Program to Initialize a Diskette

Posted by: Bill Martens Date: August 1, 1978 0 Likes 420 Views 
100 CALL -936 :PRINT " (insert your name, address and phone)"
200 PRINT "THIS DISK CONTAINS INTEGER BASIC PROGRAMS" (or game programs, etc.)
300 FOR 1=1 TO 1000:. NEXT I: CALL -936
400 PRINT "Dc CATALOG':END

Note: In line 400 after the first quote, hit the Control key and the “D” key at the same time. This is how the disk system responds to commands within a Basic program, with Control D in a print statement.

Author: Bill Martens
A.P.P.L.E. Chairman of the Board and Club president -- Bill worked for the founder, Val J. Golding and A.P.P.L.E. from 1981 to 1982. In 1999, he began archiving the materials which were distributed and sold by A.P.P.L.E.. That project led to the group that remained of A.P.P.L.E. Bill was involved in the financial industry in Tokyo and has over 20 major office infrastructure projects to his name. In March 2001, he retired to write books and to spend more time pursuing personal interests. As the president of the users group, Bill is in charge of distribution of Call-A.P.P.L.E. magazine as well as the organization of this web site. Bill currently resides in Tokyo, Japan and Shelton, Wa splitting time between the places.
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