Topic: Masochistic, nostalgic fun. (+physics)

[Bonk]

You will curse me for this:

http://www.somethinghitme.com/projects/jslander/

 

Requires modern browser. Little heavy on cpu use.

This period in web development has a similar feel as when java applets first came about, but this has a more natural feel and better chance of success. I'm going to have to change my tune about javascript. I cannot hate it any longer. I must embrace it. As it evolves it just makes sense to offload as much as possible to the client, considering the processing power of client computers these days.

[Capt. Mike]

That is evil....

I remember playing this game on a HP-85 when I was writing programs to control test equipment for calibrations (early '80's).  I tossed in a random gravity, tho', so you couldn't do the same thing every time.

Thanks

Mike

[Sirgod]

Yep, I can remember sitting down for hours writing this on the C-64 computer.

Do you guys remember getting magazines, with nothing but Programing, peeks and pokes, for those old systems, that you had to copy word for word onto your screen?

Man those where the days.

Stephen

[marstone]

I remember those mags.  I remember hours of working on little programs like this also.  Peeking and poking my way through it.

[Nemesis]

The last time I did that was several years ago (with an old magazine) when I was working on learning C (didn't get to a useful stage) and entered a C program and updated it to ANSI standard and was actually able to make it work even though there were significant elements I never understood (mostly involved in reading/writing to a floppy).  It wasn't easy as not only was there the problems of typoes but of non compatible C versions.

[Sirgod]

Yep, you and mars got it.

I can remember plotting out simple sprites on a piece of graph paper, and poking them into memory locations. good times, and I know I learned alot about how PC's of the time worked back then.

Stephen