Wintermute_BBS

Wintermute_BBS , 2 days ago to random

so much for #Manjaro #Linux support for the #PinebookA64 ... 🤷

... wasn't one of the big arguments pro #OSS that it would give #old #hardware an extended lifespan? Heck, the PBA64 is only eight years old!

<irony>
I can probably get better OS support for any #Z80 based CP/M system in the world!
</irony>

F*ck modern computing!

Wintermute_BBS , 2 months ago to random

I just discovered this little gem in my collection and am very tempted to put it into use on my #Harlequin128K #ZXSpectrum clone sometime.

It is a unified BASIC dialect called BASICODE 2 developed by the dutch national radio service in 1984. It contains BASICODE 2 interpeters for almost all common microcomputer systems of that era as well as BASICODE 2 example programs and games.

I suppose it was part of a series of tutorial shows on how to program. But I'm not 100% sure as I'm german, not dutch.

#NOS
#Basicode2
#BASIC
#RetroComputing
#RetroProgramming
#Netherlands

Photo of dutch "NOS BASICODE 2" compact cassette. It's white with the content of the tape side printed in black letters. This is side 1 ("program 1").
Photo of dutch "NOS BASICODE 2" compact cassette. It's white with the content of the tape side printed in black letters. This is side 2 ("program 2").
Photo of NOS BASICODE2 cassette tape inlay, listing the contents of each tape side. Side one: 1. Apple II & Apple IIe 2. BBC LOAD 3. BBC SAVE 4. Colour Genie 5. Commodore 3000, 4000 & 8000 6. Commodore 64 7. VIC-20 LOAD 8. VIC-20 SAVE 9. Exidy Sorcerer 10. Microprofessor 11. New Brain LOAD 12. New Brain SAVE 13. Philips P2000 14. Sharp MZ-80A, MZ-80B, MZ-80K 15. 48K Sinclair Spectrum LOAD 16. 48K Sinclair Spectrum SAVE 17. Sinclair ZX81 LOAD 18. Tandy TRS-80 / Video Genie / Compatibles LOAD 19. Tandy TRS-80 / Video Genie / Compatibles DISPLAY 20. Tandy TRS-80 / Video Genie / Compatibles SAVE Side two: 1. Welcome 2. Sea Wars 3. Belgian naughty 4. Chords 5. Calendar 6. Simplepac 7.Word Search 8. Function analyiser 9. Duck Hunting 10. Life expectancy 11. Alphasort 12. Crazy Kong 13. Radio-active decay 14. Car race 15. Multiplication puzzle 16. Factors 17. Decision maker 18. Word game 19. Titrations 20. Towers of Hanoi 21. Digital Clock

vkc , 4 months ago to random

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