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For those curious: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhKQy580STQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhKQy580STQ

• dingaling 2y ago
  Fascinating, here's the story from the programmer: http://www.headen.com/XL1.htm http://www.headen.com/XL1.htm I'm not sure why he felt he had to write it all in machine code though, sadly he doesn't discuss that decision. Perhaps it was due to the time-dependency of the lyrics?
  • ansible 2y ago
    Without knowing the specifics of that platform, it is likely that the BASIC interpreter was not fast enough to generate the desired effects and animations.
  • Angostura 2y ago
    My guess would be quite simply to overcome memory constraints