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Article #623729Re: The birth of BASIC
From: Ahem A Rivets Shot
Date: Tue, 05 Jun 2018 13:09
Date: Tue, 05 Jun 2018 13:09
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On Tue, 5 Jun 2018 11:51:47 -0000 (UTC) "Kerr-Mudd,John" <nots...@invalid.org> wrote: > On Tue, 05 Jun 2018 08:26:10 GMT, Ahem A Rivet's Shot > <ste...@eircom.net> wrote: > > > On Tue, 5 Jun 2018 08:04:23 +0100 > > AndyW <An...@nojunqmail.com> wrote: > > > >> Even as far back as a game in BBC Basic in the 80s that used > >> recursion to handle the effects of a cell exploding in a board games > >> called 'Hexplosion'. The game was a diamond shaped board made up of > >> hexagons, > > > > Hexplode when I saw it - A friend of mine wrote it for the > > Spectrum, > > I'm not sure if he originated it or came across the game elsewhere, it > > was the first time I saw it. > > > > An interesting game I'd not come across before: there's a DOS version > here: > https://archive.org/details/HEXPLODE > "Creator Ray Jensen" Thanks, that seems to settle it. -- Steve O'Hara-Smith | Directable Mirror Arrays C:\>WIN | A better way to focus the sun The computer obeys and wins. | licences available see You lose and Bill collects. | http://www.sohara.org/
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