One of my PC’s died a couple of weeks ago and a replacement I bought a week ago arrived today. That cut into my free time for the Apple II. I didn’t really have time to work on any of…
Monthly Archives: October 2013
I opened a Twitter account for the DailyApple and added a link for it in the links. Additionally, I updated the contact page to mention being on twitter.
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No Slot Clock, Arrived and Works
Today the chip came in. It is a Dallas DS1216E I purchased it on eBay for $6.50 with $4.00 for shipping and it took about nine days to arrive in a box slightly larger than a deck of playing cards.…
Get Lamp
That’s the name of a documentary about text adventures or interactive fiction by Jason Scott. He’s also done a documentary BBS: The Documentary. I had heard about them both some time ago, but had not decided to get either one. …
No Slot Clock, Shipping Update, Plus
The chip I ordered for the No Slot Clock has left China and passed through New York yesterday afternoon. My guess is it will arrive in the next day or so. I’m really looking forward to trying it out. If it…
Mapper’s Map, Unstumped
Today, on my ride home from work, I was thinking about the different things I had tried with the map subroutine. The one thing that struck me was I was able to position a string of characters, ‘XXXXX X XXXXX’…
Mapper’s Map, Stumped
I worked on Mapper’s map subroutine again today. I spent several hours on it and am beginning to feel kind of stupid. The map file I have been using is just two named rooms with no directions. At this point…
Mapper’s Map
I worked on the map subroutine again today. I spent several hours on it and am stumped. If I can’t find the problem tomorrow, I will post it and see if anyone sees the problem. I print three rooms across…
No Slot Clock, Short Follow Up
In my snooping around the internet I found some notes that said that the chip used for the No Slot Clock is not a custom chip, but one that is still available. In those notes, they mentioned the chip number. …
Mapper’s Map, Continued
The other night I was working on the print map subroutine of Mapper. My printer sits on a TV tray at the end of my desk. The TV tray is sideways and so is the printer with the paper in…
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