RetroChallenge 2022/10

A re-implementation from scratch for the Compukit UK101 of “The Valley“, as published in Computing Today magazine, April 1982.

Project aims – What I wanted to achieve during October 2022

Progress log – A day-by-day account of what happened

Final reflections – How far I got and what I (re)learned

My UK101 BASIC repository – The Valley (all six versions implemented during October 2022) and other BASIC programs are stored safely here for posterity 🙂

The full RetroChallenge 2022/10 entrants list – There are loads of fascinating projects – many far more so than this one!

Other resources

Tim Baldwin’s Java based UK101 simulator – I used this extensively during my race to 8K.

The Register’s 2009 article on The Valley and and the people behind it.

An implementation of The Valley in BBC BASIC, including scans of the original Computing Today articles.