On 10/27/2015 8:32 PM, Orchid Win7 v1 wrote:
> On 27/10/2015 07:50 PM, Stephen wrote:
>> On 10/27/2015 6:58 PM, Orchid Win7 v1 wrote:
>>>> I think there's a lot you can do that's interesting without any
>>>> video at
>>>> all.
>>>
>>> Oh, really?
>>>
>>> [That maybe sounded sarcastic. It wasn't meant to.]
>>>
>>> Clearly you've got different ideas to me... What kinda thing are you
>>> thinking?
>>>
>>> [Genuinely interested here.]
>>
>> Break codes, calculate ballistic trajectories, solve engineering
>> problems. Run the finances for Lyons tea house.
>
> Not sure too many children would be interested in any of those.

Calculating ballistic trajectories and blowing up your target sounds 
like fun.

>
>> Text processing and games.
>
> Interesting without display capabilities. ;-)


Did not say that. You said without video.
The output was on a Teletype or a printer.
I played a graphical golf game that used a printer to show the hole and 
where the ball had landed.

Thinking about it and looking up Google. I think that many of these 
games were inhouse programs and not available to the public.

-- 

Regards
     Stephen

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