Radio Shack TRS-80 PC-3 Owner's Manual page 154

1 PAUSE print expr
2 PAUSE print expr , print expr
3 PAUSE print list
Where: print list
and: print expr
is: print expr
or: print expr ; print list
is: expression
or: USING clause; expression
The USING clause is described separately under USING
Abbreviations: PA., PAU., PAUS.
See also: LPRINT, PRINT, USING, and WAIT
Purpose
The PAUSE verb is used to print information on the display for a short period.
Use
The PAUSE verb is used to display prompting information, results of calculations, etc. The operation of PAUSE is identical to
PR INT except that, after PAUSE, the PC-3 Computer waits for a short preset interval of about .85 seconds, and then continues
execution of the program without waiting for the ENTE R key or the WAIT interval.
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