Date   : Thu, 18 Nov 2004 20:07:47 +0000 (GMT)
From   : Andrew W <a.weston2@...>
Subject: Re: ?86 and ?87

In <URL:news:local.misc> on Mon 15 Nov, Richard_Talbot-Watkins@... wrote:
>
> > I'm writing a word to !84 but that should just
> > set 84 and 85 should it not?
> 
> Ah, no.  !&84 (assuming you mean that) will set four bytes from &84 to &87.
> There is no operator to set only two bytes in BBC Basic.
That explains it - I made the link with EQUD meaning double word (4
bytes) but of course that's not BASIC. So I've been writing a double
word not a word as I said AIUI.

regards,


A.Weston
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Staffordshire, UK of GB&NI.