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> I'm trying to figure out how to tokenize a text file that I downloaded
> with the modem.  Right now it is a CBM ascii sequential file.
> ...
> The solution I have in mind is to write a machine language 
> routine to open the file and run it through the keyboard buffer just 
> as though it had been typed in.  Any other ways this could be done?  
> What about the program or direct mode in register 157?  Any help would
> be appreciated.
> 
> Mike Nelson
> ihuxf!cuda
> AT&T Bell Labs

I hate myself for it, but I just had to try it.  Sort of like a brain teaser
but worse.  The little program below does the trick on a c128.  Now you can
edit your BASIC programs with a real editor.  (The CBM Editor that comes with
the c64 assembler is not a real editor :-).  What it does is opens a channel
to a SEQ disk file, and makes it the default input channel.  BASIC then sucks
'keys' directly from the file instead of the keyboard/screen, merrily crunchin'
and a linkin' as she reads.  We simply have to wedge IMAIN to catch the status
set by reading the last line from disk so that normal I/O can be restored after
the 'load'.  I do not suggest you try this on a c64- the 64 does not do a
clean job of allowing I/O redirection!  Note this program expects everything,
including line numbers, to be in petscii (same for as if you had listed your
BASIC program to disk via OPEN/CMD/LIST).  I really hate myself for this.


1 REM  LOAD A BASIC LIST (SEQ) FILE, CRUNCH & LINK IT ON C128
2 REM  19AUGUST86   FRED BOWEN
3 REM
10 READ A$,B$: ADR=DEC(A$): PRG=ADR
20 DO: POKE ADR,DEC(B$): ADR=ADR+1: READB$: LOOP UNTIL B$="END"
30 INPUT "[cls]FILENAME TO LOAD & LINK"; F$
40 POKE DEC("34A"),13: POKEDEC("34B"),13: POKEDEC("D0"),2
50 PRINT "[cls][d][d]OPEN 8,8,8,";CHR$(34);F$;",S,R";CHR$(34);":SYS";PRG;",,8"
60 PRINT "CLOSE 8[home]";
70 NEW
100 DATA 1800
110 DATA 86,15,20,C6,FF,AD,02,03,AE,03,03,85,FB,86,FC,A9
120 DATA 20,A2,18,8D,02,03,8E,03,03,A2,00,86,7F,86,90,EA
130 DATA A5,90,D0,03,6C,FB,00,20,CC,FF,A9,00,85,15,A5,FB
140 DATA A6,FC,8D,02,03,8E,03,03,6C,02,03,END

where [cls] is CHR$(147) clear screen and [d] is CHR$(17) cursor down.

What the ML looks like:

	01800  86 15    STX $15		;BASIC's CHANNL
	01802  20 C6 FF JSR $FFC6	;CHKIN
	01805  AD 02 03 LDA $0302	;save BASIC's IMAIN vector
	01808  AE 03 03 LDX $0303
	0180B  85 FA    STA $FB
	0180D  86 FB    STX $FC
	0180F  A9 20    LDA #$20	;point IMAIN to us
	01811  A2 18    LDX #$18
	01813  8D 02 03 STA $0302
	01816  8E 03 03 STX $0303
	01819  A2 00    LDX #$00
	0181B  86 7F    STX $7F		;clear RUNMOD
	0181D  86 90    STX $90		;clear STATUS
	0181F  EA       NOP 

	01820  A5 90    LDA $90		;begin our IMAIN wedge- check STATUS
	01822  D0 03    BNE $1827 	;branch if not clear
	01824  6C FA 00 JMP ($00FB)	;else continue normal IMAIN

	01827  20 CC FF JSR $FFCC	;CLRCH
	0182A  A9 00    LDA #$00
	0182C  85 15    STA $15		;clear BASIC's CHANNL too
	0182E  A5 FA    LDA $FB		;restore IMAIN
	01830  A6 FB    LDX $FC
	01832  8D 02 03 STA $0302
	01835  8E 03 03 STX $0303
	01838  6C 02 03 JMP ($0302)	;done. return to READY
-- 
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