40
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50 CLSiP ,AT24
,"
WHEEL OF FORTUNE"
60 T=6S
65
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70 REST.
71 FOR 1
=
1
TO 54
72 READ A( I
)
73
NEXT I
80
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81
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1=55 TD 60
82 READ
At
I >
B3 NEXT
I
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Y=13
:GOS. 3000
110 X=18 t Y=12 iGQS.3000
120 X
=
36 i Y=9 iGOS. 3000
130
X=56
:Y=6iGOS.3000
140 X=76 ; Y=9
>GOS. 3000
150 X
=
94 i
Y=
12 :GDS. 3000
160
X=I12:Y=]6>GOS.3000
170 P.AT92,"
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;
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t
195
P.AT729," JOKER
(13) £.
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196
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(80)"
193 P . AT856 ,
"
BOTH PAY
40 TD
1"
200
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S=l TO 100
+
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210 P.AT450,ArP);:P.AT331,A[P+I);:P.AT2 76,A(P+2);
215 P.
AT22Z ,
A{P+3)
i
220
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h )
i
:P.AT369,A(P+5);:P.AT506,A{P+6)i
221
IFS<TG.
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224
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226
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PAYOFFS
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TO
THE
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227
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THERE
-
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.
230
IF S<102 FDR Z=
1 TO R;NEXT
Z
Z3S P=P-1
236 IF P=0 P=54
240 N. SiP.TAB(
29) , iQ=A(P+4)
iGOS. 2000 iX=0
2 50
P ,
TAB( 22 )
i
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YOUR C HO
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WAS
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260
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WIN
AT
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TO 1
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iE.
270 P."
YOU LOSE.
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500 D.
1,2,
80 ,1, 5,1,
2,
1,10,
1,2, 1,5, 1.2, 1,5,
l.Z,
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£0,1,
2,
10
510 D.
1,2,
1,5, 1,2,
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5,
1,2, 13,
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520 D.
1
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20,
1
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1
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,
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1
,
2,5
2000
=
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;Q:RET,
2010 0=40
i AS= "JOKER
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2020 P .AS; RET
.
3000 FOR
1=0
TO 7
3010 S.
t
X,
I+Y) iS. (X+l , I
+
Y)
3015
5,{X+14.I+Y)>S.(X+15,I+Y)
3020
S.(I*2+X,Y);S.(I*2+1+X.Y)
30 25 S.
(
I*2+X,7+Y)
;S.
C
I*2+l+X,7+Y)
3030
NEXT
I
3040
RET.
Dow-Jones Industrial
Average
Forecaster
There is no guarantee that this program will make
you
instantly wealthy,
but it is
an example of
converting
a financial magazine article into
a
useable
computer
program. The
article
describing the
market premises on which this program is built
appeared
on
Page 90 of Forbes, June
1,
1977,
207