Scripting In Commodore BASIC For Windows & Linux 213
SomeoneGotMyNick writes "Someone more nostalgic than I am, and with a lot of time on their hands, had created a scripting language based on Commodore BASIC for Mac OS X. They recently finished a version that works on Windows and Linux. You can pass the text of a BASIC program as a parameter to the program. I found it odd that it took 1.8 MB of source code to compile to an interpreter that used to fit in 8K of ROM space. If this ever becomes popular, perhaps we'll see Obfuscated CBM BASIC contests." In a simliar vein, in the comments someone points out what is essentially an open source AmigaOS Classic.
The important quesiton is... (Score:4, Funny)
READY. (Score:3, Funny)
20 PRINT"YAY!"
30 NEXT
RUN
Re:TI Basic (Score:5, Funny)
I had to get my dad to program the dungeon text adventures, so it wouldn't spoil everything for me. There's just something about typing everything that could happen to you that ruins the game.
Almost tempted (Score:5, Funny)
I have an old book on how to build your own telescope from the 1980's that included how to hook up a C64 and use a joystick to control the telescope's movements all written in C64 Basic. I remember porting it to QBasic circa 1994/5 and using it for a telescope I had to account for planetary motion for photography. (Back before every telescope came with such features).
That would almost be fun...wow I really am a geek....*shudders* I'm going back to my cave now.
Re:The important quesiton is... (Score:5, Funny)
Retrocomputing (Score:3, Funny)
Now my 25 year old C64 BASIC programs can run under Linux, OSX, or Windows.
If only my 1541 floppies didn't suffer from bit rot and I loaned most of my collection to friends who didn't return them and somehow lost it after they moved.
Another Security Hole (Score:2, Funny)
I hit L, Shift-O to the Quote and then Dollar! (Score:4, Funny)
If you know the dir of the nerdcore rhyme, then holler!
Re:READY. (Score:3, Funny)
Oh crap, I typoed the code. I'm the newb!
I can make up for it:
10 FOR X = 1 TO 16
20 PRINT "YAY!";
30 POKE 646,X
40 NEXT X
50 GOTO 10
Now we're cooking with gas.
Ah sweet memories, I love /. (Score:4, Funny)
Re:TI Basic (Score:5, Funny)
I used to have a book with type-in adventures where they obfuscated all the strings by shifting them one character precisely to counter that problem.
Oh and typing in five pages of numbers representing binary code was fun. There were actually checksums printed at the end of each line and a little program showed you the checksums in the corner of the screen after entering each line of code.
Man I feel old. You young whippersnappers don't know how good you have it with your iPhones and your WiFi.
malicious code (Score:3, Funny)
SYS 64738
Re:TI Basic (Score:2, Funny)
Don't soften his boner dude. He might not be aware that some TVs only displayed black & white. Leave him to his fantasy.