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  • Matrix Brandy - now available for Minix

    From Soruk@21:1/5 to All on Thu Aug 11 10:16:18 2022
    Over 20 years has passed since I last posted in this group (if memory
    serves correctly...)

    My fork of Brandy BASIC (an implementation of BBC BASIC) now builds
    in MINIX 3 as of my latest git commit. Only the text mode binaries can
    be built, as SDL 1.2 doesn't appear to be available in the pkgin repos and
    it refused to compile from source.

    Graphics are available, in a pinch - the more featured "tbrandy" binary supports Tektronix graphics, which are available within xterm.

    Networking compiled but for some reason isn't working, but I hope to have
    it working before the next release.

    Matrix Brandy's website: http://brandy.matrixnetwork.co.uk/
    Git repo: https://github.com/stardot/MatrixBrandy

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  • From Grant Mulholland@21:1/5 to All on Fri Aug 12 14:07:11 2022
    Very interesting, I think I'll have to play around with this.

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  • From Soruk@21:1/5 to Grant Mulholland on Mon Aug 15 09:50:10 2022
    On 2022-08-12, Grant Mulholland <[email protected]> wrote:
    Very interesting, I think I'll have to play around with this.

    The regular makefile doesn't work for this; to compile, use:
    gmake -f build/makefile.minix

    Graphics functionality is disabled by default, but in the 'tbrandy'
    binary, execute SYS"Brandy_TekEnabled",1 to switch it on. Then,
    many of the usual BBC BASIC graphics commands (including POINT, DRAW,
    CIRCLE, ELLIPSE, RECTANGLE, and some PLOT options) will output in the
    xterm Tektronix window.

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    Second Number - http://secondnumber.matrixnetwork.co.uk/
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