Description

This BASIC extension was created by Sebastiaan (Bas) Weigel and distributed by the Dutch MSX Gids magazine in 1988. A demo is provided on the floppy disk.

To install it, you need to enter RUN"ULTRA.BAS" or BLOAD"ULTRA",R. The installation will provoke a soft reset. You need to remove the Ultra BASIC disk from the drive during this soft reset, that gives a permanent status to the extension in the RAM (see also CALL DEACTIVATE).

Instructions (general info)

Ultra BASIC comes with 42 new instructions. Some of them allow to directly use a non-documented MSX1 screen with multicolored characters, many pokes or routines are also replaced by corresponding instructions.

Note: CALL can be replaced by the character underscore (_). A space is not required after this character. See CALL for more info.

Instructions (ordered per category)

Characters

Instruction	Generation	Related standard instruction
CALL ALTERCHR	MSX1	CHR$()
CALL DEFAULTCHR	MSX1	CHR$()
CALL PATTERN	MSX1	CHR$()
CALL SETCHR	MSX1	CHR$()

Colors

Instruction	Generation	Related standard instruction
CALL ALTERCOLOR	MSX1	COLOR
CALL HICOLOR	MSX1	COLOR
CALL HIRES	MSX1	SCREEN
CALL SETCOLOR	MSX1	COLOR

Conditions

Instruction	Generation	Related standard instruction
CALL DO...WHILE	MSX1	IF...GOTO...ELSE, IF...THEN...ELSE

Data Storage

Instruction	Generation	Related standard instruction
CALL DISK	MSX1

Debugging

Instruction	Generation	Related standard instruction
CALL DATLIN	MSX1	DATA, READ

Display

Instruction	Generation	Related standard instruction
CALL CLGRAPHIC	MSX1	PAINT
CALL DSCROLL	MSX1
CALL GETSCREEN	MSX1
CALL GRAPHIC	MSX1	PSET
CALL INGRAPHIC	MSX1	COPY
CALL LOWER	MSX1
CALL LSCROLL	MSX1
CALL PAGE	MSX1
CALL PUTGRAPHIC	MSX1	COPY, PSET
CALL RCLSCREEN	MSX1
CALL RSCROLL	MSX1
CALL SCROFF	MSX1
CALL SCRON	MSX1
CALL STOSCREEN	MSX1
CALL UPPER	MSX1
CALL USCROLL	MSX1

Keyboard

Instruction	Generation	Related standard instruction
CALL CAPSLOCK	MSX1
CALL CAPSOFF	MSX1
CALL CAPSON	MSX1
CALL INIFNK	MSX1	KEY
CALL KILLBUF	MSX1

Printer

Instruction	Generation	Related standard instruction
CALL POL	MSX1

RAM Access

Instruction	Generation	Related standard instruction
CALL DEEK	MSX1	PEEK
CALL DOKE	MSX1	POKE

Sound and Music

Instruction	Generation	Related standard instruction
CALL INIPSG	MSX1	BEEP

Sprites

Instruction	Generation	Related standard instruction
CALL CLRSPRITES	MSX1	SPRITE$()

Ultra BASIC System

Instruction	Generation	Related standard instruction
CALL DEACTIVATE	MSX1
CALL HELP	MSX1

Windows

Instruction	Generation	Related standard instruction
CALL CLP	MSX1	CLS
CALL DEFPAGE	MSX1
CALL NORMAL	MSX1

Instructions (alphabetical order)

Instruction	Generation	Type	Related standard instruction
CALL ALTERCHR	MSX1	Characters	CHR$()
CALL ALTERCOLOR	MSX1	Colors	COLOR
CALL CAPSLOCK	MSX1	Keyboard
CALL CAPSOFF	MSX1	Keyboard
CALL CAPSON	MSX1	Keyboard
CALL CLGRAPHIC	MSX1	Display	PAINT
CALL CLP	MSX1	Windows	CLS
CALL CLRSPRITES	MSX1	Sprites	SPRITE$()
CALL DATLIN	MSX1	Debugging	DATA, READ
CALL DEACTIVATE	MSX1	Ultrabasic System
CALL DEEK	MSX1	RAM Access	PEEK
CALL DEFAULTCHR	MSX1	Characters	CHR$()
CALL DEFPAGE	MSX1	Windows
CALL DISK	MSX1	Data Storage
CALL DO...WHILE	MSX1	Conditions	IF...GOTO...ELSE, IF...THEN...ELSE
CALL DOKE	MSX1	RAM Access	POKE
CALL DSCROLL	MSX1	Display
CALL GETSCREEN	MSX1	Display
CALL GRAPHIC	MSX1	Display	PSET
CALL HELP	MSX1	Ultrabasic System
CALL HICOLOR	MSX1	Colors	COLOR
CALL HIRES	MSX1	Colors
CALL INGRAPHIC	MSX1	Display	COPY
CALL INIFNK	MSX1	Keyboard	KEY
CALL INIPSG	MSX1	Sound and Music	BEEP
CALL KILLBUF	MSX1	Keyboard
CALL LOWER	MSX1	Display
CALL LSCROLL	MSX1	Display
CALL NORMAL	MSX1	Windows
CALL PAGE	MSX1	Display
CALL PATTERN	MSX1	Characters	CHR$()
CALL POL	MSX1	Printer
CALL PUTGRAPHIC	MSX1	Display	COPY
CALL RCLSCREEN	MSX1	Display
CALL RSCROLL	MSX1	Display
CALL SCROFF	MSX1	Display
CALL SCRON	MSX1	Display
CALL SETCHR	MSX1	Characters	CHR$()
CALL SETCOLOR	MSX1	Colors	COLOR
CALL STOSCREEN	MSX1	Display
CALL UPPER	MSX1	Display
CALL USCROLL	MSX1	Display

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