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Andy Selle Releases SpaceWar Source Code
Posted by Nathan on 17 September 2003, 00:16 GMT

Andy Selle released the source code to his game SpaceWar on Friday. This was one of the early ZShell programs. For those of you who may not have been around at the time, ZShell was the very first assembler shell written for the TI-85 calculator. At this time, TI did not have any sort of ASM support, and a loophole was found in the TI-OS which allowed arbitrary code to run. By installing a modified backup file, you could install ZShell, which then provided ASM support to other ASM programs on your calculator.

This is a fun little game that has link support between two calculators. It's not the most impressive or advanced game, but it is indeed a piece of history which still has a place deep in the heart of many people who were around back in 1996, like me.

 


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Re: Andy Selle Releases SpaceWar Source Code
Joey Gannon  Account Info
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Andy Selle? Nathan Haines? This is just like 1998! Yay!

     17 September 2003, 15:58 GMT

Re: Re: Andy Selle Releases SpaceWar Source Code
Travis Evans Account Info

I thought it was interesting to see some of the so-called "legendary" people during the so-called "legendary" times (whom I missed because I didn't have Internet access back in 1998, although I was into TI calcs) again. I think they're on the mailing lists, too.

     17 September 2003, 19:04 GMT


Re: Re: Andy Selle Releases SpaceWar Source Code
Magnus Hagander  Account Info
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1998? Man, you started late :-)

     18 September 2003, 20:44 GMT

Re: Re: Re: Andy Selle Releases SpaceWar Source Code
no_one_2000_  Account Info
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LOL... well, let's see. Ticalc.org started in 1996, right? Compared to most, I'd say he's pretty old, here. Even though... you were here from the beginning. ;-) Wasn't it "The offical ZShell homepage" or something?

     19 September 2003, 02:04 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Andy Selle Releases SpaceWar Source Code
Magnus Hagander  Account Info
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There was, but that was Henrik. I did "The ZShell Fan Page" back then :-)
(Apart from coding for - and later on - ZShell, that is)

     21 September 2003, 21:07 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Andy Selle Releases SpaceWar Source Code
Joey Gannon  Account Info
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Actually, I didn't start until late 1999 or early 2000. I was just taking a guess at when Andy and Nathan were still going. :-)

     19 September 2003, 15:55 GMT

You know you've been around a while when
Drantin  Account Info

Only two people having posted in this section have user IDs lower than yours...

     17 September 2003, 19:08 GMT


Re: You know you've been around a while when
Michael Vincent  Account Info
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Three, you mean.

     17 September 2003, 22:28 GMT

Re: Re: You know you've been around a while when
Drantin  Account Info

Heh... There were only two when I posted ;)

     17 September 2003, 23:45 GMT

Re: Re: You know you've been around a while when
no_one_2000_  Account Info
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LOL! I knew somebody was going to do that ;-)

     18 September 2003, 01:51 GMT


Re: Re: You know you've been around a while when
Adm.Wiggin

WHOA! Michael V., you have been around QUITE a while! user ID # 59?!?! when most of us are at least 10000! scary dude!

     18 September 2003, 02:12 GMT

Re: Re: Re: You know you've been around a while when
DWedit  Account Info
(Web Page)

I'm probably the only guy here with a 2 digit user ID who isn't a staff member :) I'm amazed that my user ID is so low, I was on this site way back in the days of AShell and SOS, long before they even had registered users. Some people posting here makes my uid of 92 look pathetic though.

     19 September 2003, 01:02 GMT


Re: Re: Re: You know you've been around a while when
no_one_2000_  Account Info
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Most are actually >35000, as I've noticed. I'm pretty much in the middle. The highest I've seen in ~43000. I'm ~20000, so I'm roughly in the middle. :)

     19 September 2003, 02:11 GMT

Re: Re: Re: Re: You know you've been around a while when
Travis Evans Account Info

Me too. :-) I'm 20532.

     19 September 2003, 18:04 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: You know you've been around a while when
Shiar  Account Info
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I think most people with lower IDs left when the discussions became all about off-topic stuff like ID height :P

     19 September 2003, 20:41 GMT

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: You know you've been around a while when
Sparr Account Info

not too often you see an argument full of claims:
My _____ is shorter than yours!

     20 September 2003, 12:46 GMT


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no_one_2000_  Account Info
(Web Page)

Hey, it's kind of interesting to see somebody that has a really old ID post on here, if they almost never post, otherwise.

There are a LOT of people that frequently came every day last year... but they haven't shown up in a while. Wonder where they went?

     20 September 2003, 16:26 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: You know you've been around a while when
Eugene Talagrand Account Info

Well it seems like all the pointless
"First post"
"Second post"
"Haha beat you to first post"

discussions are gone.
Are they being deleted?

     26 September 2003, 09:50 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: You know you've been around a while when
Geek_Productions Account Info

I'd presume so. BTW-- ID# 41521

     30 September 2003, 18:30 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: You know you've been around a while when
aselle  Account Info
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Ha! My Userid is smaller than all of yours! I guess one of the benefits of writing the account system is you get to be userid 1!

     18 October 2003, 19:03 GMT

Re: Andy Selle Releases SpaceWar Source Code
Frank A. Nothaft  Account Info
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Congrats dude. But I woulda kept it old school.

Well, anyone else have no school cancelled 2day because of the hurricane besides blink ;)?

     18 September 2003, 16:14 GMT


Re: Re: Andy Selle Releases SpaceWar Source Code
W Hibdon  Account Info

Frank, you are such a dork.

-W-

     18 September 2003, 23:17 GMT

Re: Re: Re: Andy Selle Releases SpaceWar Source Code
no_one_2000_  Account Info
(Web Page)

HAHAHAHAHAHA.... LOL

Well, yeah, that hurricane... DUDE, that is scary... we're going to get hit tomorrow, sometime around 8:00 a.m. (EST) It is very close to where we live, so I don't know how that's going to turn out.

NO COMPUTER! I will die. I bet the power will go out. I hope we don't get flooded. School is out... I will be so bored...

</rambling>

     19 September 2003, 02:17 GMT

Re: Re: Re: Re: Andy Selle Releases SpaceWar Source Code
Matthew Marshall  Account Info

Here in Kansas, all we have to worry about is the annual flood of tornados; that and droughts that kill all the crops.

BTY, has anyone noticed how long it has been since a file was uploaded with a screenshot?

MWM

     19 September 2003, 14:14 GMT

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Andy Selle Releases SpaceWar Source Code
no_one_2000_  Account Info
(Web Page)

Yeah, I noticed. And that they're coming in slower... but you can't really blame Joey or Morgan for that. They're normal people too; they have school and stuff. I think they're doing a good job.

Wow... okay, there went our storm. Kinda. It's still blowing and stuff, but at least I can use the computer. I thought all power would be out. And really, it's just been winds, not just rain/flooding/etc. The winds have been pretty bad, though. :(

     19 September 2003, 16:27 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Andy Selle Releases SpaceWar Source Code
Magnus Hagander  Account Info
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Actually, don't blame Joey and Morgan about that. We are having some technical difficulties on that. We expect it to get resolved in a couple of weeks. Until then, those things will go a bit slower.

     21 September 2003, 21:09 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Andy Selle Releases SpaceWar Source Code
Frank A. Nothaft  Account Info
(Web Page)

Where do ya live? I live a mile outside of the Beltway AND a mile from I-66, VA side, 1/10 mile outside of Vienna.

The hurricane actually really hit Vienna. We only got power back today. Theres a hell of a lot of huge trees, and a lot of them were uprooted. We saw like 10 houses that had trees that fell on them in my neighborhood.

     21 September 2003, 01:41 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Andy Selle Releases SpaceWar Source Code
TheGreatOne

LOL, I like how we got to this from the source code of some old TI-85 game.

     21 September 2003, 08:35 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Andy Selle Releases SpaceWar Source Code
Frank A. Nothaft  Account Info
(Web Page)

Well, I'm here, that means no real discussion! :P

     21 September 2003, 21:07 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Andy Selle Releases SpaceWar Source Code
Frank A. Nothaft  Account Info
(Web Page)

Yep, thats me.

:P

     21 September 2003, 01:36 GMT

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