Freezing Basic

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Re: Freezing Basic

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R-Tape wrote: Wed May 16, 2018 8:03 pm Is it possible to properly freeze BASIC (disable BREAK) without using POKE or any USR?
There was a small machine code routine printed in Your Sinclair's Program Pitstop - I'm sure it was under the confusing name of 'Break-Out'. It made BASIC unbreakable. The BREAK key was just treated as if you pressed the SPACE bar on its own.
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R-Tape wrote: Wed May 16, 2018 8:03 pm without using POKE or any USR?
Custom ROM'd do it! ;P
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