Dr. Juande Santander-VelaSpeaking of my previous toot [1] about old Usborne books [2], I have just learned from the book How to Make Computer-Controlled Robots [3] that you could easily simulate
ON value GOSUB line1, line2, [line3…]
with
GOSUB line1*(value=1)+ line2*(value=2)[+ line3*(value=1)…]
(See logical page 37 — printed as 35 — on [3])
I guess the same works for ON GOTO…
[1]: https://mathstodon.xyz/@juandesant/115233865561825677
[2]: https://usborne.com/gb/books/computer-and-coding-books
[3]: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bxv0SsvibDMTZ2tQMmpyOWtsRFk/view?usp=drivesdk&resourcekey=0-zt3ZcOMMA30T_LJlUEzoDQ
#usborne #retrocomputing #BASIC #ZXSpectrum #ZXSpectrumBASIC #StructuredBASIC #OnGoSub #OnGoto
Dr. Juande Santander-Vela (@[email protected])
I had posted this on at least two previous accounts, but not here: the Usborne Computing Books of the 80’s are available (still, fingers crossed 🤞🏼) as free downloads. They can be useful to think of things that kids could be doing today… and they’re also gorgeous and nostalgic at the same time: https://usborne.com/gb/books/computer-and-coding-books ps. If you access outside the UK, the link above will not appear to work. In that case, please 1) go to Start page (last link in the error page; might be in a different language for you); 2) set your language and region to English/United Kingdom, respectively; and 3) then click that link again. #retrocomputing #usborne #kids
Juan F. Ramírez