twiddlingbits / anthonys-early-code

Anthony's early coding projects starting in middle school. PDP-11, TRS-80, Commodore 64, Amiga, Windows

Anthony J. Wood's Early Code

Welcome to my early-years software collection. Here you will find executable code, source code, magazine articles, notes, and rejection/acceptance letters I wrote or designed while in middle school to college. I created this repo mostly for myself and as an archive/backup, but a little bit for my friends and family.

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PDP-11

In 8th grade I learned to code after school at the American School of the Hague (and some trips to the Computer Museum to use their Commodore PET)

• PDP-11 Readme
• First Code
• Battle Star Galactica - first game - BASIC List Scan | Play on Windows
• Master Mind BASIC Listing
• Slot Machine BASIC Listing
• Smurf ASCII Art and my design on graph paper
• My paper tapes

TRS-80

Back in Houston at the start of 9th grade I got my TRS-80, and while in high school I wrote the following programs.

• The Endless Tomb ReadMe | TOMB.BAS | Rejection | Play on Windows
• Space Taxi Screen Shot | SPACETAX.BAS
• Micro Adventure Language ReadMe
• Germany 1942 ReadMe | AWSoftware
• Ruins at Time's Edge ReadMe | Rejection
• Boot -n- Copy ReadMe
• Quest for Fire ReadMe
• Compac ReadMe | AWSoftware

Commodore 64

Towards the end of high school I purchased the super-cool Commodore 64 and wrote the following.

• Lunar Lander ReadMe | Article PDF with Source
• Space Hunt Readme | Article PDF with Source
• Renumber Readme | Article PDF with Source
• Faster 64 Readme | Article PDF
• Banner Readme
• 1541 Zip Readme
• Sterm 64 Manual | Rejection

Amiga

I purchased my Commodore Amiga in late 1985 with a loan from my parents, during my junior year of college.

• Perfect Sound - my first commercial success! Overview | Ver 2.3 UI | Ver 3.0 UI Video

Windows

These windows programs aren't technically "early". The Windows Maze is a port with enhancements of the maze I wrote for the Amiga. And the Emulators and BASIC were written in part to run my early software on windows.

• Windows amaze
• AW Basic
• Classic Basic Games
• TRS-80 Emulator

macromedia flash

I've been a fan of Space Invaders since I first played it at the "West World" arcade in the Hague. I hand wrote a simple version for the PET, then partially completed an Amiga Implementation. I wrote this Flash version to learn flash programming. Its the only flash software I ever wrote, and IIRC it mostly worked.

• Space Invaders

Also...

• AW Microcomputer History
• AW Software
• Rejection/Acceptance Letters