[ANN] dib 1.0 gamma is out!

[Antonio Maschio]

dear BASIC enthusiast,

I announce dib (dib Is Basic), an emulator of the Dartmouth BASIC
version III (1966) with some extra features.

Hope you will like it.

It must be compiled, with 'make' in the source directory and with gcc .x
or later.

I tested it only on my emac with Mac OS X Tiger, but I guess it should
compile and run on any system with gcc.

Send me your advice and report all the problems you face. I'll try to
resolve them, maybe with your help.

Send me also all the source BASIC program you can conceive that can run
for dib: I'll include them in next upload.

You can find dib here: http://digilander.libero.it/tonibinhome/deer/
You can write to tbin at libero dot it for any help.

-- Antonio

[Tom Lake]

"Antonio Maschio" <tbinN...@NOSPAMlibero.it> wrote in message
news:h1rbdi$g8d$1...@tdi.cu.mi.it...

I tried to run this:

10 for I=1 to 10
20 print I;
30 next I
99 end

but all it says is

NO END INSTRUCTION IN 99

Tom Lake

[Tom Lake]

>> You can find dib here: http://digilander.libero.it/tonibinhome/deer/
>> You can write to tbin at libero dot it for any help.
>>
>> -- Antonio
>
> I tried to run this:
>
> 10 for I=1 to 10
> 20 print I;
> 30 next I
> 99 end
>
> but all it says is
>
> NO END INSTRUCTION IN 99

OK, I tried it all in caps which does work.

10 FOR I=1 TO 10
20 PRINT I;
30 NEXT I
99 END

Are there any plans to make an immediate mode like the old environment had
where you can type in a statement and have it executed immediately?

Tom Lake

[Carlo Zanziba]

Tom Lake ha scritto:

Have you tried all capitals? dib works with capitals statements.

-- Antonio

[Carlo Zanziba]

Tom Lake ha scritto:

(I sent you the "all capitals" note before reading this post).

Yes, there are plans. I created a bash script which emulates (at some
extent) the Dartmouth OS, but I plan to write it in C for the gcc. Only,
not now, since I have another project on the run.

If you please, (and this is for all posters), I can attach to a post on
this forum the bash script (bash 3.x), but I don't guarantee it works
for all UNIXes, because it makes a heavy use of the environment programs
(gawk, xargs, date, iostat), which behave differently on different
UNIXes. I have written also a small manual for it.

Tell me if you want it.

-- Antonio

[Carlo Zanziba]

Carlo Zanziba ha scritto:

Carlo is one of my nicknames!

[Tom Lake]

> If you please, (and this is for all posters), I can attach to a post on
> this forum the bash script (bash 3.x), but I don't guarantee it works
> for all UNIXes, because it makes a heavy use of the environment programs
> (gawk, xargs, date, iostat), which behave differently on different
> UNIXes. I have written also a small manual for it.
>
> Tell me if you want it.

I'd sure like a copy. Mille grazie!

Tom Lake

[Robert Wolfe]

-> I tried to run this:

-> 10 for I=1 to 10
-> 20 print I;
-> 30 next I
-> 99 end

-> but all it says is

-> NO END INSTRUCTION IN 99

What happens if you leave out line 99?

[Tom Lake]

"Robert Wolfe" <robert...@robertwolfe.org> wrote in message
news:1246034277....@robertwolfe.org...

I get NO END INSTRUCTION IN 30 but the problem was
fixed by entering the program using all caps.

Tom Lake

[Antonio Maschio]

This mail only to inform you that I updated the dib manual; it contained
wrong information about the Commodore 64; another dib user took the time
to notify me.

You can download the revised version here:
http://digilander.libero.it/tonibinhome/deer/doc/dib_manual.txt

I won't insert this file into the source package, but next version
(1.0.delta)
will contain all the revisions.

Ciao.

--------------------------
Antonio Maschio