2 responses to “Fast Basic on The Atari 8-Bit: The Code Show #1”

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   abqchris

   October 17, 2026

   I love the Dr. C. Wacko books! I’ve never used Fast BASIC, but I’m pretty sure that your interest in it proves that you’re both geniuses, as I can’t wrap my head around having no line numbers. How would you branch, refer to subroutines, etc.?

   Anyway, awesome video! Isn’t it something, how just dipping a toe back into -real- coding can re-ignite the fascination all over again? I think that guys our age who became entranced by computers in the ’80s will never lose the sheer excitement inherent in the mystique that surrounded programming, even if it hides in the back of the brain sometimes.

   10 PRINT “INTO THE………”
   20 IF PEEK(764)=255 THEN 20
   30 PRINT “VERTICAL BLANK!!” : GOTO 30

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      itvbadmin

      October 18, 2026

      You call subroutines with EXEC [PROC NAME]
      You need to replace all the GOTOs with things like WHILE loops.
      It gets pretty easy after you get used to it.
      Nice little program!

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