Hello

[bplus]

You got me! :-D

It actually waves. Kind of amazed myself how fast I put that together. I like your avatar it reminds me of home :-))

I hope you get up and running, QB64 is fun! Do you have Windows?

[Pete]

There is no thing like the real hardware, to get the feeling of bygone days. Though some emulators are pretty good.
That's why I'm looking for a BASIC to run on modern systems.
And that's what my first question is (will be) about.

You don't plan on using anything other than text... SCREEN ZERO, right? :D

Anyway, QB64 does both graphics and text, and runs on Windows, Linux, and Mac systems. It is NOT an emulator. QB64 is a translator. It translates BASIC code into C/C++ code, and compiles it into stand alone exe files, which you can run on any of the systems I mentioned above.

Pete

[Jan-80]

I like your avatar it reminds me of home :-))

Someone you knew ?

I hope you get up and running, QB64 is fun! Do you have Windows?

I have Windows, Linux and Raspbian.

[Jan-80]

QB64 is a translator. It translates BASIC code into C/C++ code, and compiles it into stand alone exe files, which you can run on any of the systems I mentioned above.

I don't care how it works. It's good to know, but unimportant. My goal is to write code and have a fast return.

[OldMoses]

Welcome Jan.

I never used Tandy back in the day, I came from the Apple ][ camp. Learned Applesoft in high school, then went to QBasic after going to the PC platform. I tried to tinker with Assembler, but never got far with that. QB64 provides the impetus to advance my neanderthal skills. A lot of powerful tools compared to what it used to be.