Nice André
There are a couple issues in this version with doubles. Also it blinks H/S the second time it asks. I actually kind of like that, but it slows down INKEY$ response a lot.
While i am typing stuff I want to tell a little childhood programming story that will end in a download not particularly well suited to the forum, but has it's roots in Sinclair and I think it will be fun.
Once upon a time, SAnello received a new TS1000. It was his first computer if you do not include the Odyssey 2 (videopak) computer intro cartridge. He programmed the heck out of that 2 k. One day he had what he thought was a brilliant idea. He wanted to make a computer version of a 5 letter word game called Jotto! More info on that here.
http://www.panix.com/~sos/bc/jotto.html Anyway. There was no internet in 1983 nor did he have access to some kind of electronic dictionary, so he and a buddy took out a dictionary and started to write down on paper all the 5 letter words in it. A daunting task, but they did it! He then actually started writing code on paper before using the computer to do it. Having no concept of how little memory he had, he then started typing away his words in an array. In short order, the letters started to disappear as he typed. "What is going on?" he thought. Is it broke. His older brother scoffed, "it's not broke, you need way more memory." Disappointed, SAnello gave up for a couple weeks until a local KMart had a 16k expansion module half price on sale for $49.99 1983ish dollars! He quickly broke his piggy bank and begged his grandfather for the rest, bought the cartridge, ripped open the package, and plugged it in. It took a little longer, but as soon as that inverted K showed up on the screen, he loaded the tape he saved of his previous work and began typing away again. Guess what happened. Out of memory again. Totally discouraged, the project was shelved. that was until his younger brother purchased a Commodore 128 from money he made corn detasseling of all things. The programming was on again and finally computerized Jotto was born! It only took the machine 8 hours or so to sort out it's first guess! Years later, he rewrote it for a 486sx-25 in QBasic with much more playable results. Here it is.
- Jotto.zip
- QBasic (don't yell at me. I tried on the ZX81 and failed)
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