Syntax Error - AMSTRAD cpc 6128 User Instruction

Syntax Error
If the message: S
y n t a x err
0
r appears on the screen, the computer is telling you
that it does not understand an instruction that you have entered.
For example type in:
pr
i
n t t [RETURN]
On the screen you will see the message:
Syntax error
The message appears because the computer has not understood the instruction:
printt
If you type a mistake in the line of a program, such as:
1 0
p r i
n t t "a be"
[RETURN]
The S
y
n t a x err
q
r message will not appear until the instruction is processed by
the computer when the program is run.
Type in:
run
[RETURN]
(This command tells the computer to carry out the program that you have just typed
into the memory.)
On the screen you will see:
Syntax error in 10
10 IDrintt "abe"
---
'I'his-me~sagetellsyou
in-w hich-linethe error has occurred, and displays the program --
line, together with the editing cursor so that you can correct the mistake.
Press the cursor-right key
~
until the cursor is over the t in pr in t t. Now press the
[CLR] key to remove the unwanted t , then press the [RETURN] key to enter the
corrected line into the computer.
Now type in:
run
[RETURN]
.... and you will see that the computer has accepted the instruction, and has printed:
abe
Finally, check that you have observed the following warnings given at the beginning
ofthis manual, in the section entitled 'IMPORTANT':
INSTALLATION NOTES 4,5
OPERATION NOTE 1
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