FYI, this is a nice video about the history of the Dartmouth Time Sharing System and BASIC.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYPNjSoDrqw My former employer was a Dartmouth graduate from that approximate era, though he wasn't involved in the computer systems to my knowledge. I recall forwarding the video to him previously. Of course, the best part of the video is the occasional shots of the teletype machines. ;-) On Fri, Feb 26, 2021 at 4:17 PM Russell Senior <[email protected]> wrote: > > The Internet being a big place with many niche interest groups, I > would have expected there to be a retro-computing or ancient-BASIC > group that would have better answers than we are likely to. Wikipedia > is likely to be a good starting place too. > > On Fri, Feb 26, 2021 at 1:47 AM Richard Owlett <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On 02/26/2021 02:21 AM, Russell Senior wrote: > > > I'm not sure why you are asking on PLUG. > > > > Basically {no pun intended} because this group tends to answer the > > question actually asked. On debian-user I had asked which of the BASICs > > in the repository was closest to Dartmouth BASIC I was told not to even > > consider using any Basic. > > > > > I googled, like a person would. > > > > > > https://www.dartmouth.edu/basicfifty/basic.html > > > > > > When I asked for context, it was really to try to pin down what you > > > were looking for. Dartmouth Basic came in a bunch of versions, > > > including a commercialization called TrueBasic > > > http://www.truebasic.com/. > > > > > > Is there some version in particular you are looking for? It is quite > > > possible there is an old big-iron simulator you could run some > > > original version on, complete with DTSS. ... and 30 seconds more > > > looking: http://www.dtss.org/dtss/ > > > > > > On Fri, Feb 26, 2021 at 12:06 AM Richard Owlett <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > >> > > >> On 02/25/2021 06:42 PM, Russell Senior wrote: > > >>> On Thu, Feb 25, 2021 at 2:55 PM Richard Owlett <[email protected]> > > >>> wrote: > > >>>> > > >>>> I need approximation of "Dartmouth BASIC". > > >>> > > >>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dartmouth_BASIC > > >>> > > >>> More context please. > > >> > > >> 'Cause it is what I want. <GRIN> > > >> Actually it's the only BASIC I ever used and it is a good match for a > > >> peculiar project. > > >> > > >>> > > >>>> Please don't reply unless CORC, CUPL, or 026 in your experience. > > >>> > > >>> Too late! > > >>> > > >> That was only there to discourage youngsters trying to sell me on the > > >> latest interpreter du jour :} > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> _______________________________________________ > > >> PLUG: https://pdxlinux.org > > >> PLUG mailing list > > >> [email protected] > > >> http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > > _______________________________________________ > > > PLUG: https://pdxlinux.org > > > PLUG mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > PLUG: https://pdxlinux.org > > PLUG mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug _______________________________________________ PLUG: https://pdxlinux.org PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
