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   Foone🏳️‍⚧️ (foone@digipres.club)'s status on Friday, 13-Sep-2024 04:04:46 JST Foone🏳️‍⚧️

   When I'm president, I'm gonna institute Universal BASIC Income.

   It'll be a stipend everyone gets, but it can only be used to purchase BASIC programming books or 8-bit computers.

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     Thomas 🔭🕹️ (thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io)'s status on Friday, 13-Sep-2024 04:04:45 JST Thomas 🔭🕹️

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     @foone My (powder coated sheet metal) body is ready

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     Thomas 🔭🕹️ (thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io)'s status on Tuesday, 17-Sep-2024 10:57:55 JST Thomas 🔭🕹️

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     • ask

     @ask yay! Something to be said about compatibility here as all these various basic interpreters are all by Microsoft

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     ask (ask@infosec.exchange)'s status on Tuesday, 17-Sep-2024 10:57:56 JST ask

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     • Thomas 🔭🕹️

     @thomasfuchs hi I ran your code on my PC

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     Thomas 🔭🕹️ (thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Sep-2024 01:56:48 JST Thomas 🔭🕹️

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     @wbpeckham @ask It is absolutely true that the BASIC on both IBM PCs and the Commodores is from Microsoft and mostly compatible with each other, except for system-specific extensions and commands added in later versions (PET Commodore is BASIC V4.0 iirc)

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     William B Peckham (wbpeckham@techhub.social)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Sep-2024 01:56:49 JST William B Peckham

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     • Thomas 🔭🕹️
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     @thomasfuchs @ask That is absolutely not true. I was using two different basic interpreters before Microsoft existed.

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     Thomas 🔭🕹️ (thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Sep-2024 02:51:01 JST Thomas 🔭🕹️

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     • William B Peckham
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     @wbpeckham @ask Nowhere has anyone said Microsoft invented BASIC. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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     William B Peckham (wbpeckham@techhub.social)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Sep-2024 02:51:02 JST William B Peckham

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     @thomasfuchs @ask I have used a basic on CP/M, on an Interact model J. Microsoft did not invent BASIC. BAS, Chipmonk, or YABASIC are among the viable options that might be leveraged. Microvideo 8k color basic (written for the 8080/Z80 cpus) might be an option for compatible platforms. Basic did exist before Microsoft did exist, so don't be limited by Microsoft.