OK, BBC BASIC is running on the Neotron Pico! You can't load or save yet, so you have to type in your programs just like in the olden days.
Is an RP2040 at 151.2 MHz running BBC BASIC Console Edition (the C version) faster or slower than an ARM710 @ 40 MHz running BBC BASIC V, hand-written in Arm assembly?
Pi digits test (https://stardot.org.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?p=250958&sid=2f98bf5c671be96ce3d1d7951502bba1#p250958) - 100 digits
Risc PC 700: 1.6s
Neotron Pico: 3.0s
BBC Master with ARM2: 6.4s
BBC Master: 210s
You can see more of this nonsense at the #RetroComputerFestival this weekend at the Centre for Computing History in Cambridge, England.
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