I learn with DOS an such under Elementary. So, kids today can do the same.
No, no Subleq, but:
- 32MB disk
- 256-1MB RAM
- 64x16 screen
- Forth block interface and prompt
- Printing? Basic PostScript can be set fast from Forth.
No internet, just Forth. The basic of loops, and even basic 'algebra' with the 'fruit balancing puzzle'.
Games? Sokoban under Forth, with a few blocks wasted with
code and levels. It would fit under 110KB.
'Adventure' (Collosal Cave) fits under 150KB. Tetris, the same.
Gopher? Ok, doable, even a basic Gopher client too; I'm doing one with JimTCL, and in Forth with a proper stack I'd set one menu based such as:
1 item
2 bar bla bla
3 baz
Enter the number, you enter the link. Easy, no issues.
If you can code a Gopher client, a MUD one it's almost at ease.
I still see Forth far more advanced than Basic and C+Unix it's a bit meh.
Being orthogonal with pipes it's cool, but Forth did that better since day 1 and without even a wordlist.
On Pascal, good for DOS, and maybe the Classic Mac, but even under Unix there were really good underused platforms, like TCL/Tk +SQLite. More crude than VB, for sure; but, seriously, most of the time a quick tool in that language would cover the 90% of the needs of any corporation.
Sorry, but I'm not sure which dialect of BASIC this is - wish I could be more helpful here. TinyBASIC is a very minimal implementation (no arrays, functions, nor loops) so it definitely won't be able to run this program.
https://github.com/howerj/ffs
I learn with DOS an such under Elementary. So, kids today can do the same.
No, no Subleq, but:
- 32MB disk
- 256-1MB RAM
- 64x16 screen
- Forth block interface and prompt
- Printing? Basic PostScript can be set fast from Forth.
No internet, just Forth. The basic of loops, and even basic 'algebra' with the 'fruit balancing puzzle'.
Games? Sokoban under Forth, with a few blocks wasted with code and levels. It would fit under 110KB. 'Adventure' (Collosal Cave) fits under 150KB. Tetris, the same.
Gopher? Ok, doable, even a basic Gopher client too; I'm doing one with JimTCL, and in Forth with a proper stack I'd set one menu based such as:
Enter the number, you enter the link. Easy, no issues.If you can code a Gopher client, a MUD one it's almost at ease.
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