Re: 0.25k Programming Contest!

[iigs@wam.umd.edu (Geoff Weiss - The Doctor)]

Sheldon Simms <sheldon@netcom.com> wrote:
>Maybe we need a standard starting state of the computer that
>all programs can assume. 40 column text page 1, main memory (bank zero)
>or some such thing.

I'm thinking about what existed in Nibble's one and two liners.  Some
of their programs wanted 80 column mode on and some off.  Just to even
confuse matters more, my GS boots with 80 column mode on (that is how
I have the control panel set) and my //e boots with 40 column mode on.
I think a readme file would be needed for each entry to explain how
your Apple needs to be configured to run the program (boot ProDOS 8 or
DOS 3.3, benefits having a color monitor, requires 80 column mode to
be on, etc...).

Geoff
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