Date   : Wed, 06 Dec 2006 22:18:28 +0000 (GMT)
From   : kranser@... (Steve Fewell)
Subject: Scrolling scrolling scrolling...

--- Ian Wolstenholme <BBCMailingList@...>
wrote:

> An alternative to my earlier solution, which should
> work on
> a BBC B although I have only tried it on the Master,
> is to
> define a single-character text window at (39,31):
> 
> 10 MODE 1
> 20 VDU 28,39,31,39,31
> 30 PRINT"*";
> 40 VDU 26
> 

Another alternative is to use graphics cursor mode
(VDU 5):

10 MODE 1
20 VDU 5
30 PRINTTAB(0,0);"a";
40 PRINTTAB(39,31);"*";
50 PRINTTAB(0,0)

Steve.


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