diff --git a/apps/basic/README.md b/apps/basic/README.md
index 142e89f..9fee770 100644
--- a/apps/basic/README.md
+++ b/apps/basic/README.md
@@ -25,6 +25,12 @@ Because the goal is not to provide a foundation for complex programs, I'm
 planning on intentionally crippling this BASIC dialect for the sake of
 simplicity. 
 
+The idea here is that the system administrator would build herself many little
+tools in assembler and BASIC would be the interactive glue to those tools.
+
+If you find yourself writing complex programs in Collapse OS BASIC, you're on a
+wrong path. Back off, that program should be in assembler.
+
 ## Glueing
 
 The `glue.asm` file in this folder represents the minimal basic system. There
@@ -144,6 +150,16 @@ output I/O on port 42 with value 3.
 **sleep**: Sleep a number of "units" specified by the supplied expression. A
 "unit" depends on the CPU clock speed. At 4MHz, it is roughly 8 microseconds.
 
+**addr**: This very handy returns (in `A`), the address you query for. You can
+query for two types of things: commands or special stuff.
+
+If you query for a command, type the name of the command as an argument. The
+address of the associated routine will be returned.
+
+Then, there's the *special stuff*. This is the list of things you can query for:
+
+* `$`: the scratchpad.
+
 ## Optional modules
 
 As explained in "glueing" section abolve, this folder contains optional modules.
diff --git a/apps/basic/main.asm b/apps/basic/main.asm
index a992f92..1eeba98 100644
--- a/apps/basic/main.asm
+++ b/apps/basic/main.asm
@@ -360,6 +360,45 @@ basSLEEP:
 	dec	hl	; 6T
 	jr	.loop	; 12T
 
+basADDR:
+	call	rdWord
+	ex	de, hl
+	ld	de, .specialTbl
+.loop:
+	ld	a, (de)
+	or	a
+	jr	z, .notSpecial
+	cp	(hl)
+	jr	z, .found
+	inc	de \ inc de \ inc de
+	jr	.loop
+.notSpecial:
+	; not found, find cmd. needle in (HL)
+	ex	de, hl		; now in (DE)
+	ld	hl, basCmds1
+	call	basFindCmd
+	jr	z, .foundCmd
+	; no core command? let's try the find hook.
+	ld	ix, (BAS_FINDHOOK)
+	call	callIX
+	ret	nz
+.foundCmd:
+	; We have routine addr in IX
+	ld	(VAR_TBL), ix
+	cp	a		; ensure Z
+	ret
+.found:
+	; found special thing. Put in "A".
+	inc	de
+	call	intoDE
+	ld	(VAR_TBL), de
+	ret		; Z set from .found jump.
+
+.specialTbl:
+	.db	'$'
+	.dw	SCRATCHPAD
+	.db	0
+
 ; direct only
 basCmds1:
 	.dw	basBYE
@@ -394,4 +433,6 @@ basCmds2:
 	.db	"in", 0, 0, 0, 0
 	.dw	basSLEEP
 	.db	"sleep", 0
+	.dw	basADDR
+	.db	"addr", 0, 0
 	.db	0xff, 0xff, 0xff	; end of table