"David Williams" <david.williams@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>-> But the idea was make sure that any extensions did not get
> -> in the way of still being able to enter an old fa****oned
> -> 1st generation Minimal Basic program from a circa 3 decade
> -> old magazine article into a plain text console and run it.
>
> Those were the days! When magazines published listings of BASIC
> programs, and readers wer encouraged to type them in and run them. I
> typed more than a few myself. I also published some programs of my own
> that way.
>
> Mind you, problems sometimes occurred. One time, a magazine came out
> with a program of mine with about 50 lines missing. I went to complain
> to the editor, and found the missing lines lying on the floor of the
> room where the text was assembled by literal cut-and-paste.
>
> Oh well...
The programmer's magazines experimented with different ways to publish
programs. Some tried using bar codes, some tried producing a disk that
could be played on audio equipment and the sound input to a cassette I/O
****t.
But I agree, I had a lot more fun programming in those days. These days
there's no room for fun anymore, and I really miss that.
--
Judson McClendon judmc@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sun Valley Systems http://sunvaley.com
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