Your webpage is giving a 404 error trying to download the game On Wed, May 9, 2018 at 8:34 AM, George Michael Rimakis <grima...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi David, > > I will recommend my own game, Text Sweeper, which is a clone of > Minesweeper. > > http://www.georgerimakis.com/tsweep.html > > Best, > George > > On Wed, May 9, 2018 at 12:03 AM, David Laffineuse <davidlaffine...@me.com> > wrote: > >> Jim, >> >> Thank you! Your guidance helped me over the last few hurdles. I have >> now been able to successfully load and run .BA files from the PC via >> mComm! >> My next question is naturally: what are some of the indispensable >> programs (games, utilities, etc.) that everyone should have on their M100? >> >> Thanks again!! >> >> David >> >> >> On May 08, 2018, at 07:00 PM, Jim Anderson <jim.ander...@kpu.ca> wrote: >> >> -----Original Message----- >> >> >> So here is where I am so far: >> >> >> You've made great progress! >> >> - Able to download files from mComm/data into RAM... BUT those files, >> >> once in RAM seem to be corrupter. For instance when downloading some >> >> .BA files, I only get a few lines of code or no code at all, even though >> >> >> There's a bit of a trick here - well, not a 'trick' so much as a bit of >> information you need to know. >> >> Often when you find a .BA file online, it's a plain-text listing of a >> BASIC program which you can view in Notepad etc. The problem is that on the >> M100, a .BA file is a tokenized binary (to save space and improve execution >> time). If you transfer a text BASIC listing as a .BA file the M100 is going >> to try to interpret it as a tokenized binary file and, well, you saw what >> happens. :( >> >> The trick is to have a look at the .BA file on the PC, and if it's a >> plain text program listing, rename it to a .DO extension before you >> transfer it into the M100. Then, when it's on the M100, go into BASIC and >> type: >> >> LOAD "PROG.DO" >> >> This will load the program and tokenize it for you. (If it's a big >> program it might take a while.) When it's done, type: >> >> SAVE "PROG.BA" >> >> This will save the tokenized .BA file back into the M100's memory. You >> can now delete the .DO file from the M100, and you can transfer the .BA >> file back to the PC and keep it to save this step in the future. >> >> Some people adopt different naming conventions for these when storing >> them on a PC - often a program will have a document with it, so there will >> be a PROG.BA which is the plain text listing, and a PROG.DO which is the >> instruction manual. What I personally do is rename PROG.BA to PROG.BD >> (Basic-DO is I guess what I was thinking there) and then copy back >> PROG.BA from the M100 to save the tokenized version. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> jim >> >> >
