• BasicV2 8kb di potenza inaudita

    calendar Mar 22, 2026 · 9 min read
     it retro-computing  · Basicv2 c64 vic20
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    BasicV2 8kb di potenza inaudita
    Il Commodore Basic V2 è una piccola opera d’arte. Fu sviluppato da Bill Gates e venduto per una cifra una-tantum alla Commodore, che esaltata dalla cosa lo installò su più di un computer (dai primi PET fino al C/64). Pur disponendo di 71 comandi, stava in appena 9Kb di ROM. Stiamo parlando di meno di 5 pagine dattiloscritte. La pagina che state leggendo occupa almeno 5 volte tanto (!). Come è stato possibile? Scopriamolo assieme.

  • Basic V2 rocks

    calendar Sep 7, 2025 · 3 min read
     en  · basicV2 vic20 commodore c64
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    Basic V2 rocks
    Finally Microsoft MIT-licensed the Commodore Basic V2. Lets dive a bit into it.

  • Commodore BASIC as a Scripting Language Open Source

    calendar Nov 20, 2008 · 1 min read
     en  · relax basicV2
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    Commodore BASIC as a Scripting Language for UNIX and Windows - now Open Source:

    Here is a little background:

    This application is a recompiled version of the original Commodore 64 binary - it is not a reimplementation, so while it runs at pretty much the maximum possible speed, it is still 100% compatible. The huge C file in the archive has been produced by feeding the original 6502 code into my static recompiler and optimizing it with LLVM. The original operating system interface (character I/O, LOAD, SAVE etc.) has been reimplemented in native C, so Commodore BASIC interfaces nicely with OS X/Windows/Unix - you can use pipe I/O, and you can pass the filename of a BASIC program on the command line.


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