Type-In Master [TIM] – the first full-page BASIC editor for the Amstrad CPC is released this weekend!
Most people agree that the CPC has one of the most powerful BASICs around, but let’s be honest — the built-in editor has always been a bit on the minimal side.
So, 42 years later, we decided to fix that by releasing a full-page BASIC editor !
The goal was to keep as much BASIC memory free as possible for the programmer. That’s why TIM doesn’t use a text or screen buffer, but instead hooks directly into the BASIC ROM functions.
This wasn’t an easy job — it took a lot of testing to find the right entry points for all the different ROM versions.
You can find more details on how to use the editor in the /Info file/, or just press elp inside TIM.
We hope some of you will enjoy using it :)
Happy coding!
Raft!
