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====== bootBASIC ======
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A 512-byte integer BASIC interpreter is surely a feat by Oscar Toledo, also known as //nanochess// on GitHub, where bootBASIC's [[https://github.com/nanochess/bootBASIC|source code resides]]. As of June 2023, this project from 2019 seemed to be alive, in spite of its Assembly code being apparently untouched for 3 years already.

 

===== Where it is/was used =====
According to the project's README file, the NASM-assembled code runs on the Intel 8088-based original IBM PC. There are ports for [[https://github.com/taisukef/bootBASIC_64bit|32-bit and 64-bit Macintoshes as well]].




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