Senior Member
Joined: 30/08/2019
Location: AustraliaPosts: 175
| Posted: 09:21am 27 Apr 2021 |
I've found MMbasic to be an incredibly useful tool, and my hat goes off to Geoff, Peter, and everyone else who has contributed in some way towards the 'mite. Even the "helper" programs like MMedit and FontTweak, and the guides & tutorials people have written (like the CFunction walkthough).
MMbasic is SO much more than BASICs of the past. The TRS80 level 3 basic couldn't do even 10% (shift that decimal point... 1% !!) of what MMbasic can.
My undoubted favourite 'mite is the MM+ which I have used (and am still using) to develop hardware - my forte.
It is unfortunate that the 'mite is overshadowed by arduino. When someone at work asked me how I discovered the 'mite in the first place, I said 'internet search'. After a half day of searching (without deliberately using the terms "micromite" "maximite" or "mmbasic") he had found NOTHING. I was surprised, and disappointed too, and began to wonder how I had originally found it (I gave up SC in the early 2000's and switched to Circuit Cellar and Elektor). I still don't know.
It is a real shame that the 'mites are almost non existent on the 'net without doing a deliberate search, but I don't know how to change it.
Cheers,