ugBASIC User Manual

   WAIT delay CYCLES|TICKS|MILLISECONDS

Engages the CPU in a wait. The timing can be given as number of CPU cycles (CYCLES), number of 50th/seconds (TICKS) or milliseconds (MILLISECONDS or MS).

  WAIT #10 MILLISECONDS
  WAIT timing MILLISECONDS
  WAIT #2 TICKS
  WAIT timing TICKS
  WAIT #42 CYCLES
  WAIT delay CYCLES

See also the following example files:

• control_uncond_jumps_01.bas
• control_uncond_jumps_02.bas
• control_returning_01.bas
• control_returning_02.bas

 Wt

• Commodore 128 (Zilog Z80)
• Commodore 128 (MOS 8502)
• SEGA SG-1000
• ZX Spectrum 48
• Commodore 64
• Commodore PLUS/4
• Commodore VIC-20
• Atari (400/800)
• VG-5000
• Amstrad CPC 664
• SEGA SC-3000
• ColecoVision
• TRS-80 Color Computer 3
• MSX
• TRS-80 Color Computer

If you have encountered a problem using this command, if you think there is a bug or the explanation is unclear, please open an issue for this keyword on GitHub. Thank you!