CHR$(109) Variation
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10 PRINT CHR$(109+RND(1)*2);:GOTO 10
A striking difference between this version of the program and the more historical versions from 1982 and 1984 is the use of character codes 109 and 110, while the versions in the C64 User's Guide and Run magazine used character codes 205 and 206. The C64 guide notes that "CODES 192-223 SAME AS 96-127" (p. 137), so 109 and 110 are exactly the same as 205 and 206.
The question arises, then, why might the early versions of the program have used the upper character values (205 and 206), especially when the PETSCII chart that appears in the C64 manual itself only lists the 109 and 110 values?
