[VG5000] what about coding on Boriel’s ZX-Basic Compiler?

[nitrofurano]

Hi everyone! first of all, sorry about posting threads and messages in english on a forum in french...

What i'm doing in these months were extending the (amazing, imho) Boriel’s ZX-Basic Compiler to other 8bit hardware beyond ZX-Spectrum only - and since i were successfully extending it to MSX (up to 2+, and meanwhile struggling on v9990, sound etc.), Mattel-Aquarius, MC-1000 (a rare brazilian clone of the also rare GEM-1000/Charlemagne, supported on Mess emulator ), i also started trying to do something for Philips-VG5000 as well

a screenshot: http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/4962/7dr.png
(in the attachment of this thread are the sources used )

for now i didn't start converting the resulting .bin into .k7, but the result i got up to now seems encouraging...

be welcome sharing your thoughts!

[Carl]

Hi,
Great idea this VG5000 cross basic compiler

for information about ZX BASIC : http://www.boriel.com/wiki/en/index.php/ZX_BASIC:About

Carl

[Dominique]

Hello nitrofurano,

It is a great Idea !
I read with great interest the routines in machine language and the excellent http://www.boriel.com/forum/

[nitrofurano]

thanks for your feedback! since my childhood i was always fascinated with 8bit computers, and VG5000 was one that caught my attention - from one side, since i'm trying to help Boriel's ZX-Basic Compiler development process on extending it to other platforms than merely ZX-Spectrum, i really didn't want to bypass the priority of VG5000 for several reasons, like:
- i believe that VG5000 has more capability (even graphically - i confirmed it from a picture converter i coded for GrafX2, VG5000 included (i have to fix it a bit, the result is not yet accurate - it is somewhere at http://nitrofurano.altervista.org/lua/ ) ) than the, for example, games available up to now - if people could code amazing stuff for Sharp MZ-700 (like these from Kazuhiro Furuhata - http://web700.marukun.com/ ), the same i believe is perfectly possible for VG5000)
- hardware like VG5000 really deserve more popularity in the retro scene, and i really want to help on making this possible! (i'm even asking Mojon Twins crew for coding games for that, they are amazing on coding good games on a good variety of 8bit hardware!)

[Dominique]

So Agora que eu vi : Seria Brasileiro por acaso ?

Main part of my knowledge comes from Microsistemas I was reading when living in Sao Jose dos Campos.

[nitrofurano]

So Agora que eu vi : Seria Brasileiro por acaso ?
Main part of my knowledge comes from Microsistemas I was reading when living in Sao Jose dos Campos.

Luso-brasileiro! - nasci cá em Portugal, mas vivi no Brasil durante uns 15 anos durante o fim da minha infância e toda a adolescência (foi lá o meu primeiro contacto com computadores 8bit, mas a diversidade lá era pouca, por causa daquela porcaria da reserva de mercado... :S (e VG5000 excluído, mesmo com a Philips tendo fábrica no Brasil...) )

Microsistemas was an amazing magazine where i learned a lot from there as well, and people from there like Divino Leitão and Renato Degiovani are trying to bring back Microsistemas online, in a collaborative way ( more info can be seen, for example, at http://www.revistamicrosistemas.com.br , http://www.facebook.com/groups/revistamicrosistemas , https://plus.google.com/communities/106 ... 3966262067 , etc. ) - In Brazil, i lived in Belo Horizonte and Ouro Preto, and have some family also in São Carlos

[Dominique]

Great news the Renato 's attempt to bring back Microsistemas online.
BTW : The Forth compiler I did for VG5000 comes from Microsistemas N° 22 (july 1983)
http://forthretro.new.fr/
Funny : I also lived for 8 years in BH (1975 - 1983)

[nitrofurano]

Great news the Renato 's attempt to bring back Microsistemas online.

the initiative were more from Divino than Renato, but Renato seems to be very supportive there when his busy life allows! - they are curious about the progress of Boriel's ZX-Basic Compiler as well!

BTW : The Forth compiler I did for VG5000 comes from Microsistemas N° 22 (july 1983)
http://forthretro.new.fr/

i have to see it!

Funny : I also lived for 8 years in BH (1975 - 1983)

And me from 79 to 84 (i was between 6 and 12 years old then), around Serra and Savassi - what a small world!