Re: [PLUG] C64 emulator ... was (ancient) .BAS file with linux

2021-07-13 Thread Russell Senior
I have a PiDP8. It runs BASIC (and could run without the blinkenlights) using the SIMH simulator and prints to the normal session. I mostly played Lunar Lander after I got it put together, the game that launched me on a programming career path:

[PLUG] Emulating 1970s computers

2021-07-13 Thread Keith Lofstrom
> It seems intent on opening a new window. Oh, well. Just thought I'd post > my results. The GW-BASIC emulator opens a new graphics window for output. That is the easiest way to simulate what these 1970s hobby computers actually did. Pre-IBM-PC hobby computers painted video on a screen, not

Re: [PLUG] C64 emulator ... was (ancient) .BAS file with linux

2021-07-13 Thread Robert Citek
I was hoping to just print “Hello, world!” to stdout. - Robert On Tue, Jul 13, 2021 at 1:20 PM, Ben Koenig wrote: > It wants to open a new window because thats what freeglut is for. Are you > printing "Hello, World" to stdout or an opengl texture? > > Sent from ProtonMail mobile > >

Re: [PLUG] C64 emulator ... was (ancient) .BAS file with linux

2021-07-13 Thread Ben Koenig
It wants to open a new window because thats what freeglut is for. Are you printing "Hello, World" to stdout or an opengl texture? Sent from ProtonMail mobile Original Message On Jul 13, 2021, 11:44 AM, Robert Citek wrote: > Just for fun, I tried to get the gb64 compiler to

Re: [PLUG] C64 emulator ... was (ancient) .BAS file with linux

2021-07-13 Thread Robert Citek
Just for fun, I tried to get the gb64 compiler to run. But it's not outputting "Hello, world!" Here's what I am doing on Ubuntu 20.04: apt-get update apt-get install -y wget less tree g++ libgl-dev libglu1-mesa libglu1-mesa-dev vim cd /tmp/ wget

[PLUG] C64 emulator ... was (ancient) .BAS file with linux

2021-07-13 Thread Keith Lofstrom
On Mon, Jul 12, 2021 at 08:01:19PM -0700, Nat Taylor wrote: > https://www.qb64.org/portal/ On Mon, Jul 12, 2021 at 7:51 PM Nat Taylor wrote: > ... Or a C64 emulator (here > is an online one: https://c64online.com/c64-online-emulator/ ) Those may be very useful - I have a bunch of old

Re: [PLUG] running (ancient) .BAS file with linux

2021-07-13 Thread David Bridges
Debian also has a package named basic256 which might work. It is available in stable, testing, and unstable repos. -- David > > > > > > I see a Debian package that might work > > > python3-pcbasic - cross-platform emulator for the GW-BASIC family > > > of > > > interpreters (Python2) > > > >

Re: [PLUG] running (ancient) .BAS file with linux

2021-07-13 Thread Richard Owlett
On 07/13/2021 06:13 AM, Bill Barry wrote: On Tue, Jul 13, 2021 at 6:08 AM Richard Owlett wrote: On 07/12/2021 07:13 PM, Bill Barry wrote: [snip] I see a Debian package that might work python3-pcbasic - cross-platform emulator for the GW-BASIC family of interpreters (Python2) Bill A

Re: [PLUG] running (ancient) .BAS file with linux

2021-07-13 Thread Robert Citek
On Tue, Jul 13, 2021 at 5:14 AM Bill Barry wrote: > On Tue, Jul 13, 2021 at 6:08 AM Richard Owlett > wrote: > > > > On 07/12/2021 07:13 PM, Bill Barry wrote: > > >[snip] > > > > > > I see a Debian package that might work > > > python3-pcbasic - cross-platform emulator for the GW-BASIC family of

Re: [PLUG] running (ancient) .BAS file with linux

2021-07-13 Thread Bill Barry
On Tue, Jul 13, 2021 at 6:08 AM Richard Owlett wrote: > > On 07/12/2021 07:13 PM, Bill Barry wrote: > >[snip] > > > > I see a Debian package that might work > > python3-pcbasic - cross-platform emulator for the GW-BASIC family of > > interpreters (Python2) > > > > Bill > > A Debian package? > I

Re: [PLUG] running (ancient) .BAS file with linux

2021-07-13 Thread Richard Owlett
On 07/12/2021 07:13 PM, Bill Barry wrote: [snip] I see a Debian package that might work python3-pcbasic - cross-platform emulator for the GW-BASIC family of interpreters (Python2) Bill A Debian package? I don't find it when searching https://packages.debian.org .

Re: [PLUG] running (ancient) .BAS file with linux THANKS!

2021-07-13 Thread Keith Lofstrom
On Mon, Jul 12, 2021 at 7:02 PM Keith Lofstrom wrote: ... > Suggestions for a 21st century Linux BASIC that can > run ancient .BAS binaries? On Mon, Jul 12, 2021 at 07:13:40PM -0500, Bill Barry wrote: > I see a Debian package that might work > python3-pcbasic - cross-platform emulator for the