PSION Organiser II Forum

As mentioned in the Welcome thread I've done one little coding effort on my Organiser II, a little implementation of the Monty Hall maths problem (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty_Hall_problem) , complete with little character graphics I wrote it back in 2020 (another lockdown project!) and coded on my actual Psion device before retyping it into a text editor on my PC to save a copy here (I do not yet have a sync cable).
I'm sure it won't win any coding awards - it remains my first and only Organiser project so far - but thought it would be nice to share here.
There's two versions of the program in the zip file - one with short variable names to make it easier to type in. I hope works okay from this listing - I've not tried out the Simulator yet so if anyone tries this out do tell me if you find any problems!

Hi Tony..

I tried your MONTY (& MONTY2).. And I managed to get it working on both an XP and LZ... A few thoughts...

(1) ORG2 Simulator/Emulator.. Don't bother trying it in there as ORG2 doesn't handle UDG's and PEEK's or POKE's
(2) I initially got confussed with both MONTY and MONTY2 being in one listing (but got there in the end).
(3) Are you on a Windows PC or an Apple product?
(3a) When I opened your 'MontyHall-concise' in Windows NotePad - it displayed poorly (something to do with the <TABS> and spaces I think)
(3b) When I opened it in Windows WordPad - It displayed correctly..
(3b.i) Once open in Windows WordPad I cut and pasted it into Windows NotePad to get rid of any 'control' characters (<TABS> etc..) that might interfere with the Comms Link or the Organiser [Prog][Trans] function. And of course saved it as MONTY.OPL and MONTY2.OPL
(4) How did you prove the UDG's, did you have a routine of some sort to confirm them before you included them in the program?
(4a) (or add) PRINT CHR$(5),PRINT CHR$(7),PRINT CHR$(7) : GET - to your MONTY2 routine?

I would say that typing all that in on an XP itself was dedication indeed..

Sincerely
Martin