Tag: BASIC
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Mahler’s Symphony for 12 Spectrums
In 1982 the ZX Spectrum BASIC Manual had a chapter on the BEEP command* and set this challenge: Rewrite the Mahler program so that it uses FOR loops to repeat the bars. Program the computer so that it plays not only the funeral march, but also the rest of Mahler’s first symphony. Now 33 years…
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10 PRINT “Happy 50th Birthday Basic!” 20 GOTO 10
Yes as of today BASIC is 50. PRINT “CONGRATULATIONS”, BEEP! I was probably unusual for my age when I started to learn BASIC and mess around on computers since my parents were IT professionals, and bought a Computer Graveyard’s worth of long-forgotten technology, dusty long forgotten machines. So the machine I learn BASIC on to…