Well, since I haven’t been feeling that great, I decided I would sit down with a classic TI-99/4A emulator (Not Commodore, I know.  That’ll probably be next week.) and I’ve been re-creating one of my first programming projects:

So, that rather funny-looking screen shot above is my low-tech attempt to copy the scoreboard at the “New Mountaineer Field” in Morgantown.  Of course, this is the 1980 scoreboard, created with 1980 technology.  I was always fascinated with scoreboards when I was a kid.  And then I saw the hi-tech (for its time) scoreboard at the new stadium, and after my first Mountaineer game, I came back home and started writing this in TI BASIC.  Yes, I’ve always been a nerd.

Just for fun I’ve been re-coding it, just to see if I can do it.  I think I’ve forgotten more than I remember when it comes to TI BASIC.  But considering I haven’t actually used it in twenty years… eh, it’s not going too bad.

I’m not done yet.  The screen shot you see is only partially functional.  Plus I don’t have the message board (cyan square in the top-center) working at all.  But it’s been fun.  I imagine the project to be very similar to someone who works on cars getting a hold of their first car and re-tooling it.  Just to see if they can still do it.

So, anyway, West Virginia really is getting beat 14-7 right now, in the second quarter.  But I don’t know if I’ll make it through the whole game or not.  I’m still not 100% well…