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== Description ==
A collection of ROM utilities and tools aimed to help programmers. It was written and distributed by [[Micro Power Ltd.]]

== Version 1.2a ==

ROM details:
 Rom type:	 Background
 Version:	 0.21
 Rom Name:	 P T 

Commands:

{|
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! Command !! Description
|-
| MEDIT||A Memory Editor
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| UNPROTECT||Unprotect a Basic file
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| DUMP||Dump the screen to the printer
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| CIRCLE||
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| VDU||
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| INFO||Display information about a file
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| COMPACT||Remove REM lines
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| CDUMP||Shaded screen dump to printer, depicting up to 9 colours.
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| COMMAND||Display the list of commands sorted by command type
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| TURTLE||
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| XREF||Search for where a line gets called from, eg <nowiki>|xref,980</nowiki> will show all the lines that use a GOTO 980 line.
|-
| TUNE||Play a tune, eg <nowiki>|tune,"DEFEB B A DEGEAAG DEGEG  A F# DDAGDEGEBBA"</nowiki>
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| ECHO.ON||Redirect screen output to the printer.
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| ECHO.OFF||Turn off screen redirection.
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| EDITOR||Start up a multi-window basic editor.
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| NORMAL||Disable editor.
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| W1||Switch to Window 1 if the editor is enabled.
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| W2||Switch to Window 2 if the editor is enabled.
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| W3||Switch to Window 3 if the editor is enabled.
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| FIND||Search the currently loaded BASIC file for a string and edit that line.
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| PAGE.ON||Enable paging mode. The screen will pause if displaying a large file, eg <nowiki>|page.on:|command</nowiki>
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| PAGE.OFF||Disable paging mode.
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| CHARACTER||
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| SCREEN||Page screens in and out, eg <nowiki>|screen,1:print "Hello world":|screen,2:print "Screen 2"</nowiki>
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| PICTURE||
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| LTRON||Send trace output to printer
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| LTROFF||Disable tracing
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| SOUNDLAB||Interactive sound envelope editor
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| KEYBOARD||Toggle keyboard settings, eg <nowiki>|keyboard,1</nowiki> enables caps lock.
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| BAUD||
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| ROMS||Display a list of roms and the commands that they provide.
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| ASSEMBLE||
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| KILL||Disable ROMs, eg <nowiki>|KILL,1,2</nowiki>
|-
| TIDYLIST||List a BASIC file with an easier to read format, eg Loops are indented, multiple lines are split out etc.
|}

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== Download ==

* [[media:Toolbox10.zip|Programmers Toolbox 1.0a]]

* [[media:pt12a.zip|Programmers Toolbox 1.2a]]

[[Category:Expansion_ROM]]