The bitmap part was way above my level sofar but I program in VB every day and I enjoy it a lot! LISTER, FIND, PROC and TAGs and all the rest makes it so much more fun to program in BASIC. And no more line numbers for me 😁 The only problem I have now is that I've worn out the color of several keyboard keys on my TheC64. Too much programming 😂
A well-worn C64 is a good thing! :) I'm SO glad you are enjoying it as much as you are! If you ever want to share your creations, just use my contact form. :)
I never knew what I wanted to do for a living. Programming the C64 was always a fun hobby. I was always behind the curve, though. Decades later, it seems like I caught up, LOL. I did try to learn Visual BASIC (from Microsoft) but I found it overwhelming and I gave up on it. I am driven mostly by passion, so that's always been a weakness. Fortunately, I was able to finish Vision BASIC whether the passion was up or down. But now I'm doing something I love, so that works for me. :)
Seeing vision basic for the first time. It's really impressive 👍 Wondering if it could be modified to work on Commander X16 (since it's in a way C64 compatible)?
If I get time to make ports to other machines, I want to wait until I have a more developed version of Vision BASIC to start with (a version 2 or 3). My time is limited since I work a regular job, so it wouldn't make sense to try to improve several ports at the same time (in tandem). It would take much more time to work like this (since each version would require a different and altered source code). I also would have to see if I could work with the expanded RAM types of other machines. And I'd have to learn each machine. So I can't promise anything at this time. It would be nice. Perhaps if I retire I could have the time I need to work on things like this. Still, I'd like to get to at least a Vision BASIC 2.0 before considering ports to other machines. For now I'm trying to work on version 1.1. The C128, Commander X16, and the Mega65 are all machines that I would consider porting to, but likely no other machines (like Atari, for example).
Hello ! Just a question : Is there a way to "burn" Vision Basic on a ROM (taking place of the Basic Rom), to have a C64 with a permanent Vision Basic (and of course a cartridge that can emulate REU) ?
I was talking to someone about it, but he hasn't responded back. For the time being, I am looking at a simpler variation of a cartridge (something easy to implement), so I'll share an update in the near future about this as I have some progress to report.
@@visionbasic good ! I will be very interested by a cartridge with REU + vision basic. Or perhaps a simple BIN file that can be used on a Ultimate 64 as a Basic Rom replacement?
@@MarcFROMENT Well, at first I'm going to go the simplest route. Once I have more info, I plan to divulge that in a future video. I don't want to put too much info out there right now because I want to make sure I can do what I plan to do.
Thanks for all your hard work, Dennis! Vision BASIC makes the potential of C64 so much more accessible to everyone!
Thank you, Miles! I love when Vision BASIC helps folks with their projects! :)
The bitmap part was way above my level sofar but I program in VB every day and I enjoy it a lot! LISTER, FIND, PROC and TAGs and all the rest makes it so much more fun to program in BASIC. And no more line numbers for me 😁
The only problem I have now is that I've worn out the color of several keyboard keys on my TheC64. Too much programming 😂
A well-worn C64 is a good thing! :) I'm SO glad you are enjoying it as much as you are! If you ever want to share your creations, just use my contact form. :)
With our technical knowledge I'm surprised you aren't a software developer by trade! I never went to college for CS and so far I've done well.
I never knew what I wanted to do for a living. Programming the C64 was always a fun hobby. I was always behind the curve, though. Decades later, it seems like I caught up, LOL. I did try to learn Visual BASIC (from Microsoft) but I found it overwhelming and I gave up on it. I am driven mostly by passion, so that's always been a weakness. Fortunately, I was able to finish Vision BASIC whether the passion was up or down. But now I'm doing something I love, so that works for me. :)
Seeing vision basic for the first time.
It's really impressive 👍
Wondering if it could be modified to work on Commander X16 (since it's in a way C64 compatible)?
If I get time to make ports to other machines, I want to wait until I have a more developed version of Vision BASIC to start with (a version 2 or 3). My time is limited since I work a regular job, so it wouldn't make sense to try to improve several ports at the same time (in tandem). It would take much more time to work like this (since each version would require a different and altered source code). I also would have to see if I could work with the expanded RAM types of other machines. And I'd have to learn each machine. So I can't promise anything at this time. It would be nice. Perhaps if I retire I could have the time I need to work on things like this. Still, I'd like to get to at least a Vision BASIC 2.0 before considering ports to other machines. For now I'm trying to work on version 1.1. The C128, Commander X16, and the Mega65 are all machines that I would consider porting to, but likely no other machines (like Atari, for example).
Hello !
Just a question : Is there a way to "burn" Vision Basic on a ROM (taking place of the Basic Rom), to have a C64 with a permanent Vision Basic (and of course a cartridge that can emulate REU) ?
I was talking to someone about it, but he hasn't responded back. For the time being, I am looking at a simpler variation of a cartridge (something easy to implement), so I'll share an update in the near future about this as I have some progress to report.
@@visionbasic good ! I will be very interested by a cartridge with REU + vision basic.
Or perhaps a simple BIN file that can be used on a Ultimate 64 as a Basic Rom replacement?
@@MarcFROMENT Well, at first I'm going to go the simplest route. Once I have more info, I plan to divulge that in a future video. I don't want to put too much info out there right now because I want to make sure I can do what I plan to do.