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Chapter
1
Installing the Software
This chapter begins with a general description of your BASIC Development
Software and then steps you through installing the software on your personal
computer. Major topics include:
• a general description of the BASIC Development Software
• the necessary hardware for installation
• the BASIC Development Software disk sets
• how to install your software
• how to back up your disks
What Your Software
Does
This section provides a general outline of what the BASIC Development Software
can do. Standard features of the BASIC Development Software include:
• communication terminal capabilities
• debugger feature to troubleshoot software that is executing on the BASIC or
BASIC-T module
• translator utility to convert BASIC Development Software programs for
downloading to the module
• windows that allow you to edit up to 100 files (or different parts of the same
files) simultaneously
• adjacent window function for easy movement between split windows
• pull-down menu system and QuickStroke shortcuts
• dynamic display function key labels with [Shift] [Ctrl] and [Alt] keys
• user-definable keystroke macros that allow you to replace a series of commonly
used keystrokes with a single keystroke
• undo up to 65,535 operations and then redo the last undo
• line, stream, and columnar block operations, including inter-window copy,
move, and cut-and-paste capability
• search and replace multi-file search across directories or files
• DOS shell and DOS directory shell with multi-directory display
• Hypertext help that provides a context-sensitive on-line help system, available
at all times
• automatic extension that allows specific default setups for editing, translating,
and compiling
• language support (auto-indent, construct matching) for BASIC
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