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Post #5 by MacMan
Source Forum68kMLA
CategoryHardware
Post DateTue, 4 Dec 2007 - 20:59
Original URLhttps://68kmla.org/bb/threads/bbc-master.10885/
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A few commands to get you started:

Load and run a program: CHAIN "progam name"

Get info about your machine: *HELP

Switch between ROM based applcations: *application name

There are a couple of aplications built-in to the Master's ROM, including View (word processor) and Viewsheet (spraedsheet). To start each one type *WORD and *VIEWSHEET respectively.

Soft-reset: press BREAK

Hard re-set: hold down CTRL then press and release BREAK. The machine should beep and clear the screen. Release CTRL.

There are many others too. There's a lot of old manuals and books floating about that can get you doing some pretty advances stuff with the BBC very quickly.

The BBC has BBC BASIC as it's built-in programming language. It is apparantly very similar to Apple BASIC, but I've never used an Apple ][ so I can't really say if it's true.