Tomorrow Lies In Ambush!

Developer(s): Emmett Jenkins
Date: 198x
Type: Program
Platform(s): TS 2068

A primitive word processor that has a nice personality.

Appears on

Capital Area Timex Sinclair User Group’s Library Tape.

Gallery

Source Code

    1 REM EMMETT JENKINS 04/15/84
    2 PRINT AT 1,5; FLASH 1;"TOMORROW LIES IN AMBUSH!"; FLASH 0;AT 4,5;"WORD PROCESSOR",AT 6,5;"CREATED FOR:",AT 8,5; FLASH 1;"L.I.S.T!": FLASH 0
    3 FLASH 1: PRINT AT 12,5;"BY EMMETT JENKINS": FLASH 0: PRINT AT 15,5;"PRESS ANY KEY TO START!",AT 18,5;"32 CHARACTERS",AT 20,5;"578 LINES DEEP"
    4 PAUSE 4000
    5 LET X=0: LET B=0: LET G=9000: DIM A (3)
    6 DIM T$(600,32)
    7 CLS 
    8 FOR L=0 TO 32
    9 BRIGHT 1
   10 FOR F=1 TO 3
   13 CLS 
   20 GO SUB G
   30 PRINT AT 10,3;"INPUT:",A$;AT 12,7;"COLOR"
   40 LET G=G+2
   50 INPUT A(F)
   55 CLS 
   60 NEXT F
   70 BORDER A(1): PAPER A(2): INK A(3) 
   80 CLS 
  150 CLS 
  200 REM OPTIONS
  205 CLS : PRINT AT 1,5; FLASH 1;"PRESS NUMBER OF OPTION": FLASH 0
  210 PRINT AT 5,0;"OPTION 1";TAB 10;"ENTER TEXT"     
  215 PRINT 
  220 PRINT "OPTION 2";TAB 10;"PRINTOUT TEXT"
  225 PRINT 
  230 PRINT "OPTION 3";TAB 10;"SAVE TEXT"
  235 PRINT 
  240 PRINT "OPTION 4";TAB 10;"LOAD TEXT"
  245 PRINT 
  250 PRINT "OPTION 5";TAB 10;"EDIT TEXT"
  255 PRINT 
  270 PRINT "OPTION 6";TAB 10;"END"
  275 PRINT AT 17,0;"OPTION 7";TAB 10;"PRINT TEXT ON SCREEN"
  276 PRINT AT 19,0;"OPTION 8";TAB 10;"ADD TEXT"
  277 PRINT AT 21,0; FLASH 1;"TO ADD TO TEXT; PRESS '8' TWICE!"
  280 IF INKEY$<>"" THEN GO TO 280
  290 IF INKEY$="" THEN GO TO 290
  300 IF INKEY$="1" THEN GO TO 1000
  310 IF INKEY$="2" THEN GO TO 2000
  330 IF INKEY$="3" THEN GO TO 3000
  340 IF INKEY$="4" THEN GO TO 4000
  350 IF INKEY$="5" THEN GO TO 5000
  360 IF INKEY$="6" THEN GO TO 6000
  365 IF INKEY$="7" THEN GO TO 700
  366 CLS : IF INKEY$="8" THEN GO TO 1010
  370 GO TO 290
  705 CLS 
  710 GO SUB 8000
  720 FOR F=1 TO X
  730 PRINT T$(F)
  740 NEXT F
  745 PRINT AT 21,3; FLASH 1;"PRESS ANY KEY TO CONTINUE"; FLASH 0: PAUSE 0
  750 GO TO 200
 1000 REM INPUT ROUTINE
 1001 CLS 
 1002 GO SUB 9100
 1005 LET C=1
 1008 IF T$(C)=CHR$ 32 THEN BEEP .03,6
 1009 IF C=578 THEN PRINT AT 10,0; FLASH 1;"THAT WAS YOUR LAST LINE"; FLASH 0; FLASH 1;AT 13,0;"PRESS ANY KEY TO CONTINUE"; FLASH 0: PAUSE 500: GO TO 1051
 1010 INPUT T$(C):
 1020 IF T$(C)="END                             " OR T$(C)="end                             " THEN GO TO 205:                 
 1030 PRINT T$(C):
 1040 LET C=C+1
 1050 GO TO 1009
 1051 PRINT AT 15,3; FLASH 1;"NOW TYPE END"; FLASH 0: GO TO 1010
 2000 REM OUTPUT ROUTINE
 2050 GO SUB 8000
 2100 FOR F=1 TO X
 2110 LPRINT T$(F)
 2115 NEXT F
 2120 GO TO 200
 3000 REM SAVE ROUTINE
 3010 CLS : PRINT AT 10,0; FLASH 1;"INPUT NAME OF TEXT"; FLASH 0
 3020 INPUT S$
 3030 SAVE S$ DATA T$()
 3040 GO TO 200
 4000 REM LOAD TEXT ROUTINE
 4010 CLS : PRINT AT 10,0; FLASH 1;"INPUT NAME OF TEXT"; FLASH 0
 4020 INPUT S$
 4025 PRINT FLASH 1;"START TAPE"; FLASH 0
 4030 LOAD S$ DATA T$()
 4035 PRINT AT 16,10; FLASH 1;"STOP TAPE"; FLASH 0: PAUSE 500
 4040 GO TO 200
 5000 REM EDIT ROUTINE
 5001 CLS 
 5010 GO SUB 8000
 5020 PRINT FLASH 1;"TO EDIT LAST LINE PRESS '0'"; FLASH 0
 5025 PRINT 
 5030 FOR F=1 TO X
 5040 IF T$(F)="END                             " OR T$(F)="end                             " THEN GO TO 205
 5050 PRINT T$(F): POKE 23692,255
 5060 PAUSE 300
 5070 IF LEN INKEY$=0 THEN NEXT F: PRINT LEN INKEY$: GO TO 205
 5080 CLS : PRINT FLASH 1;"PRESS APPROPRIATE KEY"; FLASH 0
 5090 PRINT : PRINT "1 TO CONTINUE"
 5100 PRINT : PRINT "2 TO EDIT THIS LINE"
 5110 PRINT : PRINT "3 UP ONE LINE"
 5120 PRINT : PRINT "4 DOWN ONE LINE"
 5130 IF INKEY$<>"" THEN GO TO 5130
 5140 IF INKEY$="" THEN GO TO 5140
 5150 IF INKEY$="1" THEN CLS : NEXT F
 5160 IF INKEY$="2" THEN GO TO 5200
 5170 IF INKEY$="3" THEN LET F=F-1: GO TO 5125
 5180 IF INKEY$="4" THEN LET F=F+1: GO TO 5125
 5190 GO TO 5130
 5200 CLS : PRINT AT 5,0; FLASH 1;"RE-WRITE THIS LINE CORRECTLY!"; FLASH 0
 5210 PRINT AT 16,0;T$(F)
 5220 INPUT T$(F)
 5225 CLS : PRINT FLASH 1;"TO EDIT LAST LINE PRESS '0'"; FLASH 0: PRINT : PRINT T$(F)
 5230 NEXT F
 5240 GO TO 200
 6000 REM END ROUTINE
 6010 NEW 
 8000 REM SEARCH ROUTINE
 8010 FOR N=1 TO 600
 8020 IF T$(N)="END                             " OR T$(N)="end                             " THEN LET X=N: RETURN 
 8030 NEXT N
 8040 RETURN 
 8999 GO TO 9998
 9000 LET A$="BORDER"
 9001 RETURN 
 9002 LET A$="PAPER"
 9003 RETURN 
 9004 LET A$="INK"
 9005 RETURN 
 9100 PRINT AT 0,5;"THIS WORD PROCESSOR",AT 2,3;"WORKS JUST LIKE A TYPEWRITER",AT 4,5;"AT THE END OF EACH LINE",AT 6,5;"YOU PRESS THE ENTER KEY",AT 8,0;"YOU MAY ONLY ENTER 32 CHARACTERS",AT 12,2; INVERSE 1;"TO END TEXT INPUT,TYPE 'END'"; INVERSE 0
 9110 PRINT : PRINT : PRINT : PRINT 
 9130 PRINT AT 17,3; FLASH 1;"PRESS ANY KEY TO CONTINUE!": FLASH 0
 9140 PRINT 
 9150 PAUSE 0
 9155 CLS 
 9160 RETURN : GO TO 1010
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