SMUG Bytes v10 n4
Articles
| Title | Description | Computers |
|---|---|---|
| 2068 Code Bytes #4 | Fourth installment in Lloyd Dreger’s Z80 machine language series for the Timex/Sinclair 2068, presenting the general menu system used in his CONQUEST wargame. Covers the SetTV and GetTV screen-switching routines, PrintMENU for rendering menu text to screen, MoveCURsor for arrow-key cursor movement, and GETINFut for accepting both keyboard and joystick input. Full assembly listings with | Timex/Sinclair 2068, Type-in program |
| Of Mice and Men | An unsigned editorial offering a philosophical meditation on how computing standards evolve through imperfect consensus rather than rigorous scientific proof. Uses analogies to the Big Bang, black holes, and theoretical physics to argue that widely adopted paradigms are not necessarily correct, and that the computing industry—like science—advances through social acceptance as much as empirical validation. |