In a landmark move for computing history, Microsoft has released the complete assembly source code of Microsoft BASIC for the 6502 microprocessor, Version 1.1, under the MIT open-source license. This release opens up nearly five decades of software heritage, showcasing one of the most influential programs of the personal computer revolution. A Program That Sparked […]| System Administration
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After I was happy running GIBL (my 6502 TinyBasic) on my Ruby board, I thought about porting it – I also thought about a new project I’d like to do over the winter solstice period, so before tackling that project … Continue reading → The post Porting my TinyBasic to the W65C134-SXB first appeared on Gordons Projects.|
Who would have thought that in 2023 some idiot would write another Tiny Basic for the 6502…| Gordons Projects
For a long time I’ve been writing Mandelbrot programs for fun and recently to act as a benchmark for some retro BASIC systems. The output has been variable from simple ASCII text to high resolution colour graphics.| Gordons Projects
What a weird name, but I wanted something with calculate and tron it it, so there you go…| Gordons Projects
Doing some tinkering with my retro BCPL system recently and while I’ve always though it was faster than BASIC on the same hardware, I never really worked out just how much faster it really was… So as it was a … Continue reading → The post Retro BASIC and BCPL Benchmarks first appeared on Gordons Projects.|
Way back we had mechanical output devices for our computers. These were big, slow, noisy and really a spill-over from the days of the telegraph, but they fulfilled their purpose and much code, including early Unix was written using them. Teletype Corporation are possibly the most well known ones of the time, although there were many other manufacturers, but when you see a picture of a mechanical printer it’s almost always a “Teletype” (And even when not, it’s almost become a generic w...| Gordons Projects
Previously I wrote about the issues bootstrapping BCPL on my Ruby board and I was moaning about needing a C front-end or “shim” to get BCPL going. So I engaged the little grey cells and worked out a strategy… What … Continue reading → The post Ruby816 – Solving the bootstrap paradox first appeared on Gordons Projects.|