On Aug 31, 8:00 am, RickE <e...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On Aug 31, 2:31 am, "R.Nicholson" <rhnlo...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
> > I recently added a link to source code for DEC TSS/8 Basic
> > for the PDP-8 to my Basic Programming web page:
>
> > http://www.nicholson.com/rhn/basic
>
> > This brings the count of Basic implementations with source
> > code to over 50 links or so (minus any dead links).
>
> > There's also an archive of Basic games for the PDP-8
> > here: http://highgate.comm.sfu.ca/pdp8/
>
> > IMHO. YMMV.
> > --
> > rhn A.T nicholson d.0.t C-o-M
>
> Thanks for the link. I downloaded the set of TSS/8 Basic files and am
> impressed. Although the mnemonics are new to me, this assembly
> language code is very well organized. Quite possibly this is the code
> followed to write Altair and derivative Basics. The approach is the
> same, but the DEC code is intended to be maintainable.
>
> I knew there had to be a blueprint for Basic somewhere. This might be
> it. It will be fun to study.
> Thanks,
> Rick.
The DEC Basic manual is also found at the site. It comes in TIFF (a
graphic) format but can be viewed on modern viewers. I use
StarOffice5.2 on Linux and it is much clearer than the Altair manual
in pdf. Both systems are very helpful understanding well designed
human to machine interfaces.
Thanks again,
Rick.
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