Re: Dan Lovy here

[KP <kjpmail@gmail.com>]

Dan,

For what it's worth, this matter arose when I took a box of old Apple
II disks from my girlfriend and tried to back them up, coming across
snags with the Spinnaker disks and a few others.

I hope you don't mind that I've undertaken (with the able assistance
of other folks from comp.sys.apple2) a little archiving of these old
disks, including Fraction Fever!

KP


On Jan 24, 1:13 am, Dan <danlovy1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> It was with great amusement that I received a note from Neil Thayer
> about this post.  Yes, I am the author of the Apple II version of
> Fraction Fever.  I have in my collection of life memorabilia, a shrink
> wrapped copy of this disk.
>
> A few notes -
>
> --You are correct, this was written in compiled BASIC.   I was having
> performance issues so I coded a few key routines in 6502 assembler
> (the worlds first risc chip).
>
> --This was my first commercial software title.  I began working at
> Spinnaker just after graduation.  I got the assignment after boasting
> to my boss that I could code it up in 2 weeks.  So, yes, I was working
> around the clock.
>
> --This was 30 years ago, and the second time someone has found me
> based on finding my name in a Spinnaker product.
>
> I challenge this group to find my name in other Spinnaker Software
> products.  HINT - The other mention was found in a C64 version of a
> Trillium (Spinnaker's adventure game spin off).
>
> Prize - TBD