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by admin
Fri Jun 27, 2025 7:07 pm
Forum: C/C++
Topic: Express BASIC - an interpreter in C
Replies: 27
Views: 189960

Small update

Five new examples are now included with Express BASIC (and Express OS)! Horizontal sundial calculations 5 PRECISION 5 10 INPUT "latitude: ", lat 20 INPUT "longitude: ", lon 30 INPUT "meridian: ", mer 40 PRINT CHR$(10); "time sun_hour_angle dial_hour_line_angle"...
by admin
Sun Jun 22, 2025 4:33 pm
Forum: C/C++
Topic: An obfuscated C coding contest
Replies: 18
Views: 203515

Re: An obfuscated C coding contest

Oh man I totally missed that!

There's always next time. Plenty of time to prepare. :)
by admin
Tue Jun 10, 2025 7:14 pm
Forum: 8 bit
Topic: Lucid Apogee 8 bit handheld with BASIC prototype
Replies: 0
Views: 939

Lucid Apogee 8 bit handheld with BASIC prototype

A second round of prototypes have arrived. These are great! This is a true handheld famiclone with BASIC and educational games, USB charging, lithium battery, tft lcd, and av out. We will be sending this feedback to the manufacturer and continue working towards full production. Pros: AV output funct...
by admin
Sun Jun 08, 2025 6:18 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Product page updates
Replies: 0
Views: 1048

Product page updates

The product page now features new sections with recent releases.

This includes official pages for our line of famiclone software, Express OS, and Dream Quest.

Check it out!
by admin
Fri Jun 06, 2025 6:51 pm
Forum: Member Promotions
Topic: 3 in 1 multi-game cartridges for NES / Famicom compatible systems
Replies: 2
Views: 39974

Re: 3 in 1 multi-game cartridges for NES / Famicom compatible systems

Presenting...

Lucid Apogee
65FC OS
for NES / Famicom compatible systems

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Get the ROM here: https://lucidapogee.com/3-in-1/65fc-os/
by admin
Fri Jun 06, 2025 5:39 pm
Forum: Ionic Wind (and Pyxia)
Topic: Dream Quest JRPG inspired casual mini game
Replies: 0
Views: 358

Dream Quest JRPG inspired casual mini game

Dream Quest We slowed down working on programming language projects this year quite a bit to work on developing some game products. Aside from the early release Famicom/NES roms we released, this is the first major game release we are publishing. It is also the smallest, but we put months of work in...
by admin
Fri Jun 06, 2025 3:44 am
Forum: Express BASIC Archive
Topic: Tiny BASIC Example
Replies: 2
Views: 27008

Re: Tiny BASIC Example

Thanks. That means a lot coming from you.

It is a slow interpreter, but it works and has been a great learning experience.
by admin
Fri Jun 06, 2025 3:33 am
Forum: C/C++
Topic: Express BASIC - an interpreter in C
Replies: 27
Views: 189960

Update

The help interface was broken on Miyoo CFW and some Linux distros. That should be fixed now. There's also a new example. 1 REM quadratic bezier curve 2 REM https://stackoverflow.com/a/11435243 3 REM https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Casteljau's_algorithm 10 x1 = 1: y1 = 24 20 x2 = 40: y2 = 12 30 x3 =...
by admin
Fri May 30, 2025 6:07 pm
Forum: C/C++
Topic: Express BASIC - an interpreter in C
Replies: 27
Views: 189960

Re: Express BASIC - an interpreter in C

Express BASIC now has its own custom Linux distro to run on. Based on the kernel version 5.19, it runs busybox and comes with Express BASIC ready to go. Over 100 examples included. File system is functional. You can mount, save, load, and unmount. Filesystem is ext4 and runs off RAM. This live boot ...
by admin
Tue May 20, 2025 7:13 pm
Forum: ARM (Advanced RISC Machine)
Topic: Cheap handheld Linux computers in production
Replies: 0
Views: 1227

Cheap handheld Linux computers in production

For a good number of years now, there has been inexpensive handheld game emulation consoles coming from China through services such as Aliexpress, Alibaba, Wish, Temu, etc. Among these consoles, one called the SUP M3 Game Box Power (or just M3) is notable for being one of the cheapest if not, the ch...