Checksums -- making games safer to type in from magazines since the 70s

In the early days of home computers, software was small enough to be distributed in the backs of computer magazines. Bamboo gives a quick rundown of his experiences with this method of software distribution. Thanks to Tyrel (@tyrelsouza), Jim K. (@ijimkoz), J3! Read more at https://theindustriousrabbit.com and subscribe to the channel and RSS feed for future updates! --- References * Type-in Program article on Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type-in_program) * Checksum article on Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Checksum) * Compute!'s Gazette Issue 36 (https://archive.org/details/1986-06-computegazette/mode/2up) The issue I showed off in the video. * Public Domain Commodore example programs (https://rittwage.com/c64pp/?pg=pd) bagel.c3 is on games_i.zip * hello.dasm on 8 Bit Workshop (https://8bitworkshop.com/v3.9.0/?file=hello.dasm&platform=c64) Remove the scanline code and you can get this down to 37 bytes compiled. * hello.c (https://gist.github.com/johnbi