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i think TI basic was much easier than comodore basic; (still it really needed that extension cartridge) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TI_BASIC_(TI_99/4A) https
by MichaelMoser123 9y ago
i think TI basic was much easier than comodore basic; (still it really needed that extension cartridge)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TI_BASIC_(TI_99/4A) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TI_BASIC_(TI_99/4A)
Also it turns out that the interpreter was slow because it was written in an interpreted language, but it was good enough for simple games because they had built-in sprites.
Interesting that they have emulators/simulators for it.
http://www.99er.net/emul.shtml http://www.99er.net/emul.shtml
http://www.99er.net/win994a.shtml http://www.99er.net/win994a.shtml
- flomo 9y agoNo idea if this is true, but the meme was that you could only write BASIC for the TI99, assembly was forbidden somehow. For the most part, hackers avoided this system like the plague, despite all the advertisements starring Bill Cosby.
- pmiller2 9y ago100% not true. There was an editor/assembler cartridge that let you program in ASM.
- T-hawk 9y agoIt had very little adoption and mindshare, though. All the assembly hackers were on the C-64, Apple II, and a bit later the PC.
- nsxwolf 9y agoYour other option was the Mini Memory cartridge, which added a scaled down version of Editor/Assembler as well as 8K of RAM and a battery backup. It was an economical way to dabble in assembly without springing for the 32K RAM expansion and disk system.
- SuperGent 9y agoI too started on TI BASIC, which taught me a lot, including ASCII, hex, binary, function calls, debugging the lists from magazines and how to type. I think I could type 'Call CLear' faster than anyone I knew! It's a pity I didn't get into ASM until years later when I got a spectrum.