I'll post my rambling thoughts too! I've been thinking a lot lately on how to make my program as noob-friendly as possible to install.

Between 'porting code' and 'writing code to be ported', I want to take a two-prong approach for my BBC BASIC project:

1. Port it to the most popular breadboard ...

Completely agree with everything you said there, Gordon. Nicely worded!

As I’m approaching version 1.0, I’ve found that the code has blown up to a level that is starting to stray away my original goal of being portable and simple to understand.

Once I’m done with the initial release of BeebEater ...

Hi Garth, I love your website! It's been amazing to get help from such heavyweights like you and JG Harston.

Thanks for the suggestions. I'll try and incorporate those, and then absorb your beginner programming tips page to see what else I can streamline.

I don't think the issue is lack of software though - there is plenty of that - part of the issue (if there even is an issue) is that a lot of folks are somewhat set in their ways - e.g. I once demoed my system running BBC Basic some years back to a room full of Acorn enthusiasts.... "Oh, very ...

Hello! I am in the process of creating 'BeebEater': a thin layer of assembly over the original BBC BASIC binary to make it compatible with Ben Eater's 6502 breadboard computer build. I've implemented handy things such as the serial terminal, LCD, and the PS/2 Keyboard.

This project was inspired by ...