The BBC and Master Computer Public Domain Library

8FA4 '*'-Command

Submitted by Steve Fewell

Description:

Update the BASIC Text Pointer A address (&0B-&0C) to include the PTR A offset value (in Y) (i.e. add Y to PTR A).
BASIC Text pointer A now points to the start of the '*' command.
Set X (LSB - &0B) and Y (MSB - &0C) to the address of BASIC Text pointer A.
Call OSCLI (&FFF7) to execute the Operating System ('*') command.
Continue to &8FAE to skip the rest of the line and execute the next command line or program statement (or to return to
the command line prompt if the program has finished or we were not running a program.

Disassembly for the '*'-Command routine