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- NAME
- BASIC.HEX BASIC interpreter (stand alone)
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- SYNOPSIS
- i8080 -b basic.hex
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- DESCRIPTION
- "Palo Alto Tiny BASIC" is ported to I8080. The screen input and output
- are performed using BIOS handling facility of I8080.
- The virtual disk can't be accessed in this BASIC.
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- The end-of-line character, erase character, line-erase character,
- interrupt character and end-of-file character are mapped into Cntl-M
- (Return), Cntl-H, Cntl-X, Cntl-C, and Cntl-Z respectively.
- The explanation of interpreter and BASIC is omitted here, so
- please refer to some other literature.
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- This program is intended for demonstration rather than practical
- purpose. This program emphasizes the speed and memory size of an
- actual 8080 processor. Therefore, it sacrifices the readability of
- the code. Indeed, BASIC.HEX works well under I8080 without
- making any changes but in I/O routines.
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- Please enjoy the special programming technique on the days
- when hardware was expensive and not as sophisticated as one these days.
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- BUGS
- You cannot save a file including BASIC code.
- The only available memory is about 3 Kbytes.
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