BANK NEW a
BANK a LINE 2,2
ERASE 2,2
LIST

and finally:

BANK a MERGE

You'll see that the line you erased with ERASE 2,2, is back into place

NextZXOS also provides one more command we've already seen but haven't sufficiently explained yet:

[BANK n] LIST [#c] [PROC name()]

which just lists the program (and optionally redirects its output to a stream) that's currently in memory. Optionally LIST can produce the list of the program that's currently in BANK n, or list a program whether banked or not starting with the procedure name()

%CODE

NextBASIC options are controlled by the special %CODE integer variable. This is reset to zero when a program is loaded/run.

Currently available options are:

Bit Use
0 if set, %RND n and RND(n) return values between 0..n, rather than 0..–1
1 if set, the BREAK key is disabled

The Browser

In order to allow easier navigation of your files, NextZXOS comes with the Browser, a program that allows you to do so in a visual way. The Browser features the following:

  • Easy navigation of drives and folders
  • File management facilities: copying, erasing, renaming and moving of files
  • Quick virtual disk mapping
  • Automatic launching of known file types
  • Extensible architecture for launching
  • Cursor key or joystick navigation

The Browser is launched by using the EDIT key to bring up the NextZXOS menus or directly upon bootup by selecting the first entry in the NextZXOS Startup menu.

The Browser Window

Once the menu is selected and ENTER is pressed, the screen changes to the Browser window containing a list of the files located in the default drive and folder (as set by the CD, LOAD, SAVE, MERGE or VERIFY commands in NextBASIC). Normally upon initial boot this will be c:/ but subsequent runs without a complete power down may show different locations reflecting the last drive and folder set as default. Note that you do not need to switch to NextBASIC to set a default drive and folder. Whatever you select with the Browser has the exact same effect for NextBASIC, as giving one of the aforementioned commands.


ZX Spectrum Next User Manual, 3rd Edition (ISBN 978-1-5272-5496-1), written and illustrated by Phoebus R. Dokos. Copyright © 2020-2024 Phoebus Dokos / SpecNext Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. This is a transcription and can contain errors; check any doubt against the printed page.