[geeks] arcade collectors?

[Joshua D. Boyd]

On Fri, 29 Jun 2001, Bill Bradford wrote:

> 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.

Seems to me that MAXINT for an 8bit CPU should be 127 or 255.  Otherwise,
it is usuing larger than 8bit registers, and that would mean that it
wasn't really an 8bit CPU (IMO).  But, I've never tried hacking anything
less than a 16bit CPU (8088 to be specific).

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Joshua Boyd