> -----Original Message----- > From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Eric > Christopherson > Sent: 13 September 2015 21:07 > To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts > <cctalk@classiccmp.org> > Subject: Re: It's BASIC Week again! > > On Sun, Sep 13, 2015, Dave G4UGM wrote: > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of > > > Chuck Guzis > > > Sent: 13 September 2015 19:51 > > > To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts > > > <cctalk@classiccmp.org> > > > Subject: Re: It's BASIC Week again! > > > > > > On 09/13/2015 11:39 AM, Eric Smith wrote: > > > > > > > I know that this is for fun, and I don't need either reddit gold > > > > nor stickers, but the winners being chosen randomly seriously > > > > dampens my enthusiasm for participating. > > > > > > Well, participating in such an event for the fun of it might be > > > interesting, but to be perfectly frank, I don't know what one calls > > > "BASIC" > anymore. > > > > > > > Isn't that a Retro Question ? I seem to remember it being asked about GFA > basic .. > > > > > > > Can you run "Visual BASIC" on, say, a PDP-8? > > > > > > > I doubt it, but Visual Basic covers a multitude of sins. There was a > > VB for DOS .... and 6 versions for Windows before we switched to VB.NET .. > but the competition requires sprites so you would need something special... > and I think its DOS based on a PC ... > > It doesn't require sprites. It specifies that even character graphics would > work.
So it is possible it might work on a PDP-8. Might try it on my SBC6120. Not sure if that’s true vintage... > > -- > Eric Christopherson
