---
title: "Keyword Entry"
id: 71963
type: "computer_media"
slug: "keyword-entry"
url: "http://localhost/computer_media/keyword-entry/"
markdown_url: "http://localhost/computer_media/keyword-entry.md"
published_at: "2026-10-20T14:58:38+00:00"
modified_at: "2026-10-20T14:58:38+00:00"
author: "David Anderson"
featured_image:
  url: "http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/20230809-041332.jpg"
excerpt: "A loader for two machine code blocks that change the TS2068 keyboard so BASIC keywords are typed out letter by letter instead of entered with single keys."
category:
  - name: "Archived Media"
    slug: "archived-media"
    taxonomy: "category"
    url: "http://localhost/category/archived-media/"
post_tag:
  - name: "Downloadable"
    slug: "downloadable"
    taxonomy: "post_tag"
    url: "http://localhost/tag/downloadable/"
  - name: "TS 2068"
    slug: "ts2068"
    taxonomy: "post_tag"
    url: "http://localhost/tag/ts2068/"
model:
  - name: "Timex/Sinclair 2068"
    slug: "ts-2068"
    taxonomy: "model"
    url: "http://localhost/model/ts-2068/"
genre:
  - name: "Programming"
    slug: "programming"
    taxonomy: "genre"
    url: "http://localhost/type/programming/"
media_contents:
  - id: 71965
    title: "Long Island Sinclair Timex (LIST) User Group Library Tape #3.5"
    type: "computer_media"
    url: "http://localhost/computer_media/long-island-sinclair-timex-list-user-group-library-tape-3-5/"
media_type: "Program"
tsrun_member: "LIST LIB 3.5 (198x)(Long Island Sinclair Timex User Group)(TS2068)(US)(Cassette)/List_Lib_3.5B(Unk)(Unk)(TS2068)(Cassette)/39_KEYWORD68.tap"
mediadate: "198x"
media_type_tags: "Programming"
---

# Keyword Entry

Loads two machine code blocks, `START` and `MAIN`, that change keyword entry so that every keyword is typed out in full, letter by letter, instead of being entered with a single key in K mode. The loader runs `START` with `RANDOMIZE USR 23300`, loads `MAIN`, then lists itself with a flashing “hit enter” prompt. Its REM says lines 1 to 3 can be deleted once it has run.

This program is on side B of the Long Island Sinclair Timex (LIST) user group library tape #3.5, saved as `KEYWORD68` followed by its CODE files `START` (51 bytes) and `MAIN` (224 bytes).

## Program Analysis

### Program Structure

Line 1 is the explanatory REM. Line 2 loads `START`, calls it at 23300 and loads `MAIN`. Line 3 clears the screen and lists the program. Nothing in the BASIC shows how the code works.

## Source Code

```
    1 REM ---  KEYWORD ENTRY ---      YOU MUST NOW ENTER ALL KEY      WORDS BY TYPING THEM IN         FULL       
    2 LOAD "START"CODE :              RANDOMIZE USR 23300:            LOAD "MAIN"CODE 
    3 CLS : BORDER 1: LIST :          PRINT AT 20,1; INK 2;           FLASH 1;"hit enter": STOP   :   REM YOU MAY DELETE LINES        1 TO 3 NOW.
```