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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…
May 6
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Happy 60th Birthday to BASIC
Just a few days ago, BASIC turned 60! On May 1, 1964 BASIC was created by Dartmouth College professors John G. Kemeny and Thomas E. Kurtz. BASIC is an…
May 3
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Stay Warm this Winter with a Retro Fireplace
From Family Computing Magazine
Dec 22, 2023
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Paul Lefebvre
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Fast BASIC for the Atari ST
The BASIC Interpreter for the Atari ST
Nov 20, 2023
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Paul Lefebvre
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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.
Nov 3, 2023
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Paul Lefebvre
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Strange BASIC: DBASIC for the Atari ST
An interactive 68000 BASIC
Oct 27, 2023
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REAL BASIC for the Atari ST
Not just vaporware
Oct 20, 2023
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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…
Oct 16, 2023
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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…
Oct 13, 2023
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Frank Ostrowski and the Best BASICs
Turbo-BASIC XL and GFA BASIC
Oct 9, 2023
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A Recap of Atari ST Programming Languages, Part 1
Last month I wrote a post about Atari 8-bit programming languages, so I thought it would also be worth trying to do the same thing for the Atari ST.
Oct 6, 2023
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True BASIC: An Attempt at Standardizing BASIC by its Creators
Created by Kemeny and Kurtz at Dartmouth in 1963, BASIC was a popular programming language in the early days of computing. Originally BASIC was a single…
Sep 25, 2023
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