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C-PS/8 FOCAL, 1971
 1.05 C MISCL1.RE
 1.10 L C FOCAL.TM
 1.20 I (-FABS(Q-.2))1.25;S K3=0;L G INDEX.RE
 1.25 T "***** MISCELLANEOUS"!!!!
 1.30 T "WORDS AND PHRASES LISTED UNDER MISCELLANEOUS IN THE INDEX BUT NOT GIVEN"!
 1.40 T "IN THE 	BULK	 PRINT OUT ARE FOUND UNDER THEIR OWN NAMES.  	FILES	, FOR"!
 1.50 T "EXAMPLE, IS DESCRIBED UNDER 	FILE COMMANDS	."!!!!
 1.60 G 3.1
 2.10 D 3.22;D 3.24;D 3.26;D 3.28;T !!!!
 3.10 T "***** CHANGES FROM FOCAL,1969:"!!
 3.11 T "PROGRAMS WRITTEN IN FOCAL,1969 SHOULD REQUIRE ONLY ONE CHANGE TO"!
 3.12 T "RUN UNDER PS/8 FOCAL,1971:"!!
 3.13 T :5,"THE INPUT DEVICE IS SWITCHED TO THE HIGH SPEED PAPER TAPE READER"!
 3.14 T :5,"WITH THE 	OPEN INPUT PTR:	 COMMAND AND SWITCHED BACK TO THE TERMINAL"!
 3.15 T :5,"WITH 	OPEN INPUT TTY:,ECHO	 INSTEAD OF WITH THE 	*	 COMMAND OF"!
 3.16 T :5,"FOCAL,1969."!!!!"OTHER CHANGES INCLUDE:"!!!
 3.18 T " 1) EXTENDED LIBRARY FEATURES WITH DEVICE-INDEPENDENT CHAINING"!
 3.20 T :5,"AND SUBROUTINE CALLS BETWEEN PROGRAMS."!!
 3.21 T " 2) "
 3.22 T :5,"FILE READING AND WRITING COMMANDS, 10 DIGIT PRECISION, AND/OR STANDARD"!
 3.24 T :5,"TRIG FUNCTIONS, WHICH MAY BE DELETED BY THE INITIAL DIALOGUE TO ALLOW UP TO"!
 3.26 T :5,"222 VARIABLES WITH 5500 CHARACTER PROGRAMS; WITH ALL FEATURES"!
 3.28 T :5,"RETAINED, 98 VARIABLES AND 3500 CHARACTERS REMAIN."!!
 3.30 T " 3) COMPUTED LINE NUMBERS."!!
 3.32 T " 4) TABULATION."!!
 3.34 T " 5) IMPROVED DISTRIBUTION AND 	PSEUDO-RANDOM	 INITIALIZATION OF 	FRAN()	,"!
 3.36 T :5,"THE PSEUDO-RANDOM NUMBER FUNCTION."!!
 3.38 T " 6) UNLIMITED LINE LENGTHS."!!
 3.40 T " 7) CHARACTER MANIPULATIONS HANDLED WITH 	FIN()	 AND 	FOUT()	."!!
 3.42 T " 8) FSGN(0)=0  [FSGN(0)=1 IN FOCAL,1969]"!!
 3.44 T " 9) 	ERASE ALL	 AND 	MODIFY	 DO NOT ERASE VARIABLES."!!
 3.46 T "10) IN ADDITION TO THE FDIS() DISPLAY FUNCTION FOR DEC	S 34D DISPLAY,"!
 3.48 T :5"VERSIONS ARE AVAILABLE WITH DISPLAY AND JOYSTICK FUNCTIONS FOR "!
 3.50 T :5,"THE TEKTRONIX T-4002 GRAPHIC COMPUTER TERMINAL."!!
 3.52 T "11) 3 SPECIAL VARIABLES ARE PROTECTED FROM THE 	ERASE	 COMMAND ---"!
 3.54 T :5,"	!	, 	";S DU=FOUT(162);T "	,AND 		.  		 IS SET TO 1 BY THE INITIAL DIALOGUE"!
 3.56 T :5,"IF ALL OPTIONAL FEATURES OF PS/8 FOCAL ARE DELETED, AND TO 2310 IF"!
 3.58 T :5,"STANDARD FEATURES ARE RETAINED."!!
 3.60 T  "12) PS/8 FOCAL	S STARTING ADDRESS IS 10200 (FIELD 1)."!!!!
 3.70 T "
  CTRL/P IS THE BREAK CHARACTER"!
 3.80 T "
  ------ -- --- ----- ---------"!!!
 3.90 T "NOTE:  PS/8 FOCAL DATA FILES ARE COMPATIBLE WITH EDIT AND TECO-8;"!
 3.92 T :8"HOWEVER, PS/8 FOCAL PROGRAM FILES ARE SAVED AS CORE IMAGES."!!!!!!!!
 7.10 G 7+Q
 7.20 L R COMMA1.RE 1.2
 7.61 L R MISCL2.RE 8.1



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