Learned about, installed a new image viewing program today on the Destination Linux podcast.
Monthly Archives: February 2022
FreeBasic and QB64 speed
Found this by accident Without the dimThe below code is fast with the 1st FOR loop (16.5M iterations) in both in FreeBasic and QB64.It’s excruciatingly slow for both with the 2nd FOR loop (17M iterations). I’m talking go brush my teeth, come back…still not finished! With the dimFreeBasic is fast (for Basic) using either For, …
Anaconda
I was looking for some Basic biorhythm programs yesterday because it was one of the programs my mom got a kick out of when I’d bring home some listings back in the PDP 11/40 days. The only source I saw was from Python programs. And all of those used graphing packages. Which reminded me I …
Level I BASIC
Thought it’s worth mentioning the original TRS-80 Model 1 had 4K and came with Level I Basic, which was much less powerful the the Level II Basic written by Microsoft. Here are some details.
Raspberry Pi 64bit
The Raspberry Pi Foundation announced today the general availability of a full 64-bit version of the official Raspberry Pi OS distribution for all 64-bit Raspberry Pi devices. Evidently the Pi has been 64 bit since model 3.
PDP 11 in a browser!
Boot RSTS/E, with a Virtual Front Panel.