[View the story "Creative Computing, Beginning With 10 PRINT" on Storify ]Creative Computing, Beginning With 10 PRINT One line of Comodore 64 code becomes art. Book release for "10 PRINT CHR$(205.5+RND(1)); : GOTO 10". Storified by Steve Garfield · Wed, Nov 28 2012 18:05:10
Boston Cyberarts GallerySteve Garfield
At 10 Print CHR book releaseSteve Garfield
George Fifield introduced the program.
George Fifield Boston CyberartsSteve Garfield
Creative Computing, Beginning With 10 PRINT
An evening to celebrate the publication by MIT Press of 10 PRINT CHR$(205.5+RND(1)); : GOTO 10. This book takes a single line of code-the extremely concise BASIC program for the Commodore 64 inscribed in the title-and uses it as a lens through which to consider the phenomenon of creative computing and the way computer programs exist in culture. Nick Montfort will start off the evening leading a discussion among co-authors and the audience about this celebrated piece of software. And there will be a short hackathon.
A little birdie sent me several hundred of these bookmarks. #10printMark Sample
10 PRINT CHR$(205.5+RND(1)); : GOTO 10Steve Garfield
The one line program on the screen generated the following maze like on screen printout.
10 Print at Boston Cyber Arts GallerySteve Garfield
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And the back of the #10print bookmark.Mark Sample
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Image: 10 PRINT CHR$(205.5+RND(1)); : GOTO 10 Bookmark
The question remains,
Who wrote the line of code "10 PRINT CHR$(205.5+RND(1)); : GOTO 10"?
It was in the
Commodore 64 User Manaul , but we don't know who wrote it.
Do you?
Image: Commodore 64 Online User Manual Online Version
BONUS :
Get 10 PRINT CHR$(205.5+RND(1)); : GOTO 10 as a free PDF here . Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 license.
OK I finally bit. I've been seeing the 10 Print thing for days and had no idea what it was - or what kind of spam I was getting into - but I finally clicked on it (held my breath) and came to this nice page that FINALLY explains what the heck this is all about. And it sounds interesting. Might have to read the book.
ReplyDeleteThanks,
Milt