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ringsce<p>I’m building a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/VB6" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VB6</span></a>-style interpreter in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreePascal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreePascal</span></a>! 🎉<br>It parses &amp; runs `.BAS`-like code with support for classic keywords like `Dim`, `If`, `For`, `Sub`, `Goto`, `Print`, and more.</p><p>✅ Done:<br>`If/Then/Else`, `Goto`, `Sub`, `Call`, `Input`, `Print`, `For/Next`, `Do While`, etc.</p><p>🔧 In progress: `ElseIf`, `Select Case`, `Exit Sub`, `Const`, loops<br>🚧 Next: `Function`, `Return`, `Gosub`, `File I/O`, `Type`, `Error Handling`</p>
Kroc Camen<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://freeradical.zone/@babble_endanger" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>babble_endanger</span></a></span> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/FreePascal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreePascal</span></a> runs on <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/MSDOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MSDOS</span></a>, 9x, XP and up, <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/PowerPC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PowerPC</span></a> MacOS and lots more. Heck, VisualBasic 6 <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/VB6" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VB6</span></a> runs on 9x thru Win11 and is more stable an ABI on <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> via Wine than Linux apps have. <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Rust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Rust</span></a> ’s problem is a matter of will; a turning up of the nose of anything that isn’t “current” — a moniker they haven’t realised they don’t control; that’s in the hands of Microsoft, Apple, Google etc.</p>
TrèsFluke 🍁<p>A new Lazarus appears!<br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Pascal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pascal</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/FreePascal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreePascal</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Lazarus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Lazarus</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/09/new_lazarus_4/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theregister.com/2025/05/09/new</span><span class="invisible">_lazarus_4/</span></a></p>
The Last Psion | Alex<p>Moved instance, so time for a new <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>introduction</span></a>!</p><p>I'm Alex and I have a PDA problem.</p><p>In 2018, after 16 years of using various <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Psion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Psion</span></a> portables, I decided to try my hand at developing hardware and software for my beloved Series 3c to help me with journalling and creative writing.</p><p>6 years and repeated sidequests later, I've ended up doing a <em>lot</em> of research into the SIBO/EPOC16 platform, and done my best to document it when I can. I've also nudged former developers into open sourcing their old Psion apps.</p><p>My current main projects are:</p><ul><li><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/PsiDrive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PsiDrive</span></a>, an <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/RP2040" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RP2040</span></a>-based USB drive for SIBO SSDs.</li><li>Rewriting the Psion SIBO (16-bit 8086) C SDK, including updating the docs (with <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/AsciiDoc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AsciiDoc</span></a>) and rewriting the original DOS tools as FOSS apps. I'm currently using <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/FreePascal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreePascal</span></a> to create a drop-in replacement for <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/CTRAN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CTRAN</span></a>, the Psion OO C preprocessor. (I want to eventually write a new compiler targeting EPOC16. Eventually.)</li><li>Anything else that tickles my bouncy brain.</li></ul><p>Outside of <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a>, I'm your common-or-garden British nerd. I'm a Linux user - mostly Arch, but I dabble with others. I also like a bit of <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/HaikuOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HaikuOS</span></a> and I'm planning on giving <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/FreeBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeBSD</span></a> a go very soon.</p><p>I used to be a senior computer monkey, specialising in on-prem SME infrastructure (I lament the loss of vSphere). Now I train others to become computer monkeys (for better or worse). As a result, sometimes you'll see me wrestling with old Cisco ASAs, Ubiquiti APs, or modded kit running <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/OpenWrt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenWrt</span></a>.</p><p>Generally, I like making things do stuff, especially if it's stuff that the thing wasn't originally designed to do.</p>
Jaysen Drake 🇨🇦<p><a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>introduction</span></a> </p><p>VA3KZR as of 2023-12-09</p><p>Started with <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/Commodore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Commodore</span></a> Vic-20 - at school, we learned graphical <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/LOGO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LOGO</span></a> on PETS and Apple IIe's... crashed the school Unisys ICON network far too often...</p><p>Headed to college, *thought* I would be heavily involved in, electronics design, and engineering - instead, it was <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>programming</span></a>.</p><p>First was <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/VisualBasic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VisualBasic</span></a> 1.0; next, Borland <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/Delphi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Delphi</span></a> 1.0 / <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/ObjectPascal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ObjectPascal</span></a> - still dabble with <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/FreePascal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreePascal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/Lazarus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Lazarus</span></a>, a smidge of <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/Java" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Java</span></a>, a lot of <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/CSharp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CSharp</span></a> and some <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/Python" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Python</span></a>.</p>
Blake Patterson<p>Blog post: "Thinking Back on ‘Turbo Pascal’ as It Turns 40"</p><p>I had several meaningful encounters with Turbo Pascal over the years, in my early developer days, and I thought I'd share some fond memories. </p><p><a href="https://bytecellar.com/2023/12/04/thinking-back-on-turbo-pascal-as-it-turns-40/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bytecellar.com/2023/12/04/thin</span><span class="invisible">king-back-on-turbo-pascal-as-it-turns-40/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Pascal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pascal</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/TurboPascal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TurboPascal</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>programming</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/programminglanguages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>programminglanguages</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/programmers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>programmers</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Delphi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Delphi</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Borland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Borland</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/FreePascal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreePascal</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Amiga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Amiga</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Mac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mac</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/DOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOS</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/CPM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CPM</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/vintagecomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vintagecomputing</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/computinghistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>computinghistory</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/blog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blog</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/computing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>computing</span></a></p>
Jay Drake 🇨🇦 ≠51<p><a href="https://mefi.social/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>introduction</span></a> </p><p>Who me? Just a <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/Maker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Maker</span></a>, IT Consultant and "all-around-<a href="https://mefi.social/tags/nerd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nerd</span></a>".</p><p>I grew up watching Saturday morning cartoons, original <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/StarTrek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StarTrek</span></a> re-runs, reading <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/Fantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fantasy</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/SciFi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SciFi</span></a> (not SyFy), lots of <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/Lego" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Lego</span></a> and eventually graduated to <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/RPG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RPG</span></a> and <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/tabletop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tabletop</span></a> gaming.&nbsp; </p><p>My first computer was a <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/Commodore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Commodore</span></a> Vic-20 - at school, we learned graphical <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/LOGO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LOGO</span></a> on PETS and Apple IIe's... crashed the Unisys ICON network often before getting my first PC - grudgingly - really wanted an <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/Amiga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Amiga</span></a>.</p><p>Eventually, it was time for college - I *thought* I would be heavily involved in the physical aspects of technology, circuit design, and hardware engineering - instead, I gravitated to <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>programming</span></a>.</p><p>My first professional <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>programming</span></a> language was <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/VisualBasic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VisualBasic</span></a> 1.0; eventually, jumping into Borland <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/Delphi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Delphi</span></a> 1.0 and <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/ObjectPascal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ObjectPascal</span></a> - still dabble with <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/FreePascal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreePascal</span></a> <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/Lazarus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Lazarus</span></a>, a smidge of <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/Java" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Java</span></a>, a lot of <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/CSharp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CSharp</span></a> and some <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/Python" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Python</span></a>. My <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/JavaScript" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JavaScript</span></a> is ancient...</p>
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