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That's why some computer mags started introducing tools to type in programs without ambiguities. Here's a recent example I made: an Amstrad CPC program that's
by sedatk 2mo ago
That's why some computer mags started introducing tools to type in programs without ambiguities.
Here's a recent example I made: an Amstrad CPC program that's both valid BASIC and machine code at the same time, and running it both ways (RUN or CALL &170 -- loading address of the BASIC program) produce the same output: https://github.com/ssg/yello https://github.com/ssg/yello
- mrandish 2mo ago> That's why some computer mags started introducing tools to type in programs without ambiguities. Yes, typing long magazine listings was already laborious but then you had the extra challenge of figuring out why it wouldn't run due to a typo (or, worse, a misprint). When magazines started adding checksums and a couple lines of BASIC to calculate them, it was happy day!