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From: creps@silver.bacs.indiana.edu (Steve Creps)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: editing IBM BASIC programs
Message-ID: <450@silver.bacs.indiana.edu>
Date: Tue, 1-Dec-87 04:02:18 EST
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Posted: Tue Dec  1 04:02:18 1987
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In article <1987Nov30.001912.20101@utstat.uucp> anthony@utstat.uucp (Anthony Ayiomamitis) writes:
>	Can someone advise me how I can edit an IBM BASIC program using a
>word processor (such as WordPerfect)? As you know, when using the SAVE command
>the disk file is NOT ASCII.
   try SAVE "FILE",A

>	Also, how does one issue a DOS command through BASIC? For example, if
>I want to issue the "timer/s" command during the execution of my program, how
>do I accomplish this?
   SHELL "timer/s"

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