20 GOTO 10: 10101001 facts about retro computers (book)

Post by gus_massa » Wed, Dec 27, 2023, 3:04 AM UTC

Post by benj111 » Wed, Dec 27, 2023, 10:57 AM UTC

irdc wrote: post #3

The extra 8kB was done to make a Spanish tax on home computers with 64kB of memory not apply to the 472. There was otherwise no difference with the 464.

Post by irdc » Wed, Dec 27, 2023, 11:49 AM UTC

benj111 wrote: post #4

irdc wrote: post #3

The extra 8kB was done to make a Spanish tax on home computers with 64kB of memory not apply to the 472. There was otherwise no difference with the 464.

The extra 8kb wasn't even usable.

Post by codetrotter » Wed, Dec 27, 2023, 1:18 PM UTC

Post by batch12 » Wed, Dec 27, 2023, 2:12 PM UTC

layer8 wrote: post #9

codetrotter wrote: post #8

Imagine someone buys the book and after finishing it they are like, “wait, where are the remaining 10 100 832 facts?”

I think they’ll either error out or get stuck in an infinite loop on the 20 GOTO 10 before.