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the NMI handling routine. Here bit 3 of port 0 is reset, and CONFLG is tested to see if the program has arrived at this point from an E command (in which case CONFLG is not zero), or from some other source, such as a single step command, a breakpoint, or a hardware NMI. If it came an E command CONFLG is now set to zero, so that a subsequent NMI is handled correctly, if a breakpoint has been entered Restart 32 (£E7) is inserted, and the NMI handling routine jumps back to the executed program with a RETN. At last the program you started with Exxxx is running. You will see what happens if CONFLG is zero when we discuss the single step command.

F (Error)

F is not a valid command letter in either Nas-Sys 1 or Nas-Sys 3, and an error message is produced when it is entered. I use the command for a Find routine, which searches from a specified address for a string of up to 9 bytes.

2B          FIND      DEC HL              HL holds start address
3A 0B 0C              LD A, (ARGN)        Get number of values
FE 02                 CP 2                Must be at least 2
30 03                 JR NC, VALID        If so, continue
DF 6B                 SCAL ERRM           iF not, print Error
C9                    RET                 and end routine
3D          VALID     DEC A               Get string length
4F                    LD C, A             Save string length in C
41          SRCHLP    LD B, C             Transfer to B
11 0E 0C              LD DE, £0C0E        Point DE to first byte
1A                    LD A, (DE)          Get first byte
23          SRCH1     INC HL              Look for first byte
BE                    CP (HL)             Found it?
20 FC                 JR NZ, SRCH1        If not, continue to look
05                    DEC B               Only on byte to find
28 09                 JR Z, CALLDS        If so, go to display
13          SRCH2     INC DE              If not, look for second
13                    INC DE              Get next in string
1A                    LD A, (DE)          Go to next memory byte
23                    INC HL              Are they the same?
BE                    CP (HL)             If not, start again
20 ED                 JR NZ, SRCHLP       Look for rest of string
10 F7                 DJNZ SRCH2          All found, so tabulate
D7 08                 RCAL TAB            Wait for keypress
CF                    RST 8               Is it an escape?
FE 1B                 CP “ESCAPE”         Look for next string
20 E4                 JR NZ, SRCHLP       Output, CR
DF 6A                 SCAL CRLF           End routine
C9                    RET

* * TAB routine starts here * *

The TAB routine used by the above program is the same as the one in the comparison routine, and the code for this should be entered at the position marked above. Of course, if you use both the compare and the Find routine,