card use the top row
of keys (A-E) to
run it,
Generally true. It?s also possible to label other keys as ?subroutine headers? and execute
the subroutine from the keyboard (by for example hitting SBR Sin, if somewhere in the
magnetic-card-loaded code is a PGM Sin (I think, been a while) followed by <code>
followed by RTN. So it does help to have documentation with the magnetic stripe card.
But for most cards, Tony is right, the 5 function keys were what called the pieces of code
on the card.
Also agreed with the other users, the ROM packs came with plain plastic label strips,
which were totally superfluous if you had the documentation and could remember which key
did what.
- Mark