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Re: [ANN] decb, the DEC-20 BASIC interpreter in retired

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In article <ltqhae$nt1$1@virtdiesel.mng.cu.mi.it>,
 Antonio Maschio <tbinNOSPAM@NOSPAMlibero.it> wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> Sadly, I must retire the project, because it has too many 
> inconsistencies, too many faults in some compilations, with some Linux 
> distributio.
> 
> A very great tester, David, tried to compile the program on Linux and on 
> OpenBSD, and while compilation goes smoothly (though not immediate), 
> execution differs too much from what I experimented on my Mac OS X 10.4.11.
> 
> I have no Linux to test on, but I thought that a program written in C 
> for the gcc, and using only library calls, could be completely portable.
> 
> It is not.
> 
> My fault, obviously. I'm not a professional, I program in my spare time 
> on a single computer (the only one I can afford, bought in 2005), and I 
> cannot stand a deep testing on various machines.
> 
> For the present, the project is suspended, until I find a way to 
> override all this.
> 
> Thanks to all who tried and tested the project: their efforts are a 
> great experience I can count on.

Antonio-

It won't solve your problem completely, but you might look into getting 
a Raspberry Pi computer as a Linux platform.  If you are comfortable 
with OpenBSD on the Mac, you will feel at home with the Raspberry Pi's 
Linux.

The basic computer is under $50.  Your Mac keyboard and mouse will 
probably work with it, and you may already have a TV with HDMI input you 
can use for a monitor.  Add a 5 Volt power supply with micro-USB 
connector and an SD card, and you are in business.

There are Raspberry Pi "images" available for download, adapted from 
several versions of Linux.  The most common may be Raspbian, adapted 
from Debian.  The Mac's terminal can transfer an image to the SD card 
using the DD command.

There is also the "NOOBS" (New Out Of Box Software) system that can be 
drag-copied  to the SD card and will boot.  It allows you to select from 
several flavors of Linux.

I got started with Radio Shack's starter kit because it was locally 
available and comes with a nice introductory book.  However it was quite 
expensive, and did not even include an SD card!

There is a Tiny BASIC available for the Raspberry Pi, although it is 
somewhat primitive.

Fred

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[ANN] decb, the DEC-20 BASIC interpreter in retired Antonio Maschio <tbinNOSPAM@NOSPAMlibero.it> - 2014-08-29 20:37 +0200
  Re: [ANN] decb, the DEC-20 BASIC interpreter in retired Fred McKenzie <fmmck@aol.com> - 2014-08-29 18:36 -0400

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