User hitsware has been experimenting with MIDI output from BBCSDL - something that has no built-in support - but his efforts have been directed at a specific platform: the Raspberry Pi. It seems to me

Dear Sirs, Can anybody describe me a way to access distant computer with a BBC Basic programme? For instance suppose I want to update some programmes or to transfer data or files to a distant com

I'm pleased to announce the release of BBC BASIC for Windows version 6.11a. This is a maintenance release to address a couple of minor issues that have arisen since the release of v6.10a, as follows:

Those of you who have tried the Raspberry Pi edition of BBCSDL will have spotted that neither the Run... Debug nor Run... Profile options are available. This is because both rely on 'sdldebug.bbc' (in

If I stick to my schedule, version 0.18 of BBC BASIC for SDL 2.0 is due for release at the beginning of next month (August). However the current 'wish list' for additions or modifications is empty, so

Some of you will already have seen my 3D Rubik's Cube simulation, coded entirely in BBC BASIC, but if not here's a link to the YouTube video. The pause during the second solution is because the progra

The Windows bitmap (BMP) file format is a slippery beast, because it is effectively just a Windows DIB (Device Independent Bitmap) - a structure which normally resides in memory - with a small header.

I am writing a simple program that resets a listbox, then searches for some entries and adds them to the listbox one by one, using something like: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SYS

Apple hasn't been told about BBC BASIC ? Why not? Is it a mickey mouse language? Certainly not. Tell them now, please, Richard. Apple listens. They may not respond as one likes, but they listen. John

Hello again... It really does help if you turn the cursor off *AFTER* the mode change command. Apologies for the waste of bandwidth (blush). Regards Darren

Hi, When using the original BBC Micro based SAA5050 chip it wasn't possible to turn off the Mode 7 cursor due to hardware restrictions but all of the other modes via the 6845 CRTC controller supported

Hello to everyone here, I just recently bought a copy of BB4W software but I have yet to install it, I'm waiting for a clarification of the licensing to see if I can install it on more than one PC.

I tried to install bbcsdl2.0 on my ZoostormPlayTtab tablet which has a Rockchip processor and Android 4.1.1 but get a parse error - is this because it's the wrong processor? Thanks Virginia

I am writing a program that displays the contents of a file in an editbox. The file contains many columns of data, and I want to display this in Courier for easy reading. However, Courier doesn't l

I know that *used* to be the case, but I thought I read somewhere that from BB4W v6 they can be much longer (limited only by available memory). But of course now I can't find where I think I read it.

I am trying to display the contents of a 600-line plain text file in BB4W, in an editbox. Using "http://www.bbcbasic.co.uk/bbcwin/manual/bbcwing.html#editbox" as a guide, my skeleton code is somethin

Have just been testing a new BB4W program on a fast-ish 64-bit Windows 10 system. BB4W 6.02 a. The program uses BPUT# to generate an output report something like this: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Dear Sirs,   With the help of Richard who gave me precious indications last month, I was succeeding in writing a fine text to voice translation module. Unfortunately, yesterday I got a curiou

I've updated BBCSDL, the free cross-platform edition of BBC BASIC, to version 0.17a. The various editions may be downloaded as follows: Win32: http://www.rtr.myzen.co.uk/bbcsdl20.zip Linux (x86): ht

There has been a veritable flood of resignations from this group recently, two today alone.  They seem to peak following every post from me, which makes me rather paranoid!  Can anybody suggest why th