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Re: Blackjack for the ZX80 (mostly) completed

From spike1@freenet.co.uk
Newsgroups comp.sys.sinclair
Subject Re: Blackjack for the ZX80 (mostly) completed
Date 2011-03-03 03:20 +0000
Organization The league against squirrels
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And verily, didst N.N. Thayer <nnthayer1@gmail.com> hastily babble thusly:
> Overall it's less important than the 11-vs-1 ace issue, though.  I'm a
> little surprised that wasn't addressed in the original author's code.

Didn't you mention the original author being Tim Hartnell?
Not meaning to dis those long departed, his typeins were all a bit on the
crap side from my experience... Dunno why he gained such respect as a
programmer back in the day.

Possibly cos he was quite prolific in the early days.
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Re: Blackjack for the ZX80 (mostly) completed Pedro Timóteo <pedro@dehumanizer.com> - 2011-03-02 22:51 +0000
  Re: Blackjack for the ZX80 (mostly) completed "N.N. Thayer" <nnthayer1@gmail.com> - 2011-03-02 18:59 -0800
    Re: Blackjack for the ZX80 (mostly) completed spike1@freenet.co.uk - 2011-03-03 03:20 +0000
      Re: Blackjack for the ZX80 (mostly) completed "N.N. Thayer" <nnthayer1@gmail.com> - 2011-03-03 03:06 -0800
        Re: Blackjack for the ZX80 (mostly) completed gus <gdeldago@gmail.com> - 2011-03-03 05:42 -0800
        Re: Blackjack for the ZX80 (mostly) completed gus <gdeldago@gmail.com> - 2011-03-08 13:58 -0800
    Re: Blackjack for the ZX80 (mostly) completed Pedro Timóteo <pedro@dehumanizer.com> - 2011-03-03 14:30 +0000
      Re: Blackjack for the ZX80 (mostly) completed "dott.Piergiorgio" <dott.PiergiorgioNIHON@KAIGUN.fastwebnet.it> - 2011-03-04 02:30 +0100

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