[acegopher]

What a great story! I remember also "hand running" programs at times.

While the Dec 77 issue of Byte[0] had Star Trek on the cover it didn't contain a BASIC listing. Could it have been either the May/June 1975 issue of Creative Computing[1] or one of the compilations (BASIC Computer Games[3])?

[0] https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Byte/70s/Byte-1977-12....

[1] https://archive.org/details/CreativeComputingv01n04MayJune19...

[2] https://archive.org/details/Basic_Computer_Games_Microcomput...