ANN: SE Basic 2.21
4 messages · 2010-12-06 → 2010-12-26 · Yahoo Group era · View archive on archive.org
Participants: cheveron, zxspectrum128, Robert "Exile In Paradise" Murphey
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1. ANN: SE Basic 2.21
cheveron · Mon, 06 Dec 2010 10:58
Hi,
Hopefully this is the last version, but never say never. Fixes a bug where 8-bit character sets were be enabled automatically. Potentially more compatible (although I've never seen a title that uses the first two bytes of the start of the ROM to do a JP 0xafff). The website, manual, ROM and source have all been updated.
Regards
-Andrew
2. Re: ANN: SE Basic 2.21
zxspectrum128 · Tue, 14 Dec 2010 02:15
Just wanted to say thanks for all your work on this. I don't have the time to use it as much as I would like to (maybe when I retire!) but here's another vote for SE Basic. It's really good and it's really worth it.
--- In [email], "cheveron@..." <cheveron@...> wrote:
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> Hi,
>
> Hopefully this is the last version, but never say never. Fixes a bug where 8-bit character sets were be enabled automatically. Potentially more compatible (although I've never seen a title that uses the first two bytes of the start of the ROM to do a JP 0xafff). The website, manual, ROM and source have all been updated.
>
> Regards
>
> -Andrew
>
3. Re: [ts2068] Re: ANN: SE Basic 2.21
Robert "Exile In Paradise" Murphey · Wed, 15 Dec 2010 16:06
On Tue, 2010-12-14 at 02:15 +0000, [email] wrote:
> Just wanted to say thanks for all your work on this.
> I don't have the time to use it as much as I would like to (maybe when I retire!)
> but here's another vote for SE Basic. It's really good and it's really worth it.
Second that!
I finally got some vacation time, downloaded 2.21, and fired it up in
JSpeccy (which I use rather than pour electrons through my 2068
unnecessarily) and found it rather easy to use and clearly thought out.
This is a great help to me as a 2068 noob!
And, this goes not just to the ROM, but to the entire site as well
including docs, little tricks hidden away, and more.
A lot of time and care went into this and its pretty obvious.
Thanks much!
One tiny contribution back:
Emulation fans do not necessarily "have to" download or
run Oracle's JDK.
JSpeccy runs just fine on the free/open version of the
Java virtual machine called OpenJDK, or "IcedTea".
I am running JSpeccy + SEBasic on the following setup
and have not run into anything that did not work:
% java -version
java version "1.6.0_20"
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (IcedTea6 1.9.3)
(fedora-49.1.9.3.fc14-x86_64)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 19.0-b09, mixed mode)
--
Robert "Exile In Paradise" Murphey
Spence's Admonition:
Never stow away on a kamikaze plane.
4. Re: ANN: SE Basic 2.21
cheveron · Sun, 26 Dec 2010 18:44
Hi folks,
Just wanted to say thanks to all of you who are using SE Basic (and seasons greetings and a happy new year). Although SE Basic is now available directly from the World of Spectrum archive, direct downloads are still strong. Downloads from the US and Canada combined are second only to those from the UK, which hopefully is a strong indication that Timex users are using SE Basic. I hope having a common ROM that works on Timex and Sinclair hardware will result in some new cross-platform releases in the new year. I'm looking forward to seeing the new version of Thro' The Wall that ^Pete is working on. It features real 4-channel sound and ULAplus support.
Cheers!
-Andrew