I have chatted with Fredric about porting the code over and he is going to help me with the original BASIC compiler software (he's getting permission to send me a copy) so I can figure out the structure to enable it to be ported to something like Liberty BASIC... John :-#)# At 08:31 AM 27/02/2002 -0500, Kev wrote:
I think that combining the pods with the modern computer would be a useful addition to the techs bench. There are still LOTs of these out in the real
Agreed, but I'm not the guy to build it either....
world as well you know....many of them are fixing things other than old video games. I suspect that so many of them turn up for auction is the frustration with the time curve of using them effectively.
Hmm, I wonder about this. I found some fluke stuff in aviation repair shops but I too wonder how many people really use these things. It seems that most of the units are sitting on test equipment resellers shelves still trying to be sold for a PREMIUM. Guess they are waiting on the modern computer replacement too.
It is just an intellectual toy, fun, but is it worth the time? I still think it is, but I can't write software effectively....but I'm going to keep poking at it in my spare time...one needs a hobby after all...
Perhaps porting Fredric's code to the IBM is the best solution...not an enormous amount of time, and a few new cool tricks.
Agreed. If I could just get that Freq Counter function going (I haven't heard from Fredric, has anyone lately?).
I'm still a excited about modifing the existing scripts (ex Asteroids -> Battlezone) and writing a script for Donkey Kong essentially copying the existing script formats.
Kev