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HotPaw Basic

Name: HotPaw Basic
Availability: InStock
Rating: 3.44 (1 reviews)

Relive the home-computing era with a classic text-mode BASIC interpreter. Combine nostalgic line-numbered logic with modern features like MQTT, FFT, and BTLE to build custom tools on your iPad and iPhone.

Key Figures

Downloads

2K+

User Rating

3.4/5

Total Ratings

Publisher

Ronald Nicholson

Classic Logic, Modern Power

Rediscover the simplicity of a text-mode interpreter. Whether you're reliving the home-computing era or building custom engineering tools, HotPaw Basic bridges the gap between retro logic and modern hardware.

Pure Retro Coding

Relive the 80s with a true text-mode interpreter. Use classic line numbers and standard BASIC syntax to build programs from scratch, just like the good old days.

Advanced Engineering Tools

Equipped with FFT analysis and Morse Code audio support. Perfect for Ham Radio enthusiasts and engineers looking for a portable, programmable signal processor.

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HotPaw Basic - A BASIC programming environment on iPhone showing code execution and output. — A BASIC programming environment on iPhone showing code execution and output.

Description

Calling all early-personal-computing fans, remember typing Basic programs into your home computer? HotPaw Basic recreates the retro-experience of a text-mode Basic interpreter, and it runs right on your iPhone or iPad. You can also use HotPaw Basic as a programmable calculator, or for displaying simple line graphics. The HotPaw Basic interpreter supports the minimal Basic language, including: Commands: let if then else endif dim data read restore for to step next while wend goto gosub return ? print input open close end stop mat run new list del save load dir cls rem Functions: int() abs() sgn() rnd() sqr() exp() log() log10() sin() cos() tan() atn() len() val() asc() str$() chr$() hex$() mid$() timer() date$ time$ pi Operators: + - * / mod ^ = and or xor not Also includes new command and functions to support line graphics, Morse Code audio, FFT analysis, GPS location, MQTT and BTLE communications. Line numbers are required. Type in the text of your program and type "run" to run them. See: http://www.hotpaw.com/rhn/basic/iphone/ for a more complete description of the Basic language syntax, commands and functions which this Basic interpreter supports.