Comments on: Type In Computer Listings http://www.childofthe1980s.com/2009/07/01/type-in-computer-listings/ Child of the 1980's - If you grew up in the 80's, then here you'll find TV, films, toys, games, music, sweets and much more you'll remember... Time to get nostalgic and remember all those childhood memories! Sun, 12 Feb 2012 12:58:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: SinceYesterday http://www.childofthe1980s.com/2009/07/01/type-in-computer-listings/comment-page-1/#comment-25875 SinceYesterday Thu, 04 Nov 2010 21:23:14 +0000 http://www.childofthe1980s.com/?p=2873#comment-25875 I had one of those books, SwingCorey. It was very D&D influenced, and written in a kind of Esperanto version of BASIC in order to (a) save space in the book and (b) cover as many home computers as possible to maximise appeal. I managed to scrape along with my Commodore 64 - I had a fair knowledge of its BASIC - until it got to the graphics bits. Up till then it had been like a pretty good text adventure, but now we were about to enter some sort of cave system or something and there were Visual Puzzles. As any C64 owner will know, it had no direct BASIC commands for high resolution graphics at all, so all these DRAW, CIRCLE, POINT and DOT commands were impossible to convert! So I never found out what happened in the end! I had one of those books, SwingCorey. It was very D&D influenced, and written in a kind of Esperanto version of BASIC in order to (a) save space in the book and (b) cover as many home computers as possible to maximise appeal. I managed to scrape along with my Commodore 64 – I had a fair knowledge of its BASIC – until it got to the graphics bits. Up till then it had been like a pretty good text adventure, but now we were about to enter some sort of cave system or something and there were Visual Puzzles. As any C64 owner will know, it had no direct BASIC commands for high resolution graphics at all, so all these DRAW, CIRCLE, POINT and DOT commands were impossible to convert! So I never found out what happened in the end!

]]> By: Big Boo http://www.childofthe1980s.com/2009/07/01/type-in-computer-listings/comment-page-1/#comment-17710 Big Boo Fri, 07 May 2010 19:44:49 +0000 http://www.childofthe1980s.com/?p=2873#comment-17710 I never came across these books, but they sound as if they would have been right up my street when I was a kid, given I loved my computers and the Choose Your Own Adventure books. I never came across these books, but they sound as if they would have been right up my street when I was a kid, given I loved my computers and the Choose Your Own Adventure books.

]]> By: SwingCorey http://www.childofthe1980s.com/2009/07/01/type-in-computer-listings/comment-page-1/#comment-17614 SwingCorey Mon, 03 May 2010 17:20:00 +0000 http://www.childofthe1980s.com/?p=2873#comment-17614 There was also a series of books in the 1980s that were teen adventure books that required you to debug some BASIC programs in order to advance the story. (One was about cracking a code, like a Caesar cipher; another was a time machine simulator, which involved you going to the time of George Washington at Valley Forge) These books were kinda like Choose Your Own Adventure stories, but teaching programming at the same time. Unfortunately, I cannot remember the names of those books. Does anyone remember these? There was also a series of books in the 1980s that were teen adventure books that required you to debug some BASIC programs in order to advance the story. (One was about cracking a code, like a Caesar cipher; another was a time machine simulator, which involved you going to the time of George Washington at Valley Forge) These books were kinda like Choose Your Own Adventure stories, but teaching programming at the same time.

Unfortunately, I cannot remember the names of those books. Does anyone remember these?

]]> By: Philip Ayres http://www.childofthe1980s.com/2009/07/01/type-in-computer-listings/comment-page-1/#comment-14867 Philip Ayres Thu, 25 Feb 2010 16:48:28 +0000 http://www.childofthe1980s.com/?p=2873#comment-14867 http://computer-programming-tutorials.suite101.com/article.cfm/making_sounds_with_basic_programs http://computer-programming-tutorials.suite101.com/article.cfm/making_sounds_with_basic_programs

]]> By: Big Boo http://www.childofthe1980s.com/2009/07/01/type-in-computer-listings/comment-page-1/#comment-14853 Big Boo Thu, 25 Feb 2010 09:23:19 +0000 http://www.childofthe1980s.com/?p=2873#comment-14853 I never did get the hang of the ENVELOPE command, but I'm guessing this was one of those ones that made it sound like a police siren or something like that? I never did get the hang of the ENVELOPE command, but I’m guessing this was one of those ones that made it sound like a police siren or something like that?

]]> By: Kelv http://www.childofthe1980s.com/2009/07/01/type-in-computer-listings/comment-page-1/#comment-14769 Kelv Tue, 23 Feb 2010 17:11:52 +0000 http://www.childofthe1980s.com/?p=2873#comment-14769 I can't remember what I had for dinner last night without thinking about it but 27 years later I still remember a great deal of my BBC BASIC code. These lovely lines raised a few eyebrows at school. ENVELOPE 1,1,26,36,45,255,255,255,127,0,0,0,126,0 SOUND 1,1,1,1 I can’t remember what I had for dinner last night without thinking about it but 27 years later I still remember a great deal of my BBC BASIC code. These lovely lines raised a few eyebrows at school.

ENVELOPE 1,1,26,36,45,255,255,255,127,0,0,0,126,0
SOUND 1,1,1,1

]]> By: Glenn http://www.childofthe1980s.com/2009/07/01/type-in-computer-listings/comment-page-1/#comment-10116 Glenn Tue, 11 Aug 2009 17:06:12 +0000 http://www.childofthe1980s.com/?p=2873#comment-10116 I remember my first computer was the Sinclair ZX81, which if I remember came standard with a mighty 1kb of ram. At some point I upgraded to 16kb of ram. This cost as much as the computer in the first place. All so I could play such mighty games as Mazogs! I remember my first computer was the Sinclair ZX81, which if I remember came standard with a mighty 1kb of ram. At some point I upgraded to 16kb of ram. This cost as much as the computer in the first place. All so I could play such mighty games as Mazogs!

]]> By: Big Boo http://www.childofthe1980s.com/2009/07/01/type-in-computer-listings/comment-page-1/#comment-10019 Big Boo Wed, 05 Aug 2009 19:46:43 +0000 http://www.childofthe1980s.com/?p=2873#comment-10019 I only ever remember seeing an Apple ][ computer once in the UK, and I can't remember where I saw it now. They weren't very prevalent over here, but I hear they were pretty good, similar in specification to the Commodore 64? I only ever remember seeing an Apple ][ computer once in the UK, and I can’t remember where I saw it now. They weren’t very prevalent over here, but I hear they were pretty good, similar in specification to the Commodore 64?

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