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Quickstart
Load the RM BASICx64 application. The prompt with a flashing cursor means it’s ready to receive instructions.
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Enter a program to change the screen mode, change the colours, and print a message. Putting a line number at the beginning of an instruction tells the interpret to store this as a line of code in memory instead of executing it immediately.
:10 SET MODE 40 : REM High-colour mode
:20 SET BORDER 5 : SET PAPER 9 : CLS : REM Dark cyan border and light blue paper
:30 SET PEN 0 : REM Black pen
:40 PRINT "Hello! This is my first RM Basic program."
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Use the LIST command to review your program.
:LIST
10 SET MODE 40 : REM High-colour mode
20 SET BORDER 5 : SET PAPER 9 : CLS : REM Dark cyan border and light blue paper
30 SET PEN 0 : REM Black pen
40 PRINT "Hello! This is my first RM Basic program in a while."
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Execute the program with the RUN command.
:RUN
Now save the program so we can load it next time with the LOAD command.
:SAVE "firstprog"
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To start again from scratch just wipe the workspace with the NEW command. LIST shows there’s no longer any program stored.
:NEW
:LIST
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Or try loading some of the example programs. Use the DIR command to list all the programs in your workspace including the examples.