You may be interested in knowing that I have already cut that text out of the pdf of Dragon #74 and then pasted it back together in a text file. Better than typing it all in like the old days, yes? I just ran it in Virtual T (Model 100) and it barfs at the command "randomize".
I did the same thing with a program to generated character for TSR's Top Secret RPG, and then adapted it for the Model 100. It looks at the tail end of TIME$ to randomise from 1 to 10 and then goes through that many random numbers. It is on my Club 100 member page, but the member pages are unfortunately down just now. I know that there is a program that does exactly what you describe called D20.BA. I don't know how it randomises. I am interested in that program to generate treasure. BTW it is called a treasure "hoard". On Tue, 7 Jan 2020 at 13:15, Jason Paul <[email protected]> wrote: > > In most cases the syntax could change but the command should mostly be the > same. Depending on what machine you're using that particular book was > published with versions for specific Basics Commodore Atari Apple TRS-80 etc. > > Do a Google search for Dragon magazine 74 PDF and there should be a program > listing that is a dungeon Master's kind of utility program. It's not the only > one. Don't be confused by the battle computer that is really just a slotted > wheel for determining combat to hit percentages. > > On Tue, Jan 7, 2020, 4:10 PM James Zeun <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> It says for the TRS80 Model 3... I'm assuming that would still be alright? >> >> >> >> On Tue, 7 Jan 2020, 8:55 pm Ken Pettit, <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Hi James, >>> >>> I just remembered the title. It is "Golden Flutes and Great Escapes": >>> >>> http://www.apple-iigs.info/doc/fichiers/goldenflutesandgreatescapes.pdf >>> >>> Ken >>> >>> On 1/7/20 12:48 PM, James Zeun wrote: >>> >>> Yes please! That would be great! >>> >>> On Tue, 7 Jan 2020, 8:36 pm Ken Pettit, <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> On 1/7/20 11:12 AM, Jerry Stratton wrote: >>>> >> I don't know if anyone has any books they'd be willing to part with or >>>> >> just recommend one. >>>> > >>>> > If your D&Dness includes wanting to write text adventures in BASIC, Tim >>>> > Hartnell’s Creating Adventure Games On Your Computer was very nice. >>>> >>>> Come to think of it, I still own a book on writing text adventures in >>>> BASIC ... probably sitting on the top shelf of my bookshelf at home. I >>>> could look up the title later tonight when I get home if it is of any >>>> interest. >>>> >>>> Ken >>>> >>>
