!pr0
!lm12
!rm75
Optional Patch for TEXT/ Command...........Bob Sander-Cederlof

Several have asked how to patch the character output at the beginning of each line by the TEXT/ command.  TEXT/ normally writes your source code as a text file with control-I in place of each line number.

At $1AAD in the mother-board version, or $DAAD in the language card version, you will find $88.  This is control-I minus one.  Put what every character you wish there, less one.  For example, if you want a leading space on each line, put $1F in $1AAD and/or $DAAD.



Short Note About Prime Benchmarks.................Frank Hirai
                                             West Lebanon, NH

About your faster primes articles (Vol 2 #1, Vol 2 #5, and Vol 3 #2)....  If you go back to Jim Gilbreath's original BYTE article you will find that the times he lists are for TEN iterations.  As such they are not unreasonable for Integer BASIC and Applesoft.  When comparing times for your 6502 assembly language versions, remember to multiply by ten!

Even so, 1.83 seconds for 10 iterations using Anthony Brightwell's program in the Apple compares quite well against 1.12 seconds for 10 iterations in an 8 MHz Motorola 68000.

[ ...and wait till we try it on a Number Nine 6502 card at 3.6 MHz!  Or with a 65C02! ]
