Date   : Tue, 25 Mar 2008 22:20:02 +0000 (GMT)
From   : info@... (Sprow)
Subject: Help with setting station number on M128,

In article <E7B883E166CA4667861565089E783620.MAI@...>,
   Ian Wolstenholme <bbcmailinglist@...> wrote:
> I'll have to remember this about the co-processor being disabled when I
> update my station-setting page!  
>
> I had problems getting the routine to work originally (which is more or
> less a direct lift of the method given in the Master Advanced Reference
> Manual) until I put in a short delaying loop between the user inputting
> the station number required and the value being poked into the CMOS
> RAM.  This unnoticeable "pause" seemed to make the difference between
> it not working and working, but I don't know why.

I didn't understand the 
 DIM stn 1
 ?stn = n
 ?blah = ?stn
business, why not just assign 'blah' directly?

Checking if the Tube is active might be a good first line to add (OSByte
&EA) and quitting if it is,
Sprow.