20 Goto 10 Av Steven Goodwin

<p>Do you know what secret messages were hidden in Commodore BASIC? Why the highest score possible in <em>Pac-Man</em> is 3333360? That Steve Wozniak set the price of the Apple ][ computer at $666.66? Or why the Amstrad CPC 472 had an 8K chip that was never connected?</p><p>From 0 to 2147483647, and from Acorn Atoms to VIC-20s, <em>20 GOTO 10</em> takes us on an adventure through the history of retro computers and games consoles ¿ one number at a time.</p><p>By following the ¿GOTO¿ instructions at the end of each entry, you¿ll create a unique journey through this treasure trove of forgotten geek lore and fascinating trivia. With any luck, you¿ll discover the number used to grant infinite lives in <em>Jet Set Willy</em> on the Sinclair ZX Spectrum, the reason a single digit might require seven bytes of memory, and how ¿ through numbers ¿ we can understand more than just the internal workings of our favourite retro machines.</p>