Digital Mark λ ☕️ 🕹 🙄<p>OK, I got Fujisan emulator working.</p><p><a href="https://github.com/pedgarcia/fujisan" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">github.com/pedgarcia/fujisan</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br>(releases on right side)</p><p>Important: Set your own profile, then change to NTSC, set ROM to ATARIXL.ROM, BASIC to ATARIBAS.ROM, right-click "turn on" D1, and load a floppy, unless you like the Altirra "BASIC" and "OS", which are pretty bad emulations of the real thing.</p><p>My autorun.sys which runs D:LAUNCHER.LST was giving me ERROR 130, until I reinstalled it specifying D1:LAUNCHER.LST<br><a href="https://appdot.net/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://appdot.net/tags/atari" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>atari</span></a> <a href="https://appdot.net/tags/basic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>basic</span></a></p>
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µP<p>... from page 102 of the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Intellivsion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Intellivsion</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BASIC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BASIC</span></a> manual:</p>
:fckafd: Olli Graf🚟<p>10 sin<br>20 goto hell</p><p><a href="https://nrw.social/tags/basic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>basic</span></a></p>
mmphosis<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Applesoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Applesoft</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BASIC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BASIC</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Programming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Reference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Reference</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Manual" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Manual</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AppleII" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AppleII</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/apple2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>apple2</span></a></p>
Silicium<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/silicium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>silicium</span></a> collection<br>💾🎹<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Yamaha" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Yamaha</span></a> CX5MII de 1985, l’ordinateur qui pensait en 8 bits mais rêvait en <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MIDI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MIDI</span></a> quand les autres <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MSX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MSX</span></a> codaient en <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BASIC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BASIC</span></a>.<br>🖥️ + 🎶 = 🤯<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/remaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>remaking</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/computer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>computer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/VintageTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VintageTech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/electroretro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>electroretro</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/heritage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>heritage</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/toulouse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>toulouse</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vintagecomputer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vintagecomputer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/geek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>geek</span></a></p>
Pedro J. Hdez<p>La carta que publicó Bill Gates rogando a los usuarios que dejase de pasarse copias del Altair BASIC que había desarrollado demuestra el cinismo del pesonaje de aquella época.</p><p>Decía en la carta que habían utilizado 40 000 dólares de tiempo de ordenador para programar, pero lo cierto es que Gates se hizo con las contraseñas del mainframe PDP-10 de Harvard y lo utilizó sin abonar un dolar a costa de los contribuyentes estadounidenses.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Open_Letter_to_Hobbyists" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Open_</span><span class="invisible">Letter_to_Hobbyists</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BillGates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BillGates</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BASIC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BASIC</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Altair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Altair</span></a></p>
µP<p>From the German <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BASIC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BASIC</span></a> manual of the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Sharp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sharp</span></a> MZ80K ... about LENghts, strings & girths:</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PaperWare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PaperWare</span></a></p>
µP<p>Can you imagine a funnier sunday morning activity than reading a badly scanned <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HP9830" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HP9830</span></a> ROM <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/assembly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>assembly</span></a> listing in search for the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BASIC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BASIC</span></a> tokenizer tables?</p><p><a href="https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/a6/6e/52/8c4a67aa704f77/US4012725.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">patentimages.storage.googleapi</span><span class="invisible">s.com/a6/6e/52/8c4a67aa704f77/US4012725.pdf</span></a></p>
Digital Mark λ ☕️ 🕹 🙄<p>Little but important stuff.</p><p>DIR columnates output, in case I write 60+ programs.</p><p>REDIR works so it really is a menu front end. With the font specified, bitmaps sorta work (it overlaps a little, I'll probably need to intercept & draw real bitmaps).</p><p>Fixed a couple stupid little bugs (probably less parse errors locking up the page).</p><p><a href="https://appdot.net/tags/cyberhole" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cyberhole</span></a> <a href="https://appdot.net/tags/basic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>basic</span></a> <a href="https://appdot.net/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a></p>
Inautilo<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Development" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Development</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Launches" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Launches</span></a><br>CSS-Questions · Test your CSS knowledge with 100+ questions <a href="https://ilo.im/1662zv" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">ilo.im/1662zv</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>_____<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CSS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Tests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tests</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Basic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Basic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Advanced" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Advanced</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Knowledge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Knowledge</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Skills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Skills</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WebDev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WebDev</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Frontend" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Frontend</span></a></p>
Digital Mark λ ☕️ 🕹 🙄<p>Forgot to attach:<br><a href="https://appdot.net/tags/cyberhole" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cyberhole</span></a> <a href="https://appdot.net/tags/basic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>basic</span></a> <a href="https://appdot.net/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> </p><p>I still need to adjust the "tractor feed paper" to be the exact font size & maybe make holes with CSS? The sound is horrible but it's pass 1, as noted I'll probably get a sample.</p>
Digital Mark λ ☕️ 🕹 🙄<p>Latest addition to</p><p>THE CYBER HOLE<br><a href="https://cyberhole.online/basic/basic.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cyberhole.online/basic/basic.h</span><span class="invisible">tml</span></a></p><p>is a (virtual) line printer!</p><p>LLIST your program to paper, LPRINT funny messages or pictures of Snoopy, and copy them out with a single button. Tear Off to remove the old "paper". It's so easy!</p><p><a href="https://appdot.net/tags/cyberhole" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cyberhole</span></a> <a href="https://appdot.net/tags/basic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>basic</span></a> <a href="https://appdot.net/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a></p>
Digital Mark λ ☕️ 🕹 🙄<p>Added a tutorial to TinyBasicWeb</p><p>ON THE CYBER HOLE<br><a href="https://cyberhole.online/basic/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">cyberhole.online/basic/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://appdot.net/tags/cyberhole" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cyberhole</span></a> <a href="https://appdot.net/tags/basic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>basic</span></a> <a href="https://appdot.net/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> </p><p>I'll start doing some real work with this in a minute. Just easier to bug-fix and docs first. Have a couple thoughts about getting program output in a period-appropriate way: LINE PRINTER!</p>
Digital Mark λ ☕️ 🕹 🙄<p>You can now paste directly into BASIC with your usual ⌘V or ^V on</p><p>THE CYBER HOLE<br><a href="https://cyberhole.online/basic/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">cyberhole.online/basic/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>63 ASCII char lines max, please.</p><p>However copy only dumps text into console, because it's impossible to predict what'll be hard or easy in JS. Paste looks like more of a security problem! But copy is locked down! I'm gonna try stupid hidden element tricks tomorrow but I've got the post-coffee jitters now and shouldnae code any longer.</p><p><a href="https://appdot.net/tags/cyberhole" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cyberhole</span></a> <a href="https://appdot.net/tags/basic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>basic</span></a> <a href="https://appdot.net/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://appdot.net/tags/javascript" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>javascript</span></a> <a href="https://appdot.net/tags/wat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wat</span></a></p>
Digital Mark λ ☕️ 🕹 🙄<p>Almost literally hit ENTER and it's finished.</p><p>Before tonight, if you ran this it'd get from 99 to 80s, then slow to a dead crawl at the end of the lines.<br><a href="https://appdot.net/tags/cyberhole" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cyberhole</span></a> <a href="https://appdot.net/tags/basic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>basic</span></a> <a href="https://appdot.net/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a></p>
µP<p>I've just uploaded a scan of my (xeroxed) manual for the "C7420 Home Computer Module" to <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.archive.org/@internetarchive" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>internetarchive</span></a></span>. </p><p>The C7420 is a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BASIC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BASIC</span></a> cartridge with <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Z80" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Z80</span></a> CPU and RAM expansion for the Philips <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/G7400" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>G7400</span></a> (<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MagnavoxOdyssey2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MagnavoxOdyssey2</span></a>) <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Videopac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Videopac</span></a>+ video game console.</p><p>I did not find any manual for that online - neither Enlish nor German. So, here you are:</p><p><a href="https://archive.org/details/C7420-heimcomputermodul-basic" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">archive.org/details/C7420-heim</span><span class="invisible">computermodul-basic</span></a></p>
Digital Mark λ ☕️ 🕹 🙄<p>I've been working on optimizing Terminal performance, it used to REALLY lag out on long text printing across lines or scrolling.</p><p>Not now! It's too fast to measure! Tho I lost the pulsing cursor, but even if I put that back it'll still be drawing at native speed.</p><p>I don't want to write a buffer to make it slow down to some terminal speed, but I kinda ought to. Or add a PAUSE command so you can make fake slowdown.</p><p>Also maybe text aligned better on non-Safari?<br><a href="https://appdot.net/tags/cyberhole" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cyberhole</span></a> <a href="https://appdot.net/tags/basic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>basic</span></a> <a href="https://appdot.net/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a></p>
Digital Mark λ ☕️ 🕹 🙄<p>It's possible in L2 of Tiny BASIC I might add a strcmp() function that is case-sensitive, or language collating. For casual uses, like menu choices, case-insensitive is always preferable.<br><a href="https://appdot.net/tags/basic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>basic</span></a> <a href="https://appdot.net/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a></p>
Digital Mark λ ☕️ 🕹 🙄<p>TinyBasicWeb: Implemented string comparison, and fixed some input bugs. It's more usable now!</p><p><a href="https://appdot.net/tags/cyberhole" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cyberhole</span></a> <a href="https://appdot.net/tags/basic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>basic</span></a> <a href="https://appdot.net/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a></p>
Dmian 🇪🇺<p>I have to give it to Eben Upton: the Pi 400/500 are the spiritual successors of 1980s Home Computers. Everything included in a keyboard package that you can connect to a TV. I also think BASIC Engine is/was the ideal BASIC for it. It’s sad it’s almost abandoned. 😢 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/basic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>basic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/raspberrypi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>raspberrypi</span></a></p>
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