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Unveiling the EndBOX – A microcomputer prototype for EndBASIC

by jmmv on 6/11/25, 11:49 PM with 25 comments

  • by abraxas on 6/12/25, 1:26 AM

    Is it similar to the Maximite series of hardware and their Basic clones? I think a fast Basic on its dedicated hardware is quite a phenomenal way to teach kids and novices programming. I wish one of these setups would penetrate into the school systems and become a standard teaching platform in a way that the BBC Micro turned out in the UK.

  • by zokier on 6/12/25, 2:38 PM

    > Remember when turning a computer on meant instantly jumping into code?

    In this context the 10ish second boot time seen in the video is unfortunate. I guess lot of that can be blamed on RPi, although I suppose netbsd might not be super optimized for boot times either.

    Admittedly this is just a pet peeve of mine. And 10s is not the worst boot time out there.

  • by DrNosferatu on 6/12/25, 9:04 PM

    Also PicoMite as a simpler alternative, in this space, for the Raspberry Pico:

    https://geoffg.net/picomite.html

  • by _sbrk on 6/12/25, 7:12 AM

  • by dshacker on 6/12/25, 5:16 AM

    How did you program the WIFI driver? How do you even start creating a WIFI driver from BASIC? (Is it in basic?)

  • by nopakos on 6/12/25, 10:01 AM

    Nice! Everything, the colors, the font, the Ready prompt remind me of the Amstrad CPC I grew up with!

  • by 90s_dev on 6/12/25, 4:54 AM

    Cool. But why not a GUI dev environment like pick 9?