One problem with these older machines, is the diskettes. Where do you get them? You can’t just go into the local store and get new ones. I’m going to have to start looking for some additional diskettes in the near…
Monthly Archives: May 2013
Exploring the Internet for Apple II
I decided to take a snoop around the internet about the Apple II. I use Google to read the usenet groups. I went and signed into google and as I moved through the menus to get to groups I noticed…
Hamurabi, Applesoft
In my last post about the Applesoft version of Hamurabi, I noted the spacing problem and the tedious fix of retyping each of the lines that had issues. There is a way to edit lines using escape codes, but I always found…
Posted in Posts, Programming, Projects Tagged with: Applesoft, AppleWorks, AppleWriter II Prodos, Hamurabi
Reorganization
Today I reorganized my workspace so that my Apple //c is out of the corner, where I can work on it. I discovered something interesting, well interesting to me anyway. The wire that connects my apple //c is long enough…
Hamurabi, Applesoft
So after doing yesterday’s post, I thought a little more about doing Hamurabi in Applesoft. I decided it would make sense to do as a base line. It took about an hour and a half of one handed hunt and…
Posted in Apple //c, Programming, Projects Tagged with: Apple //c, Applesoft, Hamurabi, Programming, Projects
Hamurabi Pseudo Coding
I didn’t work on Hamurabi today, so I won’t be writing about that. In fact, I won’t be writing any actual code for it until the books on Pascal come in. I will be starting on some pseudo code. When…
Posted in Apple //c, Emulation, Programming, Projects Tagged with: Apple //c, Applesoft, Hamurabi, Programming, Projects, ZBasic
Pascal Project, Part Two
In the first part of the post, I told you about starting this project. I have Kyan Pascal set up and running. I picked out my program, Hamurabi. Then I did my Hamurabi, Hello World program. I got screen captures…
Posted in Apple //c, Programming, Projects Tagged with: Apple //c, Hamurabi, Kyan Pascal, Programming, Projects
Pascal Project
I found the perfect starter project to translate to Kyan Pascal. In Creative Computing’s Basic Computer Games there is a game starting on page 78, called Hamurabi. The features of Hamurabi, that make it useful to this project is the…
Posted in Apple //c, Programming, Projects Tagged with: Apple //c, Hamurabi, Kyan Pascal, Programming, Projects
A Quick Review, Part Two
The New Apple II User’s Guide by David Finnigan Roughly, the last third of the book consists of nine appendices, a glossary, and the index. Appendix B contains a summary of commands and functions for DOS, PRODos, Applesoft and Integer…
A Quick Review, Part One
The New Apple II User’s Guide by David Finnigan. My copy came in from Amazon almost a week ago. I haven’t had time to read it, just skim through it. My first impression is, it’s a huge paperback, 774 pages. …
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