From 795c68b1b4c32b61c02ff7ebe7cc820821309f6a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jeff Parsons Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2017 21:29:58 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Updated the "Adventures in Math" README --- apps/pcx86/1983/adventmath/README.md | 7 +++++-- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/apps/pcx86/1983/adventmath/README.md b/apps/pcx86/1983/adventmath/README.md index e333d0f7d..ee1ff47d1 100644 --- a/apps/pcx86/1983/adventmath/README.md +++ b/apps/pcx86/1983/adventmath/README.md @@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ machines: Adventures in Math (1983) ------------------------- +To start "Adventures in Math" (if it doesn't start automatically), either press the **Reset** button or, at the DOS +prompt, switch to drive B: and run "A:BASICA CASTLE". + {% include machine.html id="ibm5150-adventmath" %} The files for this game were obtained from the [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/msdos_Adventures_in_Math_1983). @@ -101,8 +104,8 @@ Another unexpected file was **BASICA.EXE** (54277 bytes) from 1999. It seems un IBM's PC-DOS shipped with **BASICA.COM** and OEM versions of DOS shipped with either **GWBASIC.EXE** or **BASIC.EXE**. Unsurprisingly, this **BASICA.EXE** is neither from 1999 nor from IBM. It's virtually identical to the circa 1983 -**BASICA.EXE*** found in [COMPAQ DOS 1.11](/disks/pcx86/dos/compaq/1.11/), except that it is 5 bytes larger, due to the -addition of "MsDos" at the end of the file. It contains the following strings: +**BASICA.EXE** found in [COMPAQ DOS 1.11](/disks/pcx86/dos/compaq/1.11/), and it's 5 bytes larger only because the +string "MsDos" was appended to the file. They both contain the following strings: The COMPAQ Personal Computer BASIC Version 1.13