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What is the best BASIC Pocket Computer
06-13-2019, 09:26 PM
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RE: What is the best BASIC Pocket Computer
(06-13-2019 09:18 PM)cdmackay Wrote:  I'd be very interested to know that too; I have put off ordering one, because I couldn't find an English translation of the manual, and feared that much may be different from the 880.

Yeah, the VX-4 is totally different from the 850/880, but it's apparently very similar (and possibly identical) to the 870.

I was able to find a decent BASIC reference at least:

http://luckleo.cocolog-nifty.com/pockeco...ic_jp.html

And this simple C program compiles and runs as expected:

Code:
main() {
    int d;
    printf("Hello!¥n");
    printf("Enter a number: ");
    scanf("%d",&d);
    printf("%d*3=%d¥n",d,d*3);
    return;
}

Note that you use ¥ instead of a backslash, as with many Japanese computers from this era.

I tried declaring main with an int return type, but it throws a syntax error, so who knows what standard this thing adheres to. Smile
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