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L/+SOMETH
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| Tape/disk: | Home » Personal collection » Acorn ADFS disks » Electron_User_Group » EUG_55.ADF |
| Filename: | L/+SOMETH |
| Read OK: | ✔ |
| File size: | 064E bytes |
| Load address: | 24204556 |
| Exec address: | 2B2E4C2E |
Duplicates
There are 3 duplicate copies of this file in the archive:
- AEW website » eug » eug_3_5_discs_Eug-55_A-EUG55.adf » L/+SOMETH
- AEW website » eug » eug_5_25_discs_Eug-55_D-EUG55.dsd » L.+SOMETH
- Personal collection » Acorn ADFS disks » Electron_User_Group » EUG_55.ADF » L/+SOMETH
- Personal collection » Acorn ADFS disks » Greaseweazled » adfs_EUG_55.adf » L/+SOMETH
File contents
SOMETHING ABOUT ME
MY name's James Watson. I'm 26, married and have a baby boy called
Lewis. At the moment I have 4 BBC Bs, 1 BBC Master, 3 Electrons, a few
disk drives and an A3010. In about 1983, my parents bought a BBC B and I
have been interested in computers ever since. It was supposed to help me
with my education but I mainly played games on it. About 1990 I bought
an A3010 but never really used it and after that I stopped using my BBC
B altogether. But through the 90s, I've bought the rest of the BBC Bs
and Electrons at car boot sales for only a few pounds each. I can't re-
sist it.
About six months ago, I bought a PC and started surfing the web. I
found a few BBC sites and also that you can still buy BBC software from
Superior, so I bought most of the PLAY IT AGAIN SAMs which are very
cheap and had a good chat with Steve Hanson who now runs the firm.
As I got my Master out recently, I thought I would have a go at writ-
ing a few basic games for you. So far I've completed BOMBER COMMAND and
POWERBALL. I've never written a program before these two so don't expect
too much.
At the moment I'm writing another game which is a Pac-Man clone, and
it should be a lot better. I find the more you program and try to do
different things the more you learn, and its the best way. Even though
all I have for reference is the basic User Guide.
James Watson
92 Old Chirk Road, Gobowen, SHROPSHIRE SY11 3NT
EUG #55
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At the m| 00000080 6f 6d 65 6e 74 20 49 20 68 61 76 65 20 34 20 42 |oment I have 4 B| 00000090 42 43 20 42 73 2c 20 31 20 42 42 43 20 4d 61 73 |BC Bs, 1 BBC Mas| 000000a0 74 65 72 2c 20 33 20 45 6c 65 63 74 72 6f 6e 73 |ter, 3 Electrons| 000000b0 2c 20 61 20 66 65 77 0d 64 69 73 6b 20 64 72 69 |, a few.disk dri| 000000c0 76 65 73 20 61 6e 64 20 61 6e 20 41 33 30 31 30 |ves and an A3010| 000000d0 2e 20 49 6e 20 61 62 6f 75 74 20 31 39 38 33 2c |. In about 1983,| 000000e0 20 6d 79 20 70 61 72 65 6e 74 73 20 62 6f 75 67 | my parents boug| 000000f0 68 74 20 61 20 42 42 43 20 42 20 61 6e 64 20 49 |ht a BBC B and I| 00000100 0d 68 61 76 65 20 62 65 65 6e 20 69 6e 74 65 72 |.have been inter| 00000110 65 73 74 65 64 20 69 6e 20 63 6f 6d 70 75 74 65 |ested in compute| 00000120 72 73 20 65 76 65 72 20 73 69 6e 63 65 2e 20 49 |rs ever since. I| 00000130 74 20 77 61 73 20 73 75 70 70 6f 73 65 64 20 74 |t was supposed t| 00000140 6f 20 68 65 6c 70 20 6d 65 0d 77 69 74 68 20 6d |o help me.with m| 00000150 79 20 65 64 75 63 61 74 69 6f 6e 20 62 75 74 20 |y education but | 00000160 49 20 6d 61 69 6e 6c 79 20 70 6c 61 79 65 64 20 |I mainly played | 00000170 67 61 6d 65 73 20 6f 6e 20 69 74 2e 20 41 62 6f |games on it. Abo| 00000180 75 74 20 31 39 39 30 20 49 20 62 6f 75 67 68 74 |ut 1990 I bought| 00000190 0d 61 6e 20 41 33 30 31 30 20 62 75 74 20 6e 65 |.an A3010 but ne| 000001a0 76 65 72 20 72 65 61 6c 6c 79 20 75 73 65 64 20 |ver really used | 000001b0 69 74 20 61 6e 64 20 61 66 74 65 72 20 74 68 61 |it and after tha| 000001c0 74 20 49 20 73 74 6f 70 70 65 64 20 75 73 69 6e |t I stopped usin| 000001d0 67 20 6d 79 20 42 42 43 0d 42 20 61 6c 74 6f 67 |g my BBC.B altog| 000001e0 65 74 68 65 72 2e 20 42 75 74 20 74 68 72 6f 75 |ether. But throu| 000001f0 67 68 20 74 68 65 20 39 30 73 2c 20 49 27 76 65 |gh the 90s, I've| 00000200 20 62 6f 75 67 68 74 20 74 68 65 20 72 65 73 74 | bought the rest| 00000210 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 42 42 43 20 42 73 20 0d | of the BBC Bs .| 00000220 61 6e 64 20 45 6c 65 63 74 72 6f 6e 73 20 61 74 |and Electrons at| 00000230 20 63 61 72 20 62 6f 6f 74 20 73 61 6c 65 73 20 | car boot sales | 00000240 66 6f 72 20 6f 6e 6c 79 20 61 20 66 65 77 20 70 |for only a few p| 00000250 6f 75 6e 64 73 20 65 61 63 68 2e 20 49 20 63 61 |ounds each. I ca| 00000260 6e 27 74 20 72 65 2d 0d 73 69 73 74 20 69 74 2e |n't re-.sist it.| 00000270 0d 20 20 20 41 62 6f 75 74 20 73 69 78 20 6d 6f |. About six mo| 00000280 6e 74 68 73 20 61 67 6f 2c 20 49 20 62 6f 75 67 |nths ago, I boug| 00000290 68 74 20 61 20 50 43 20 61 6e 64 20 73 74 61 72 |ht a PC and star| 000002a0 74 65 64 20 73 75 72 66 69 6e 67 20 74 68 65 20 |ted surfing the | 000002b0 77 65 62 2e 20 49 20 0d 66 6f 75 6e 64 20 61 20 |web. I .found a | 000002c0 66 65 77 20 42 42 43 20 73 69 74 65 73 20 61 6e |few BBC sites an| 000002d0 64 20 61 6c 73 6f 20 74 68 61 74 20 79 6f 75 20 |d also that you | 000002e0 63 61 6e 20 73 74 69 6c 6c 20 62 75 79 20 42 42 |can still buy BB| 000002f0 43 20 73 6f 66 74 77 61 72 65 20 66 72 6f 6d 0d |C software from.| 00000300 53 75 70 65 72 69 6f 72 2c 20 73 6f 20 49 20 62 |Superior, so I b| 00000310 6f 75 67 68 74 20 6d 6f 73 74 20 6f 66 20 74 68 |ought most of th| 00000320 65 20 50 4c 41 59 20 49 54 20 41 47 41 49 4e 20 |e PLAY IT AGAIN | 00000330 53 41 4d 73 20 77 68 69 63 68 20 61 72 65 20 76 |SAMs which are v| 00000340 65 72 79 20 0d 63 68 65 61 70 20 61 6e 64 20 68 |ery .cheap and h| 00000350 61 64 20 61 20 67 6f 6f 64 20 63 68 61 74 20 77 |ad a good chat w| 00000360 69 74 68 20 53 74 65 76 65 20 48 61 6e 73 6f 6e |ith Steve Hanson| 00000370 20 77 68 6f 20 6e 6f 77 20 72 75 6e 73 20 74 68 | who now runs th| 00000380 65 20 66 69 72 6d 2e 0d 20 20 20 41 73 20 49 20 |e firm.. As I | 00000390 67 6f 74 20 6d 79 20 4d 61 73 74 65 72 20 6f 75 |got my Master ou| 000003a0 74 20 72 65 63 65 6e 74 6c 79 2c 20 49 20 74 68 |t recently, I th| 000003b0 6f 75 67 68 74 20 49 20 77 6f 75 6c 64 20 68 61 |ought I would ha| 000003c0 76 65 20 61 20 67 6f 20 61 74 20 77 72 69 74 2d |ve a go at writ-| 000003d0 0d 69 6e 67 20 61 20 66 65 77 20 62 61 73 69 63 |.ing a few basic| 000003e0 20 67 61 6d 65 73 20 66 6f 72 20 79 6f 75 2e 20 | games for you. | 000003f0 53 6f 20 66 61 72 20 49 27 76 65 20 63 6f 6d 70 |So far I've comp| 00000400 6c 65 74 65 64 20 42 4f 4d 42 45 52 20 43 4f 4d |leted BOMBER COM| 00000410 4d 41 4e 44 20 61 6e 64 0d 50 4f 57 45 52 42 41 |MAND and.POWERBA| 00000420 4c 4c 2e 20 49 27 76 65 20 6e 65 76 65 72 20 77 |LL. I've never w| 00000430 72 69 74 74 65 6e 20 61 20 70 72 6f 67 72 61 6d |ritten a program| 00000440 20 62 65 66 6f 72 65 20 74 68 65 73 65 20 74 77 | before these tw| 00000450 6f 20 73 6f 20 64 6f 6e 27 74 20 65 78 70 65 63 |o so don't expec| 00000460 74 0d 74 6f 6f 20 6d 75 63 68 2e 0d 20 20 20 41 |t.too much.. A| 00000470 74 20 74 68 65 20 6d 6f 6d 65 6e 74 20 49 27 6d |t the moment I'm| 00000480 20 77 72 69 74 69 6e 67 20 61 6e 6f 74 68 65 72 | writing another| 00000490 20 67 61 6d 65 20 77 68 69 63 68 20 69 73 20 61 | game which is a| 000004a0 20 50 61 63 2d 4d 61 6e 20 63 6c 6f 6e 65 2c 20 | Pac-Man clone, | 000004b0 61 6e 64 0d 69 74 20 73 68 6f 75 6c 64 20 62 65 |and.it should be| 000004c0 20 61 20 6c 6f 74 20 62 65 74 74 65 72 2e 20 49 | a lot better. I| 000004d0 20 66 69 6e 64 20 74 68 65 20 6d 6f 72 65 20 79 | find the more y| 000004e0 6f 75 20 70 72 6f 67 72 61 6d 20 61 6e 64 20 74 |ou program and t| 000004f0 72 79 20 74 6f 20 64 6f 20 0d 64 69 66 66 65 72 |ry to do .differ| 00000500 65 6e 74 20 74 68 69 6e 67 73 20 74 68 65 20 6d |ent things the m| 00000510 6f 72 65 20 79 6f 75 20 6c 65 61 72 6e 2c 20 61 |ore you learn, a| 00000520 6e 64 20 69 74 73 20 74 68 65 20 62 65 73 74 20 |nd its the best | 00000530 77 61 79 2e 20 45 76 65 6e 20 74 68 6f 75 67 68 |way. Even though| 00000540 0d 61 6c 6c 20 49 20 68 61 76 65 20 66 6f 72 20 |.all I have for | 00000550 72 65 66 65 72 65 6e 63 65 20 69 73 20 74 68 65 |reference is the| 00000560 20 62 61 73 69 63 20 55 73 65 72 20 47 75 69 64 | basic User Guid| 00000570 65 2e 0d 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |e.. | 00000580 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | | * 000005a0 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 4a | J| 000005b0 61 6d 65 73 20 57 61 74 73 6f 6e 0d 20 20 20 20 |ames Watson. | 000005c0 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | | 000005d0 20 20 20 20 20 39 32 20 4f 6c 64 20 43 68 69 72 | 92 Old Chir| 000005e0 6b 20 52 6f 61 64 2c 20 47 6f 62 6f 77 65 6e 2c |k Road, Gobowen,| 000005f0 20 53 48 52 4f 50 53 48 49 52 45 20 53 59 31 31 | SHROPSHIRE SY11| 00000600 20 33 4e 54 0d 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | 3NT. | 00000610 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | | * 00000640 20 20 20 20 20 20 45 55 47 20 23 35 35 0d | EUG #55.| 0000064e
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