3 May
2024
3 May
'24
10:22 p.m.
And since nobody else seems to, allow me to recall:
- MINC BASIC, with all its extensions for I/O and real time events.
- MUBAS, the multi-user basic for RT-11.
And playing around with BASIC is just so much easier and more fun than anything else you
can do with old hardware or emulations thereof. Run a C program? Sure, marvel in how much
slower it is than on your desktop, phone, or the MCU in your microwave. None of those will
have BASIC though, and certainly not the MINC extensions with the blinkenlights. And
isn't that what all the joy is about?
Cheers,
Sytse
On 2 May 2024, at 00:03, Murray McCullough via cctalk
<cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
Nostalgia keeps pressing ahead: It was 60 yrs. ago that BASIC came into
existence. I remember very well writing in Apple Basic and GW Basic later
on. As a non-compiled OS, an interpreted OS, it was just the right tool for
a microcomputer with limited memory. I recall fondly taking code from
popular magazines and getting them to run. It was thrilling indeed!
Happy computing,
Murray 🙂