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BBC BASIC for the DEC PDP-11

I started BBC BASIC for the PDP-11 at university on the late 1980s. It got as far as starting up, producing its startup message and prompting for input. I've now written a PDP emulator, so I am working on completing BBC BASIC for the PDP-11. I have also been testing it on UNIX Version 6 running on the SIMH PDP-11 emulator. When I can work out how to import the files into a UNIX Version 7 filesystem I will test it on UNIX v7.

BBC BASIC uses standard PDP-11 UNIX TRAPs for I/O (eg TRAP 4 for character output and TRAP 3 for character input), so should run on any compliant PDP-11 UNIX. With modification to the HostIO source BBC BASIC should run on other PDP-11 systems, eg on RSX-11.

Title Version Date Files Size Description

BBCBasic 0.12 14-Feb-2008 basic.pdp 6K Current development version.
Author: J.G.Harston.
blog Blog following the development of PDP11 BASIC.
Ver010 0.10 1989 BASSRC.MAC
Code 4K
1K Initial version written at Stirling University.
Author: J.G.Harston.

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Title	Version	Date	Files	Size	Description
BBCBasic	0.12	14-Feb-2008	basic.pdp	6K	Current development version. Author: J.G.Harston.
blog					Blog following the development of PDP11 BASIC.
Ver010	0.10	1989	BASSRC.MAC Code	4K 1K	Initial version written at Stirling University. Author: J.G.Harston.