End of routine fragment The three instances of this in the C64 KERNAL are something like: XXX $02xx RTS Bxx $xxxx Each time it does something different, which emphasises that this is a piece of simple machinery that can occur by chance, especially when variables are stored in the area $0200 - $02FF, which is common. For example, the BBC micro uses this area in this way: http://8bs.com/mag/32/bbcmemmap1.txt In any case, such a short sequence devoid of independent meaning is not copyrightable.