retro computing
sadly my Sinclair ZX81 won't power up any more, but I still enjoy playing 3D Monster Maze on an Emulator. 1Kb of RAM expandable with the wobbly RAM Pack, 2 colours, but hours of fun, and POKE 16510,0 to change the first line number to 0. so nobody could edit it and change your name.

0 PRINT "FUCK OFF"
1 RUN

in John Menzies on the High Street. Happy memories.
(f_rev, Thu 4 Nov 2010, 23:20, 6 replies)

punchy FTW

( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Thu 4 Nov 2010, 23:36, closed)

Did format c:
in Radio Shack / Tandy once.
(barbedwiretumbleweed Fast 'n' Bulbous!, Thu 4 Nov 2010, 23:36, closed)

10 PRINT "FUCK OFF"
20 GOTO 10
30 RUN
(AndyC4m Eject Eject [><], Fri 5 Nov 2010, 9:30, closed)

Line 30
About as much use as a REM.
(ed-z, Fri 5 Nov 2010, 10:42, closed)

and totally missing the point of line 0
by poking 16510,0 instead, it changes the first line from 10 to 0 and stops people being able to edit the line containing 'FUCK' ;-) (without first poking 16510 back to at least 1 )
(f_rev, Fri 5 Nov 2010, 11:19, closed)

The Commodore64 had a poke that would shift the screen one bit to the right.
If you did this in a loop while leaving the colour map in the original place, it would *really* look like the machine was broken.

There was another poke that would disable the runstop key.

Dixons loved me.
(dxg, Fri 5 Nov 2010, 9:34, closed)

You could change the prompt on the C64's in Curries
from "BREAK" to "WANK" in about 5 POKEs

This was hours of fun for an eleven year old in the 1980's
( buffet_the_appetite_slayer ٩(●̮̃•)۶ jacked in to the ICE on, Fri 5 Nov 2010, 19:27, closed)

Did the same in Boots
No one there knew how to stop it so had to unplug the lot;

Line 30 pointless, as would GoTo 0.
(Suck it and Sea, Wed 10 Nov 2010, 9:17, closed)