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I tried vibe coding in BASIC and it didn't go well
With the rise of LLM systems (or “AI” as they are annoying called), the term “vibe coding” is all the rage recently. So I wondered, how does vibe coding…
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One of my early BASIC programs: Hi Card Wins!
I first started programming my Atari 400 in BASIC In late 1983 or early 1984 when I was 13 years old.
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Stay Warm this Winter with a Retro Fireplace
From Family Computing Magazine
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More About True BASIC
Now with manuals
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Some Atari BASIC Books
As I’ve written about before, the Atari 8-bit computers used a BASIC that was not all that compatible with the Microsoft BASIC, which quickly becoming…
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Happy 60th Birthday to BASIC
Just a few days ago, BASIC turned 60!
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Fast BASIC for the Atari ST
The BASIC Interpreter for the Atari ST
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Atari BASIC Optimization Tips
In the February 1982 issue of Byte Magazine there is a great article that goes in-depth about Atari BASIC works.
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Strange BASIC: DBASIC for the Atari ST
An interactive 68000 BASIC
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REAL BASIC for the Atari ST
Not just vaporware
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Atari Sound with POKEY
Everyone always says that the Commodore 64 with its impressive SID chip had the best sound capabilities of all 8-bit computers. The SID chip certainly…
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A Look at the Atari 130XE Manual and Bank Switching
I really like my Atari 130XE, which in some ways is the best Atari 8-bit computer. I just love its design. However, there are certainly some…
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