Herb v/d DoolJan 25, 2024
@reiver ⊼ (Charles) 

Guess what — Mastodon & @bbcmicrobot are in the news.

BBCMicroBot is a fun bot that started off on Twitter in February 2020 — although it is on Mastodon now.

People send it BASIC code — and it runs it and posts the result!

Many use it to create "pixel-art"

BBCMicroBot migrated over to the Fediverse in Nov 2022, as part of the Twitter-migration.

Read more here:

https://www.theregister.com/2024/01/18/bbc_micro_bot/

#BBCBasic #BBCMicro #Fediverse #Mastodon #PixelArt #RetroComputing #TwitterMigration #VintageComputing

At last: The BBC Micro you always wanted, in Mastodon form

10 PRINT "Retro Awesome":20 GOTO 10

The Register
Jan 24, 2024 at 5:35pmTusky
Show threadBBC Micro Bot Jan 24, 2024
@reiver thanks for the mention! We preemptively moved to #Mastodon November 5, 2022. I think the Twitter API changes were a few months after that - but we had already left.
Show thread@reiver ⊼ (Charles) Jan 24, 2024

@bbcmicrobot

Thanks.

I updated the post to reflect that.

Show threadMatt McIrvinJan 24, 2024
@reiver @bbcmicrobot I'm sad that the similar one for Atari 8-bit BASIC never made it over (as far as I can tell).
Show threadBBC Micro Bot Jan 24, 2024
@mattmcirvin @reiver we can ask @savetz
Show threadKay SavetzJan 24, 2024
@bbcmicrobot @mattmcirvin @reiver use #atari8bitbot and it should work. It’s currently run by somebody else. I need to update the instructions webpage. I have not ported the apple II and to PC basic bots yet
Show threadAtari8BitBotJan 24, 2024
error: working/incomingBASIC.txt(1): expected statement, got 'use '
error: working/incomingBASIC.txt(2): expected statement, got 'and it should work. It's currently run by somebody else. I need to upd
Show threadMatt McIrvinJan 24, 2024
@savetz @bbcmicrobot @reiver it made a funny error message in response to your hashtag
Show threadKay SavetzJan 24, 2024
@bbcmicrobot @mattmcirvin @reiver it was terrible BASIC code TBH