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William Leue
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Posted: 01:52pm 06 Apr 2023

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I have a copy of MMBasic that runs well on Windows 10 and includes graphics. But I cannot find any web site that offers a download of same. Geoff's site only has the DOS version with no graphics.

I know that Peter built the version with graphics, but for some reason it is very hard to find.

Please help, thanks!
-Bill

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Posted: 02:22pm 06 Apr 2023

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It's never reached release state, I think this is the latest download:

beta15

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Tom

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Posted: 02:29pm 06 Apr 2023

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William Leue said I have a copy of MMBasic that runs well on Windows 10 and includes graphics. But I cannot find any web site that offers a download of same. Geoff's site only has the DOS version with no graphics.

I know that Peter built the version with graphics, but for some reason it is very hard to find.

Please help, thanks!
-Bill

It's not on a Website. It can be found in this thread:

https://www.thebackshed.com/forum/ViewTopic.php?FID=16&TID=14614

Make sure you start at the last page (currently page 18) and work backward to get the latest version. For some reason, the link changes with each new version rather than have the latest version replace the older ones at the same link.
Edited 2023-04-07 00:30 by toml_12953

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Posted: 02:29pm 06 Apr 2023

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Hi

Just downloaded this
Can I use Line numbers and run command

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Posted: 02:37pm 06 Apr 2023

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If you wish.

Line numbers are optional and may as well be omitted.

John

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Posted: 02:38pm 06 Apr 2023

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Thanks all!

It seems really good! I have run several of my 1000+ line programs on it and see no errors. IMHO it's kind of a shame Peter hasn't published it somewhere more easily located. I understand that Picomite stuff is taking up all his time.

-Bill

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Posted: 09:21pm 06 Apr 2023

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Quote IMHO it's kind of a shame Peter hasn't published it somewhere more easily located.

Agreed. Also without an official release and manual it's hard to know whether something that doesn't work as you expect is a bug or a feature. A pity that after all that work it appears to have been abandoned.

Bill

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Posted: 09:42pm 06 Apr 2023

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Quote Agreed. Also without an official release and manual it's hard to know whether something that doesn't work as you expect is a bug or a feature. A pity that after all that work it appears to have been abandoned.

All of the information to create a manual is on this site but since volunteers for doing slog work are few and far between then it is unlikely to happen. The beta is fully functional and AFAIK pretty much bug free but I am not going to document it so.....

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Posted: 11:15pm 06 Apr 2023

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I did actually consider volunteering to do that myself (believe it or not). But I have found that, during my working life and beyond, that documenting my own work, operating procedures, test procedures, configuration details and so on was much more tedious than actually designing and developing the 'product'. That was the fun part. Unfortunately the documentation was a necessary evil though.

Producing documentation for someone else's work, in isolation, even using the CMM2 manual as a base and Mick's notes along with this forum for reference then sorting out any little nuances would be very difficult and even more tedious. If I could speak C and had the source code that would help but I don't.

It's all too hard.

A pity.

Bill

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Posted: 11:34pm 06 Apr 2023

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Peter,
I would like to have a go at a manual for MMB4W. Will send a draft for your perusal if/when I get that far.
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Doug.

... almost all of the Maximites, the MicromMites, the MM Extremes, the ArmMites, the PicoMite and loving it!

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Posted: 11:45pm 06 Apr 2023

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Thanks Doug, if I can help in any way please let me know.

Bill

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Posted: 03:09am 07 Apr 2023

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Doug, if it will help I can send to you the source to the CMM2 manual (in Word).

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Thanks Geoff,

That would be great - douglas.pankhurst@gmail.com

Sorry for not responding to you in earlier messages - have been away and this will probably be a more 'achievable' goal than my previous 'all in one' idea

Regards,
Doug.

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Posted: 05:39am 07 Apr 2023

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Can we have it in an online editor such as Google docs or online word? We all can collaborate on the same document. I can't collaborate with a full document, however will be great if I can do small contributions

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Posted: 07:20am 07 Apr 2023

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Oh <Deity> No!!!!
Online editors are the tools of Satan and should be consigned to having to chat to ChatGPT for all eternity!!!
A guaranteed way to make a total screw-up of any document. "A donkey is a horse designed by a committee" springs to mind.

;)

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Posted: 07:38am 07 Apr 2023

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While I might not have put it so passionately, I totally agree Mick. If Doug is going to do it then HE should do it. Others may help by proof-reading or testing and maybe offer suggestions but that is all. It will be hard enough as it is let's not make it harder.

I'll help if I can but that's totally up to Doug.

Bill

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Posted: 08:04am 07 Apr 2023

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Hi Doug,
If you are using Word then I highly recommend novaPDF as an addon to produce the bookmarks in any PDF file. I asked Geoff what he used when I did the Armmite F4 manual and he told me about it. The latest version (11) can build the bookmarks off the word headings and have links to navigate around the PDF as well. Its not free but not that expensive.
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Gerry

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Posted: 02:43pm 07 Apr 2023

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I just loaded the version cited above onto a zippy Dell i7 with 32Gbytes of RAM and a graphics card, and it just sings! Wow.

Looking for the configuration command to change the keyboard from default UK to US...

Live in the Future. It's Just Starting Now!

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Posted: 03:16pm 07 Apr 2023

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OPTION KEYBOARD US

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Posted: 08:39pm 07 Apr 2023

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disco4now said Hi Doug,
I asked Geoff what he used when I did the Armmite F4 manual and he told me about it.
Regards
Gerry

Now that you mention the very excellent Armmite F4 manual... I have a printed copy in A5 form, two-sided printed and staple-bound. I would really like to bind one up properly but the version that I have is water-marked "DRAFT" and is titled DRAFT 5 - 5.07.00 Beta 15. Is there a possibility of a "release" version with all the highlighted questionable entries re-defined? Gerry, you have put so much work into this document that it seems such a shame not to finish it with a "release" version - unless I missed something.

I have twelve F4 boards on the go, but the thing I never understood about them is why it was decided to stick the options into battery-backed RAM - unlike any other 'mite. If only there was a version that kept the options during a battery change. And yes, I have read the posts on using AA batteries etc. Hey-ho...

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