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ECMA specs for Minimal BASIC ECMA-55:
https://www.ecma-international.org/publications-and-standards/standards/ecma-55/
Standard BASIC ECMA-116:
https://www.ecma-international.org/publications-and-standards/standards/ecma-116/
(not that I'm conforming to either fully, but they're useful technical references)
Ecma InternationalECMA-55 - Ecma InternationalMinimal BASIC - This Standard is designed to promote the interchangeability of BASIC programs among a variety of automatic data processing systems
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Yo he venido aquí a hablar sobre la informática de verdad, retroinformática que la llaman ahora ;-) Para aprender y hablar sobre mis inquietudes con los ordenadores de 8 bits (principalmente MSX), de 16 bits y 32 bits (principalmente Commodore Amiga) pero también de sistemas DOS, Win9x/XP, UNIX,...
Si te interesan estos temas dame un toque.
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Is now running on the
CYBER HOLE
https://cyberhole.online
So maybe go see if it does anything catastrophic.
You can roll dice!
As noted in the spec, all math has to be parenthesized, left-to-right only. % can be used to make integers. I'll eventually write a little "U CAN LERN BASIC" type book with examples.
IF, GOTO, GOSUB, RETURN tomorrow, I expect, then I'm basically done!
(also should've updated version # to 0.3, since it does something new)
#basic #retrocomputing #cyberhole
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MATHEMATICAL, DUDE!
#basic #retrocomputing #theAnswer #toLifeTheUniverseAndEverything #42
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@Montalvo Yo jugaba un programa de karate donde avanzabas dando karatazos a los enemigos, pero no recuerdo como se llamaba. 
Nibbler, a #BASIC game from #sinclairprograms magazine.
Download:
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/40589/ZX-Spectrum/Nibblers
解開童年謎題：BASIC 遊戲如何學會獲勝
➤ 探索BASIC遊戲的演算法與策略
✤ https://sublevelgames.github.io/blogs/2025-07-20-basic-game-hexapawn/
作者回憶起年輕時閱讀一本 BASIC 程式書，其中 Hexapawn 遊戲的程式碼特別難以理解。多年後，作者重新審視了這段程式碼，並試圖分析其背後的運作原理，揭開了 BASIC 遊戲如何透過程式設計來「學習」獲勝的奧祕。
+ 哇，這讓我想起我第一次接觸程式設計的時光，那時候也覺得有些程式碼簡直是天書！
+ 真是太有趣了，能從這麼簡單的遊戲中看到演算法的精髓，真令人讚賞作者的洞察力。
#遊戲開發 #演算法 #策略 #BASIC
🕹️sublevelgames · 💣Solving a Childhood Mystery: How BASIC Games Learned to WinAs a teenager, I discovered incomprehensible code in a book called BASIC Computer Games. Lines 900 through 970 filled with cryptic numbers - it was the secret of how HEXAPAWN’s AI learned. 50 years ago, an AI that could improve itself was created with just 19 game states and simple rules. Following the history of machine learning that started with matchboxes and beads, I finally solve a mystery from my childhood.
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Retro Computing Nostalgia meet Open Source Software and Hardware with AgonLight and Neo6502, the incredible evolution of modern Retro computer projects https://olimex.wordpress.com/2025/07/23/retro-computing-nostalgia-meet-open-source-software-and-hardware/ #z80 #w65c02 #retrocomputing #retrogaming #pascal #cpm #forth #basic #cc65
ＡＩ絵生成の弱点
ＡＩ絵生成ソフトの一番の欠陥は基礎を完全無視していきなり絵事態を塗り始める事に有る。だからこそうあれ程不安定で処理ミスが多い。
https://www.pixiv.net/novel/show.php?id=23995103
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pixiv#weaknesses #generation ＡＩ絵生成の弱点 - ポイズン雷花の小説 - pixivＡＩ絵生成ソフトの一番の欠陥は基礎を完全無視していきなり絵事態を塗り始める事に有る。だからこそうあれ程不安定で処理ミスが多い。 通常、絵を描く時、構図を決めて、下書き（ラフ）を描いて、修正を必要に応じて加え、線画を描いて最後に色を塗る。何もないとこからいきなり描き始めない。基礎が
Weaknesses of AI image generation
The biggest flaw in AI image generation software is that it completely ignores the basics and just starts coloring the picture itself.
https://www.pixiv.net/novel/show.php?id=23995113
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pixiv#draw #Process Weaknesses of AI image generation - ポ - pixivThe biggest flaw in AI image generation software is that it completely ignores the basics and just starts coloring the picture itself. That'
Слабкі сторони створення зображень ШІ
Найбільша вада програмного забезпечення для створення мистецтва штучного інтелекту полягає в тому, що воно повністю ігнорує основи та переходить безпосередньо до розфарбовування самого зображення.
https://www.pixiv.net/novel/show.php?id=23995120
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pixiv#foundation #create Слабкі сторони створення зображе - pixivНайбільша вада програмного забезпечення для створення мистецтва штучного інтелекту полягає в тому, що воно повністю ігнорує основи та перехо
#TodayInHistory 1975 - Bill Gates and Paul Allen sign a licensing agreement with MITS, for their implementation of the #BASIC language. #Microsoft receive US$3,000 immediately, with royalties of US$30 per copy of 4K BASIC, and US$35 for 8K BASIC.
It was released by MITS in punch tape format for the Altair 8800 shortly after the machine itself, immediately cementing BASIC as the primary language of early microcomputers.
Los Gatos ("The Cats"), an action game in #BASIC from #microhobby
Download:
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/16404/ZX-Spectrum/Los_Gatos
Popular Computers! (Japan, 1983)
https://archive.org/details/popcom-198309/mode/1up
I wish my Japanese was better, I can read kana letters but not enough words. But I could type in! If I knew what computer it was for.
#retrocomputing #basic
Слабкі сторони створення зображень ШІ
Найбільша вада програмного забезпечення для створення мистецтва штучного інтелекту полягає в тому,
https://note.com/poison_raika/n/ncb49e83bed93
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note（ノート）Слабкі сторони створення зображень ШІ｜ポイズン雷花Найбільша вада програмного забезпечення для створення мистецтва штучного інтелекту полягає в тому, що воно повністю ігнорує основи та переходить безпосередньо до розфарбовування самого зображення. Ось чому він такий нестабільний і виникає так багато помилок обробки. Зазвичай, малюючи малюнок, ви
I am considering learning to program, not as a career but for myself. I have been wanting to do this for a long time but never really started. One thing I do know is that I like procedural languages as opposed to object-oriented ones. I am strongly considering QuickBASIC 4.5 or 7.1, and Turbo Pascal 6.0, but I don't know which to choose as a beginner. I know there are flavours of these that can work with Windows XP and 7, and maybe, one day, I will try them in their 32-bit varients. But for now, I am focusing on the DOS ones,since they are probably easier to learn and use. Is there anything I should know as a totally blind programmer? If I did choose to switch to a Windows varient of one of these languages, how difficult would the transition be?
If it helps, these are the sorts of programs I use in Windows.
Notepad Classic, Jarte (can simply use Edit or Wordperfect 5.1, or MS Word 5.5, but simple editor may be good for project)
MPCHC (mp3 player, I don't mind a simpler one)
Virtual Recorder (simple mp3 recorder/may be difficult in DOS)
Thunderbird 102 (most likely too advanced for a beginner)
TweeseCake, TWBlue (for Mastodon/there is already a DOStodon, but don't know if it's accessible)
Reddit for Blind, Luna for Reddit
Cook Timer (simple timers exist, but this may be good to create as a beginner project)
Openbook, Kurzweil 1000 (ocr and pdf converter, too advanced for beginner)
various audio and text-based games
#16-bit #32-bit #accessibility #BASIC #blind #DOS #programming #QuickBASIC #TurboPascal #Windows7 #WindowsXP