I think writing a simple basic for it would be easier. The machine has enough memory (“4096 8-bit bytes for programs and 4096 4-bit nibbles for data.”), but the

I think writing a simple basic for it would be easier. The machine has enough memory (“4096 8-bit bytes for programs and 4096 4-bit nibbles for data.”), but the instruction set is lacking compared to a 6502, so it would be a limited one. I would look at Apple’s first Basic (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integer_BASIC https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integer_BASIC) and trim away all but the bare essentials. Some possible simplifications: - only support variable names of length one - remove the exponentiation operator - only support 8-bit integers - only support line numbers between 0 and 255 If, then, there’s program space left, add in features.