Dragon User Programs

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sorchard
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Dragon User Programs

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Found an old box of tapes in the loft with some programs I typed in from Dragon User when I was a kid.
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Autorun (1984)(Brian Cadge DU_7_84).zip
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Chess (1984)(David Newby DU_2_84).zip
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Corewars (1986)(Ziv Eliraz DU_9_86).zip
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EasyEdit (1984)(Russell Stather DU_9_84).zip
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Expert (1986)(Peter Whittaker DU_4_86).zip
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Grand Prix (1984)(Brian Cadge DU_6_84).zip
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Mode24 (1986)(Paul Wicks DU_10_86).zip
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Window (1985)(Brian Cadge DU_7_85).zip
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Writer (1985)(Phil Brooks DU_5_85).zip
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Zippy (1985)(Brian Hinson DU_10_85).zip
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Re: Dragon User Programs

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Hi Stewart,
thanks a lot for sharing!
cheers!
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Re: Dragon User Programs

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Cool :)

I remember being taken with how the Expert System program worked.

Writer's not what I was expecting - I think I typed in a later hi-res thing called 64-COL (which I then patched up the wazoo to make it sit in high RAM, locate the video screen there, etc.)
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Re: Dragon User Programs

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sixxie wrote: Fri Aug 27, 2021 6:58 am I think I typed in a later hi-res thing called 64-COL
Ah yes, I remember that. (Dec 1987). I typed in a lot of stuff but I've no idea what happened to it all. Perhaps one day when I'm too old to come up with new stuff I'll have a go at OCR'ing some old favourites.

btw I should have said thanks for your DU bibtex: it makes very short work of tracking down articles :)
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Re: Dragon User Programs

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sorchard wrote: Fri Aug 27, 2021 9:59 am
sixxie wrote: Fri Aug 27, 2021 6:58 am I think I typed in a later hi-res thing called 64-COL
Ah yes, I remember that. (Dec 1987). I typed in a lot of stuff but I've no idea what happened to it all. Perhaps one day when I'm too old to come up with new stuff I'll have a go at OCR'ing some old favourites.
I had the original program typed in, so this morning I quickly transcribed the article and the - incredibly bug-ridden - character editor listing: http://www.6809.org.uk/file/dragon/utilities/
btw I should have said thanks for your DU bibtex: it makes very short work of tracking down articles :)
Cheers! I'm finding it quite useful myself :)
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Re: Dragon User Programs

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sixxie wrote: Fri Aug 27, 2021 10:14 am I quickly transcribed the article and the - incredibly bug-ridden - character editor listing
crikey you type faster than I can read ;)

heh the character editor could certainly use some tlc. The end of the program seems to have been lost by Dragon User, could just be a missing RETURN statement, but as you say, that's not the only problem :)

Brings back happy memories of playing around with these programs.
Stew
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