Re: Anyone remember Startrek?

["Panzers East" <NOSPAMpanzers.east@charter.net>]

> > What computer language are you using?
>
> I'm doing it in Visual C.  I'd already done a C version for DOS, but I
> couldn't duplicate the sounds successfully, although I tried copying what
> the machine-language routines in the Apple version did.

What is "Visual C"?  Do you mean using Microsoft Visual C++ IDE to program
in C, or something else?  Also, what library are you using for graphics
(SDL, Qt, DirectX, or -- heaven help you -- MFC, etc)?  Curious.

> The date is written as a year and decimal parts of a year, e.g. 3284.64.
A
> minor bug is that fractions < 0.1 are printed without a leading zero -
e.g.
> 3284.06 would appear as 3284.6.

What about using a long integer to hold the date (thereby preserving the
zeroes) and simply print it out with 2 decimal places?

> My main area of concern is I'm not happy with the font I'm using, which is
> Courier New.  The Apple font was based on an 8 by 5 matrix and I'm
wondering
> if I'll have to do it graphically to get the identical look.

Probably will have to make your own to make it authentic looking.  Can you
do a screen capture and convert the font to a bitmap?