4 ms·
The Colour Maximite is a modern computer that boots into its own specially written Basic. [1] I think using a Cortex M7 with its simpler memory model keeps it
by klelatti 5y ago
The Colour Maximite is a modern computer that boots into its own specially written Basic. [1]
I think using a Cortex M7 with its simpler memory model keeps it closer to the spirit of the 8 bit machines than is possible with a Cortex A series.
[1] https://geoffg.net/maximite.html https://geoffg.net/maximite.html
- boznz 5y agoAgree, probably the easiest out there, a port for a RPi is well overdue.
- jameskeim 5y agoMMBasic is the actual basic used on the CMM2. It is really a great system with some advanced features for BASIC. https://www.mmbasic.com/downloads.html https://www.mmbasic.com/downloads.html I do recall that there is a port of MMBasic for the Raspberry Pi floating around somewhere. I think it is on the forums at https://thebackshed.com https://thebackshed.com but I couldn't tell you how to find it. I do think it runs under Linux and not on bare metal but I might be mis-remembering.
- jameskeim 5y agoActually dug through because I only had a vague recollection. So the Pi-Cromite version I remembered has been discontinued. However, there is a MMBasic for Linux that cribs some code from that project. And, it can be compiled for the Raspberry Pi. I might venture to suggest that this might be one of the most fully featured Basic implementations that can found for the Raspberry Pi. Link here: https://github.com/thwill1000/MMB4L https://github.com/thwill1000/MMB4L