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SE BASIC - A free BASIC interpreter written in Z80 assembly language
https://github.com/source-solutions/sebasic4

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SE BASIC - A free BASIC interpreter written in Z80 assembly language

Host: GitHub
URL: https://github.com/source-solutions/sebasic4
Owner: source-solutions
License: gpl-3.0
Created: 2013-01-09T12:34:33.000Z (almost 12 years ago)
Default Branch: main
Last Pushed: 2024-04-11T10:56:20.000Z (9 months ago)
Last Synced: 2024-04-11T11:48:25.643Z (9 months ago)
Topics: assembly-language, atari, basic, interpreter, microsoft, retrocomputing, z80
Language: Assembly
Homepage:
Size: 236 MB
Stars: 60
Watchers: 11
Forks: 5
Open Issues: 4
Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- Funding: .github/FUNDING.yml
- License: LICENSE

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# SE BASIC

[SE BASIC](https://source-solutions.github.io/sebasic4/) is a free open-source BASIC interpreter for the Z80 architecture. Although it aims for a high degree of compatibility with Microsoft BASIC, there are some differences. SE BASIC is designed to run on the [Chloe 280SE](https://www.patreon.com/chloe280se) but it is also compatible with Timex Sinclair models with 128K of RAM, esxDOS, Timex video modes and ULAplus. SE BASIC runs plain text `.BAS` files. It implements floating-point arithmetic in the extended [Microsoft Binary Format](https://github.com/source-solutions/sebasic4/wiki/Technical-reference#microsoft-binary-format-extended) (MBF) and can therefore read and write binary data files created by 6502 versions of Microsoft BASIC.  

* [Quick start guide](https://github.com/source-solutions/sebasic4/wiki/Quick-start-guide), the essentials needed to get started.

* [User's guide](https://github.com/source-solutions/sebasic4/wiki/User's-guide), in-depth guide to using BASIC.

* [Configuration guide](https://github.com/source-solutions/sebasic4/wiki/Configuration-guide), settings and options.

* [Language guide](https://github.com/source-solutions/sebasic4/wiki/Language-guide), overview of the BASIC language by topic.

* [Language reference](https://github.com/source-solutions/sebasic4/wiki/Language-reference), comprehensive reference to BASIC.

* [Technical reference](https://github.com/source-solutions/sebasic4/wiki/Technical-reference), file formats and internals.

* [Developer's guide](https://github.com/source-solutions/sebasic4/wiki/Developer-guide), building SE BASIC from source.

* [Acknowledgments](https://github.com/source-solutions/sebasic4/wiki/Acknowledgments)

* [License](https://github.com/source-solutions/sebasic4/wiki/License)

![SE Basic 4.2.0](https://github.com/source-solutions/sebasic4/raw/gh-pages/images/sebasic4-2.png)

# SE BASIC

A classic BASIC interpreter for the Z80 architecture

Copyright © 1999-2024 Source Solutions, Inc.

## Build tools

Building this software locally requires:

* [Java](https://www.java.com)

* [JQ](https://stedolan.github.io/jq/)

* [Perl](https://www.perl.org/)

* [RASM](https://github.com/EdouardBERGE/rasm)

## Emulator

On macOS and Windows, the preferred emulator for development is [ZEsarUX](https://github.com/chernandezba/zesarux). On Linux it is [Fuse](https://fuse-emulator.sourceforge.net/).

For Fuse builds, uncomment out the `slam` directives in `basic.asm` and `boot.asm`.

## IDE

This repository includes scripts for [Visual Studio Code](https://code.visualstudio.com/ "Visual Studio Code").