By the time, if my father had offered me a zx spectrum instead of some weirdo 'Sharp' system, my life would be 300% different, today, as i would have learned how to program it, and because i already loved the games that were being made for the system, like paperboy, jet bike simulators, sirfred, etc etc, i would have wanted to learn how to make those games. . Crazy, like a tiny little thing has the power to completely change a life.
Why do the line numbers go to about 60 to 80 then the data commands start at 1000 am i right thinking tht you leave a huge gap incase you want to admore data statements
dead right RAB, its a good idea to leave space for new statements. you might be surprised how much fun tinkering on the old 48k still is. sure computer have improved but its like comparing a lotus 1 to a modern Audi, give me the lotus one.
@@adg1355 Lol, The Spectrum was one of the longest lived machines of all time. It died because it got old, nothing to do with the BASIC language included. Assembler was always available as well, for people wanting more control.
And is also the same reasoning why the lines step up in Tens; 10, 20, 30, etc. It allows you to go back and amend the listing without changing numbers. You can go back and insert a line at 25 for example, or insert a number of lines at 31, 32, 33, 34, 35 etc Going up in Tens is a convention, there is nothing stopping you using your own numbering system, the computer does not force you to go up in Tens. If you wanted to start at 1, 2, 3, 4 then you can. But you'll soon have problems!
