Nostalgia Trip
If you (like me) had your computing introduction on 8bit "home" computers that plugged into the telly and used tape as a high-capacity storage medium, you might like this…
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Nov
30
2004
30
2004
10 POKE 36879,237
20 FOR I = 1 TO 10 STEP 2
30 PRINT “I LOVE MY COMMODORE VIC-20″
40 GET A$: IF A$=”" THEN 40
50 IF A$=”X” THEN STOP
60 NEXT
- 20 years down the line, its still going strong (with its 16k RAM expansion cartridge!)
Well, I’m not sure why you needed the POKE line at the start (but then, I was a Spectrum owner - and yes, I’ve still got mine too - and last time I checked it was in working order…)
The poke changes the background colour to a lovely shade of light blue with a green border! (I think - well, either that or it screws up something else in memory)