You have probably noticed how LocoScript manages to underline characters on screen and display text in reverse video, and you might wonder how this is achieved. With a bit of cleverness, you can add some life to your dull text screens this way.

To underline text, print (using PRINT) the characters CHR$(27)"r" before displaying it, and then CHR$(27)"u" to disable underlining.

Similarly, for reverse video, print (PRINT) CHR$(27)"p" at the beginning and CHR$(27)"q" afterwards.

As a final touch, the command PRINT CHR$(7) makes the PCW emit a beep. A good idea is to place a "beep" command just before an INPUT statement, to remind users that they are expected to type something.