How To Use The Bank Manager - AMSTRAD cpc 6128 User Instruction

How to use the BANI{ MANAGER
Reset the computer [CONTROL] [SHIFT] [ESC], then insert Side 1 of your system
discs package and type:
RUN "BANKMAN"
The loading procedure is detailed in Chapter 7 part 13 on RSX's (Resident System
eXtensions), and it is advisable to have some understanding about RSX's and also
about reserving memory space, before. using these routines in your programs.
However, to try the following examples, you will not need to understand the loading
procedure.
Type:
MODE
PRINT "THIS IS THE DEFAULT SCREEN"
ISCREENSWAP,1,2
The text should have disappeared. You are now looking at what used to be stored as
Screen 2 (in Block 2). If the machine has just been switched on, this will probably be a
random pattern. To clear this pattern, type:
MODE 1
.... then type:
PRINT "THIS IS SCREEN 2"
ISCREENSWAP,1,2
Your original text reappears. If you now repeat the
I
S eRE ENS W A P , 1 , 2
command, you can see that the contents of the two screens are being exchanged. You
can swap the contents of any of the five screens with each other, but bear in mind that
only when you do a swap involving Screen 1 will the display be altered.
The other command available is
I
S eRE EN COP Y . This allows you to copy one screen
onto another, overwriting it with a new image.
Type:
MODE
PRINT "THIS IS A SCREEN TO COPY"
ISCREENCOPY,2,1
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