Mixtel90 said  

Now you know why I don't like boards with everything built in that weren't designed with MMBasic in mind. ;)

Well, yes. Still, there are now so many options to configure MMBasic, it may have worked. So worth a try.

It's always a good idea to get the schematic *before* ordering a board. That way you at least stand a chance of seeing how compatible it is. Unfortunately most are designed around running C or Python, and sometimes with only their own pre-configured libraries, I think.

  Mixtel90 said  

It's always a good idea to get the schematic *before* ordering a board. That way you at least stand a chance of seeing how compatible it is. Unfortunately most are designed around running C or Python, and sometimes with only their own pre-configured libraries, I think.

Where is the adventure in that  

Hehe....  :)
Get the traces cut and the soldering iron heated up and *make* it work - whether it wants to or not. :)

When working with my PicoGAME HDMI I open switches to isolate the USB socket on the Pico from the hub. I then power the board from the Pico USB socket while loading MMBasic. I deliberately used GP8 and GP9 as the console port, so I can then simply move the USB lead to that and close the USB switches again. I then have a console to work with. I don't know that particular board, but it might be worth doing some track chopping to make easy access to GP8 and GP9 for a terminal connection via a suitable USB-TTL converter. You *can* work it by using the HDMI output with the USB keyboard input (the PicoMite will accept these as default console at boot) and using that to set up the console port. You will be typing blind to get the HDMI to work though as the pins are wrong. Or you can rewire them or build a M-F HDMI adapter. :)

I have doing some depth cueing experiments with the Fruit Jam, and realised that one trial looked like a festive decoration eg a colourful ball shaped thing often hung on trees etc.(!). If you have a FJ you are welcome to try it [at your own risk etc]    It is a .uf2 file, when loaded it simply displays a rotating sphere thingo on a hdmi / dvi monitor as a sort of xmas picture. All credit to Earlephilhower, Adafruit etc, ino available on request

Bet wishes !!

xmasglobefruitjam.zip