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88:89 printCursor screen pointer used by BASIC
01A7:01A8 tmp1A7 used in decoding the input
01A9 tmp1A9 used in comparing X to Y
01AA not1AA never used
01AB tmp1AB used in lots of places
01AC not1AC never used
01AD tmp1AD used in the phrase decoding
01AE not1AE never used
01AF not1AF never used
01B0 not1B0 never used
01B1 not1B1 never used
01B2 tmp1B2 used in word decoding
01B3 verbWord input verb word number
01B4 perpWord preposition word number
01B5 prepGiven preposition given flag
01B6 phrasePrep used in phrase decoding
01B7 adjWord adjective word number
01B8 commandTarg target object of input command
01B9 not1B9 cleared before decode but never used
01BA lsbAdj1 screen LSB of 1st adjective
01BB lsbVerb screen LSB of verb
01BC lsbCursor screen lsb used in decoding the input line
01BD lsbError screen lsb used for flashing error messages
01BE lastChar last character printed to screen
01BF VAR_OBJ_NUMBER variable object number
01C0:01C1 VAR_OBJ_DATA variable object data
01C2 not1C2 never used
01C3 FIRST_NOUN_NUM first input noun number
01C4 firstNounAdj first input noun adjective word number
01C5 firstNounLSB first input noun screen LSB
01C6:01C7 FIRST_NOUN_DATA first input noun object data
01C8 firstNounParams first input noun parameter bits
01C9 SECOND_NOUN_NUM second input noun number
01CA secondNounAdj second input noun adjective word number
01CB secondNounLSB second input noun noun screen LSB
01CC:01CD SECOND_NOUN_DATA second input noun object data
01CE secondNounParams second input noun parameter bits
01CF tmp1CF another screen pointer used in decode
01D0 tmp1DO used in making index of data fields
01D1 PHRASE_FORM decoded phrase form
01D2 ACTIVE_OBJ_NUM active object
01D3:01D4 ACTIVE_OBJ_DATA active object data
01D5 CUR_ROOM current room number
01D6:01D7 CUR_ROOM_DATA current room data
01D8:01D9 nextToken used in decoding input
01DA tmp1DA used in unpacking bytes
01DB tmp1DB used in unpacking bytes
01DC tmp1DC used in unpacking bytes
01DD tmp1DD used in unpacking bytes
01DE tmp1DE used in unpacking bytes
01DF tmp1DF used in unpacking bytes
01E0 tmp1EO used in unpacking bytes
01E1 tmp1E1 used in making index of data fields
01E2 tmp1E2 used in input processing
01E3 tillMORE rows left until MORE prompt (not used here)
01E4     inputTokens           input token buffer
 
03FF     stack                 top of stack (just below screen memory)