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1 posted on 04/23/2006 6:28:36 PM PDT by Tyant
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This should be in breaking news.


2 posted on 04/23/2006 6:29:40 PM PDT by martin_fierro (I got squirrelly nieces & nephews)
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To: Tyant

Shouldn't the "kids" be able to program up something similar in a couple of afternoons by now?


3 posted on 04/23/2006 6:31:42 PM PDT by Paladin2 (If the political indictment's from Fitz, the jury always acquits.)
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I would assume that they were using one of the simpler computers like the Color Computer 2 or 3. Those computers included a users manual that contained source code for a handful of simple programs. Some stored data, there was a simple game or two, a basic calculator, and a couple programs that did basic animations and drew fractal "fireworks" on the screen.

Since they were demo programs, it's unlikely that they even had names, so you'll probably never find them on the Internet. Even if you did, they were written in Tandy Basic and won't run on modern PC's.

If you really want the programs, do some googling on Tandy Color Computer users guides or manuals. You might get lucky and find one that's been scanned somewhere.


5 posted on 04/23/2006 6:40:35 PM PDT by Arthalion
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You need to give more information, more details and specifics, your description is to liberal(fuzzy, vague)

If it is from Tandy-RadioShack, I can in turn make a liberal guess: the game you imply is one played on a TRS-80, also known as Trash-80 home-computer, or a Tandy- RadioShack Color Computer .

I would hazard to say this 'educational game' as it sounds, is probably stored on cassette tape, not a ROM plug in module !
6 posted on 04/23/2006 6:43:17 PM PDT by marc costanzo (The only poll that counts, is the one at the ballot box !)
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Try this:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=trs80+games&btnG=Google+Search

And here is a list of some games:

http://www.ifarchive.org/indexes/if-archiveXgamesXtrs80.html


Here is another list of sites to look through:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=trs80+game+answer+questions&btnG=Search


7 posted on 04/23/2006 6:50:29 PM PDT by Revel
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To: Tyant

Talk about time travel! You joined FR tomorrow. Welcome to FR (tomorrow).


8 posted on 04/23/2006 6:52:09 PM PDT by Sarajevo
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I used to go to Radio Shack in the Mall when I was a kid, back in the 80's. I played a game on the computer there that was text based, and had you exploring a haunted house. You would say "look left" or "open door" or other similar simple commands. Don't remember what it was called.

My first "real" computer game was "688 Attack Sub." You played it head to head with a friend over a modem connection. Anyone remember that one? Anone have that one on disk?

10 posted on 04/23/2006 9:37:58 PM PDT by Washi
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I used to go to Radio Shack in the Mall when I was a kid, back in the 80's. I played a game on the computer there that was text based, and had you exploring a haunted house. You would say "look left" or "open door" or other similar simple commands. Don't remember what it was called.

My first "real" computer game was "688 Attack Sub." You played it head to head with a friend over a modem connection. Anyone remember that one? Anone have that one on disk?

11 posted on 04/23/2006 9:38:28 PM PDT by Washi
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