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16:Bug “If you elect to see all the pictures, this program has the ability of consuming well over six feet of terminal paper per run. We can only suggest recycling the paper by using the other side.”
Blackjack
This is a simulation of the card game of Blackjack or 21, Las Vegas style. This rather comprehensive version allows for up to seven players. On each hand a player may get another card (a hit), stand, split a hand in the event two identical cards were received or double down. Also, the dealer will ask for an insurance bet if he has an exposed ace.
Cards are automatically reshuffled as the 51st card is reached. For greater realism, you may wish to change this to the 41st card. Actually, fanatical purists will want to modify the program so it uses three decks of cards instead of just one.
This program originally surfaced at Digital Equipment Corp.; the author is unknown.
As published in Basic Computer Games (1978):
Downloaded from Vintage Basic at http://www.vintage-basic.net/games.html