BASIC emulator for Mac OS X

Question

BASIC emulator for Mac OS X

Hello,

I just received a fascinating book on the Apollo missions full of BASIC programs. I'm not a software developper (otherwise I would create an OS X version with all the equations in the book) so I'm looking for an emulator. After searching the web I found "QuickTerm 1.0.1" but I can't use it. Then I found the C-64 emulator "Power64", which will remind me my first computer.

The objective is to type, save and run the programs. Would there be a better option than Power64 ?
(I also thought about an HP scientific calculator but apparently they don't run BASIC).

PB G4 15" & MacBook 2GHz, Mac OS X (10.4.7)

Posted on Jan 17, 2008 4:14 AM

Reply

Answer 1

PsychoH13

Level 2

445 points

Jan 17, 2008 4:42 AM in response to Steph' De Wolf

You can try using REALBasic for example, but you must pay for it... If you search on [Version Tracker|www.versiontracker.com] I think you'll find some Basic compiler, and may be free...
But you can try to convert those code into another language that you're sure Mac OS X will be able to use, like C, Objective-C, C++, Java, Ruby, Python, etc.

Reply

Answer 2

Jan 19, 2008 9:10 AM in response to Steph' De Wolf

Take a look at Chipmunk BASIC it's free, and might be what you're looking for.

I actually use REALbasic for a bunch of database administration, and I don't think it's all that much like the BASIC I remember from high school. It's more geared toward building GUI apps.

charlie

Reply