This utility provides an easy way to check the syntax of
AMPLE Nucleus words. The information held in the ROM is based on the word index
in the AMPLE Nucleus Programmer Guide which was published in AMPLINEX 003.
Once loaded into Sideways RAM, any AMPLE Nucleus word can be
checked by typing *ANHF followed by the AMPLE word (e.g. *ANHF RAND).
The ROM will respond with three pieces of information:
Fn: a description of the
word's function
IO: the word's inputs and
outputs (if applicable)
St: the word's status
(i.e. if it can be used as a command or
inside a word definition)
inside a word definition)
A full stop (.) can
be used to abbreviate both the ROM command (e.g. *AN.) and the AMPLE Nucleus
word following it (e.g. *AN. G.). All words which match the letter(s) before
the full stop will be shown.
The file (U.ANHF) should be loaded into Sideways RAM. For
example:
*LOAD U.ANHF 8000 (BBC Model B)
*SRLOAD U.ANHF 8000 4 (BBC Master)
When loaded, press
CONTROL-BREAK to activate the ROM, then type *ANHF for instructions.
Published in AMPLINEX 008, November
1988
