T.RANDOM WALK.12

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..^U:BRAIN....         THE RANDOM WALK 1
28.                 BY.            ROGER
 MACOMBER..COMMODORE MAGAZINE.SEPTEMBER 
1987..**********************************
***.NOTE: BECAUSE THIS PROGRAM IS WRITTE
N.FOR THE C-128, IT CANNOT BE RUN LIKE.O
THER PROGRAMS ON LOADSTAR.  IF YOU.ARE C
URRENTLY IN 64 MODE, PRESS YOUR.MACHINE'
S RESET BUTTON TO PUT THE.COMPUTER INTO 
128 MODE.  A MENU OF.ALL 128 PROGRAMS ON
 SIDE 2 OF THE.DISK WILL BE DISPLAYED AU
TOMATICALLY..CHOOSE THE PROGRAM YOU WISH
 TO RUN.FROM THIS MENU..****************
*********************..  ACCORDING TO RO
GER MACOMBER, THE.RANDOM WALK IS BASED O
N SIMULATION.PROGRAMS USED BY SCIENTISTS
 AND.MATHEMATICIANS TO STUDY EVERYTHING.
FROM THE BEHAVIOR OF GAS MOLECULES TO.TH
E INTERACTION OF PEOPLE IN A CROWD...  R
ESEARCHERS USE THEIR SIMULATIONS.TO HELP
 EVALUATE EXPERIMENTAL DATA..THE COMPUTE
R SIMULATES WHAT WOULD.HAPPEN IF A PROCE
SS WERE TRUELY.RANDOM. SCIENTISTS THEN C
OMPARE THEIR.SIMULATIONS WITH THEIR EXPE
RIMENTAL.DATA: IF THE SIMULATION DOES NO
T.CORRESPOND TO REAL LIFE, CHANCES ARE.T
HAT THERE IS A CAUSE AND EFFECT.RELATION
SHIP AT WORK SOMEWHERE IN THE.PROCESS...
  THE RANDOM WALK DEMONSTRATES WHAT.WOUL
D HAPPEN IF A TRAVELER DECIDED TO.EXPLOR
E A CITY BY TAKING STREETS AT.AT RANDOM.
  (AT EACH INTERSECTION,.THE TRAVELER CA
N MOVE NORTH, SOUTH,.EAST, OR WEST.  THE
 CITY TAKES UP.EXACTLY ONE SCREEN.)  HOW
 LONG WILL.IT TAKE THE RANDON WALKER EXP
LORE THE.ENTIRE CITY?..  TO HELP YOU PUT
 THE RANDOM WALKER'S.TRAVELS IN PERSPECT
IVE, ROGER.MACOMBER HAS INCLUDED AN OPTI
ON WHICH.SHOWS YOU THE JOURNEY OF ANOTHE
R.TRAVELER WHO USES A MAP TO EXPLORE.THE
 CITY....DISK FILES THIS PROGRAM USES:..
RANDOM WALK.128    T.RANDOM WALK.128..  
      **** END OF TEXT ****.

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