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# Entering and Recalling Text in Machine Code

This subroutine will the user to allow enter up to Characters to 277 into machine code and recover them at will. The routine consists of four parts. The first part is the machine code loader program.

```
   10 FOR x=55501 TO 55533
   20 READ z: POKE x,z
   30 NEXT x
   40 DATA 62,0,205,48,18,225,70,
35,229,33,183,215,126,35,254,128,
56,250,16,248,126,35,254,128,200,
215,24,248,201,205,205,216,1,201
```

RUN the above program then DELETE it. The second part consists of six lines that allow the text you input into machine code to be recovered.

```
  10 FOR x=1 TO z
  20 POKE 55533,x
  30 RANDOMIZE USR 55530
  40 PAUSE 0
  50 NEXT x
  60 STOP
```

The third part of the routine allows the user to put text into machine code. Once the user puts the text in and tests it then this part may be deleted.

```
 100 LET z=1: LET j=55224: LET a$=""
 110 PRINT "Input text (limit 32 characters  if you want to print text on the 24th line only). Press enter   when finished with text."
 120 PRINT
 130 GO SUB 300
 140 INPUT a$
 150 IF LEN a$>=55500-j THEN PRINT AT 0,0;"Text too long.  Input text.": CLS : LET j=j-LEN a$: LET z=z-1: GO TO 110
 160 FOR i=1 TO LEN a$
 170 POKE j,CODE a$(i)
 180 IF j<55500 and i=LEN a$ THEN POKE j+,128
 190 IF j<55500 and i=LEN a$ THEN LET j=j+1
 200 IF k<55500 THEN LET j=j+1
 210 NEXT i
 220 LET z=z+1
 230 GO SUB 400
 240 LET z=z-1
 250 STOP
 300 PRINT "TEXT #";z;'"   ";277-LEN a$;" characters remaining."
 310 RETURN 
 400 PRINT
 410 PRINT "More text? (y/n)"
 420 PAUSE 0
 430 IF INKEY$="y" or INKEY$="Y" THEN CLS : GO TO 110
 440 RETURN
```

The above is set up to print on the 24th line. Several different messages can be run if you as a line, 45 CLS. If you wish to print text from the top of the page then POKE 55502,2. To change back to the 24th line POKE 55502,0.

The following is the OP CODE for the machine code routine entered in part one above. This is the forth part of the subroutine.

```
55501 LD A,0
55503 CALL 4656
55506 POP HL
55507 LD B,(HL)
55508 INC HL
55509 PUSH HL
55510 LD HL,55223
55513 LD A,(HL)
55514 INC HL
55515 CP 128
55517 JR C,55513
55519 DJNZ B,55513
55521 LD A,(HL)
55522 INC HL
55523 CP 128
55525 RET Z
55526 RST 16
55527 JR 55521
55529 RET
55530 CALL 55501
55533 01
55534 RET
```