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Getting started with BASIC |
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oi-you (00:52 20/2/2006)
Chris (10:32 20/2/2006)
monkeyson2 (10:51 20/2/2006)
adamr (16:39 20/2/2006)
monkeyson2 (17:13 20/2/2006)
Chris (06:04 21/2/2006)
monkeyson2 (16:53 22/2/2006)
oi-you (19:14 20/2/2006)
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Vicky |
Message #74129, posted by oi-you at 00:52, 20/2/2006 |
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Hello
I'm currently trying to get started with BBC BASIC, but I can't seem to find any tutorials online. Can any of you recommend some links or books that might help get a novice like me off the ground?
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Chris |
Message #74130, posted by Chris at 10:32, 20/2/2006, in reply to message #74129 |
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There's a short tutorial at http://wragg.orpheusweb.co.uk/pages/tutor.htm. No idea whether it's any good, but it does look like it starts from the beginning.
Although it's for the PC version, you might also have a look at http://www.cix.co.uk/~rrussell/products/bbcwin/manual/index.html.
For general RISC OS programming tips, try http://www.snowstone.org.uk/riscos/documents/programmertips.html. There used to be a collection of articles called tofla-something (was it hosted on the Iconbar server?), but I couldn't find that just now.
comp.sys.acorn.programmer on Usenet will help too, as will this forum. A manual on BBC BASIC can be found at http://sudden.recoil.org/stronghelp/. To use this you'll need the StrongHelp application on RISC OS.
You best bet, however, may be to try and find one of the many books that were published on BBC BASIC at one time or another, some by Acorn and some by other publishers. EBay is good place to start.
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Phil Mellor |
Message #74131, posted by monkeyson2 at 10:51, 20/2/2006, in reply to message #74130 |
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Have a look on tofla.iconbar.com - Acorn User's Back To Basics tutorial is reproduced there, amongst other things: http://www.tofla.iconbar.com/tofla/cats.htm |
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Adam |
Message #74138, posted by adamr at 16:39, 20/2/2006, in reply to message #74130 |
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Thanks for the plug (to the snowstone page) though your links don't work because of the extra full stop at the end 
Anyway, to the point... you could have found the tofla page by looking at the links on the snowstone page 
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Phil Mellor |
Message #74140, posted by monkeyson2 at 17:13, 20/2/2006, in reply to message #74138 |
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Anyway, to the point... you could have found the tofla page by looking at the links on the snowstone page I found the snowstone page by looking at the links on tofla!  |
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Vicky |
Message #74146, posted by oi-you at 19:14, 20/2/2006, in reply to message #74130 |
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You best bet, however, may be to try and find one of the many books that were published on BBC BASIC at one time or another, some by Acorn and some by other publishers. EBay is good place to start. Yup, keeping an eye on ebay at the moment - just need to get around to bidding!
Hope this helps. Very much so! Thank you! |
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Chris |
Message #74163, posted by Chris at 06:04, 21/2/2006, in reply to message #74138 |
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Thanks for the plug (to the snowstone page) though your links don't work because of the extra full stop at the end D'oh!
Anyway, to the point... you could have found the tofla page by looking at the links on the snowstone page
Adam D'oh!
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Phil Mellor |
Message #74175, posted by monkeyson2 at 16:53, 22/2/2006, in reply to message #74163 |
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David Bradforth announced yesterday that you can buy "Basic V - A Dabhand Guide" for $6 as a PDF or $12.45 printed.
See here: http://groups.google.co.uk/group/comp.sys.acorn.misc/msg/82ba9129ef432568?dmode=source&hl=en |
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