[Coco] BASIC game

[mike delyea]

That's probably it.  I'll have to wait to see the code first but I
think thats it.

On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 8:09 PM, John <johnguin at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Found it.  Page 171 of TRS-80 Color Computer Programs, a book from radio

> Shack.

>

> 62-2313

>

> A quick look through the code (I'll scan this tomorrow and post it

> somewhere) makes this look pretty interesting.  It has the code well laid

> out and then a good set of ideas on how to expand the software.

>

> John

>

> -----Original Message-----

> From: coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com [mailto:coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com] On

> Behalf Of Tim Fadden

> Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 4:58 PM

> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts

> Subject: Re: [Coco] BASIC game

>

> Mike,

>

> You said you typed it out of a book. Was that a coco specific book?  or

> some coco related magaizine?

>

> Tim

>

> mike delyea wrote:

>> No, none of those are what I'm looking for.  I may have to try to

>> recreate it myself.

>>

>> On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 5:58 PM, Neil Morrison <neilsmorr at gmail.com>

> wrote:

>>

>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "mike delyea" <mdelyea at gmail.com>

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>>> Years ago I had a BASIC game that I think I copied out of a book.  It

>>>> was a word guessing game called JOT that involved playing against the

>>>> computer trying to guess each other's 3 letter word.  The program was

>>>> very good at narrowing down the possibilities by using left$, right$

>>>> and mid$.  Of course, I expanded the vocabulary and enhanced the

>>>> display and even made the game say it's guesses using the Speech and

>>>> Sound pak.  I have been unable to find this game, though I found a VB

>>>> version of it.  Can anybody point me in the right direction or maybe

>>>> even have a copy they could send me?

>>>>

>>> http://mymc10.tripod.com/share.htm

>>>

>>> http://mymc10.tripod.com/software.htm

>>>

>>> http://mymc10.tripod.com/Barden.htm

>>>

>>> http://mymc10.tripod.com/commonbasic.htm

>>>

>>> might be a place to look. Maybe there's something similar.

>>>

>>> Neil

>>>

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