BASIC is a ticker tracked in our intelligence system with 5 linked articles.
A technical breakdown of the 8-Bit Guy’s ultra-short BASIC maze trick for the Commodore 64, detailing three speed optimizations and the hardware-scroll bottleneck, anchored by the creator’s YouTube subscriber data.
A technical, data-rich guide on implementing and optimizing an overhead map camera in C64 BASIC, with concrete map dimensions, memory tricks, and multi-phase performance enhancements (LUTs, 1D maps, and unrolled loops).
Microsoft open-sources historic 6502 BASIC (8K VER 1.1), detailing its origins, licensing (including a $25,000 Commodore license in 1977), and lineage to GW-BASIC/QBASIC, with release hosted on GitHub and tied to ongoing open-source governance.
A personal, code-focused post about building a Vi-like editor (yvi) in the BASIC dialect Yabasic, growing from ~100 to ~500 lines with basic Vim-style commands and an 80-character wrap, plus open-source links.
A data-rich retro-cryptanalysis showing how the Index of Coincidence can identify Enigma rotor settings on a Commodore 64, with explicit thresholds, timing, and scalability across modern hardware.
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