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by mrmouse
Thu Jan 13, 2022 1:06 pm
Forum: Kryoflux
Topic: Archimedes game stuck on a floppy disk
Replies: 2
Views: 14326

Re: Archimedes game stuck on a floppy disk

Hi Jon. Thank you for the offer. Unfortunately, it's the only thing I hung on to - although my dad might have a few original disks knocking around still - I'll ask.
by mrmouse
Wed Jan 12, 2022 11:44 am
Forum: Kryoflux
Topic: Archimedes game stuck on a floppy disk
Replies: 2
Views: 14326

Archimedes game stuck on a floppy disk

Hi there Way back in 1992-ish, I spent far too much time coding my own version of the Columns game for my A3000. I never had any pretensions to get it published or anything like that (I expect that I probably 'lifted' some of the routines from other programs at the time) so it was something of a lab...
by mrmouse
Tue Mar 26, 2019 11:34 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Accessing a legacy floppy disk without Archimedes
Replies: 5
Views: 20893

Re: Accessing a legacy floppy disk without Archimedes

Ok, thanks. I think I did try a few years back with a USB floppy and found that didn't work. Unfortunately, these days there aren't many computers around with floppy drives. Hmmm...
by mrmouse
Sun Mar 24, 2019 2:49 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Accessing a legacy floppy disk without Archimedes
Replies: 5
Views: 20893

Accessing a legacy floppy disk without Archimedes

Hi there. Back in around 1992, I wrote my own game for the Archimedes (we had an A3000 back then). It was a Tetris style game called DropShaft written in Basic and, from memory, had some funky music and scrolling text (of which I was very proud) on the high score page! I've carefully kept the floppy...