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| lizby Guru  Joined: 17/05/2016 Location: United StatesPosts: 3150 |
The standard Basic commands are there, but there are also many enhancements, especially with regard to handling the pins on the microcontroller. And in particular, the developer of the MMBasic software on the Raspberry Pi Pico, @matherp, was very attentive to the need-for-speed with regard to graphics that became apparent as the MMBasic/PicoMite version of Petscii Robots was being developed, and was both responsive and proactive in providing what was needed. Note that the Raspberry Pi Pico is very different from the traditional Raspberry Pi line--a microcontroller as opposed to a small computer. ~ Edited 2024-07-04 01:21 by lizby PicoMite, Armmite F4, SensorKits, MMBasic Hardware, Games, etc. on fruitoftheshed |
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Mixtel90 Guru Joined: 05/10/2019 Location: United KingdomPosts: 6783 |
The Pico is the little board that does almost impossible things because no-one told it that it wasn't suitable for clever stuff. :) Mick Zilog Inside! nascom.info for Nascom & Gemini Preliminary MMBasic docs & my PCB designs |
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| JohnS Guru Joined: 18/11/2011 Location: United KingdomPosts: 3800 |
Yes MMBasic is like that, and you also get FRAMEBUFFERs, BLIT/SPRITE and so on plus things not needed for games like PWM, SPI, I2C - though those then mean you can use game console controllers without needing to invent new hardware :) The Pico is incredibly cheap & powerful - so much so that you can do things in BASIC which otherwise would need ASM. (Arguably takes the fun out LOL) (You can choose whether to have an OS. MMBasic doesn't need one as it handles all the I/O etc itself, like BASICs used to do.) John |
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aNdy/Cosine Newbie  Joined: 02/07/2024 Location: United KingdomPosts: 4 |
Beautiful summation! Regarding MMBasic and it's additional 'modern' features: it sounds like Blitz2 on Amiga and PureBasic on PC, both of which I'm a heavy user of. All my own editors for my 8Bit stuff are coded in PureBasic. I'll take a look at MMBasic just out of interest! Thanks again for the info! Edited 2024-07-05 20:29 by aNdy/Cosine https://csdb.dk/scener/?id=6404 |
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Martin H. Guru Joined: 04/06/2022 Location: GermanyPosts: 1113 |
This Video may answer many of your questions Have Fun Martin 'no comment |
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