Pause - ZiLOG Z80-RIO Operating System User's Manual

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PAUSE
SYNTAX
PAUSE
DESCRIPTION
PAUSE
Issues successive Read Status requests to unit 1 (CONIN)
until either the ESCape Pending flag or the TIB Full flag is
active (see section 3.4.3). If a character is ready to be input,
it is absorbed and the program executes a normal return. If an
ESCape is pending, subsequent commands in the command
string are ignored.
I/O UNIT UTILIZATION
Unit 1: read request
EXAMPLE
The content of the command file MOVE.IT is:
MOVE,iECHO INSERT DISKETTESiPAUSEiIiX 4400
This command file will result in the following interaction
when executed (Brief mode) :
DO MOVE.IT
INSERT DISKETTES
iMOVE
is loaded
iECHO
is loaded and executed
iPAUSE waits for one character
i(not ESC) to be entered and
ithen MOVE is executed (MCZ
iaddress). Entering ESC would
ihave resulted in direct
ireturn to RIO without executing
iMOVE
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