Dr Beep quiz

Any discussions related to the creation of new hardware or software for the ZX80 or ZX81
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WHY WAS TRACERS PARTICIPANT IN THE 2K MINIGAMECOMPO?

THE CODE WAS DELIBERATELY LARGER THAN 1K

I added 1K of textmessage protesting against the winners of earlier years where simple
games of a certain brand which will NOT be named always won the compo.
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WIWO DIDO STANDS FOR?

WALK IN WALK OUT DROP IN DROP OUT

The first WIWO DIDO game is the case of the lost keys. In this game you can drop into fields and drop out of them too.
From the side you can walk in and walk out. : The name WIWO DIDO
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WHAT PART OF THE 1997 ZX81 EMULATOR WAS NOT CODED BY YOU?

THE LOWSPEEDLOADING

I used Ivo Breeden's SLOWLOADER to load ZX81 games into the emulator.
Why rewrite code when you got a working routine?
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3 GAMES CODED BY YOU, WHICH ONE IS NOT LOST IN TIME?

CHAIN REACTION
This is a 1K minigamecompo from 2009

CROSSWORD
was a game where you could built your own crosswordpuzzle and add descriptions and save the puzzle.

FUN BASIC
was a program that gave funny error messages when you used keywords, like
REM
1 REM are memoryeaters 0:1

or INK 4
in all colours:
3 INK pot fell OVER message 0:1
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TO USE 48K(RAAK), BESIDES TAPES AND RECORDER WHAT DO YOU NEED?

NOTHING

You can see here how 48 KRAAK works.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9O53I4tlTU
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WHAT DOES 48K(RAAK) DO?

IT BREAKS A 48K PROGRAM IN MULTIPLE PARTS

With the video from previous post this question could be answered.
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WHICH GAME IS NOT SUITABLE FOR 48K(RAAK)?
OUTRUN

First of all it is a multiloader so you never load 1 block of 48K code

As for VIEW TO A KILL: CITY HALL and POLE POSITION
You do need the versions with just 1 block of 48K to load. Other versions don't need 48Kraak
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WHAT IS 16K MULTITASKING?

A SMALL OS TO HAVE 3 GAMES OF 16K IN 48K MEMORY

With 16K Multitasking you can load 3 16K games and swap between the games while they are in memory.

Link:
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/1 ... ltitasking
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HOW DO YOU CONNECT SPECTRUM-HARDWARE TO THE SAM-COUPE?

WITH THE CIGARBOX INTERFACE

I built a SAM-2-Spectrum bus and placed it in the casing of a cigarbox, which became the name we used when we connected ZX Spectrum interfaces
on the SAM-coupe.

Wolfgang Haller tried the intrefaces on his SAM and wrote about it in the SPC-magazine.
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WHAT GAVE YOU THE IDEA FOR MAX VERSTAPPEN PITSTOP SIMULATOR?
A FLAT TRUCKTYRE

I was driving on the road and spotted this tyre. The tyre needed to be replaced... and so does F1 tyres.
Why not make a game about it and record the time for each tyre?
And I call it
MAX VERSTAPPEN FORMULA ONE PITSTOP SIMULATOR

The long name had me laughing the rest of the trip.
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