#computers #technology #retro Tiny BASIC was an important milestone in the history of personal computing. It was an early example of open source/free software that was specifically tailored to the memory deficient computers of the mid 1970s. In this video, I fire it up on a vintage digital group z80 system and check out some games from tapes I've collected over the years.
00:00 Intro & digital group Backgrounder
02:53 What is Tiny Basic
06:28 digital group Tiny BASIC
08:32 Vintage Cassette Problems
09:21 Fixing the dg z80
10:01 Fixing broken cassettes
14:53 Loading and Exploring Tiny BASIC
17:10 Tiny BASIC sample program
18:00 Trying some test programs
19:32 Trying the sample program
21:00 Chomp!
23:28 Checkers
25:33 Digiguess
26:32 Brain Teaser
26:54 Biorhytm
28:06 Hamurabi
28:56 23 Matches
29:33 Blackjack
30:28 Bomber
31:43 ChatGPT - Did they have anti-aircraft missiles in WWII?
32:19 Lunar Lander
33:17 Space Battle
33:23 I Actually Hate Star Trek
34:17 Matador
35:47 "Dice"
36:35 Dr. Therapy
36:43 Brad Visits Dr. Digital Group
39:45 Conclusion
41:03 Press that Dislike Button. I Dare You.
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