I'm sticking with FloatBASIC. However, without a manual, much less one in a language I can read, I don't know the commands available or the syntax required. I can't even interpret all the error messages. And, beyond knowing that it's a modified version of BASIC originally intended for another machine, I don't have much to fall back on. It seems to be based on MS BASIC and has a somewhat modified ASCII character table, that much I have figured out.

#retrocomputing #retrogaming #nes #subor #dendy

It's interesting trying to use BASIC when you don't know what dialect the machine wants.

The Subor SB225-B has two flavors - G-BASIC and F-BASIC, or GameBASIC and FloatBASIC. GameBASIC is a modified FamilyBASIC, as published by Nintendo based on HudsonSoft and Sharp's PlayboxBASIC. FloatBASIC is... complicated.

Apparently, it's stolen from another Chinese computer company called Fei Suo, who in turn stole it from a Japanese computer company.

#retrocomputing #retrogaming #nes #subor #dendy

Managed to find another of my universal power supplies so I could power up the Subor SB225-B and my Composite to VGA adapter at the same time, and then fetched one of my monitors that I knew could handle the resulting video signal. Looks like everything is working great!

My NTSC-J Famicom games will boot, but they don't fill the entirety of the screen and they run slow. I suppose some titles probably won't work at all.

#retrocomputing #retrogaming #nes #subor #dendy

@mdhughes @foone kinda like the #Subor #SB926 with F-#Basic...

Where it needs some time to think about the (software-emulated) #FloatibgPoint calculations...

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@Stege @vwestlife propably the local version of "We have #CommodorePET and #Famicom at home!"...

"Sit down, you will enjoy this console!"

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@djlink looks like #8bitdo looked at the #Faicom #FamilyBasic #Keyboard and asked themselves how a #NES version for the #USA would've looked like....

Has some #Subor #SB926 vibes if said #Famiclone didn't use some 85% layout instead.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzaRyirU_EI

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@memoriesin8bit NOICE!

Next thing you gonna tell me #8BitDo would be partnering with @Raspberry_Pi on a #Pi400 - #8GB version (or something that accepts #CM4 for the SoC) and a full-size keyboard akin to the #Subor #SB926...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzaRyirU_EI

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