Commodore VIC-20/64 Screen Codes
Recently, I decided to type in some short BASIC programs for my Commodore VIC-20. To be fair, I haven't written any code for the VIC-20 (or C64) in quite a few years. I quickly found myself hitting the wrong keys on the keyboard (e.g., @ instead of double quote, etc.). What I also quickly realized is just how many of the special screen control codes I had forgotten (almost all of them!). Screen Control Characters Screen control characters (not sure if this is the technical term or not) are a way of controlling cursor movement and text color on the…