lurkio wrote:Thanks, denni505!
John, please do post the multiplatform Sphinx Adventure!
Whoops! Sorry I put this on my list then lost the list.
I have attached two versions of the program. The BBC BASIC for Windows version runs on BBCB4W on a PC and probably a Macintosh. It loads on the Android version of BBC BASIC but bombs out at Line 274, which is a complex IF ... THEN ... ELSE IF ... THEN ... statement that appears to confuse the compiler. I have not tested this on the Pi under the Linux version of BBC BASIC yet (I should imagine it will work in a similar manner to the Android version). It should run under BBC Basic86 in DOSbox and on a DOS PC.
The RISCOS version runs on RISCOS 3.1x and RISCOS 5.x. It also runs on a BBC micro, Master and BeebEm. It should run on any version of RISCOS from 2 upwards.
The Z88 version is on a floppy somewhere though from memory if the RISCOS version is SPOOLed to disc it can then be transferred to the Z88 and EXECed as a working program.
I remember BITD we had the Sphinx running across our Level 1 Econet. This was quite an achievement considering the 12K file size limit of the server. We had to split the code into three sections and write a loader program that *LOADed each section to the right place in memory to rebuild the program and then move it down in memory to &E00. Sounds like this could be a fun project to do on my Econet ...
