On Sun, Apr 19, 2020 at 7:10 PM KenUnix <[email protected]> wrote:

> Robert,
>
> I have a question. I have been working on a project since Nov 2019. I
> tried to use bwbasic which can be downloaded via sudo apt install. Problem
> is the one that comes down is version 2.2 which has issues on the BBB.
> Things such as segmentation faults. Some options simply did not work.
>
> All the issues and more have been corrected. Executable program has a
> smaller foot print. I discourage the use of the renum program which now
> works as expected regarding source file names and temporary file creation
> under Linux & Windows however it can not deal with gosubs or goto's.  That
> would require a monumental re-write as the current program only renumbers
> the base line numbers as it was originally written by other folks.
>
> That being said I have included a program "relays.bas" which will fully
> control 4 relay capes, on, off, label, state, state all, all off, help. My
> hopes are to find another cape that could be controlled by bwbasic. As it
> stands now it can do almost any I/O, has builtin timers, error detection,
> has arrays, floating point, more.
>
> Anyone familiar with 'basic' should have no issues because this a fully
> functional basic. It includes many examples in the BAS-EXAMPLES folder
> and DOCS in the INFO folder.
>
> This will compile on almost all versions of Linux. It also compiles on
> Windows, just use compile.bat whereas under Linux you would use compile.
> As far as BeagleBone Black goes it has been tested on Debian 9.x and
> Debian 10.x. All you really need in both cases is 'gcc'.
>
> Bwbasic makes me think back to earlier years before Unix. I think users
> could have a lot of fun with it. Considering the full source is included.
> Oh yea, this is based on Open source and will you take from version 2.2 to
> version 3.2+.
>
> Is there a way to promote this??
>
> 4-16-2020
>
> https://github.com/kenmartin-unix/Bwbasic-3.2a-for-BeagleBone
>
> Fully working Bwbasic-3.2a & relays.bas to test and
> operate and get the status of the relays on the cape.
>
> Note this version corrected issues with version 2.2 & 3.2
> which is the version you get 2.2 if doing a
> sudo apt install bwbasic  from the command line in Debian.
>
> When all done only two executable files are created.
>
> See READMEFIRST on GitHub
>
> Any issues open a new Issue in GitHub. Feedback is
> also welcome.
>
> This has been fully tested on the Beaglebone Black
> running Debian 9 & 10.
>
> This also works on other Linux platforms like Ubuntu,
> Raspberry, Linux Mint, Zorin OS, Linux Lite, etc. but
> no cape support of course.
>
> As a side after installing Bwbasic-3.2a checkout the
> BAS-EXAMPLES folder for examples of the many abilities
> of Bwbasic aside from working on relays. If you desire
> more info check out what's available in the INFO folder.
>
> 4-19-2020
>
> I have included some runtime files and sample input files.
> Place profile.bas in your current working directory and
> relays.pro and allon.inp and alloff.inp. The file examples
> will let you to by example turn off all relays alloff.inp.
> To do this you would enter at the command line:
>
> bwbasic --profile relays.pro --tape alloff.inp relays.bas
>
> To turn all relays on:
>
> bwbasic --profile relays.pro --tape allon.inp relays.bas
>
> To work interaactive you would:
>
> bwbasic relays.bas
>
> Once you get a handle on relays.bas commands you can
> create you own .inp files and reference them by
>
> bwbasic --profile relays.pro --tape <your file.inp > relays.bas
>
> All the above can placed into a simple script file.
>
> The purpose of relays.pro is to redirect standard and error
> outputs to files relays-stdout.txt and relays-error.txt and
> to turn off ANSI so the output is easily readable without
> escape codes. Using relays.pro then gives you a quiet display
> suitable when scripts via .inp is executed.
>
> The purpose of profile.bas which is used by default is to
> enable ANSI control sequences so the command 'cls' works
> and to set the normal editor to nano which if desired can
> bet set to vi. The editor comes into play when creating
> or changing a .bas file. To use while running bwbasic you
> would issue the command edit.
>

bwbasic in debian is listed as: "This package has been orphaned and needs a
maintainer."

https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/bwbasic

Regards,

-- 
Robert Nelson
https://rcn-ee.com/

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