Homebrew 8080 Computer Part 3 - BASIC Interpreters

It didn't take long for users of the first personal computers to get tired of flipping switches and pushing buttons to load hand assembled machine code. The limited teletype/punch devices available during that time made the write, assemble, load, and test process of machine language code very tedious. What was needed was a common environment that could do all those things from a single teletype session. The thing that could do all that at the time was a BASIC interpreter. This video demonstrates the various BASIC interpreters used on the earliest personal computers like the IMSAI 8080, Altair 8800, and Scelbi 8H. They are all demonstrated running on a home made 8080 computer built especially for this video series. Tera Term can be found at https://teratermproject.github.io All source code and links to useful web sites can be found at: www.netzener.net