[geeks] arcade collectors?

[Bill Bradford]

On Fri, Jun 29, 2001 at 12:49:50PM -0400, Joshua D. Boyd wrote:
> > One day I got bored.  "Hrm. 8bit.  wonder if the score will roll at
> > 32768."  So, I plugged in Asteroids, found that it *did* reset to
> > zero at 32768.  I considered it beat, and never played it again. 8-)
> Why did you think it would roll there?  Why not at 64k, or 99,999? 

*blink*

If I remembered correctly, MAXINT for an 8bit CPU was like 32767...
or something like that.

Bill

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Bill Bradford
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