Here we see operating system and BASIC version information for Station 1.

You may be wondering why the cursor has not shown up in any of these screenshots.

The reason for this is that these screenshots were taken whilst my DVD Recorder was connected to Station 200. One of the wonders of Econet is the ability for one station to view a copy of the screen of another station, using the *VIEW command.

So I was able to get the appropriate screen display on Station 1, VIEW it on Station 200 and then record the image with the attached DVD recorder. Unfortunately, *VIEW does not bring with it the cursor position on the remote station, and I couldn't find a way of reading the cursor position remotely so I could move it to the right position on Station 200's screen (although I am sure this should be possible) so instead I had to make do without by disabling the cursor.

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