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JoshuaHorn · Post by **JoshuaHorn** » Sun Feb 08, 2009 9:32 pm

Has anyone written a GUI in VIC-20 basic? - that like uses the joystick port as a mouse or something? - Just curious

Post by **Jeff-20** » Mon Feb 09, 2009 2:32 am

This has been a long-time dream for me. I want to make a windows-like GUI in BASIC just to say I did. I'll collaborate if such a project is wanted.

orion70 · Post by **orion70** » Mon Feb 09, 2009 3:10 am

Yep, there's one for the unexpanded VIC.

Joshua - I'm joking of course, go on with that and give us a proper Magic Desk for the VIC

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Mike · Post by **Mike** » Mon Feb 09, 2009 3:21 am

I guess this one constitutes prior art to Apple's patent filing of a 3D desktop.

Greetings,

Michael

orion70 · Post by **orion70** » Mon Feb 09, 2009 3:27 am

Déjà vu: Magic Desk -> Microsoft Bob -> Apple's 3D DTE. Both Microsoft and Apple never invent anything.

carlsson · Post by **carlsson** » Mon Feb 09, 2009 3:36 am

Contiki has a conio GUI called ctk. While it is written in C, I think one could use part of it.

The question is if you're looking for a ready-made application using some kind of graphical interface or a toolkit to link your own programs to.

Schema · Post by **Schema** » Mon Feb 09, 2009 10:39 am

I wonder if "DotBasic Plus" could be ported to the VIC (with memory expansion)? It was a BASIC extension for the C64 published by LoadStar a couple of years ago. It provides a lot of new commands to help making GUIs, among other things.

Here's a thread about it:

http://jledger.proboards19.com/index.cg ... hread=2511