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Summary of Apple II Monitor Commands

The Apple II Monitor document describes commands for examining and modifying memory, moving and comparing memory contents, saving and loading memory to cassette tape, running and listing programs, performing arithmetic, and controlling input/output. It also provides commands for invoking a mini-assembler from the Monitor.

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Summary of Apple II Monitor Commands

The Apple II Monitor document describes commands for examining and modifying memory, moving and comparing memory contents, saving and loading memory to cassette tape, running and listing programs, performing arithmetic, and controlling input/output. It also provides commands for invoking a mini-assembler from the Monitor.

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Summary of Apple II Monitor

Commands

Examining Memory.
• {adrs}
Examines the value contained in one location. 
• {adrs1}.{adrs2}
Displays the values contained in all locations between {adrs1} and {adrs2}. 
• [RETURN]
Displays the values in up to eight locations following the last opened location. 

Changing the Contents of Memory.


• {adrs}:{val} {val} ...
Stores the values in consecutive memory locations starting at {adrs}. 
• :{val} {val}
Stores values in memory starting at the next changeable location. 

Moving and Comparing.


• {dest}<{start}.{end}M
Copies the values in the range {start}.{end} into the range beginning at {dest}. (M=move) 
• {dest}<{start}.{end}V
Compares the values in the range {start}.{end} to those in the range beginning at {dest}. (V=verify) 

Saving and Loading via Cassette Tape.


• {start}.{end}W
Writes the values in the memory range {start}.{end} onto tape, preceded by a ten­second leader. 
• {start}.{end}R
Reads values from tape, storing them in memory beginning at {start} and stopping at {end}. Prints 
"ERR" if an error occurs. 

Running and Listing Programs.


• {adrs}G
Transfers control to the machine language program beginning at {adrs}. (G=go) 
• {adrs}L
Disassembles and displays 20 instructions, starting at {adrs}. Subsequent L's will display 20 more 
instructions each. (L=list) 

Miscellaneous.
• {adrs}S
Disassemble, display, and execute the instruction at {adrs}, and display the contents of the 6502's 
internal registers. Subsequent S's will display and execute successive instructions. (S=step) 
• {adrs}T
Step infinitely. The TRACE command stops only when it executes a BRK instruction or when you 
press RESET. (T=trace) 
• Contrl­E
Displays the contents of the 6502's registers. (E=examine) 
• I
Set Inverse display mode. 
• N
Set Normal display mode. Also useful as a delimiter for putting multiple commands on one line. 
• Control­B
Enter the language currently installed in the Apple's ROM (cold start at $E000). 
• Control­C
Reenter the language currently installed in the Apple's ROM (warm start at $E003). 
• {val1}+{val2}
Add the two values and print the result. 
• {val2}­{val1}
Subtract the second value from the first and print the result. 
• {slot} Control­P
Divert output to the device whose interface card in in slot number {slot}. If {slot}=0, then route 
output to the Apple's screen. 
• {slot} Control­K
Accept input from the device whose interface card is in slot number {slot}. If {slot}=0, then accept 
input from the Apple's keyboard. 
• Control­Y
Jump to the machine language subroutine at location $03F8. This lets you add your own commands to 
the Monitor. 

The Mini-Assembler.
• F666G
Invoke the Mini­Assembler. 
• ${command}
Execute a Monitor command from the Mini­Assembler. 
• FF69G
Leave the Mini­Assembler. 

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