Program Challenge (was Re: z80 timing... 6502 timing)

From: Richard Erlacher <edick_at_idcomm.com>
Date: Mon Apr 19 18:31:54 1999

You bet! If there's a way for "them" to prevent you from beating them by
being smart, they'll use it. I've been ground-ruled out a time or two when
it looked like I might sweep 'em. Not in the coding arena, though. . .
<sigh>

Dick

-----Original Message-----
From: Fred Cisin (XenoSoft) <cisin_at_xenosoft.com>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp_at_u.washington.edu>
Date: Monday, April 19, 1999 2:02 PM
Subject: Re: Program Challenge (was Re: z80 timing... 6502 timing)


>On Mon, 19 Apr 1999, Bill Yakowenko wrote:
>> Worrying about using 32K? For a simple little Roman Numeral pro... uh...
>> <* light bulb goes on *>
>> You naughty _naughty_ programmer! That's not at all in the spirit of the
>> competition!
>> (Wish I'd thought of it.)
>
>shhhhhhhhhh! Now they'll try to plug up the look up table loophole.
>
>
>Y'know, if the rules don't SAY what it has to be, ...
>
>
>OB_OT: A few decades ago, the Fremont race track used to have a 1200cc
>aircooled "anything goes" class. Then they changed that to 1200cc
>aircooled VW "anything goes" when I was 1/3 of the way through building a
>car out of two Honda 600s. The Honda 600 resembles a Mini-Cooper, with
>600cc 2 cylinder engine resembling a motorcycle engine, front wheel drive
>with a trailer axle rear end; ~36HP, but ~45 with the Hawaiian head and
>cam, plus ~10% more with some porting and polishing. By mounting an extra
>front subframe where the rear used to be, it was 1200cc, 4 cylinder (2 in
>each engine) >90HP, higher power:weight ratio than anything else in the
>class, much cheaper to build than any of the serious contenders, 4WD, 4W
>disk brakes, 4Wsteering (that REALLY takes some getting used to!) And
>street legal. almost.
>
Received on Mon Apr 19 1999 - 18:31:54 BST