Code cleanup in aisle 4. Let me begin this installment by presenting the current Lights Out code with some renumbering done and a few minor improvements. 0 REM LITESOUT-P7.BAS10 REM SETUP20 DIM L(9…| Sub-Etha Software
Steven Robert Bork (SRB Software) was such an iconic name in the Tandy/Radio Shack TRS-80 Color Computer community. Seeing his name on title screens of games etched it into my memory more than any other game author I can recall.| Sub-Etha Software
ALERT! ALERT! We are doing this wrong. It has been pointed out in a comment to an earlier installment that we missed an important part about what this contest was supposed to produce!| Sub-Etha Software
When you are old (or “experienced” if you prefer), you begin to realize how much of what you learned is wrong. Even if it was “right” when you learned it. I think of all pee…| Sub-Etha Software
From a post on CompuServe, as shared by former coworker Eric. C to myself and some other coworkers, including one who formerly worked for Atari during the Jaguar days. From 75300.1267@CompuServe.CO…| Sub-Etha Software
Now with my scooter background disclosed, let’s get to the actual subject of this blog entry: The Segway Max G3 electric scooter. As soon as I knew my Kugoo G5 could not be repaired, I began …| Sub-Etha Software
This blog post serves as my “first impression” of the Segway Max G3 electric scooter. However, thoughts like this are meaningless if you don’t know the background of the person do…| Sub-Etha Software
At this point, we have a nicely functional BASIC version of Lights Out. Some of its features include: 5×5 grid of lights. Random games. Allows replaying a specific game. Counts moves for scori…| Sub-Etha Software
Updates: 2025-02-19 – “new information has come to light!” As someone who learned C back in the late 1980s, I am constantly surprised by all the “new” things I learn a…| Sub-Etha Software
So far, I have figured out that the Lethal Lily Control Box sends out serial bytes at around 550 baud (on the green wire), with a byte sent at the start of a sequence, and a different byte sent at …| Sub-Etha Software
The story this far… In 2023, Home Depot sold an animated Halloween prop called Lethal Lily Swamp Witch. This prop was unique in that it has a rather nicely animate head that could move its ey…| Sub-Etha Software
WARNING: I am not a hardware person. I’m just a programmer that knows “enough to be dangerous.” I have not measured the voltage/signals coming out of the Control Box to see if the…| Sub-Etha Software
As a lifelong fan of Halloween, I certainly think we are living in a golden age when it comes to store-bought props and decorations. There are so many animated and light up props available each yea…| Sub-Etha Software
As we begin this part, let’s look at the BASIC Lights Out code as it stands currently: 5 REM SELECT GAME6 GOSUB 600010 REM INITIALIZE GRID20 GOSUB 400030 REM SHOW GRID40 GOSUB 100047 IF LO=0 …| Sub-Etha Software
Where where we? Oh, right. Light Out, in very basic BASIC. If Lights Out always started with the same lights on, once you figured out how to win, you could repeat those steps and win every time. Th…| Sub-Etha Software
The story so far… In the beginning, we learned a bit about the game Lights Out and its history. We then saw some very basic BASIC that implements the basic functionality of a basic game of th…| Sub-Etha Software
Updates: 2023-02-06 – William Astle pointed out that Color BASIC doeshave ELSE. Not sure why I thought it didn’t — I never had a machine with plain Color BASIC. Striked out! In th…| Sub-Etha Software
Recently, Rick Adams let me see a CoCo 3 Lights Out game he was working on. I have heard of the Lights Out, but have never played it. I gave it a shot… I was immediately frustrated by how dif…| Sub-Etha Software
