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Microbee Pools and Lotto tape - ChickenMan - 28-03-2020
Thanks to kimjohn for lending to us this original Microbee tape to be recorded and scanned. The tape had no copy protection and both sides were initially recorded at 44.1khz and saved as mono 16bit WAV files. The tape had one only 300baud copy on each side of the tape and the programs are :-
LOTTO is a Lotto and Pools number generator. It will select random numbers for your weekly lotto or pools entries. Both standard and system entries can be generated.
LOTSCN is a Lotto scanner. You input your weekly numbers, then save the program for future use which saves your weekly numbers. Then when the weekly draw occurs, run your new saved programme and input the draw numbers. The program will then show any divisions you have won.
To reduce file size, they were all re-sampled at 16khz and saved out as mono 8bit WAV files while still retaining its structure, shape and load-ability. They both load error free into a PC85 under ubee512 emulator. MWB versions are included in the zip files and they can be run from the Nanowasp emulator at http://nanowasp.org/
So in the MbeeTech repository in the Microbee\Software\Tapes\Original folder we placed
lotto.wav
lotscn.wav
pools_and_lotto.jpg <--- in the Documentation\Pictures\Tapes folder