Hand BASIC - CBM Flavor app for iPhone and iPad

4.0 ( 5120 ratings )

Productivity Education
Developer: Ahmad Hawwash

Free

Current version: 1.7.6, last update: 3 months ago
First release : 06 Oct 2010
App size: 1.84 Mb

Learn and Program BASIC Language on your iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad!

Hand BASIC - CBM Flavor is a compatible version of Commodores version of Microsoft BASIC 6502 as found on the Commodore 64.

Released for Educational purposes.

BASIC (Beginners All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code) is a computer language designed so that it can be learned very easily.

Hand BASIC users could be students, scientists, or any productivity workers.

Type HELP to get started!

*** Credits for CBMBASIC go to Michael Steil and James Abbatiello ***

Features
+ Compatible with Commodore 64 BASIC V2
+ It is not emulated, it runs with your device full speed
+ The ability to LOAD/SAVE files (case sensitive file names)
+ File I/O Support (Read/Write data files)
+ Full featured iPhone Text Editor to build your programs
+ The ability to make directories ** NEW **
+ Provided with helpful Direct Mode Commands (nonstandard, see support webpage)
+ Renumber your program, plus other helpful file keeping functionality
+ Alert Sounds
+ In App Help (type HELP)
+ Portrait/Landscape Views
+ Supplied with Sample code (type FILES to see list).

Now available through In-App Purchase:
Graphics Extension: Empowers you to create complex graphics from simple graphic objects
Features
+ Draw simple graphic objects: lines, rectangles, circles, text, ...
+ Draw at the super speed of your device
+ Make animations
+ Use Graphics Macro Language (GML) to draw objects
+ Define your colors with alpha channel (32bit color with transparency)
+ Select your drawn text font face and size
+ Interact with user taps
+ Assistant for typing Graphic Commands
+ Enables you to run included Graphic Sample Programs(10 samples)

To find more details type HELP then select Graphics Extension Reference

To open Graphics Extension Purchase Screen:
- Type: PURCHASE
- Type: ACTION then select Purchase
- Or, run a program that uses Graphics

Make sure to check out App Blog Page:
cbmhandbasic.blogspot.com

Please Note:
- This is not Commodore 64 emulator. It is “Standalone” BASIC of Commodore 64.
- Basic knowledge of Commodore 64 BASIC V2 is needed to use this App or just Read FAQs.
- While BASIC requires all commands to be capitalized (Lock Caps by double taping), commands will be automatically capitalized
- Since this is not Commodore emulator, PEEK/POKE does not work. See New Commands for alternatives
- Only ASCII characters are supported
- iPad has different Graphics Extension than ordinary one (sold separately)

Visit "Hawwash-Soft" page on iTunes for more Free Apps

Have Fun!

Pros and cons of Hand BASIC - CBM Flavor app for iPhone and iPad

Hand BASIC - CBM Flavor app good for

The app is really good, but it doesnt run on my old iphone with iPhone os 3 please fix !

Very good and Full Funny Basic. God bless C64... The Greatest Thing is when You added 3D Commands To this Interpreter !!! Thanks for this Basic

I whish there World be more StuffIt like this! Apple 2, PDP-11, SAGE Ii (UCSD-P), ...

Better than the original because of its speed. This app has a world of uses. Now you can retire that TRS 80 pocket computer , if youll admit to being old enuff to own one.

Commondore 64 on the go! And since i know basic so well, the apps even better. To write and compile Basic get the app Basic! From miSoft. This is still very cool!!!!!

Its a bit hard to understand...But I really like it because it will teach me a bit about programming... And thats amazing for a 14 year old boy like me who REALLY does not like learning at all... So its cool that apple can make fun learning apps like this. XD THANK YOU APPLE...YOUR AWESOME

Some bad moments

I installed this App 4 years ago and wrote some graphic programs. Everything worked fine. In the meantime I made all the following updates. When I want to let my old programs run now, I get the prompt to pay for the Graphics module. Why ?? I have already paid for!!!

There is no way to break out of an executing program. So, whille his app has the potential of being extremely cool, it is virtually unusable. Please fix this! How hard could it be to add "Run/Stop"?! Might as well add Function keys and CTRL, while youre at it

Not bad but would like a directory command to see what Programs are saved

I feel terrible for giving this such a bad rating earlier it rocks!! it is 100% comparable with vanilla ms basic (so you can run all your old games on it :D) and has file I/o and sharing things it needs: audio loading and saving (so you can share files over the phone and with CDs/tapes) copy and past (so you can copy programs from safari,notes etc and so you can hand data to your program) and most importantly a command reference and memory map (maybe a help command that pops up a uialert with a uiwebview in it) its really the best interpreter out there (most arent free) and this one should cost at least like 5.00$ (but could easily get away with ~7.00$)

Cool, but I dont think it should display COMMODORE 64 BASIC V2 when it starts up. After all it isnt Commodore BASIC right? It should say HAND BASIC Vsomething. ;-) Any graphics features planned for the future, even if they arent C64 identical?

Always having to capitalize is a pain on the iPad...you should integrate with FabioApps C64 keyboard...now that would be cool! all in all great app

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