Very Computer

Scuse me for the real simple question here but...

How would one use Basic to patch a few bytes in a file? (if possible)

I want to change (for example) a sys16 file at location

000007D7 from 6C to 3C
00001408 from 0B to 18
00001409 from AF to 6B
plus about 100 more..

Does/Can one use peek or ?  (I last took Basic in College in 1979...)

The command is POKE addrs,value.  Remember to use decimal, not hex.  Here's a
BASIC routine to do exactly what you show above...
10 READ A,V
20 IF A=0 THEN 40
30 POKE A,V:GOTO 10
40 END
50 DATA 2007,60,5128,24,5129,107,0,0

The PEEK expression is used to obtain the contents of a memory location.  
Before running the above program, you could do this:
]PRINT PEEK(2007)
and the response would be...
108
After running the program...
]PRINT PEEK(2007)
60

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(hey...I can't print a flashing block on the net...so what...you get the point)

--Dave Althoff, Jr.
(Certified Applesoft Ace)