AMPLE Nucleus Help Facility

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)

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.