Ahoy’s Flank Speed (Gordon F. Wheat)

Title – Flankspeed
System – Commodore 64
Author – Gordon F. Wheat
Publication – Ahoy! Magazine, multiple issues, this specific one is from November, 1987
Page Scans – 1
Preserved by – eboy71
Recommended Emulator – VICE

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Loading the Game –

• Mount the disk image (ahoy utilities.d64) in your emulator. In VICE, this is done by selecting File → Attach Disk Image
• Load the app by typing LOAD”FLANKSPEED”,8
• Once loaded, type RUN to start

Overview:

Flankspeed is a utility published by Ahoy! Magazine used for typing in machine language programs. It provides an interface for entering the hex code and also for proofreading the code as each line is entered.

Article Text

Flankspeed will allow you to enter machine language Ahoy! programs without any mistakes. Once you have typed the program in, save it for future use. While entering an ML program with Flankspeed there is no need to enter spaces or hit the carriage return. This is all done automatically. If you make an error in a line a bell will ring and you will be asked to enter it again. To LOAD in a program Saved with Flankspeed use LOAD “name” 1,1 for tape, or LOAD ”name”8,1 for disk. The function keys may be used after the starting and ending addresses have been entered,

F1 – SAVEs what you have entered so far.
F3 – LOADs in a program worked on previously.
F5 – To continue on a line you stopped on after LOADing in the previous saved work.
F7 – Scans through the program to locate a particular line, or to find out where you stopped the last time you entered the program. It temporarily freezes the output as well.

Editor’s Note:

A column of 2-letter codes are displayed after each line in the program listing. These are proofreading codes that are generated by “BUG REPELLENT”, an Ahoy! Magazine utility for proofreading lines of BASIC code. Bug Repellent is included on ahoy utilities.d64. You can find more information about Ahoy!’s Bug Repellent here.