My other programs...

You'll find below some of the programs I have designed in other languages than Java, namely Basic and Pascal.

Connect 4 (162 Kb), made in 1994-1995 in Borland Pascal 7.0 (parts of the code are in Assembly language), is adapted from the well-known board game. The computer part is FAR from being perfect : it requires a very, very powerful machine to reach the 6-go depth in a reasonable time. Actually, I don't think such a machine exits today (1997). Nevertheless, I have seen a Connect 4-type game under Linux, almost impossible to defeat, though the time needed for the computer's move was null. I wonder how they did...

Note: Connect 4 does not seem to work with Windows 2000. Configuration issues with the DOS command line?

Features :

• DOS program;
• MCGA 256 colors;
• 1 or 2 players;
• up to 6 levels calculated by the computer;
• easy translation: just translate the file english.lng in another file (with the same extension), and that's it;
• available in English, French, Spanish, Portuguese and partly in Indonesian;
• mouse supported;
• the interface uses Windows-like buttons;
• save/restore options and the current game.

Fonction (77 Kb), made in 1994 using Borland Pascal 6.0, is a 2D function plotter. It is very buggy, so do not expect to use it easily, or even efficiently. It is simply a demonstration of an algorithm that interprets a mathematical expression.

Features:

• DOS program;
• in French only;
• text mode and graphic mode (to draw the fonction);
• supports cartesians and parametricals. Conics and polars were intended but will sadly never be implemented;
• save/restore functions;
• printing supported.

Now, here are some programs that I used to understand some aspects of programming. All of them are in French, though.

• Lemmings (17 Kb), made in 1995 using Borland Pascal 7.0. A bunch of lemmings (taken directly from the game) walks through the screen, that's all. It's a test of the graphic procedures I had written. MCGA 256 colors.
• Testgraf (21 Kb), made in 1994 using Borland Pascal 7.0. Detects and tests the available graphic modes. Supports mouse.
• Testmcgb (21 Kb), made in 1995 using Borland Pascal 7.0. Several tests concerning MCGA 256 colors mode.

I have also designed a number of programs in Turbo Basic, particularly before 1993. They are not available here, as most would be impossible to use, because of the speed of the current computers. Also, most are lost in a hard disk in my old PC XT...