Commander X16

As it is now you cannot LOAD a BAS file programmatically, I believe, and it is difficult to write a PRG file from BASIC with e.g. new functions (DEF FN) or subroutines. The purpose is to be able to write self modifying programs. A MERGE command that works from the running program for merging BASIC s...

Another way to do the same thing would be to have MERGE or CHAIN commands in BASIC, like in MBASIC, GW-BASIC, Sinclair BASIC (1982), and ABC 80 BASIC (1978): GW-BASIC MERGE: http://www.antonis.de/qbebooks/gwbasman/merge.html GW-BASIC CHAIN: http://www.antonis.de/qbebooks/gwbasman/chain.html Sinclair...

If one used the row numbers of the built in Nano like editor as line numbers of the BASLOAD generated BASIC program, it would be easier to find runtime errors in the source file.

Great video!

Thanks! I now tested TDATA(X, Y), and compared to SCREEN(r, c) it has some disadvantages: Arguments are in reverse order compared to LOCATE r, c. Arguments are 0 based, but in LOCATE they are 1 based. It doesn't return PETSCII, but some private code that can be converted to PETSCII in a subroutine u...

If Commander X16 BASIC had the function SCREEN(ROW, COL) that exists in GWBASIC and QBASIC then one could easily make e.g. trackers that use the BASIC editor without using machine code. Example that uses machine code: Making 8-bit Music From Scratch at the Commodore 64 BASIC Prompt https://youtu.be/...

Well, I'm talking about the opposite, i.e. connecting a terminal to X16; not using X16 as a terminal. My suggestion requires changes to the print routines in ROM. To write a terminal program you don't need to change the ROM.

X16 has a PETSCII terminal built-in and I have never thought it had an ANSI terminal. The reason for my suggestion is that you could connect a serial terminal to the real X16 or the emulator and that would probably have an ANSI terminal. You could make programs that work well with the PETSCII termin...

It would be good if all escape sequences could be removed when printing to the screen, but not removed when echoing to a serial terminal or the console the emulator runs in, since terminal escape sequences that are not supported should be ignored by the device. This would also make it possible to ru...

I believe that Termux doesn't emulate a CPU, but is native Linux on the phone CPU. I don't think it was mentioned which X16 binary release is run in Termux.

SHIFT LOCK does the same as CAPS LOCK on normal computers, but on C64 it was really a SHIFT LOCK i.e. the number keys were also shifted. Is the CAPS LOCK LED lit when you press SHIFT LOCK? The Commander X16 Mini Perixx Keyboard has three LEDs. It would be good if someone could write a LED test progr...