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()0V/BTC-PS/8 FOCAL, 1971?MB]BEC MISCL1.RE?MR]BJL C FOCAL.TM?MCOB^T "WORDS AND PHRASES LISTED UNDER MISCELLANEOUS IN THE INDEX BUT NOT GIVEN"!?MSEB(T "IN THE BULK PRINT OUT ARE FOUND UNDER THEIR OWN NAMES. FILES , FOR"!?MC>B<G 3.1?MFLDJD 3.22;D 3.24;D 3.26;D 3.28;T !!!!?MT0FUT " 2) "?MEF4T "11) 3 SPECIAL VARIABLES ARE PROTECTED FROM THE ERASE COMMAND ---"!?MVGF6T :5," ! , ";S DU=FOUT(162);T " ,AND . IS SET TO 1 BY THE INITIAL DIALOGUE"!?ME4NJG 7+Q?MFNTL R COMMA1.RE 1.2?MN=L R MISCL2.RE 8.1?MF! JT "***** CHANGES FROM FOCAL,1969:"!!?MGGFKT "PROGRAMS WRITTEN IN FOCAL,1969 SHOULD REQUIRE ONLY ONE CHANGE TO"!?MGZFLT "RUN UNDER PS/8 FOCAL,1971:"!!?MS"FMT :5,"THE INPUT DEVICE IS SWITCHED TO THE HIGH SPEED PAPER TAPE READER"!?MH FOT :5,"WITH OPEN INPU TTY:,ECHO INSTEAD OF WITH THE * COMMAND OF"!?MTKFPT :5,"FOCAL,1969."!!!!"OTHER CHANGES INCLUDE:"!!!?MDRFTT :5,"AND SUBROUTINE CALLS BETWEEN PROGRAMS."!!?MI?F\T :5,"RETAINED, 98 VARIABLES AND 3500 CHARACTERS REMAIN."!!?MJRF^T " 3) COMPUTED LINE NUMBERS "!!?MJ F T " 4) TABULATION."!!?MKJF"T " 5) IMPROVED DISTRIBUTION AND PSEUDO-RANDOM INITIALIZATION OF FRAN() ,"!?MLIF$T :5,"THE PSEUDO-RANDOM NUMBER FUNCTION."!!?MI^FZT :5,"222 VARIABLES WITH 5500 CHARACTER PROGRAMS; WITH ALL FEATURES"!?ML]F&T " 6) UNLI ITED LINE LENGTHS."!!?MMBF(T " 7) CHARACTER MANIPULATIONS HANDLED WITH FIN() AND FOUT() ."!!?MM\F*T " 8) FSGN(0)=0 [FSGN(0)=1 IN FOCAL,1969]"!!?MM<F,T " 9) ERASE ALL AND MODIFY DO NOT ERASE VARIABLES."!!?MN$F.T "10) IN ADDITION TO THE FDIS() DISPL Y FUNCTION FOR DEC S 34D DISPLAY,"!?MOJF0T :5"VERSIONS ARE AVAILABLE WITH DISPLAY AND JOYSTICK FUNCTIONS FOR "!?MDYF2T :5,"THE TEKTRONIX T-4002 GRAPHIC COMPUTER TERMINAL."!!?MPVF:T :5,"STANDARD FEATURES ARE RETAINED."!!?MP8GFT "?N CTRL/P IS THE BREAK CHA ACTER"!?MPF<T "12) PS/8 FOCAL S STARTING ADDRESS IS 10200 (FIELD 1)."!!!!?MQOGPT "?N ------ -- --- ----- ---------"!!!?MQ5GZT "NOTE: PS/8 FOCAL DATA FILES ARE COMPATIBLE WITH EDIT AND TECO-8;"!?ME.G\T :8"HOWEVER, PS/8 FOCAL PROGRAM FILES ARE SAVED AS C RE IMAGES."!!!!!!!!?MR4BTI (-FABS(Q-.2))1.25;S K3=0;L G INDEX.RE?MB&BYT "***** MISCELLANEOUS"!!!!?MC8B2T "EXAMPLE, IS DESCRIBED UNDER FILE COMMANDS ."!!!!?MHAFNT :5,"WITH THE OPEN INPUT PTR: COMMAND AND SWITCHED BACK TO THE TERMINAL"!?MICFRT " 1) EXTEN ED LIBRARY FEATURES WITH DEVICE-INDEPENDENT CHAINING"!?MUZFVT :5,"FILE READING AND WRITING COMMANDS, 10 DIGIT PRECISION, AND/OR STANDARD"!?MKFXT :5,"TRIG FUNCTIONS, WHICH MAY BE DELETED BY THE INITIAL DIALOGUE TO ALLOW UP TO"!?MO)F8T :5,"IF ALL OPTIONAL F ATURES OF PS/8 FOCAL ARE DELETED, AND TO 2310 IF"!?MTHL S MISCL1.RE;L C DTA2:MISCL2.RE?M?MPS/8 FOCAL ARE DELETED, AND TO 2310 IF"!?MTHEY ARE NOT AFFECTED"!?MXH:2T "BY THE ERASE COMMAND. IS SET BY THE INITIA Note: Lines longer than 256 characters were wrapped