Calc
Calc
Publisher: CodeWorks - CursorGenre: [uncategorized]
Programmer: Glen Fisher
Year: 1978
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Language: English
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Game input holds PET matrix keys down until you physically release them, which is best for arcade games. Type input keeps the original short-tap queue for entering BASIC commands.
Charset Auto lets PET software switch normally. Graphics or Business forces the selected character ROM for compatibility/testing.
Changing RAM or ROM resets the PET. Some programs need ROM2/ROM4 or 16K/32K.
The sound slider controls the emulated PET VIA speaker. Modern browsers require a click before audio can start, so Start Game also enables audio.
The emulator has an IEEE-488 device at address 8 for loading/saving .prg files.
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Game Notes
The flyer tells us that CALC is "everything you ever wanted in an $800 calculator." The joke, of course, is that the PET's introductory price was $795 USD in 1977 (equivalent to just shy of $4,000 in 2024). Joke's on you, you gormless rube, using your very expensive machine as a calculator.
The calculator has some interesting features like octal/decimal/hexadecimal conversion and the ability to treat the results of a calculation as a memory pointer and PEEK at bytes and words at the target memory location.
The calculator has some interesting features like octal/decimal/hexadecimal conversion and the ability to treat the results of a calculation as a memory pointer and PEEK at bytes and words at the target memory location.