9 Sep
2014
9 Sep
'14
9:02 p.m.
All you need is a vintage computer that can run BASIC.
Like all the
BASIC Weeks before, if you've got a computer with BASIC in ROM you'll
I have a vintage compute with BASIC in ROM. In fact, one of the first
all-in-one computers with BASIC in ROM. But I can't see how it can run
this progrma (even if I add the optional String Variables, Extended I/O,
Advance Programming, etc ROMS). There is no way to sense a keypress, and
the display is a single-line upper case only one. It's an HP9830 of course.
Hang on though... An HP9830 + HP59405 HPIB interfce should eb able to
tlak to an HP1350 'Graphics Translator' That would give it a vector
display. Given you only need a couple of keys for input, perhaps a few
sense switched wired up to a parallel interface unit would do. Now tht
would be an interesting project, but not one that owuld take a week...
-tony