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É Java… Mas não é Java. É BASICODE.

https://retropolis.com.br/2025/11/07/e-java-mas-nao-e-java-e-basicode/

#MundoRetro #BASICODE #Holanda #Java #programao

É Java… Mas não é Java. É BASICODE. - Retrópolis

O mantra da portabilidade - a princípio alcançado pelo Java em 1999 - foi perseguido como o Santo Graal por muito tempo. E o BASICODE foi uma dessas tentativas. Senta que lá vem a história. O BASICODE foi uma tentativa de um padrão, feito nos loucos anos 1980 para resolver o problema de incompatibilidade entre

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Cay-Eric Schimanski Mar 31, 2025

@truls46 In the GDR I could listen to #BASICODE broadcasts - but my humble Z1013 did not support it, so I was a bit jealous of KC 85/x owner, who were able to record the sounds and load the programs into their machines.
Although, since the broadcasts were introduced with a short description of the software, I knew I did not miss much ;)

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Hacker News Jul 12, 2024

PC-BASIC, a cross-platform interpreter for GW-BASIC
http://robhagemans.github.io/pcbasic/
#ycombinator #BASIC #GW_BASIC #BASICA #PCjr #Tandy #MS_DOS #VGA #EGA #CGA #BASICODE #retro #legacy #emulator #interpreter

PC-BASIC

Free, cross-platform emulator for the GW-BASIC family of interpreters.

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stirz ✅Apr 10, 2024

@Wintermute_BBS I recall an article about #BASICODE for the #commodore #C64 published Back in the 80s. There were such things as BASICODE radio broadcasts which you could record to tape and then load into your homecomputer. What completely blew my mind were thin plastic records (as in "record player") which were added as supplements to magazines - required you to connect the record player to the tape port. I guess that's peak geekdom.