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LUDDITE'S RETROCHALLENGE BLOG: WINTER WARM-UP 2009 |
Jan.2 | Shattered Dreams Seems like I've somewhat underestimated the *challenge* part of my Retrochallenge project... further reading of the ProLine manual informs me that standard AppleSoft display commands like HTAB, VTAB and HOME don't work for remotely connected users, which means that my side project of getting Hangman to run on the BBS is looking more like a complete rewrite. Up to now my experience with the system has been entirely via local logon, which led me to believe that text-based AppleSoft programs wouldn't need much tweaking. It never occured to me that terminal emulators display line-by-line, so changing characters at random screen locations won't be as straightforward as I had hoped. |