A retro nerd design for true old-school programmers. Featuring classic BASIC code: 10 PRINT "HELLO" 20 GOTO 10 with the bold statement “I Survived This”. Perfect for developers, coders, and computer geeks who lived through the days of infinite loops and GOTO nightmares. A nostalgic and humorous tribute to vintage coding culture, ideal for t-shirts, hoodies, stickers, and more.
https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/80710585-basic-survivor?store_id=3966166

for basic survivior

I wanted to learn #programming again by picking up #commodore64 #BASIC, in an attempt to recreate some of the projects of my youth. But watching Youtubers like @8bitshowandtell.bsky.social do #retrocomputing makes me realize that if you want to do anything more complicated than basic text and string manipulation, you've got to get good with the PEEKs and POKEs. And at that point you're essentially programming in #6502 #assembly code, except with more hex-to-decimal conversion.

I've decided to learn #programming after completely dropping it when computers dropped #BASIC in ROM. After recommendations from friends and YouTube to study #javascript, #python, #lisp, #golang, #csharp, and #turbopascal, I decided to make #Lua my first "modern" language. It looks a lot like Python but for some reason the syntax seems more intuitive to me. Also, I want to develop games for #pico8 so it's a good match. I hope I can keep this enthusiasm up long enough to program a whole game.

My (German) review for @jesperjuul's book "Too Much Fun" on the #Commodore64 has just been released on @hsozkult:

http://txt3.de/hsk2

@vidak Noticed this in Bit of Basic (cool cover & cartoons, not otherwise too interesting), which leads to:

"You just bought a personal what?"
https://archive.org/details/TRS-80_Programming_In_Style_1980_Radio_Shack/page/n237/mode/2up
#retrocomputing #basic

It has been awhile since I have posted. I didn't mean it to be that way, but I have been hard at work with my European Football Simulator game. I have decided that I will make it 3D. Here is a couple of images of my progress with the 3D objects. The stadium is not finished yet.

#Basic #basic #PureBasic #programming

Today back to programming BASIC on a #Commodore PET at #digitalretropark Offenbach.
Look mum, no quick reference needed! :)
#retrocomputing #basic

20 years ago this week I created a music video for “Jed’s Other Poem” by Grandaddy. It went viral—and was the world’s first open-source music video. Here’s the full story:
https://stewartsmith.io/work/jed

Looks like it is never too late to go #OpenSource. Fifty years after the start of the project, #BillGates opened the code to the first #BASIC interpreter.

"Last commit 48 years ago". Now beat that.

https://github.com/microsoft/BASIC-M6502

Microsoft has open sourced 6502 BASIC!

https://news.itsfoss.com/basic-6502-open-source/

Microsoft öffnet das digitale Archiv und veröffentlicht den Quellcode von #BASIC für den MOS-6502. Ein wichtiges Stück Computergeschichte, das 1975 den Grundstein für den Aufstieg des Unternehmens legte. https://winfuture.de/news,153423.html?utm_source=Mastodon&utm_medium=ManualStatus&utm_campaign=SocialMedia

Gerade stelle ich nach 40 Jahren erstmals fest, dass die BASIC-Interpreter auf den Commodore-Geräten (VC-20, C-64,…) von #Microsoft waren . ChatGPT merkt launig an: "Du hast quasi schon in deiner Jugend an Microsofts DNA geleckt – ob du wolltest oder nicht ."

“Microsoft has open-sourced the version of BASIC it created in 1976 for the #MOS #6502 processor used in many early #microcomputers.

As the software colossus explained in a Wednesday post, Microsoft founders Bill Gates and Paul Allen wrote the company’s first product, BASIC for the #Altair8800 #microcomputer and the #Intel8080 #processor that powered it, in 1975.

A year later Gates and Ric Weiland, Microsoft’s second employee, ported Microsoft #BASIC to the #6502Processor.

In 1977, #CommodoreComputer licensed it for $25,000 and used #Microsoft #BASIC in its #PET, #VIC20, and #Commodore64 machines.”

source code <https://github.com/microsoft/BASIC-M6502/blob/main/m6502.asm> (6,955 lines)

#software / #assembly / #KLOC / #MITLicense <https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/04/microsoft_open_sources_6502_basic/>

ＡＩ絵生成の弱点
ＡＩ絵生成ソフトの一番の欠陥は基礎を完全無視していきなり絵事態を塗り始める事に有る。だからこそうあれ程不安定で処理ミスが多い。

https://www.pixiv.net/novel/show.php?id=23995103

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Weaknesses of AI image generation
The biggest flaw in AI image generation software is that it completely ignores the basics and just starts coloring the picture itself.

https://www.pixiv.net/novel/show.php?id=23995113

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Слабкі сторони створення зображень ШІ
Найбільша вада програмного забезпечення для створення мистецтва штучного інтелекту полягає в тому, що воно повністю ігнорує основи та переходить безпосередньо до розфарбовування самого зображення.

https://www.pixiv.net/novel/show.php?id=23995120

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Bringing BASIC back: Microsoft’s 6502 BASIC is now Open Source | by Scott Hanselman & Stacey Haffner.

https://opensource.microsoft.com/blog/2025/09/03/microsoft-open-source-historic-6502-basic/

Bringing BASIC back: Microsoft’s 6502 BASIC is now Open Source | by Scott Hanselman & Stacey Haffner. opensource.microsoft.com/blog/2025/09... #oss #basic #programming #microsoft #opensource

Microsoft Releases Historic 65...

Microsoft veröffentlicht Quellcode von 6502 BASIC aus dem Jahr 1976 als Open Source
Microsoft öffnet den Original-Quellcode seines 6502 BASIC von 1976 für alle unter Open-Source-Lizenz. Jetzt könnt ihr direkt auf GitHub die spannende Softwaregeschichte ein
https://www.apfeltalk.de/magazin/news/microsoft-veroeffentlicht-quellcode-von-6502-basic-aus-dem-jahr-1976-als-open-source/
#News #Tellerrand #6502 #Basic #Commodore #Microsoft #OpenSource #Programmieren #Quellcode #Softwaregeschichte

"For decades, fragments and unofficial copies of Microsoft’s 6502 BASIC have circulated online, mirrored on retrocomputing sites, and preserved in museum archives. Coders have studied the code, rebuilt it, and even run it in modern systems. Today, for the first time, we’re opening the hatch and officially releasing the code under an open-source license."

https://opensource.microsoft.com/blog/2025/09/03/microsoft-open-source-historic-6502-basic/