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Do they mean the BBC TV show - I definitely watched that (and Blake's Seven and Doctor Who etc. etc.)? Or specifically the books (I didn't read those until MANY years later)? Or it doesn't matter. (The Wargames movie was another computer inspiration, and the US show Whiz Kids). Drifting off-topic no...

Don't forget the fantastic resource in the old magazines like Beebug and The Micro User - lots of great articles in those.

KarateEd wrote: ↑

Thu Jan 10, 2019 5:02 am

Have now been around completely and got through level 1 again

Well done

Might try again tonight but off camping tomorrow so that will be my excuse for this round ...

...the monsters, try to knock them off with the apples and other objects that give you 400 points. The monsters yeild 800 points... Oh, I was trying to avoid that, thinking it was mild cheating - timing things to get an extra 400/800 seemed naughty ... but if you have to do it to clear a safe path,...

A tiny bit further ... 4,000 ...

Whimper It's not a bad game but ... Got to almost the top of level one a couple of times but go to pieces soon after. I didn't bother reading the instructions for any of the levels, what's the point ...

No-one has said anything outrageous (so no-one take offence at me saying this, please) but it feels like it is getting a little heated in here ...

Leave me SOME excuses for my rubbish scores, Ed, please ...

e.g. "Oh, I was too busy working on corrupted characters under MOS 3.2 to play the game much"

I'm sure it can be restored ... just who wants to do it? :?: Looks fairly simple (in concept) - copy the prosilver directory in the themes directory to a new one called RetroSoftwareRed and tweak the files in there. (That's pretty much what was done for the old version of the site ... but the 3.2.x ...

klintworth wrote: ↑

Mon Jan 07, 2019 11:34 pm

Going for the Low Score Challenge!
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Don't worry, I'll be along shortly to give you some low scores to beat

Guess you are playing on a Master going by the mangled characters at the top of the screen? Maybe I'll make a slight diversion to make a Master-compatible version ...

roland wrote: ↑

Sun Jan 06, 2019 7:23 pm

At first it didn't work at all

Y2K bug?

Thank you for all the "thank yous", they are appreciated.

OK, that's done (which is great from a security point-of-view as well). So Media Wiki (wiki directory) is latest version, phpBB (forum directory) is latest version, and Mantis bug-tracker (mantis directory) is just hacked to display the login page (needs more work or upgrading). Theming looks like a...

It's not buying old rubbish for some nostalgic rose-tinted trip, it's an investment! Prices can only go up!

Worth a try, anyway!

Replace RISC OS 4 with PHP and I'll tick that.

Doom book; recommended (also recommend his earlier Wolfenstein 3D book, 2nd edition):

http://fabiensanglard.net/gebbdoom/index.html

Makes you nostalgic for the PC days
e.g. of the sort of content in it - programming fire: http://fabiensanglard.net/doom_fire_psx/index.html

e.g. this?

https://www.forbes.com/sites/marcochiap ... x-spectrum

Screenshot to save you clicking on the link (it's very heavy on advertising!)

I'm still a software developer today - but now I get paid for it! [...], far removed from my origins and with computing power at my fingertips of which I could never have dreamed back in my 80s bedroom. But I never had more fun than when I was starting out with the BBC. Think that describes quite a...

Something like this please:Hmm, am I off-topic ...

The upgrade is pretty smooth so that will (a) fix the security issues of staying a (very!) older version and (b) fix all the BBCode issues without needing crude hacks and (c) make future upgrades a bit easier. BUT It means any extensions/modifications/styles etc. have reverted to the phpBB defaults,...

Ugh ... the code from "the internet" doesn't quite work as advertised. The phpBB code is written to build & then execute PHP, and that PHP can be stored in the database (so it needs to work again.) Each fudge I do works for one thing (e.g. code block) but then not another (quote or url). Retrosoftwa...

OK, I'll have a look at that - rather important that the code shows! From my earlier message it will be this: includes/bbcode.php (Nasty fudge ahead, just to hide a warning!) 112 $message = @preg_replace( ... and ... 483 $tpl = @preg_replace( Put the leading @ in there to make the warnings go away ....

Of course I would buy my own but we're a bit low on space so I'd get in to trouble with the family. Time to update the family :twisted: :wink: One little BBC B with screen won't take up that much room ... the trouble starts when you need a Master and a Master Compact and an Electron and an Atom and...

I think Martin would REALLY like to know what version number is showing.

How about Mr Wiz? It's nowhere as good as Mr Ee! but might still be fun?

Not sure I can think of another two games right now, will do some more thinking ...

Just thinking you guys should try Opus's Dogfight next time you meet ... that's a fun two-player game!

If TurboMMC or derived from that, maybe the command you need is

Welcome, +1 for RetroClinic.

The issue is older versions of PHP software will have security issues. So the longer you leave a site unmaintained (i.e. don't keep upgrading it) the more likely it is that one day you'll be unlucky. Even if you turn off logins, uploads, registration etc. etc. if there's a security issue in "some_pa...

I've got a fudged beeb-em so when I press Control-B the "printer" output goes to my console window. Very useful!