Debian + SpecBas = load of programming fun for kids

This is what I'm goping to use on my PI, Debian + SpecBas = load of fun with my kids!

SpecBAS is an improved implementation of Sinclair BASIC for x86 PCs running Windows or Linux operating systems. SpecBAS is a 32bit application.

SpecBAS is an interpreter for a dialect of BASIC, based on Dartmouth BASIC, as was the original Sinclair BASIC. SpecBAS adds many new commands and functions such as procedures, math functions and sound using samples and music .mod files. Although not as fast as compiled languages, it is very quick.

A version is available from today on request for the PI. see http://www.specbas.co.uk/

SpecBAS has now been successfully ported to the Rasberry PI!

It's only a preliminary build, but can be grabbed from here:

http://freestuff.grok.co.uk/SpecBAS-RasPi-v0.742.zip

Source can be grabbed from http://www.specbas.co.uk/ if anyone wants to try themselves - it requires lazarus and FPC, with SDL for graphics output and BASS for ARM for sound. Some of the source contains pandora defines; they're required for some bugs in the FPC compiler (SpecBAS is built primarily for windows in Delphi).

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Thought I should post an update - SpecBAS has been updated and built for hard-abi, resulting in a very credible speedboost.

Get it from here: http://freestuff.grok.co.uk/specbas-raspi.zip

Videos of it running on the Pi:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7uNeiyW0AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMEgAOmr7ko

Enjoy

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