tinyBasic for Palm OS
On-board minimalist Basic interpreter
Version: 1.2
tinyBasic by: aldweb, last updated: 27/09/2007
Requirements: Palm OS 3.0
About tinyBasic
tinyBasic is just a developer''s game, the development of a minimalist Basic interpreter for Palm by using iziBasic.Tiny BASIC started out as a way to get a BASIC running in the minimum amount of memory space (~2 KBytes), because RAM used to be very expensive and home computers would only have a few KB of RAM back in the 1970''s.
My Tiny BASIC dialect, that I just called "tinyBasic", is similar and loosely based on the Intel 8080 Tiny BASIC written by Li Chen Wang and appearing in Doctor Dobb''s Journal of Computer Calisthenics & Orthodontia in the May 1976 issue.
tinyBasic is developed with the iziBasic compiler for Palm OS handheld devices. The source code has also been ported to PP & NaPP (for Palm) and Free Pascal (for PC).
The source code of tinyBasic is provided in the download file (please see instructions in the readme file).
UPDATES DESCRIPTION
1.2 (09/17/07)
- recompiled this program with the latest iziBasic version 6.1 to avoid device freezes or soft resets on some devices
1.1 (04/30/07)
- minor update of iziBasic's source code to retrieve correctly values like -3 or .5 (before one had to write a=0-3 or a=0.5, when now a=-3 and a=.5 are valid entries)
- another minor update was to only accept integer values as line numbers
- ported the iziBasic source code to PP, NaPP and Free Pascal
1.0 (11/04/05)
- initial release (iziBasic source code only)
tinyBasic, compatible Devices
AT&T Palm Treo 650, AT&T Palm Treo 680, Acer s10, Acer s50/s60, Alltel Palm Treo 650, Alltel Palm Treo 700p, GSL Xplore G18, GSL Xplore G88, Garmin iQue 3200, Garmin iQue 3600, HandEra 330, Handspring Treo 180, Handspring Treo 270, Handspring Treo 300, Handspring Treo 90, Handspring Treo Series, Handspring Visor, Handspring Visor Deluxe, Handspring Visor Edge, Handspring Visor Platinum, Handspring Visor Prism, Handspring Visor Pro, IBM Workpad, IBM Workpad c3, IBM Workpad c500, IBM Workpad c505, Kyocera 7135, Kyocera QCP 6035, Palm III, Palm IIIc, Palm IIIe, Palm IIIx, Palm IIIxe, Palm LifeDrive, Palm TX, Palm Treo 600, Palm Treo 650, Palm Treo 680, Palm Treo 700p, Palm Treo 755p, Palm Tungsten C, Palm Tungsten E, Palm Tungsten E2, Palm Tungsten T, Palm Tungsten T2, Palm Tungsten T3, Palm Tungsten T5, Palm Tungsten W, Palm V, Palm VII, Palm VIIx, Palm Vx, Palm Z22, Palm Zire, Palm Zire 21, Palm Zire 31, Palm Zire 71, Palm Zire 72, Palm i705, Palm m100, Palm m105, Palm m125, Palm m130, Palm m500, Palm m505, Palm m515, Qool QDA-700, Samsung SGH-i530, Samsung SPH-i300, Samsung SPH-i330, Samsung SPH-i500, Sony CLIE N Series, Sony CLIE N760C, Sony CLIE NR Series, Sony CLIE NX Series, Sony CLIE NZ Series, Sony CLIE S Series, Sony CLIE S320, Sony CLIE SJ Series, Sony CLIE SL Series, Sony CLIE T Series, Sony CLIE T415, Sony CLIE TG Series, Sony CLIE TH55, Sony CLIE TJ25, Sony CLIE TJ27, Sony CLIE TJ35, Sony CLIE TJ37, Sony CLIE UX40, Sony CLIE UX50 Series, Sony CLIE VZ90, Sprint Palm Treo 755p, Symbol SPT 1500, Symbol SPT 1550, Symbol SPT 1700, Symbol SPT 1740, Symbol SPT 1800, TRGpro, Tapwave Zodiac, Tapwave Zodiac 2, Verizon Palm Treo 700pPalm software by category
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