Mattel Aquarius — Mattel Aquarius Home Computer User Manual (NTSC) — Setup & BASIC Guide PDF (EN)

LIST - Tells the computer to PR INT A LIST of the rns truc· tions in a pr ram. Type LIST jnd prt ss RTN . Or press CT L - 2 and then I RTN 1. RUN , NEW, CONT, LIST THE RESET KEY The most frequently used com· There are two different ways to mands in Immediate Mode are those that tell the computer to do something w1th a PR OG RAM . Some of these are: list a program: When you press the RST (short for Reset) key. you go back to the first screen display you saw wl 1en you turned your Aquarius on. On this screen is the instruc· Iron: • Type LIST only Aquanus w1ll print your entire program, one screenful at a time. When t11e screen fills up. I sling w1ll stop. To see th e ne xt sc re enful.

ress an~xcept I CTL I. SHIFT or L.B§IJ. RUN- Tells Aquanus to EX EC UTE the instructions in a ~m . Type RUN and press l...Bit::!J . T presj 1 c TL 1- ITJ and then RTN . • Type LI ST and a line number. Aquanus w1ll pnnt your entire pr ogr am. beginnrng with that line number, one screenful at a time. To see the next screenfut. ress anl key ycept l CT L I. SHIFT or RST . NEW- Tells Aquanus to ERASE a program from memory. Type NEW and press I RTN I. There is no control shortcut for th is co mma nd . CONT - CONT means CONTINUE. It tells Aquan us to resume executing the program after rt has been halted by a STOP statement rn the pro· gram.

(See pages 12 and 13 in the Re ference Se clfon for details.) There is no CTL short· cu t for this command. To STOP LIST IN G when you reach a line you want to change. press I CTL 1-1~]. This will temporarily take you out of LIST. so you can ed1t. (See How To If you press the RTN key after press~ng RST . you will see the screen display with the copynqht notice. EV ER YTHING STORED IN MEMORY (RAM) WILL BE ERA S ED. If you have a progr am rn RAM . 11 will be erased. In com· puler talk. this IS called a "cold start" Ed1t. page 10 .) To continue listing. when you are finrshed ~ type LIST and press L.!ill!J.