SC> Does anyone know how to load an ASCII text file into AMOS, so it 
 SC> can successfully be stored in memory say for instructions etc.

In psuedo-basic (Hmm, isn't that what Amos is?)

 DIM a$(1000)                   ; Naturally, 1000 elements is subject
                                  to variation!
 ii=0
 OPEN "I",#3,"MyFile"
 WHILE NOT EOF(#3)
   ii=ii+1  
   LINE INPUT #3,a$(ii)
 WEND
 CLOSE #3

That'll then load up your textfile into a$().  You'll also know how many
lines of text you have if you store your ii counter somewhere, too!

And since strings in BASIC can be up to 32k long, you might not even need
it in an array, one string might well be enough?

The key commands there are OPEN and LINE INPUT.  LINE INPUT takes in a
single linefeed-terminated line, as opposed to INPUT.  LINE INPUT basically
ignores all the commas, and inverted commas, etc.

  Mea Culpa,
 Peter Deane

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