stupid newbie question re: 8-bit BASIC & Altirra

[Gorfy]

Hi folks

 

I recently downloaded the Altirra emulator and have been using it to enjoy some 8-bit games, but I would also like to access the part of Altirra that allows for BASIC programming. I have no idea how to acccomplish this.

 

Do I first have to download an already existing Basic program? If so, can somebody point my way to one of these?

 

What else do I need to do?

 

Any info is much appreciated

Edited September 29, 2014 by Gorfy

[russg]

Hi folks

 

I recently downloaded the Altirra emulator and have been using it to enjoy some 8-bit games, but I would also like to access the part of Altirra that allows for BASIC programming. I have no idea how to acccomplish this.

 

Do I first have to download an already existing Basic program? If so, can somebody point my way to one of these?

 

What else do I need to do?

 

Any info is much appreciated

Under 'System' select 600XL/800XL or 65XE/130XE system.

Under 'Firmware' select boot with BASIC.

Then all you need is a DOS .ATR to boot from. I'll post a MyDOS atr here.

Once you're in BASIC, the 'READY' prompt will come up. At that point you can type

10 ? "Hello World ";

20 GOTO 10

RUN

And you're off and going.

Google Atari book torrent and get 'Your Atari Computer' pdf.

You can type:

SAVE "D:MYPROG.BAS"

and then you can:

LOAD "D:MYPROG.BAS"

and

RUN

type:

DOS

to enter the MyDOS Disk Utilities menu.

MYDOS453.ATR

Edited September 29, 2014 by russg

[Gorfy]

Awesome! Thanks for the detailed instructions, Russg!

 

Good to see another Cleveland area person on here