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'(vidak) _(:3」∠)_ @dirtycommo@anticapitalist.party
· 1h ago
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edit mode as it existed in EDITYPE is now implemented, and seems to work.

https://codeberg.org/vidak/peoples/

i made a major modification, it merely dumps the whole buffer and allows the user to search and replace.

it will currently only replace the first occurrence it finds, and then require the user to type everything again...

uses about 3.6KB memory.

after this video, the interpreter reports:

PRINT SIZE 2007 PRINT HIMEM-SIZE 2723

#retrocomputing #basic #permacomputing #solarpunk

codeberg.org

peoples

A text editor written in Tiny BASIC for the Arduino Mega 2560.

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'(vidak) _(:3」∠)_ @dirtycommo@anticapitalist.party
· 1w ago
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managed to get the 'compose mode' working to such a state that i figured it would be important to involve version-control software. https://codeberg.org/vidak/peoples/ currently the editor is sitting at about 80 lines of code, and a file size of about 2KB. it currently supports only one buffer of text, with a meagre 48 columns x 24 rows. this can probably increase to about twice this size, but i want to finish the rest of it first. #basic #tinybasic #arduino #retrocomputing #permacomputing #solarpunk
codeberg.org

peoples

A text editor written in Tiny BASIC for the Arduino Mega 2560.

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'(vidak) _(:3」∠)_ @dirtycommo@anticapitalist.party
· 1w ago
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this is a quick demo of 'compose mode' of the people's permacomputer text editor. it has word wrapping. next step is edit mode. for more information -- have a look at VIC EDITYPE: https://permacomputer.solarpunk.au/?p=93 #basic #arduino #retrocomputing #tinybasic #permacomputing #solarpunk
VIC EDITYPE
permacomputer.solarpunk.au

VIC EDITYPE

A Text Editing And Storage Program Paul Bishop Compute! Magazine, April 1983, page 50. This mini word processor for the VIC lets you cuter, edit, and save text to tape. It works with the VIC 1515 p…

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screwlisp @screwlisp@gamerplus.org
· 1mo ago
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@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.
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'(vidak) _(:3」∠)_ @dirtycommo@anticapitalist.party
· 3mo ago
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
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Mille e Una Avventura @1001avventura@mastodon.uno
· 3mo ago
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

Ready64 ha intervistato l'autore di Soccer 64 / Commodore 64

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Paolo Amoroso @amoroso@oldbytes.space
· 4mo ago
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
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Liam Proven
@lproven@social.vivaldi.net
FOSS dev builds a BASIC compiler using LLVM https://www.theregister.com/personal-tech/2026/06/25/foss-dev-builds-a-basic-compiler-using-llvm/5262171 Not just any old BASIC, either: OS-9’s BASIC09 <- by me on #TheRegister
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Stone Tools @stonetoolsblog@mastodon.social
· 4mo ago
🪨 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
Visual Basic on the PC w/Windows 3.1
stonetools.ghost.io

Visual Basic on the PC w/Windows 3.1

Apple wasn't alone in creating a beloved visual programming environment only to yank it away at the height of its popularity.

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