Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!mx02.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: D Finnigan Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2.programmer Subject: Re: Streamlining Applesoft - The garbage collector Date: Mon, 29 Feb 2016 23:09:33 -0000 (UTC) Organization: Mac GUI Lines: 24 Message-ID: References: <7ad02214-d93e-4511-bb3d-c80e40614d5c@googlegroups.com> <6f8f2b6f-3c25-4030-893a-a5573dcad824@googlegroups.com> <5361254e-8102-4b1f-9fc2-06f40a164cec@googlegroups.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Mon, 29 Feb 2016 23:09:33 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: mx02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="ac9e0e4d7dd3957fb97803ee6801bab8"; logging-data="1796"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+FCf0V19NfWtgm2L1E+jnz" User-Agent: Mac GUI Usenet In-Reply-To: Cancel-Lock: sha1:WBmcKwf6xnMJ5TSOfrcwg/kF+tQ= Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.apple2.programmer:2391 Brian Patrie wrote: > On 2016-02-22 23:46, gids.rs@sasktel.net wrote: >>> b) The first letter has to be an uppercase or lowercase letter, right? >> >> Lowercase letters can be entered in, but are always converted to >> uppercase. > > This is only true of the IIc and later (incl the Enhanced IIe). The > original IIe and earlier firmwares do not convert to uppercase. (Of > course the II, and II+ keyboards don't produce lowercase, but there were > software ways.) Also, don't forget the feature that the Apple IIe had that would allow you to type the Applesoft tokens in uppercase, but make strings between double quotes (") in lower-case. What key command activated this? I think it was Escape-Control-R Yes, it was called Uppercase Restrict. -- ]DF$ The Marina IP stack for Apple II-- http://marina.a2hq.com/