Recebemos novo lote de MIAs para o ZX81 de Steven Brown e Mark Westmoreland, e temos agora uma colectânea de programas da C-Tech, que se notabilizou nos primórdios do ZX Spectrum com alguns programas de duvidosa qualidade, mas que de tão maus que eram, são amplamente conhecidos (quem não conhece Krazy Kong?).
Quanto a ZX81 Micro Computer Software, é um utilitário muito simples que permite compilar o código dos programas que criamos. Certamente terá sido bastante útil no início dos anos 80. Entretanto, só mais recentemente vimos que a cassete tinha uma panóplia muito abrangente de programas.
Entretanto, Steven Brown criou a sua própria página para ir partilhando as preservações que vai fazendo. Porque não ajudá-lo, acedendo à página e dando um pequeno apoio? Podem aqui ver a página.
Podem aqui descarregar esta compilação de utilitários e jogos.
The description makes it sound as though ZX81 Micro Computer Software is just a simple BASIC compiler and nothing else. However, the Tiny BASIC Compiler is only the first item on the tape, and it's followed by no fewer than 22 other items! There are 23 programs in total here, though one of them (number 5, phone book) is duplicated (as number 9).
ResponderEliminarUnfortunately it's hard to make sense of a lot of the contents because of the lack of documentation. There must have been some sort of printed manual that hasn't been preserved, unfortunately. For instance, there appears to be a three-part business database (ZXBS, with Sales Ledger, Purchase Ledger and Stock Control[?] components), some sort of database system for making interactive stories (Atlantis) and all sorts of other things, from simple road race games (Indy500 & 501) to a text adventure (Damsel in Distress), and there are versions of several common early computer games, like Mastermind and Battleships.
Some of the games are absolutely terrible (Squash and Breakout), but others look quite promising (such as Draughts, which is slow but lets you play against a computer AI, and Handicap Golf, which is simple but seems quite fun).
Overall it's an incredibly wide-ranging tape of varied software covering utilities, business software and games. It's just a pity that it's so hard to make sense of a lot of it without any documentation. Anyway, a really interesting find!
Yes, I was just coming from holydays and haven´t seen everything. But pay attention the next two weeks ;)
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