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Simon Brooke<a href="https://babka.social/@serge" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@serge</a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/@kephalos" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@kephalos</a> I'm going to politely disagree with you. I am one of those people whose first introduction to computing was through <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/BASIC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BASIC</a>, and it was a thoroughly bad introduction. It's not a language in which it is easy to think.I'm fortunate in that two years later I was introduced to <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Lisp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Lisp</a>. I don't think I would have totally given up computing if I hadn't met Lisp, but I would not have become the person I am now.

Juan F. RamírezBlockman, a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BASIC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BASIC</a> game from <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/yourcomputer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#yourcomputer</a> magazine.Download: <a href="https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/582/ZX-Spectrum/Blokman" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/582/ZX-Spectrum/Blokman</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/zxspectrum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#zxspectrum</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retrogaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#retrogaming</a>

Digital Mark λ ☕️ 🕹 🙄LOL. <a href="https://appdot.net/tags/basic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#basic</a> <a href="https://appdot.net/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#retrocomputing</a>

Digital Mark λ ☕️ 🕹 🙄ECMA specs for Minimal BASIC ECMA-55: <a href="https://www.ecma-international.org/publications-and-standards/standards/ecma-55/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.ecma-international.org/publications-and-standards/standards/ecma-55/</a>Standard BASIC ECMA-116: <a href="https://www.ecma-international.org/publications-and-standards/standards/ecma-116/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.ecma-international.org/publications-and-standards/standards/ecma-116/</a>(not that I'm conforming to either fully, but they're useful technical references)<a href="https://appdot.net/tags/basic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#basic</a> <a href="https://appdot.net/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#retrocomputing</a>

Digital Mark λ ☕️ 🕹 🙄Is now running on the CYBER HOLE <a href="https://cyberhole.online" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://cyberhole.online</a>So maybe go see if it does anything catastrophic.You can roll dice!As noted in the spec, all math has to be parenthesized, left-to-right only. % can be used to make integers. I'll eventually write a little "U CAN LERN BASIC" type book with examples.IF, GOTO, GOSUB, RETURN tomorrow, I expect, then I'm basically done!(also should've updated version # to 0.3, since it does something new) <a href="https://appdot.net/tags/basic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#basic</a> <a href="https://appdot.net/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#retrocomputing</a> <a href="https://appdot.net/tags/cyberhole" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cyberhole</a>

Digital Mark λ ☕️ 🕹 🙄MATHEMATICAL, DUDE!<a href="https://appdot.net/tags/basic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#basic</a> <a href="https://appdot.net/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#retrocomputing</a> <a href="https://appdot.net/tags/theAnswer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#theAnswer</a> <a href="https://appdot.net/tags/toLifeTheUniverseAndEverything" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#toLifeTheUniverseAndEverything</a> #42

Juan F. RamírezNibbler, a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BASIC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BASIC</a> game from <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sinclairprograms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sinclairprograms</a> magazine.Download: <a href="https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/40589/ZX-Spectrum/Nibblers" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/40589/ZX-Spectrum/Nibblers</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/zxspectrum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#zxspectrum</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retrogaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#retrogaming</a>

OlimexRetro Computing Nostalgia meet Open Source Software and Hardware with AgonLight and Neo6502, the incredible evolution of modern Retro computer projects <a href="https://olimex.wordpress.com/2025/07/23/retro-computing-nostalgia-meet-open-source-software-and-hardware/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://olimex.wordpress.com/2025/07/23/retro-computing-nostalgia-meet-open-source-software-and-hardware/</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/z80" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#z80</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/w65c02" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#w65c02</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#retrocomputing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retrogaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#retrogaming</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pascal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#pascal</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cpm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cpm</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/forth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#forth</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/basic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#basic</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cc65" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cc65</a>

Juan F. RamírezLos Gatos ("The Cats"), an action game in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BASIC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BASIC</a> from <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/microhobby" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#microhobby</a>Download: <a href="https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/16404/ZX-Spectrum/Los_Gatos" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/16404/ZX-Spectrum/Los_Gatos</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/zxspectrum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#zxspectrum</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retrogaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#retrogaming</a>

Digital Mark λ ☕️ 🕹 🙄Popular Computers! (Japan, 1983) <a href="https://archive.org/details/popcom-198309/mode/1up" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://archive.org/details/popcom-198309/mode/1up</a>I wish my Japanese was better, I can read kana letters but not enough words. But I could type in! If I knew what computer it was for. <a href="https://appdot.net/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#retrocomputing</a> <a href="https://appdot.net/tags/basic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#basic</a>

Frottier<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/commodore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#commodore</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/basic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#basic</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/c64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#c64</a>

Georgiana BrummellI am considering learning to program, not as a career but for myself. I have been wanting to do this for a long time but never really started. One thing I do know is that I like procedural languages as opposed to object-oriented ones. I am strongly considering QuickBASIC 4.5 or 7.1, and Turbo Pascal 6.0, but I don't know which to choose as a beginner. I know there are flavours of these that can work with Windows XP and 7, and maybe, one day, I will try them in their 32-bit varients. But for now, I am focusing on the DOS ones,since they are probably easier to learn and use. Is there anything I should know as a totally blind programmer? If I did choose to switch to a Windows varient of one of these languages, how difficult would the transition be?If it helps, these are the sorts of programs I use in Windows.Notepad Classic, Jarte (can simply use Edit or Wordperfect 5.1, or MS Word 5.5, but simple editor may be good for project)MPCHC (mp3 player, I don't mind a simpler one)Virtual Recorder (simple mp3 recorder/may be difficult in DOS)Thunderbird 102 (most likely too advanced for a beginner)TweeseCake, TWBlue (for Mastodon/there is already a DOStodon, but don't know if it's accessible)Reddit for Blind, Luna for RedditCook Timer (simple timers exist, but this may be good to create as a beginner project)Openbook, Kurzweil 1000 (ocr and pdf converter, too advanced for beginner)various audio and text-based games#16-bit #32-bit <a href="https://someplace.social/tags/accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#accessibility</a> <a href="https://someplace.social/tags/BASIC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BASIC</a> <a href="https://someplace.social/tags/blind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#blind</a> <a href="https://someplace.social/tags/DOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DOS</a> <a href="https://someplace.social/tags/programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#programming</a> <a href="https://someplace.social/tags/QuickBASIC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#QuickBASIC</a> <a href="https://someplace.social/tags/TurboPascal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TurboPascal</a> <a href="https://someplace.social/tags/Windows7" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Windows7</a> <a href="https://someplace.social/tags/WindowsXP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WindowsXP</a>

Digital Mark λ ☕️ 🕹 🙄IN THE CYBER HOLE <a href="https://cyberhole.online/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://cyberhole.online/</a>TinyBasicWeb now has objects instead of just a stack of JS strings (you won't see all this junk in non-debug), and I can assign & use variables! (can't operate on them yet) If I had GOTO you could be dangerous.Protip: In the spec I tell you: Keyboard: F-keys change state. F1: Command, F2: Run/Resume, F3: Memo, F4: Input.<a href="https://appdot.net/tags/basic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#basic</a> <a href="https://appdot.net/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#retrocomputing</a> <a href="https://appdot.net/tags/cyberhole" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cyberhole</a>

Juan F. RamírezFind as many gold coins as possible in this <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BASIC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BASIC</a> game from <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sinclairprograms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sinclairprograms</a> magazine.Download: <a href="https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/43830/ZX-Spectrum/Gold" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/43830/ZX-Spectrum/Gold</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/zxspectrum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#zxspectrum</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retrogaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#retrogaming</a>

µPThe US patent of the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HewlettPackard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HewlettPackard</a> HP9830 computer contains the complete <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BASIC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BASIC</a> interpreter source code for the system:<a href="https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/a6/6e/52/8c4a67aa704f77/US4012725.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/a6/6e/52/8c4a67aa704f77/US4012725.pdf</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RetroComputing</a>

µPNearly forgot about those micro-controllers that contained a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BASIC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BASIC</a> interpreter to easily use in single-board computers, like the "BERT" computer from the German <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Hobbythek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Hobbythek</a> TV show: <a href="https://www.mikrocontroller.net/topic/441920" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.mikrocontroller.net/topic/441920</a>Are there more like this <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Zilog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Zilog</a> Z8671 and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Intel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Intel</a> 8052 BASIC µC?

µPSave the date: on 11th+12th september there will be the "Historizig G.A.M.E.S. conference" in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Bern" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Bern</a> (switzerland). I'll be there with a talk about <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BASIC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BASIC</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/game" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#game</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#programming</a> in the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/1970s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#1970s</a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/1980s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#1980s</a> Website with program: <a href="https://dhbern.github.io/content/projects/ch-ludens/20250911-historicizing-GAMES/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://dhbern.github.io/content/projects/ch-ludens/20250911-historicizing-GAMES/</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RetroGaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RetroGaming</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GameStudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GameStudies</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RetroComputing</a>

Mark Gardner<a class="u-url mention" href="https://mastodon.social/@gruber" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@gruber</a> <a class="u-url mention" href="https://mastodon.social/@dbarros" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@dbarros</a> The <a class="hashtag" href="https://ack.nerdfight.online/tag/c64" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#C64</a> has lowercase. Press the shift and <a class="hashtag" href="https://ack.nerdfight.online/tag/commodore" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Commodore</a> key and the uppercase letters turn to lowercase and the funny graphics characters (“PETSCII”) become uppercase. See the attached screenshots. Productivity programs like word processors do this in code, along with code to prevent the user from accidentally switching back. I personally learned how to code this when my floppy disk drive was broken and I couldn’t load up my favorite terminal program to dial into BBSes with my modem. So I wrote my own terminal in three lines of <a class="hashtag" href="https://ack.nerdfight.online/tag/basic" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BASIC</a> that I could type in after starting the computer. And of course, it handled upper- and lowercase with aplomb. <a class="hashtag" href="https://ack.nerdfight.online/tag/retrocomputing" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RetroComputing</a>

Digital Mark λ ☕️ 🕹 🙄Taylor & Amy build a BASIC computer: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVIIYTGKD1E" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVIIYTGKD1E</a> <a href="https://appdot.net/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#retrocomputing</a> <a href="https://appdot.net/tags/basic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#basic</a>

Juan F. RamírezTo the Top, a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/machinecode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#machinecode</a> plattform from <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/yourcomputer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#yourcomputer</a> magazine.Download: <a href="https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/5304/ZX-Spectrum/To_the_Top" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/5304/ZX-Spectrum/To_the_Top</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/zxspectrum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#zxspectrum</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BASIC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BASIC</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retrogaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#retrogaming</a>

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