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n8chz 🩎<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fedi.aria.dog/users/woof" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>woof</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://floss.social/@alcinnz" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>alcinnz</span></a></span> Long before I wrote</p><p>PRINT "HELLO WORLD"</p><p>I wrote</p><p>FOR X=1 TO 65535:SOUND 1,X,10,10:NEXT X</p><p>Far from random. Had a definite rhythm to it.</p><p><a href="https://queer.party/tags/atari" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>atari</span></a> <a href="https://queer.party/tags/AtariBasic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AtariBasic</span></a> <a href="https://queer.party/tags/atari8bit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>atari8bit</span></a></p>
Goz 🕹<p>Happy 60th birthday BASIC! </p><p><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/basic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>basic</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RetroComputing</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Atari" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Atari</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/AtariBasic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AtariBasic</span></a></p>
Feoh<p>So I just ordered an <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@olimex" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>olimex</span></a></span> Agon Light Origins eZ80 based <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/retrocomputer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputer</span></a> and I'm super excited.</p><p><a href="https://www.thebyteattic.com/2023/07/introducing-origins-edition-refined.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thebyteattic.com/2023/07/intro</span><span class="invisible">ducing-origins-edition-refined.html</span></a></p><p>Been kinda jealous of my friends across the pond with their fancy <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/BBCBASIC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BBCBASIC</span></a> ever since my <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/atari8bit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>atari8bit</span></a> days. <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/ataribasic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ataribasic</span></a> is awesome but... Shall we say, spartan and spare? :)</p>
Thomas Cherryhomes<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://oldbytes.space/@TechCowboy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>TechCowboy</span></a></span> ported the <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Atari8bit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Atari8bit</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/FujiNet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FujiNet</span></a> Reversi from <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/AtariBASIC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AtariBASIC</span></a> to <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Apple2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Apple2</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/AppleSoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AppleSoft</span></a> BASIC. Since it speaks the same protocol, it can play with Atari users, just fine. :) <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/retrogaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrogaming</span></a> :)</p>
rainwarrior<p>Ants In Your Pants was written in BASIC. Here's the source code rendered in its original native font.<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AtariBASIC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AtariBASIC</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ATASCII" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ATASCII</span></a></p><p><a href="http://rainwarrior.ca/misc/ants.bas.png" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">rainwarrior.ca/misc/ants.bas.p</span><span class="invisible">ng</span></a></p>