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Hi All, 1) SparrowHawk : Sorry I don't have QEmulator to test on ! I have got rid of the multiple LOCals which may fix the problem ? Please let me know... 2) Andrew : Well spotted, i2$,i3$ and i4$ are unecessary ! This happened because in an early prototype, there were 8 seperate inkey$ calls, which...

Hi again,

If you remove the CLEAR statement, the program will Turbo-compile and EXEC ok with 15ko of dataspace.

Regards,

Steve.

Hi, More Qovid revision going on : This time I have dug out paqman and updated it, removing the one remaining quirk. Just unzip it, LRUN, enter the required difficulty, then use the arrow keys or ESCape. Tested ok on QPC2, SGCqdos and SGCsmsq/e (with SH). All GOTOs removed and all variables LOCALise...

Hi, Have you tried entering 'EXTRAS' when you first load the program ? This will list all the elements in the name table.... I see your name table is currupt when you call 'INK', (just before 'STRIP' & 'PAPER' ... Either you have redefined the word 'ink', or have an illegal INK parameter ? Or, t...

Hi Folks, I was hoping to convert the lander program for smartphones, which would require accessing the tactile controls. But the JavaScript routines to do this are not at all straightforward to use ! Perhaps a normal keyboard version for PCs will be possible ? I will have a go at it... Steve.

Hi, Covid has had me revising and improving programs written some time ago, to work now on most platforms. Just unzip and LRUN Digital Lander, answer Yes/No, difficulty ( low number is hardest ), and use left/right keys or ESCape. The idea is to guide numbers as they fall down onto the same number (...

Hi All, Searching the correct keywords in a website tutorial demands that you know their JavaScript equivalents to S*Basic. You can PAUSE a function using < ' Xit = setInterval( myfunction , delay ) >, then continue using < clearInterval( Xit ) >. Knowing this, the animated Koch Fractals now work OK...

Hi Per and All, After thoroughly searching docs and website tutorials, it became possible to PAUSE between recursive FRAME calls, by printing pop-up windows. under FireFox. But impossible with Chrome, even with pop-ups enabled. Chrome keeps clearing the whole screen with white 'paper', so no drawing...

Hi, These unzipped programs will produce fractal snowflake outlines. The original versions were iterative... ( with internal structures drawn too ). Transformed to be recursive, these routines took far less code for the same job. LRUN the koch3_bas file for 7 frame sizes, or click on the koch3.html ...

Hi vanpeebles,

Great initiative, great success, great future !

Keeps my QL and brain ticking over....

Many thnks.

Steve.
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