#basic

@dougmerritt@mathstodon.xyz As you may know, I had an exchange about with with @jhlagado@jorts.horse about whether there was genuinely something magical about Z80s as a substrate (mostly virtual now, formerly mostly real) for computing. Or whether it was retro kitsch. This is similar to [dartmouth+] #basic and #lisp in different ways, though they are both spawn of that dartmouth workshop on AI in the mid-50s. But basic was basically an attainable home computer, and lisp was sort of commentary on fortran list macros.

This is really cool. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ly5BhGOt2vE #C64 #chiptunes #basic #freestyle

#BASIC as a bare metal #UEFI App WOW - that sound really cool for me ;) https://tarjan.itch.io/thoreaubasic

commodore 64 BASIC is an abomination, so many secret codes for doing things. for instance, it lacks a CLS command, and you must just know PRINT CHR$(147)... i want to find a popular platform for releasing BASIC code that is not the commodore 64 -- any suggestions? i was thinking the zx spectrum? something sinclair maybe? perhaps we are just stuck with the c64, though, its popularity is pretty overwhelming. #tinybasic #commodore64 #basic #retrocomputing

Grazie a Ready64 possiamo leggere questa interessante intervista all'autore di Soccer 64 (gioco in BASIC pubblicato su PaperSoft nel 1984). All'epoca era sedicenne e da allora di carriera ne ha fatta parecchia, però non nel campo che potremmo aspettarci. Per saperne di più, leggete l'intervista di Ready64. #commodore64 #retrogaming #basic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RBsjFTtLrE

Write 2D and 3D Games in Modern MoonBASIC https://hackaday.com/2026/07/18/write-2d-and-3d-games-in-modern-moonbasic/ #Games #SoftwareDevelopment #Basic

@da_667@infosec.exchange damn son that is one healthy patch of zucchini, i am actually thinking about selling flowers at farmers mkt and tree hacking - mass production of common trees, it is biological compounding interest, plop them in a 1 gal pot and sell them a year later #basic botany 500

For many years growing up, the dollar sign $ was pronounced "string". Both my father and I did this. It made perfect sense to us. #basic

RE: https://social.vivaldi.net/@lproven/116812719876996499 The most interesting thing is a classic software house is still in business after decades and does a project which is essentially a labor of love. #retrocomputing #basic

🪨 Visual Basic on the PC w/Windows 3.1 🛠️ Apple wasn't the only company to have a popular, easy to use, visual programming tool, only to yank it from their diehard fans and replace it with nothing. I see what all of the fuss was about with Visual Basic with the help of a "teach yourself" book, get pedantic about Microsoft's use of Helvetica, and *briefly* muse about slop factories. Arnold, from Diff'rent Strokes, guest stars! #retrocomputing #microsoft #windows #basic https://stonetools.ghost.io/visualbasic-win31

Anyone else on matrix and wanna help join a new chat room about BASIC? Any interest/takers? cc @felix@wandering.shop#basic #retrocomputing #matrix

Reconstructed SC62015 Opcode Reference For Sharp Pocket Computers https://hackaday.com/2026/03/26/reconstructed-sc62015-opcode-reference-for-sharp-pocket-computers/ #Retrocomputing #SoftwareDevelopment #8bitcomputers #Basic #Sharp #Sharppce500