Smartbasic 1.0 Programming

[dr.geek]

I have just recently returned to BASIC programming using the AdamEm emulator. I was wondering if it is possible to peek/poke characters directly to the text screen and can the GET A$ statement be used in the same way as the inkey$ statement on the Apple II with a keyboard peek to stop the computer pausing and waiting for the user to pres a key... eg:- for action games???