Date   : Sun, 19 Nov 2006 14:33:39 +0000 (GMT)
From   : tommowalker@... (Tom Walker)
Subject: Envelope command in Basic V

> I've just been browsing Wikipedia as one does, and read: "the ENVELOPE
> keyword from BASIC V onwards is a command which takes fourteen numeric
> parameters and does nothing".
> 
> Is this right? Why? So how does one get fancy sounds in Basic V?

BASIC V runs on the Archimedes, which has a very different sound system to
the BBC. Acorn implemented new commands to take advantage of this, but
decided for some reason not to provide full support for the older commands.

Tom



       
       
               
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