Date   : Thu, 17 May 2001 11:26:45 +0100
From   : James Fidell <james@...>
Subject: Re: Locked and beyond

Quoting Peter Van Ek (vanekp@...):

>   Rich, I looked through the BBC archives but could not find any
> mention of this code from James Fidell in the archives any idea whie it was,
> I would be interested in this program as I would like to look at how some of
> this VIA encryption of Kevin Edwards' works as like you I have not had a lot
> of success in trying to decode it, maybe James can comment as I know he is
> still around on this mailing list.

Looking through my personal mail archives, I posted it on 12/8/2000.  If
there's interest, I'll re-post it here, otherwise I'll email it direct to
you.

I wrote the code a long time ago -- probably when I was 16 or 17, so around
1983 or 84, and don't have a clue why some of it does what it does any more.
In particular, one part appears to be using the MODE 7 screen memory for
temporary storage.

(Come to think of it, since someone mentioned the Hobbit the other day,
I believe I used the MODE 7 screen memory as temporary storage when I
converted that from tape to disk, too.)

James