From: "Bob Jonkman" Organization: SOBAC Microcomputer Services To: opendos AT delorie DOT com Date: Sat, 4 Nov 2000 00:27:55 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Subject: Early gaming [was: FDISK] Message-ID: <3A03580B.10592.1C26C1@localhost> X-Confirm-Reading-To: "Bob Jonkman" X-pmrqc: 1 In-reply-to: <20001102.234025.-3964635.0.domanspc@juno.com> X-PM-Encryptor: QDPGP, 4 X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Win32 (v3.12c) Reply-To: opendos AT delorie DOT com Errors-To: nobody AT delorie DOT com X-Mailing-List: opendos AT delorie DOT com X-Unsubscribes-To: listserv AT delorie DOT com Precedence: bulk -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- I want to tell you what Robert W Moss said about "RE: FDISK" on 2 Nov 2000, at 23:17 > Trivia question: > > What was the first do something program run on an Altair 8080, > (SN #003), and what was the name of the score and the encore? > > How was it accomplished? WAG: I remember a program called "Kill The Bit". It was loaded in by keying in all the instructions from the front-panel switches, and the game consisted of a single LED lit sequentially along the data register lights (think of a movie marquee with only one bulb lit at a time). You won the game by flicking a data switch under the lit LED. The score, obviously, was either 0 or 1... It was harder than it sounded. Even at a measly 1 MHz, that LED could MOVE! > BONUS POINTS: Where and when did it happen? > Who was the perpetrator? I played it on a buddy's computer in Burlington, ON, in about 1975, but I don't think that's what you mean... -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP 6.5.8 -- QDPGP 2.61c Comment: Ensure confidentiality, authenticity, non-repudiability iQCVAwUBOgOeWqLoCveuM+mJAQEzzQP/WXHp9k+UwHAKzArhIWMMM4IG4+XGkaV1 Yc58Vje5IDl2rJg9XTZi80sQzwJYBtOWN/wnSzdu1T3KXyg5VLLnq0B36QsUJrh8 evXFK+AELB5iudySko/O4QL+A6M0tko6FsfNvb0QwB+VDnLzbrMorIZP9n/6m5vG sXMnSlw0rrw= =dE13 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ===== Bob Jonkman Voice: +1-519-669-0388 SOBAC Microcomputer Services E-Fax: +1-603-308-6118 6 James Street mailto:bjonkman AT sobac DOT com Elmira Ontario N3B 1L5 Canada Networking -- Office & Business Automation -- Consulting RSA Fingerprint: 9FAF A6AC B567 BC10 8973 7CF0 CB27 0317 RSA ID: 0xAE33E989 mailto:bjonkman AT sobac DOT com?subject=send_key Web site temporarily at http://members.home.com/bjonkman