[IoMLUG] Nothing to do with Linux, but interesting just the same.

[Dylan Smith]

Or if you just want to do BBC BASIC, there is the open source BBCSDL 
which runs on modern systems (including Linux, of course). This is a 
modernised version of the original BASIC interpreter. See 
https://www.bbcbasic.co.uk/bbcsdl/index.html

Linux generally is great for doing cross development - currently on my 
main Debian desktop I have the gcc tool chain for arm32, aarch64 
(arm64), RISC-V (rv32 and rv64), m68k (Amiga) plus the Watcom compiler 
for building MS-DOS executables, cc65 (6502 targets), z88dk (Z80 
targets). As well as the native x86 and amd64 toolchains.

Although anyone who has to deal with VB6 has my sympathy :-) I had to do 
a bit of VB6 in a previous life and it was not in the slightest bit 
enjoyable!

On 26/01/2024 14:24, Liam Proven via IoM wrote:
> On Mon, 22 Jan 2024 at 15:42, Andrew Hall via IoM
> <iom at mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote:
>> Just thought I'd mention - I've regressed back to maintaining VB6!
>> As a consequence, I have come across an incredible effort by a guy named Wayne Phillips to create a complete modern fully compatible development tool set for VB6 and VBA, including full native support for 64 bit. I'm quite blown away with what he has achieved in only a couple of years.
>> If interested, check out twinbasic.com. There is also a group(?) on discord and some stuff on github. But note, this isn't open source - just there's a free-to-use version.
> I've written about it, and its main competitor RAD BASIC:
>
> https://www.theregister.com/2023/03/28/nostalgic_for_basic/
>