I didn't wants to hijack the Picomite thread (https://savagechats.com/index.php?topic=321.0), but I was curious if anyone ever used the 8052AH-BASIC? It was basically (pun intended) an 8051 / 8052 MCU with a built-in BASIC interpreter. Pretty sure I got one of these from BG Micro back in the day and if memory serves, you communicated with it over a serial terminal and you could connect a standard parallel SRAM (62xx) to give it memory. I seem to recall it had a multiplexed address / data bus externally? Anyway, I just wondered if anyone ever used one of these. Fond memories for sure, but then I really got into the Z80 after and just never went back.
Never heard of it.
Quote from: JKnightandKARR on Mar 06, 2025, 01:20 PMNever heard of it.
A little before your time, methinks. :P
I also purchased one several years ago, but never actually did anything with it. :( One of these days, I need to fix that.
Jan Axelson has a great book on that BASIC-52 chip, and building it into a full-blown computer. It comes complete with experiments and add-ons. You may remember Steve Ciarcia's great book on the Z-80 (http://retro.hansotten.nl/uploads/z80/BuildYourOwnZ80.pdf), this is the BASIC-52 equivalent of that.
http://janaxelson.com/microcib.htm - you can download a PDF of Jan's book on the BASIC-52 for free. ;D I have gone through that book many times.
Quote from: granz on Mar 06, 2025, 05:05 PMJan Axelson has a great book on that BASIC-52 chip, and building it into a full-blown computer. It comes complete with experiments and add-ons. You may remember Steve Ciarcia's great book on the Z-80
I downloaded both PDF files. Pretty sure I had them in the past, but of course, having lost everything, it's nice to get some of it back again.