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by Bobbi
Mon Jun 04, 2018 5:16 pm
Forum: Programming
Topic: EightBall - New Programming Language
Replies: 6
Views: 10867

Re: EightBall - New Programming Language

v0.76 is now available from https://github.com/bobbimanners/EightBall

There are numerous small improvements. The virtual machine has been optimized somewhat and compiled bytecode now runs a good deal faster than before.
by Bobbi
Tue May 01, 2018 3:00 pm
Forum: Announcement Board
Topic: VIC-20 Software Releases of 2018
Replies: 20
Views: 35565

Re: VIC-20 Software Releases of 2018

Name: EightBall Author: Bobbi Genre: Programming Language Code: Machine Code Requirements: VIC-20 + 32K RAM Description: EightBall is an interpreter and bytecode compiler for a novel structured programming language. It runs on a number of 6502-based vintage systems (C64, VIC20, Apple //e) and may al...
by Bobbi
Sat Apr 28, 2018 12:20 pm
Forum: Programming
Topic: EightBall - New Programming Language
Replies: 6
Views: 10867

Re: EightBall - New Programming Language

Fixed a couple of bugs. Latest version is v0.52.
by Bobbi
Sat Apr 28, 2018 9:15 am
Forum: Programming
Topic: cc65 and RS232 User Port Serial
Replies: 91
Views: 36004

Re: cc65 and RS232 User Port Serial

I am going to have to give this new version a try with my RSS Reader! Thanks for all your RS-232 efforts!
by Bobbi
Fri Apr 27, 2018 11:22 pm
Forum: Programming
Topic: EightBall - New Programming Language
Replies: 6
Views: 10867

Re: EightBall - New Programming Language

Took longer than I thought, but there is a new release of EightBall on my GitHub page: https://github.com/bobbimanners/EightBall There is now a comp command which compiles the language to bytecode for the EightBall VM (also new with this release.) The compiled code runs much faster than interpreted ...
by Bobbi
Wed Nov 29, 2017 8:30 pm
Forum: Programming
Topic: EightBall - New Programming Language
Replies: 6
Views: 10867

Re: EightBall - New Programming Language

Right now I am interpreting the text directly, which is slow. However it is quite convenient to be able to load and save ASCII files and exchange them between systems this way (with some help from petcat!) I am planning on moving to a tokenized representation, which should speed things up. I am also...
by Bobbi
Tue Nov 28, 2017 12:14 pm
Forum: General Topics
Topic: World of Commodore 2017 - December 9-10 in Toronto
Replies: 10
Views: 5445

Re: World of Commodore 2017 - December 9-10 in Toronto

So annoying .. every year I am out of the country when this happens! (I live in Toronto.)
by Bobbi
Mon Nov 27, 2017 9:37 pm
Forum: Programming
Topic: EightBall - New Programming Language
Replies: 6
Views: 10867

EightBall - New Programming Language

I have been doing a bit more work on my little programming language interpreter project and thought that maybe it was time to let some other people play with it. This started out as a VIC-20 project (VICScript) but now supports C64 and Apple IIe/c as well. Accordingly I renamed it to EightBall "...
by Bobbi
Fri Sep 01, 2017 1:53 pm
Forum: Hardware and Tech
Topic: Cannot load cassettes
Replies: 8
Views: 2059

Re: Cannot load cassettes

I think that is a symptom of a bad VIA (6522) chip. Maybe try swapping the two and see if it causes other issues (for example keyboard problems). If so, it is a bad VIA.
by Bobbi
Mon Aug 21, 2017 12:38 pm
Forum: General Topics
Topic: New messages?
Replies: 3
Views: 1774

Re: New messages?

OMG that is a life saver!
by Bobbi
Mon Aug 21, 2017 8:48 am
Forum: Other Systems
Topic: 486's that valuable??
Replies: 28
Views: 10854

Re: 486's that valuable??

I have been reading your postings on comp.sys.apple2 cbmeeks :)
by Bobbi
Sun Aug 20, 2017 1:45 pm
Forum: Other Systems
Topic: 486's that valuable??
Replies: 28
Views: 10854

Re: 486's that valuable??

I guess I really like the idea of all those expansion slots in the //e! I had a II+ for many years as a kid. The //c is nice, but the slots are a big part of what the Apple II is all about IMO. (Also all the //c machines I see these days are very yellow, while the //e I just bought looks to be prist...
by Bobbi
Sat Aug 19, 2017 3:14 pm
Forum: Other Systems
Topic: 486's that valuable??
Replies: 28
Views: 10854

Re: 486's that valuable??

... hmmm looks like I am now the proud owner of an Apple //e ...
by Bobbi
Fri Aug 18, 2017 3:23 pm
Forum: Hardware and Tech
Topic: My VIC-20 doing FTP.
Replies: 7
Views: 1920

Re: My VIC-20 doing FTP.

Awesome - definitely going to have to play with this :)
by Bobbi
Thu Aug 17, 2017 6:10 pm
Forum: Programming
Topic: VIC20 ROM Cart Loader (in BASIC)
Replies: 5
Views: 1920

Re: VIC20 ROM Cart Loader (in BASIC)

That explains why my Omega Race works :)