RetroBASIC

Offtopic => Offtopic => Topic started by: B+ on January 26, 2018, 08:50:11 PM

Title: Goodbye SdlBasic (and Hello! again)
Post by: B+ on January 26, 2018, 08:50:11 PM

I see the forum site is gone.  :(

EDIT: added word "forum" (epizy).

Title: Re: Goodbye SdlBasic
Post by: n00b on January 27, 2018, 03:41:30 AM

Sdlbasic itself is still around even if the forum is gone. It does seem like every retro programming community is slowly dying. Not just sdlbasic but all of our projects live or die with there communties. I only have 2 active members left on rcbasic's forum so my project is slowly coming to an end as well.

Title: Re: Goodbye SdlBasic
Post by: ZXDunny on January 28, 2018, 10:24:39 AM

2 members? Wow. I have one. But it doesn't matter - as long as you continue to enjoy updating and supporting your project, it will never end.

Title: Re: Goodbye SdlBasic
Post by: n00b on January 28, 2018, 11:20:30 PM

You're right. I don't think sdlBasic is quite through yet either. SdlBasic is what got me back into programming about 6 or 7 years ago. I actually still use it to benchmark features that I add to my project. And as far as I know, it is the only Basic dialect that has been ported to a game console since yabasic on the ps2. So cheers sdlBasic.

Title: Re: Goodbye SdlBasic
Post by: Aurel on January 29, 2018, 04:24:03 PM

 

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It does seem like every retro programming community is slowly dying. Not just sdlbasic but all of our projects live or die with there communties

well that is true
and that is the fact.... young people or potential programmers are not
interested for BASIC, i also doubt that young people interested for programming
in general..so what to say more?

Title: Re: Goodbye SdlBasic
Post by: n00b on January 29, 2018, 05:49:20 PM

SdlBasic forum is back up. They were hacked and thats why they went offline.

Title: Re: (and Hello again!) Goodbye SdlBasic
Post by: B+ on January 29, 2018, 08:12:47 PM

Quote from: n00b on January 29, 2018, 05:49:20 PM

SdlBasic forum is back up. They were hacked and thats why they went offline.

Ah good to hear!

Title: Re: (and Hello! again) Goodbye SdlBasic
Post by: B+ on January 30, 2018, 08:07:30 PM

While looking for "the real" SdlBasic forum, I stumbled upon this:
https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/sldbasic/index.php

Apparently new owners of a temporary SdlBasic forum from past that has screwed up my avatar and dates.

Tap-a-wallet?