Editing Format; Printer Switch (P Command) - Sharp MZ-700 Basic Manual

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In order to make the input of machine language programs easier, the DISK BASIC
has a monitor section following the IOCS section. As the stack work area, $FFOO -
$FFFF (hexadecimal) are used.
This monitor, in the same way as the BASIC, has a built-in screen editor, and, by
using the editing format described below, any address of the main memory 64K bytes
can be rewritten.
3.1 EDITING FORMAT
: Address
=
dataL-JdataL-Jdata
: (Colon)
..... a symbol which indicates an editable line
Address
..... designated by a four digit hexadecimal; main memory address, including
heading data (0000 - FFFF)
= (equal mark)
..... a separator used to distinguish address and data
Data
..... designated by two digit hexadecimal or semi-colon
+
character; 8-bit data or
specified character ASCII code is written into specified memory address; as a
rule, a space is used for data intervals.
3.2 PRINTER SWITCH (P Command)
Directs D and F commands to printer or screen. When in monitor, becomes screen
mode. The mode reverses each time this command is executed. If a printer is not
connected, ERR? appears and a command is awaited, so check the printer or execute
the P command to return to the screen mode.