diff --git a/chiptune_player/chiptune_player.s b/chiptune_player/chiptune_player.s
index 5964aa73..86e8f5e6 100644
--- a/chiptune_player/chiptune_player.s
+++ b/chiptune_player/chiptune_player.s
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ NUM_FILES	EQU	15
 	inc	CV
 	jsr	move_and_print
 
-	jmp	forever_loop			; and wait forever
+;	jmp	forever_loop			; and wait forever
 
 mockingboard_found:
 ;	lda     #<found_message			; print found message
@@ -578,7 +578,7 @@ krw_file:
 ;routines
 ;=========
 .include	"../asm_routines/gr_offsets.s"
-.include	"../asm_routines/text_print.s"
+.include	"text_print.s"
 .include	"../asm_routines/mockingboard_a.s"
 .include	"../asm_routines/gr_fast_clear.s"
 .include	"../asm_routines/pageflip.s"
diff --git a/chiptune_player/text_print.s b/chiptune_player/text_print.s
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a39506f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/chiptune_player/text_print.s
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+	;================================
+	; htab_vtab
+	;================================
+	; move to CH/CV
+htab_vtab:
+	lda	CV
+	asl
+	tay
+	lda	gr_offsets,Y    ; lookup low-res memory address
+	clc
+	adc	CH		; add in xpos
+	sta	BASL		; store out low byte of addy
+
+	lda	gr_offsets+1,Y	; look up high byte
+	adc	DRAW_PAGE	;
+	sta	BASH		; and store it out
+				; BASH:BASL now points at right place
+
+	rts
+
+	;================================
+	; move_and_print
+	;================================
+	; move to CH/CV
+move_and_print:
+	jsr	htab_vtab
+
+	;================================
+	; print_string
+	;================================
+
+print_string:
+	ldy	#0
+print_string_loop:
+	lda	(OUTL),Y
+	beq	done_print_string
+	ora	#$80
+	sta	(BASL),Y
+	iny
+	bne	print_string_loop
+done_print_string:
+	rts
+
+	;====================
+	; point_to_end_string
+	;====================
+point_to_end_string:
+	iny
+	tya
+	clc
+	adc	OUTL
+	sta	OUTL
+	lda	#0
+	adc	OUTH
+	sta	OUTH
+
+	rts
+
+
+	;================================
+	; print_both_pages
+	;================================
+print_both_pages:
+	lda	DRAW_PAGE
+	pha
+
+	lda	#0
+	sta	DRAW_PAGE
+	jsr	move_and_print
+
+	lda	#4
+	sta	DRAW_PAGE
+	jsr	move_and_print
+
+	pla
+	sta	DRAW_PAGE
+
+	rts	; oops forgot this initially
+		; explains the weird vertical stripes on the screen
+