The Amazing Programming Language Lost For 40 Yrs: C64 Microtext | Retro Recipes

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  @RetroRecipes · 2 years ago (edited) · pinned

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  @andythedishwasher1117 · 2 years ago

  I really love the fact that you remembered the smart guy upstairs from your childhood well enough to track down his work as an adult. It motivates me to continue trying to be the smart guy upstairs. Thanks for this.

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  @r.l.royalljr.3905 · 2 years ago

  This feels very much like a text version of HyperCard on the old 68k Macs.

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  @konsul2006 · 2 years ago

  This guy should have governmental funding! Digital archaeology at its finest❤ Wish you had a picture of the creator.

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  @antonrr90 · 2 years ago

  By the looks of it, NPL was literally developing HTML Precursor.

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  @cvdm9663 · 2 years ago

  The C64 is the reason why I studied and chose to make programming my career. I would have had so much fun with this software as a kid. Thank you for bringing this back into the world.

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  @Rezmason · 2 years ago

  I can&apos;t imagine a better process and reception for recovering a lost software environment. Maybe all this time, it was Microtext that was looking for you?

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  @nicholas_scott · 2 years ago

  Microtext works like Gopher. Gopher was a early way to use the internet, before the web, and it used frames. &nbsp;If you mixed gopher and Rexx, you would have something very similar to Microtext. &nbsp;Facinating. &nbsp;For most of us, programming the C64 was brutal. Either you used assembly, or basic.

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  @sutorippuwebmaster8783 · 2 years ago

  This is insane! It&apos;s amazing how much forgotten stuff is out there even for popular systems. This just proves we need to preserve computing, gaming, and technological history as best we can!

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  @epremeaux · 2 years ago

  @<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvSlWLgXcsU&amp;t=393">6:33</a> second paragraph: &quot;A run-time only system is also available at a low rate..&quot; &nbsp;This would imply that they also had a stripped down runner to be included in commercial releases to allow distributing stand alone Microtext based software without distributing the full editing features.

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  @Mrshoujo · 2 years ago (edited)

  Microtext should be on Cartridge &amp; include a compiler to make standalone software.<br>Back in the day, users would use Fast Hackem &amp; Epyx Fast Load to zip off a copy. And with 2 drives, that would be called a Double Hackem.

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  @brianh2771 · 2 years ago

  It&apos;s really too bad they didn&apos;t call it &quot;HyperCard&quot; and introduce it on the Amiga in 1985!

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