Much ado about Tiny BASIC.
Quickwriter Found in June 1988 issue of Nibble magazine (Volume 9, Number 6). Archive.org link here. The project was alerted to the existence of a few text editors and word processors in Nibble magazine by someone on matrix. What we found was a great wealth of BASIC programs for the Apple II computer. We uncovered [ ]
The project found this little manual instructive. You could say it is a kind of C flavour that is inspired by BASIC!
Please find reproduced here a working port of SKETCH for the TRS Model 100 to Stefan’s BASIC for the Arduino micro-controller platform. Full code listing: https://basiclang.solarpunk.au/d/15-sketchbas Please find the archive.org link to the 1984 book here: https://archive.org/details/25GamesForYourTrs80Model100/page/n49/mode/1up Live Coding Session Video File Peertube Streaming CODE LISTING
Coding done quick . I sped a ~1 hour stream up by 400% and this is what I got. This game was published as a type-in pamphlet here. You can also download the finished game here. Original blog post here. mailto:vidak@member.fsf.org https://matrix.to/#/@vidak:solarpunk.au https://retro.social/@permacomputer Jan 2026.
You may have considered porting some BASIC code from one dialect to another. Do not be dissuaded, the process can sometimes be rewarding. When porting on BASIC to another, I have found the following guides to be useful: Strip out all lines with references to POKE and PEEK. This is my preferred strategy. Almost every [ ]
Coding done quick . I sped a ~2 hour stream up by 800% and cut some boring bits out, and this is what i got. Experimenting with a large, procedurally generated world. mailto:vidak@member.fsf.org https://matrix.to/#/@vidak:solarpunk.au https://retro.social/@permacomputer jan 2026 https://sr.ht/~vidak/oats-for-my-goats https://basiclang.solarpunk.au/d/6-game-oats-for-my-goats
S3E01 Compute! Scriptor & SpeedScript 3 Supplement
Charles Brannon Editorial Assistant Scriptor is an easy-to-use, full-scrolling, character-oriented, multi-function word processor, requiring an Atari 400/800 with a minimum of 32K of memory (40K recommended), an Epson MX-80 or Atari 825 printer, and an Atari disk drive. It is programmed in both BASIC and machine language. For instructions on typing in the program, [ ]
Word Processing Text Editor Rev. 1.1 John W. Swain SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH INC. Brown, R.W. (1977) Basic software library. 7, professional programs Vol 7. Key Biscayne, Fla: Scientific Research Inst. This program is designed to allow owners of micro-computers the capability of rearranging text material and then printing it out in a variety of formats. While this [ ]