Comments on: Nostalgia Trip http://www.tvotw.co.uk/blog/2004/11/30/nostalgia_trip/ A geek is for life, not just for computer breakdowns Tue, 06 Jan 2009 03:59:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: James Salter http://www.tvotw.co.uk/blog/2004/11/30/nostalgia_trip/comment-page-1/#comment-10 James Salter Mon, 21 Feb 2005 22:55:11 +0000 #comment-10 <p>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)</p><br /> 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)

]]> By: admin http://www.tvotw.co.uk/blog/2004/11/30/nostalgia_trip/comment-page-1/#comment-9 admin Mon, 21 Feb 2005 22:54:39 +0000 #comment-9 <p>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...)</p> 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…)

]]> By: James Salter http://www.tvotw.co.uk/blog/2004/11/30/nostalgia_trip/comment-page-1/#comment-8 James Salter Mon, 21 Feb 2005 22:54:07 +0000 #comment-8 <p>10 POKE 36879,237<br /> 20 FOR I = 1 TO 10 STEP 2<br /> 30 PRINT "I LOVE MY COMMODORE VIC-20"<br /> 40 GET A$: IF A$="" THEN 40<br /> 50 IF A$="X" THEN STOP<br /> 60 NEXT</p> <p>- 20 years down the line, its still going strong (with its 16k RAM expansion cartridge!)</p> 10 POKE 36879,237
20 FOR I = 1 TO 10 STEP 2
30 PRINT “I LOVE MY COMMODORE VIC-20″
40 GET A$: 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!)

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