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Open Forum / Re: AllBASIC Forum

« Last post by John on December 18, 2024, 01:46:14 PM »

This forum and the others I host will be in archive status going forward.

I'm no longer supporting the ScriptBasic open source project.

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Open Forum / Re: AllBASIC Forum

« Last post by John on December 13, 2024, 05:24:22 AM »

With Theo's forum only having a half a dozen active users, keeping this forum going seems like a waste of time. (After 14 years.) I guess I have to accept BASIC is a dead language.

Thomas Kurtz 1928 - 2024 (November 12th)


We are saddened to share the passing of CHM Fellow Thomas Eugene Kurtz, cocreator of the BASIC programming language and Dartmouth Timesharing System. Kurtz?s work revolutionized computing accessibility, bringing programming to students in the 1960s and beyond. His legacy lives on in the generations of programmers who first learned to code with BASIC.

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Open Forum / Re: AllBASIC Forum

« Last post by John on December 09, 2024, 12:37:54 AM »

I wanted to say I enjoyed working with many of you over the years.

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Open Forum / Re: Bluesky

« Last post by John on October 26, 2024, 06:41:59 PM »

I'm planning on setting up a Bluesky PDS for AllBASIC. You will need to have the Bluesky app installed or use the browser version of the app. Enter the URL of the AllBASIC PDS and become a user.

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Open Forum / Re: Bluesky

« Last post by John on October 23, 2024, 06:45:35 PM »

A better idea may be to use Bluesky's Feed Generator to post BASIC related topics from AllBASIC.

App Community Showcase

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Open Forum / Bluesky

« Last post by John on October 22, 2024, 10:57:01 AM »

I'm thinking of replacing the AllBASIC form with a Bluesky PDS. This is like having a dedicated Twitter site for AllBASIC that connects to the Bluesky distributed social network.

Bluesky Introduction

Federation Architecture

If you are tired of Elon Musk's X, join bsky.social for a better experience. (ad free / open source)

You can find me on Bluesky @johnspikowsiki.com.

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Open Forum / No Code

« Last post by John on October 22, 2024, 12:14:54 AM »

No Code repository hits 60K stars.

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Interpreters / Ouroboros

« Last post by John on September 16, 2024, 04:47:39 PM »

Peter Verhas (ScriptBasic author) has created a new interpreter.

  Programming Language with no Syntax?

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Open Forum / X86 Boot Loader

« Last post by John on July 14, 2024, 10:22:53 PM »

This is an interesting article. I was unaware that modern 64 bit processors start in 16 bit mode. If this is the case, one should be able to boot an open source version of DOS running in native 16 bit mode.

Setting up an x86 CPU in 64-bit mode

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Open Forum / Re: RIP PowerBasic

« Last post by John on June 04, 2024, 09:10:48 AM »

Zlatko Vid is a forum troll. He destroyed the Retro BASIC forum and Charles's old OxygenBasic forum with his hateful personality. His toy interpreter is a joke.