It took me ages to load up the #BASICODE2 program for the #Commodore64 (I also had to replace the belt in my #Datasette unit first) but here we are.

Just in case you also own that #NOS tape and have a #Commodore1531 #C2N tape drive - the C64 Version starts at count #212

Using SYS 40448 to run the loader works and I was able to load a small "Hello World" demo from side two of the tape.

However, this is quite time consuming so I will set this aside for a while until I have the nerve to try to load the more interesting programs such as "Sea War" and the likes.

#RetroCoding
#RetroComputing

That #Basicode2 tape find makes me do things I haven't done in three decades ...

#Commodore64
#Datasette
#Modular64
#RetroComputing
#RetroCoding

I just discovered this little gem in my collection and am very tempted to put it into use on my #Harlequin128K #ZXSpectrum clone sometime.

It is a unified BASIC dialect called BASICODE 2 developed by the dutch national radio service in 1984. It contains BASICODE 2 interpeters for almost all common microcomputer systems of that era as well as BASICODE 2 example programs and games.

I suppose it was part of a series of tutorial shows on how to program. But I'm not 100% sure as I'm german, not dutch.

#NOS
#Basicode2
#BASIC
#RetroComputing
#RetroProgramming
#Netherlands