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From: "Kerr-Mudd, John" <admin@127.0.0.1>
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Subject: Re: Wordle
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2025 13:58:04 +0000
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On Thu, 23 Jan 2025 13:44:38 +0000
"Kerr-Mudd, John" <admin@127.0.0.1> wrote:

> On Tue, 14 Jan 2025 17:49:56 +0000
> "Kerr-Mudd, John" <admin@127.0.0.1> wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, 30 Dec 2024 19:29:11 +0000
> > "Kerr-Mudd, John" <admin@127.0.0.1> wrote:
> > 
> > > On Fri, 13 Sep 2024 10:32:58 EDT
> > > Big-8 Management Board <board@big-8.org> wrote:
> > > 
> > > > This is a formal Moderator Vacancy Investigation (MVI), begun because
> > > > the moderated newsgroup comp.lang.asm.x86 is not functioning,
> > > 
> > > No takers?
> > > 
> > > Happy NY (anything past the solstice is a NY for me) to anyone still doing
> > > asm.
> > > 
> > > BTW; saved a few in my Wordle prog, but not enough to put out a title:
> > > 241 bytes:
> > > 
> > Made it: 256 bytes
> > > 
> []
> 
> Bug found: a second, duplicate letter in a guess (when the target
> doesn't have one) will override the first letter's colouring on the A-Z
> list. I'm working on it.
> 
Can be done at the expense of dropping background colouring by using 
'and' for updating the character if found.

I've shaved a few more off, and can accomodate Delete and BackSpace
by dropping the title. I won't bother posting it, I'm now looking at an
orthogonal video game (a boot sector, so 512 -2 bytes) (It's "Bit of
Treasure" on Pouet.net).





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