On Mon, 26 Jul 2004 at 20:51:04, Robert Newson wrote:
(ref: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>)
>Tony Firshman wrote:
>
>...
>>>>>The reason for this posting: I really wonder if someone out there
>>>>>also has
>>>>>something special: a stunning effect from some simple (at the first)
>>>>>SuperBasic code?
>>>>>
>>>>Yes - the winner (and runner up - same person) of a QL World graphics
>>>>competition will probably beat this one (I haven't run this one as I am
>>>>in the US)
>>>>
>>>Was that a different compo from the one with the rotating head? I think
>>>Mark Swift made that one and it rocked!
>>>
>>>I have to check my QLTs :-)
>>>
>> This was QL World - the original mag published in London.
>> I think around 1986.
>
>It was the 1988 QL World Artist of the year comp (announced in May 1988
>Mag, results in Sep 1989 Mag).
>
>Winner was "The Animated Head" by Mark Swift. It required 512K Extra
>memory to run. I think (vaguely remember) that it was available on the
>microdrive exchange (but I can't find the details at the moment - if it
>was).
>
>The "Plant Life" by Colin Bate was another was-run. It was listed in
>the Progs in Mar 1990 mag. (2 1/2 pages long, 103 lines including 16
>lines of REMarks)
This is not the competition I was thinking of.
The dragon was a limited length superbasic program and I am sure was
much earlier than that.
Tony
>
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