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by benob 226 days ago
I have been having a lot of fun with PicoCalc. It's not targeted at end users but is fun for developers alike who want a taste of developing things from first principles. More than anything it can live independently from your other devices.
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7thaccount 226 days ago
I keep seeing the videos pop up. It does look really cool. I see it has a basic interpreter, so I guess kinda like a C64?
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benob 226 days ago
It comes with a basic interpreter, but the thriving community develops plenty of stuff: python, lua, forth, lisp... have nice ports which you can play with on device. There also is a library of software developed for rp2040 which have been ported, such as a mac classic emulator. If you feel that a micro controller is too low power, you can plug in a luckfox lyra which runs a proper linux with 128M of RAM.
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7thaccount 226 days ago
That is really cool! Making me want one even more. I might have fun picking that forth implementation apart.
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