[Coco] BASIC game

mike delyea mdelyea at gmail.com
Thu Aug 21 20:27:31 EDT 2008


That's probably it.  I'll have to wait to see the code first but I
think thats it.

On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 8:09 PM, John <johnguin at hotmail.com> wrote:
> Found it.  Page 171 of TRS-80 Color Computer Programs, a book from radio
> Shack.
>
> 62-2313
>
> A quick look through the code (I'll scan this tomorrow and post it
> somewhere) makes this look pretty interesting.  It has the code well laid
> out and then a good set of ideas on how to expand the software.
>
> John
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com [mailto:coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com] On
> Behalf Of Tim Fadden
> Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 4:58 PM
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
> Subject: Re: [Coco] BASIC game
>
> Mike,
>
> You said you typed it out of a book. Was that a coco specific book?  or
> some coco related magaizine?
>
> Tim
>
> mike delyea wrote:
>> No, none of those are what I'm looking for.  I may have to try to
>> recreate it myself.
>>
>> On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 5:58 PM, Neil Morrison <neilsmorr at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "mike delyea" <mdelyea at gmail.com>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> Years ago I had a BASIC game that I think I copied out of a book.  It
>>>> was a word guessing game called JOT that involved playing against the
>>>> computer trying to guess each other's 3 letter word.  The program was
>>>> very good at narrowing down the possibilities by using left$, right$
>>>> and mid$.  Of course, I expanded the vocabulary and enhanced the
>>>> display and even made the game say it's guesses using the Speech and
>>>> Sound pak.  I have been unable to find this game, though I found a VB
>>>> version of it.  Can anybody point me in the right direction or maybe
>>>> even have a copy they could send me?
>>>>
>>> http://mymc10.tripod.com/share.htm
>>>
>>> http://mymc10.tripod.com/software.htm
>>>
>>> http://mymc10.tripod.com/Barden.htm
>>>
>>> http://mymc10.tripod.com/commonbasic.htm
>>>
>>> might be a place to look. Maybe there's something similar.
>>>
>>> Neil
>>>
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