Date   : Mon, 12 Sep 2005 23:53:10 +0100
From   : jgh@... (Jonathan Graham Harston)
Subject: Re: checking ROMS.

 
"Tim Matthews" <tim.matthews@...> wrote:
> *dumb question*
> what do all these fancy routines do that *help doesn't...?
 
*HELP gives each ROM the opportunity to print a message. If a ROM
does not print anything, you won't see anything. BASIC does not
respond to *HELP, so you never see BASIC listed by *HELP.
 
*ROMS lists the ROM names without asking the ROMs themselves to do
anything. Consequently, it lists *everything*, regardless of what
the code within the ROM may choose to do.
 
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