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by sedatk
6 days ago
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That's why some computer mags started introducing tools to type in programs without ambiguities. Here's a recent example I made: an Amstrad CPC program that's both valid BASIC and machine code at the same time, and running it both ways (RUN or CALL &170 -- loading address of the BASIC program) produce the same output: https://github.com/ssg/yello |
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Yes, typing long magazine listings was already laborious but then you had the extra challenge of figuring out why it wouldn't run due to a typo (or, worse, a misprint). When magazines started adding checksums and a couple lines of BASIC to calculate them, it was happy day!