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# Tasword II with Aerco Interface: Spectrum ROM Pokes

Provides four POKE addresses discovered by Joe Williamson to run the Spectrum version of Tasword II with the Aerco interface on a TS2068 with Spectrum ROM. Step-by-step: load Aerco first, then Tasword, enter BASIC via Symbol Shift+STOP, apply pokes, return to Tasword with RUN, save the modified version.