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Restoring Woz's Original Apple BASIC

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2008-07-16 12:45:23 by james in Retro Thing
...BASIC is a case in point. Only a few original copies of the tape still exist, and there were no perfect binary dumps of the 4096 byte file until Michael Steil recently decided to try his hand at reading a 2002 mp3 audio recording [mp3] of the original 30 second cassette file. Using the Audacity audio editor, he was able to successfully...
 
Tags: apple, apple basic, basic, page apple, basic interpreter, integer basic, basic manual, applesoft basic, game basic
 
 
 
 
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Pocket-Sized Guitar Hero from Basic Fun Lets You Rawk Out on the Subway [Basic Fun]

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2008-02-15 10:39:21 by Addy Dugdale in Gizmodo
Basic Fun had a little bit of help from their friends at Activision and Red Octane for their miniature version of Guitar Hero. Measuring just 3 x 7.5 inches, the guitar neck folds down so you really can whip it out of your shirt pocket and thrill commuters with your ax licks. Of course, it's got a pared-down version of the whammy bar, as well as...
 
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Office for Mac 2008 Service Pack 1 Out Today; Visual Basic Coming Back to Macs [Microsoft]

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2008-05-13 08:25:47 by Wilson Rothman in Gizmodo
...Basic for Applicationsin the next version, though, so no specified date yet. Hey, at least they heard your concerns, right? Here's a link to the SP1 download, which is said to provide "increased stability, security and performance enhancements to the suite." After the jump, there's a press release with details on all the particular bug fixes....
 
Tags: office, microsoft office word, microsoft, mac, microsoft office excel, excel, microsoft auto, microsoft corp, users
 
 
 
 
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Visual Basic 2005 - A developers notebook

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2007-12-06 21:35:41 by Tam Hanna in TamsPPC - The PocketPC blog ยป Hardware Reviews
...Basic, C#,) have undergone significant changes with each release of the Visual Studio IDE. The VB found in Visual Studio 2005 was completely different to the one I knew from my VB6 dayscan OReillys Developers Notebook get me updated Matthew MacDonald starts off by looking at the IDE itself - what changed, and more importantly, whats in it...
 
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May 1 is BASIC day

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2008-05-01 21:58:11 by John Biggs in CrunchGear
...BASIC program. Designed to be an easy-to-use programming language for students, BASIC has stood the test of time and is probably the first language many of us mastered in our early geek years. The two also created the Dartmouth Time Sharing System, which is pretty much the basis for every multi-user operating system in existence. Thank you,...
 
Tags: basic, time, thomas kurtz, kurtz, dartmouth time, basic program, john kemeny, kemeny, system
 
 
 
 
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Australias Basic iPhone 3G Pricing Comparison : Optus, Vodafone & Telstra

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2008-07-10 02:01:24 by Mr.Gadget in Mr.Gadget Australia
...basic price offerings of Australias three authorised iphone 3G telco companies; Optus, Vodafone and Telstra. Take note that these are all 24 month contract plans Vodafone Plan: Not very enticing especially since they were the last to release their pricing. Even though the total outlay after 24 months is cheaper than Optus it fails in...
 
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Apple I Basic plucked from vintage cassette tape, turned into MP3

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2008-07-16 10:10:10 by John Brownlee in Boing Boing Gadgets
...BASIC originally released in 1976 that took thirty seconds to load has been perfectly and authoritatively extracted from a yellowing audio tape and converted into a 38 second MP3 , playable in iTunes. Plucky, hyper-intelligent beardos are now dissecting the file and learning its secrets, but their findings are a bit above my head. You can...
 
Tags: basic, commercial apple software, antediluvian 70s cyborgs, cassette tape pagetable, apple basic, audio tape, mp3, baud archeology, primordial flavor
 
 
 
 
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Basic Tools for Public Health

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2008-01-15 18:25:15 by Michael in Medgadget
...basic email and PDA software, Temple University researchers have conducted a study in Philadelphia to attempt to increase reporting compliance, and the results look promising. The study involved clinicians associated with all hospitals in Philadelphia County, Pa. The study comprised a 24-week baseline period (Jan. 18, 2004-July 3, 2004) and a...
 
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Basic Comfort Ultimate Crib Sheet

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2008-01-23 10:00:28 by Lisalu in Gizmos for Babies
...Basic Comforts crib sheet will fit all standard crib mattresses, and its 50/50 cotton/polyester blend means you can machine wash it. As with any time saving product as brilliant as this, buy two: one for the crib while the other is in the laundry Recommended price $14.98 at Amazon.com
 
Tags: crib sheet, sheet, all-in-one crib sheet, crib, standard crib mattresses, mattress, wet mattress, crib bars, mattress pad